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Small city of benjawad. the rebels it taken it yesterday, but late last night had pulled back to the port city. when they tried to reenter today, they were met by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery fired by the libyan army and right now, it appears that the libyan army does remain in control of benjawad, which is key, because it's on the road to gadhafi's hometown of surte. about 30 miles of tripoli, there is still the ongoing stalemate between the pro and anti-gadhafi forces. the anti-gadhafi rebels appear to hold the city center. but the pro-gadhafi forces ring that entire city. it's a ...

System, it will be a drawn out storm. we'll see the effects throughout the night, overnight and even as we head into monday morning. harris. >> boy, this has been a beast as it moves across the country. thank you very much. libya on the brink of civil war, forces loyal to gadhafi stepping up the counter attacks. leland vitter, our correspondent there is about to give us a close look at the battle front. stay tuned for that. a daring break-in by a guy with, well, droopy drawers. police say he was after that was so important, he couldn't even pull up his pants. homeowners -- rates have been goin...

Like gadhafi's air force is trying to counter attack. there was anti-aircraft going on. you want the same weapons that gadhafi fired at you? >> yes. and more. >> do you think you'll get them? >> no, no, we can't. >> you can't get them? >> no. >> what are you going to do? >> fighting. >> right now we have some of the new heavy weapons being delivered to the rebel front lines and the commanders are trying to rally their troops. >> we are not afraid. we are the sword of libya. allah akbar. >> a lot of rebels head away from the front lines. we're not sure why, but there has been a heck of a fire f...

Those claims later found to be in accurate. harris. >> exactly how close are the rebels to tripoli at this point? >> right now there is fighting going on in two cities, disputed cities, both on the west and east of the capital in tripoli and the west rebels are 25 miles away. they have been fighting in a town that's changed hands several times. libyan forces from the government have sent in tanks and armored personnel carriers and in the east rebel forces are about 130 miles away. so despite government claims, there is still contested cities both in the east and in the west. but keep in mind, ...

Survived. they used a life capsule to get away from the flames. what you're watching is the rescue that the coast guard put forth because they sent out a helicopter and hoisted those men up into the chopper and now those two men are hospitalized in a place near new orleans, we're told. since then, crews managed to put out the fire. the scare coming as the gulf coast still hurting from the deep water horizon explosion last year and the resulting oil spill. more details as we get them on this part of the story also tonight on "the fox report." >> battle ground libya. >> there were bombs and bull...