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>> here's the latest. a showdown is rallying in libya. moammar gadhafi's son appeared earlier on tv this morning, vowing to fight until the last bullet is fired. >> and meanwhile, the government is gravely concerned about lethals for. and it's now spreading to morocco and to bahrain. >> lama hasan number in the region for weeks. and is joining us by phone. how bad is the situation in libya? >> reporter: good morning, we're just hearing that some of the protectors that manage to get in the tv station and taking over government buildings, burning them. and the fact they made it to th...

crawling with tanks and armed patrols, determined to crush a wave of anti-government protests there. >> but demonstrators are equally determined to bring down the 200-year-old monarchy. >> bahrain is small but strategically located in the persian gulf. crucial in the u.s. fight against al qaeda. we begin, now, with emily schmidt. >> reporter: this is bahrain. amateur video posted on youtube, shows a protest that looks like those in egypt. then, something unexpected replaced peaceful calls for change to the tiny nation's 200-year-old monarchy. police swarm pearl square, with thousands...

good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us. the streets of bahrain are now crawling with tanks and armed patrols, determined to crush a wave of anti-government protests there. >> but demonstrators are equally determined to bring down the 200-year-old monarchy. >> bahrain is small but strategically located in the persian gulf. crucial in the u.s. fight against al qaeda. we begin, now, with emily schmidt. >> reporter: this is bahrain. amateur video posted on youtube, shows a protest that looks like those in egypt. then, something unexpected replaced peaceful calls for change to t...

very closely. >> reporter: libya and yemen have seen protests, as well. and the white house has issued a broad appeal. >> we're calling on both sides, where the countries are demonstrations are takes place, to be nonviolent. and for the governments to be responsive. >> reporter: police actually put up barbed wire around pearl square. but these protesters say the crackdown makes them angrier. they vowed to return today, whatever the consequences. vinita and rob? >> emily schmidt, live in washington this morning. thank you. clearly, the government of bahrain is going all-out to avoid...

startling rumors that ousted president my baric is now sick and possibly in a coma. any truth to those health rumors? >> reporter: well, there's been rumors to president mubarak's health for months. well before all of the uprising began in cairo. and president mubarak is in sharm el sheikh, its believed, at his residence, and we can't get anywhere near it. it's been surrounded by guards and getting any information is still impossible. he still has a lot of the cloak and dagger presence in place. impossible to know whether the rumors of the coma are true. >> aaron, what about the mili...