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Boeing 777 yesterday. kudos for the cabin crew getting all passengers out. questions as well about what led to all of this as flight 2276 began its takeoff. according to the faa a fire in the left hand engine prompted the crew to abort the takeoff and take steps to snuff out the flames. tonight, however, a source close to the investigation tells us the plane's fire suppression system didn't work. they want to know did it simply not function? or did the fuel line rupture make the fire too big to contain. joining me cnn safety analyst les avat, and analyst and faa accident investigator, excuse m...

You off and get the lobe lib ya where jim maceda is on the ground in tripoli where in the last minutes we have heard more explosions from western coalition forces and warplanes above. jim, give us a sense of what you're hearing tonight. >> reporter: hi, peter. about an hour or so ago, first we heard six relatively distant thuds but with a pattern. then it was quiet far while. there was no anti-aircraft artillery fire or very little responding to the first six explosions. e co rndf ur haen aut hfnur afr that tt de ago, again, without any aaa fire. all coming from the general vicinity of that ce...

Andaan andaand adbjabia. but there has been a certain degrading of gadhafi's forces. his tanks were driven out last night of misratah, but then they went back in in the middle of the night. they're back in there today, fighting again. so status quo there in ajdabiya. the battle's gone on for several days. gadhafi's forces still control the inside -- the interior of that city. the rebels are still on the outskirts. and despite air strikes that have allegedly taken out a number of pro-gadhafi troops, tanks still pound those rebel positions. o seou wre thathe'sstuo t weeese-- t allies need to see...

Pentagon. thank you, jim. let's get to libya now. coalition air strikes have provided rebels with some much-needed breathing room, but apparently not the room to advance on tripoli. jim maceda is live in the capital. what are you seeing today? >> reporter: hi, there. well, here in tripoli, if we can start with tripoli, there were a number of air strikes overnight. a small number of explosions that we heard, even less aaa fire, anti-aircraft artillery fire -- explosions. was understand one military base was hit just outside tripoli. a number of journalists were brought early this morning to a...

Re-election campaign apparently stands to benefit. a neby lead over the yet to be named republican front-runner. reid wilson is editor in chief of "national journal's" hotline and they join us now. carol, this is your poll. i guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that president obama is the candidate benefiting from the lack of a consensus candidate on the republican side. what did the poll find? >> well, among registered voters, 47% say they'd prefer to see obama re-elected. 37% say they'd prefer to see a republican. a very generic, early test. very early test. >> and when you compare it, i n...