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Of fighting began. if misrata falls, gadhafi will then be in control militarily and economically of about 2/3 of the country and that would put him in a very important position, a very strong position despite hundreds of nato air strikes. thomas, back to you. developing news out of japan, a strong earthquake shaking northern japan. no tsunami alert at this time. no damage or injuries have been reported. of course, we re going to keep you up to date as we get more information and pictures coming to us out of japan. two new disturbing allegations in the penn state scandal, and both accusers are still under the age of 18. plus, the egyptian military apologizes for this week s deadly clashes in cairo. the latest from tahrir square coming up. on small business saturday. one purchase. one purchase is all it takes. so, pick your favorite local business. and join the movement. i pledge to shop small at big top candy shop. ....
Special envoy sent by gadhafi to talk not only to the greek government but also envoys, representatives of the u.s., france, and british governments about with messages basically from gadhafi about how he sees the situation and how the air strikes should be ended. there s no sense at all that this is about gadhafi s end game himself. but it certainly is a good time to be talking about diplomacy now and to be launching balloons because the situation on the battlefield has clearly become a stalemate. you ve got nato now warning both sides, pro-gadhafi forces and rebel forces they will be attacked from the air if they attack civilians or threaten civilians on the ground, which effectively means that gadhafi forces will not be able to retake benghazi in the east, and rebel forces will not get close to sirte or tripoli in the west. what you have is a front line moving back and forth depending ....
On the day and the battle over about 150 or 200-mile area. there is currently fighting still going on in brega, that important oil port, and even though the rebels have put up their best fighting force, it still looks like it s moving into gadhafi force s favor. they have created a crisis team. it s something they want to use, a group of individuals who will be reaching out and trying to consolidate and govern the parts of the country now that they control. and it is about a third of the country in the east. meanwhile, gadhafi forces have been pounding away at that last rebel stronghold here in the west called misrata. again, more killed, more wounded. the latest figures from doctors inside misrata is at least 240 people have been killed from attacks by gadhafi tanks and artilleries since the six weeks ....
Loyalists entrenched extra time to give up. those loyalists saying they going to dig in many tribal elders saying no we need to reconsider this. 50,000 have already died, enough is new. we have heard from gadhafi spokesman on syrian tv saying that gadhafi is still in libya. he s alive. he s well and he s in good spirits. that might be a run in call for the few supporters he has left in the country. in the country a resumption of normality especially in tripoli. water supplies are back. that s a huge boost to the population. peel final out on the street, starting to do shopping, streets full of cars. women and children walking hand-in-hand in a seemingly safe environment. at least part of the country getting back to grips as much as it can. ultimately, until the last remnants of gadhafi force have gone the rebels cannot ....
[ speaking in a foreign language ] [ gunfire ] [ speaking in a foreign language ] hello, everyone. this is randi kaye here watching the live events unfold in libya here along with michael holmes. it is 7:00 p.m. in tripoli, where the fight to oust moammar gadhafi just took a potentially momentous turn. within the past 90 minutes, libyan rebels penetrated gadhafi s compound which nato war planes have bombed off and on now for months. the rebels now have the run of the place. we have seen them celebrating, confiscating files and weapons and ammunition as they go room by room through what is a large compound with multiple buildings. we are hearing about pockets of fire, in fact, we have actually seen that. you can see now a fire that appears to have broken out in one part of the compound there. until he pulls out, it s difficult to know what part this is. we have been seeing that domed building which has been to the left and to the right of that domed building is the f ....