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This apart a little bit, eliot. the policy, the goal is clearly that gadhafi needs to go. but the president has been, i think, pretty clear even in that statement that we are not yet prepared to usele military means to achieve the policy. the military means, think, considering that it took some time for him to get there were driven in the end by fear of a massacre in benghazi. last time i was here we were facing a real massacre. really at the 11th hour the president turned around and said, okay, if we have to do something to prevent massacre let's use force to do that. it worked. the tanks wer...

>> i don't know the specific capabilities of the aircraft. they are home based at whiteman and that's where they are when they are not conducts an operation. >> amazing. >> if we can look at the map that focuses on libya what you see defined here is the no-fly zone. this line as identified. obviously to the east of benghazi and west of tripoli, it defines northern portions along the mediterranean and the gulf of sirte here in libya. this is where the rebel forces are trying to regain momentum. if we can go to the next map we see the specific locations where there has been close air support or ...

Libya. gadhafi must go. that led to more questions. how and who would drive him out? you see, the u.n. resolution limits military action to protecting innocent civilianings and does not authorize regime change. in addition, the president has said with absolute certainty, no u.s. troops will enter libya. can the rebels defeat gadhafi without greater intervention? many military analysts think it's unlikely. that braings us to the question tonight. what if there is a stalemate leaving gadhafi in power and libya split in two? is that victory or defeat given the statement that gadhafi must go? how ...

Arwa damon, he did make it through to tell us what was going on. it's a sad story but it tells what's happening where you are. >> reporter: it tragically is, don, and mohammed is one of those people who literally risked their lives and paid the ultimate price to get d news out, news of what was happening in his own country. he was one of those bright inspiring minds. everyone who met him grew to respect and admire him. here in benghazi he's considered to be a hero. he was 27 years old, a technology wizard who managed to rig cameras up and live steam video and what was happening around libya wh...

This is a reality of what's happening on the ground in libya, in north after ka, in the middle east. in terrell days of a libya uprising we spoke a brave young man about the chaos in benghazi. he spoke with me late at night on day when he had watched friends die. even then he fretted that death could come at any moment. tragically it did come for him on saturday when he was killed by a sniper's bullet, and in the last few weeks, well, he made it his mission to tell the world about the revolt by any means necessary, and cnn's arwa damon is going to join us from eastern libya with the very lates...