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>>shepard: before i let you go, charles, there are concerns expressed by the human rights council about the possibility of food shortages and the use of food and water against the people. have you seen signs of this in the benghazi area or beyond? >>reporter: we hear talk of it. there are scattered reports of shortages of medicine and other goods for hospitals. so far, there is food here. it is not hard -- the stores appear full. it does not yet appear to be a pressing crisis issue. but, it certainly is, people are aware that it could become an issue if this goes on. >>shepard: thank you from ...

>> in the years ahead libya could become a peaceful democracy or face protracts civil war, or it could descend into chaos. the stakes are high. and this is an unfolding example of using the combined assets of smart power, diplomacy, development, and defense. >> inside libya, rebels repealed an assault from gadhafi forces in three key cities, including the one they hold closest to the capital of libya. nbc's stephanie gosk is reporting from benghazi, one of the areas in the country held by rebel forces. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, martin. >> in simple overall terms, is t...

Involved in dealing with libya, ended up benefiting personally. how and who benefited? >> well, it's the old revolving door, martin. david welch, senior u.s. diplomat, who negotiated the lifting of sanctions against libya, left the state department at end of 2008 and immediately went to work for bechtel, a major construction company. among his duties, overseeing business development in libya. mark alan, the british spy master who dealt directly with gadhafi on his decision to surrender nuclear weapons in 2003, then went to work for bp, the oil company, every seeing that company's oil deal in l...

As his sons. the security resolution allows for an investigation by the international criminal court into the crackdown in libya. it was a unanimous vote. one of gadhafi's sons who has been very visible during his crackdown, says his father's government will survive. the streets of tripoli, relatively quiet right now, that's the capital city. but nic robertson reported from the western city of zawiya, minutes ago that there are anti-government protests under way. they are armed, but afraid of clashes with pro-government forces. just this morning, the united nations high commissioner on ref...

And free will. we'll explore that this morning in our faces of faith. we start with the mass exodus of foreign nationals from inside libya. this morning, a ship carrying thousands of chinese citizens finally left the eastern city of benghazi. and a plane made it out of tripoli. many others waiting to get out. this video shot by cnn crew in the capital city. a virtual tent city filled with people trying to evacuate and that's just at the airport. united nations refugee agency says as many as 100,000 people have fled on foot to neighboring countries during the deadly unrest in libya. meanwhile...