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System is all but crippled this morning. a four-story building in his compound is also severely damaged. since saturday, a barrage of cruise missiles have hit libya, more than 120 of them. live on the front lines in tripoli, a place that has been subject to a lot of missiles this weekend. good morning, nic. what's the situation on the ground as you know it? >> reporter: ali, it's been pretty quiet here for the last 12 hours or so. occasional bursts of anti-aircraft gunfire. but the huge explosions we heard last night and we are taken to a building inside moammar gadhafi's grounds. it's an area...

Teenager. he and his grandmother were trapped in their kitchen after the earthquake. they survived by wrapping themselves in towels, eating yogurt, and drinking water. >> amazing. well, now to the latest in libya where coalition forces are bombarding gadhafi's forces. the weekend assault so fierce that moammar gadhafi's air defense system is all but crippled this morning. since saturday, a barrage of cruise missiles have pounded libya hitting key gadhafi defense installations as well as the residential compound. libyan troops fought back. you can see them launching anti-aircraft fire at coal...

Inside tripoli and i can tell you, it is largely dead quiet except for pro gadhafi protestors, this due to largely strenuous efforts by government security forces, they set up checkpoints, using armored personnel carriers, secret police, a real intense of intimidation here. there were hopes from the rebels in the east that the people would come out en mass to protest, we're not seeing that. for access to journalists, this hotel largely blocked, journalists not allowed to leave, internet phone lines shut off so the rebels in the east hundreds of miles away hoping for support inside tripoli and ...

Uprising against the system. i think things were calmed down and the city became quiet during the night. we don't hear today much about the cities around tripoli of the uprising. things are in order and i think everything is calming down at the moment. not like the night before, where the people gathered in the -- clashed with supporters of the government. [ unintelligible ]

To say -- to say i'm still in libya. denying reports that claim he fled the country. libya is another arab nation on the brink of revolution. enormously dangerous. uncon tpoeurped -- unconfirmed reports say hundreds have been gunned down in the streets. reporter for global radio news joins us on the phone from tripoli. tell me what you know and what you've seen today? >> reporter: i think today it is very quiet during the day. the people were busy with shopping and -- [ unintelligible ] the night there was only in the quarters of tripoli incidents like people were