Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110423:14:13:00
Time and again, the rebels advances would not have been possible without the help of air strikes. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is live for us in benghazi. you reported the recent strikes were not only from nato planes but u.s. predator drones. why add the drones to this equation? >> reporter: that's a good question. a lot had been -- there were a lot of questions raised about nato's mission. nato took responsibility for leading the mission here in libya about 2 1/2 weeks ago. once that happened, the u.s. stepped back considerably. it stopped using weapons like a-10s and a...