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Somewhere between benghazi and tobruk. you've just spoken to the mother of the woman who claimed she had been raped by members of gadhafi's militia. what did this mother tell you? where is this woman? >> reporter: well, she's about 300 miles east of the rebel capital of benghazi and tobruk, which is the easternmost portion of the libyan coastline, right near the border. like much of the world, she, too, saw those disturbing pictures on television on saturday, and it has sparked outrage for this mother. she's obviously upset, she's worried. she hasn't heard from her daughter for about three day...

There? some are saying we aren't litting gadhafi hard enough s. that what you're hearing there in washington? >> yes. the prk republicans are taking the president apart over libya, all going in different directions. that's one of the reasons the criticism hasn't gained more traction. you're hearing some republicans like john mccain and others say the president should escalate the mission, do more to get rid of gadhafi. that's not what you're hearing from possible presidential contend contenders. they say it's confusing but they diverge. donald trump questions the overall effort. we don't know ...

Released, free to do what she wants, that this is a criminal case and the government is investigating. her mother rejects that. she calls those lies. she says if indeed her daughter is free, where is she? let's see her. allow her to speak to the media, the international media. that obviously is not happening. >> reza, help us also understand, because according to nic robertson's reporting, this young woman is engaged. but in libya -- and i spoke with an eyewitness libyan several weeks ago cho explained when a woman is raped her honor is gone. so is her fiance standing by her, and her father fo...

Libyan forces, and a lot of questions being raised what's going on? are the rebels getting the kind of air support from the nato coalition and some of the arab league countries that they really need right now if they are going to beat back gadhafi's forces? this is a tenuous very sensitive moment of what's going on in libya right now. the rebels had been making significant progress over the past week, but that looks like it's ending, at least on this day. we're trying to assess what's going on. i think our viewers will be interested if they are interested in what's going on in libya, and i'm s...

>> cnn did not shoot this video but witnesses describe especially heavy fighting there today with libyan tanks shelling residential areas, calling the scene, and i'm quoting, absolute carnage. i want to go live now to libya, to arwa damon. arwa, i know your travels took you to ras lanuf earlier today with the opposition forces. talk to me about what you saw, and was that at all anything like what we just saw in the video from misrata? >> reporter: yeah, brooke, the oppositions are really getting a hammering, not just from gadhafi's military but from his loyalists as well as they continue to tr...