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Saying u.s. citizens leaving libya first come, first serve, priority to those with medical conditions. so senior u.s. officials are telling cnn that the libyan authorities did not give permission for those charter planes to land, but now the test, as he is saying, we will see if they let the ferry land, come to tripoli. if that happens, our people will begin to flow out. >> so there's no clear guaranty that ferry will be able to land? >> reporter: that is the big question according to the senior official. >> the other question and huge concern is, i mean, is it safe for americans to try to eve...

Eastern part of libya. >> ben, stay safe. remarkable reporting of you and your team. back home, the u.n. security council issued a statement condemning the violence. secretary of state clinton called for a stop to the unacceptable bloodshed in libya. and then again, the breaking news, a state department issuing an evacuation notice effective over the next five hours, telling people to get to the port in tripoli near the radisson hotel. jill dougherty joins us now. why not evacuate people from a plane? >> reporter: they tried to do that, anderson. in fact, today at the briefing, p.j. crowley sa...

The tweets. they're twittering from the state department about this saying u.s. citizens leaving libya first come, first serve, priority to those with medical conditions. so senior u.s. officials are telling cnn that the libyan authorities did not give permission for those charter planes to land, but now the test, as he is saying, we will see if they let the ferry land, come to tripoli. if that happens, our people will begin to flow out. >> so there's no clear guaranty that ferry will be able to land? >> reporter: that is the big question according to the senior official. >> the other question...

And then again, the breaking news, a state department issuing an evacuation notice effective over the next five hours, telling people to get to the port in tripoli near the radisson hotel. jill dougherty joins us now. why not evacuate people from a plane? >> reporter: they tried to do that, anderson. in fact, today at the briefing, p.j. crowley said they had difficulty getting their personnel out by plane. they were trying to charter planes to come in. so i was just looking at one of the tweets. they're twittering from the state department about this saying u.s. citizens leaving libya first co...