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>> reporter: we also heard the rebels inside the city were calling for the aircraft to come in their support. we were in misrata yesterday. government officials wouldn't let us get into the part of the city where the rebels were. we could see evidence of gadhafi hiding his heavy weapons, tanks, hiding him from the aircraft. we awe tanks hiding under trees. military vehicles hiding into stores. parked literally driven into stores with the soldiers in there. others hiding much as they could outside the coalition aircraft. a lot of destruction in the city. so this supports what the opposition is ...

Just a short while ago we were on the outskirts where we heard sounds of explosions, saw smoke rising, and then saw the opposition beat a hasty and panicked -- they say at 8:00 in the morning, they began to come over heavy artillery, tank and rocket fire. they also say that there were snipers in the city. gadhafi loyalists who were firing on them as well. aun able to withstand the barrage, they were forced to retreat all the way back to the oil town of ras lanuf it would seem. they are strupg ling instead of standing up to the military because they lack weapons equipment. but more importantly,...

Plans to arm libyan rebels, quote, at this time. president obama defended the limits on the military mission in libya during his pivotal speech last night. >> if we try to overthrow gadhafi by force, our coalition would splinter. we would likely have to put u.s. troops on the ground to accomplish that mission, or risk killing many civilians from the air. the dangers faced by our men and women in uniform would be far greater. so would the costs and our share of the responsibility for what comes next. >> speaking of costs, let's bring in our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. chris, we're le...

Like this, only a lot better to keep track of the movements on the ground of gadhafi's troops and the rebel forces and the effectiveness of their rebel targeting. gl the setbacks for the rebels come just hours after president obama spoke to the american people about the libyan mission. just a while ago the president once again spoke out. this time at the dedication of a new building at the u.s. mission to the united nations. listen to this. >> today we see the nato alliance in command of the arms embargo, the no-fly zone, starting tomorrow, the mission to protect the libyan people. we see the ...

Bipartisan gripe among members of congress who thinks as co-equal branch that weren't efficiently consulted. if you asked democrats and republicans you would tend to get the same oons. >> first of all, i don't think the president needs to be a law professor when he goes on tv tonight. i don't think he needs to talk about the constitution and talk about the war powers. i think there was a degree of consultation. you can argue it either way. this was -- you got down to a situation where we had to act or whether were going to be a lot of people killed in libya. >> bipartisan diss. he had to move ...