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Today. his appearance came hours after some of the heaviest nato air strikes on tripoli in days. fred ply agaeitgen surveyed som the damage. >> reporter: they said they would take us to the sight of the air strike and have not done that so far. they took us to this building. apparently this is a cafeteria building for the university here in tripoli. and some people who say they were inside the building when the bomb hit say they were absolutely terrified of the explosion. they didn't see this coming in any way, shape, or form. >> loud explosion. it was like airport, i swear to god. like earthq...

We're america's natural gas. the smarter power today. learn more at anga.us. coming up tonight on "360" breaking news out of libya and japan. libya, new reports of explosions, tripoli, a loud explosion was reportedly heard in the capital according to reuters. residents say they saw smoke rising from a military base. we'll take you live to tripoli for late-breaking details. also we're told coalition forces are targeting ground forces in ajdabiya and misrata and several people in those cities tell us it cannot come soon enough. witnesses in misrata say gadhafi forces shelled near the main hosp...

>> greta: steve, in terms of the safety on the ground, i don't know what time is it there now? >> reporter: six hours time difference. three, four in the morning probably. >> greta: it is actively going on the strikes? the strikes are actively going on? >> reporter: strikes have happened three times tonight in the past three hours here it has been quiet. it is interesting. while those strikes occur you hear the loud explosion then see the anti-aircraft fire. much of the city life in the earlier hours continue as normal. you see cars down highways and roads. people have confidence in the accura...

>> very loud anti-aircraft from several directions. shooting into the sky from a number of locations. very loud, very dramatic. we couldn't see what they were firing at, but it went on for quite some time. so it must have been in the sky as to start them going. >> give us some perspective. it is around 10:36 in the evening there. we're looking at pictures of the sky of what you were just describing. how has the day progressed now as the day begins to close there in libya? >> i think people woke up feeling a little bit stunned by what had happened. we didn't really see any sign of this war in t...

Heightening fears of a nuclear meltdown. stan grant, authorities plan to give out iodine to residents in fukushima. how big a problem is this at this point? >> reporter: yeah, you're right, becky. and that iodine would work to offset the impact of any radiation. i can also bring you some reports that are circulating here in japanese media. i stress that cnn haven't independently confirmed this, but japanese authorities reporting that some workers at the plant have had exposure to radiation. this nuclear emergency became even more critical -- a loud explosion was heard. then we saw these plumes...