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They control obvioauj daub can . it's only 100 miles from benghazi. >> you mention -- is it correct to say, nic, ultimately the end game here for the gadhafi forces would be overtaking benghazi and if that's the case, then what for the opposition forces? >> reporter: it's not clear if they will go directly to benghazi. they could also outflank benghazi, go to the east and take the smaller town of din room. the battles have taken longer. benghazi may be a battle they don't want to get in immediately. they might want to surround it by going around tabruk. we've seen this massive control of force...

>> reporter: well, they appear to be standing firm, bearing in mind things do sort of go along as what has become the normal situation. shops are closed. many are open. people do tend to go about their daily business. what we did see a little bit of and what we heard even more about is sort of what defenses they are trying to set up around the city. they claim that they do have a plan to defend benghazi. they say that they will be able to fight to the death, if that what it's going to take, but at the end of the day the bottom line go back to whether or not global leaders will stand with the o...

>> reporter: that's right. the fight right now really centering around the city of ajdabiya. we were there yesterday witnessing heavy artillery bombardment. today we actually tried to get back into the city and were prevented from doing so by opposition forces at a checkpoint just on the outskirts saying the fighting was simply too intense. eyewitnesses speaking of ongoing air bombardment, artillery, some saying they are pro-gadhafi snipers in the city. one eyewitness telling us of the rising civilian death toll, saying his entire family had been killed in the bombing. this, of course, just un...

Killed by gadhafi's forces. because if he manages to roll all the way into benghazi and remain in power, he's going to kill us all. that's what they believe, brooke. >> they feel they have no choice. quickly, arwa, the "new york times" reporting these four missing journalists. what are you learning on the ground about that, if anything? >> reporter: brooke, very disturbing. we actually drove past them yesterday in the city of ajdabiya around 1:00 p.m. according to the "new york times" they have not been heard from since yesterday afternoon. we really don't know where they are at this point. we...

Was, that failed and where that radiation went we don't know either. it's going into the atmosphere and the wind is blowing most of it out to sea. we can only hope that that lasts a long time. but the weather patterns change and i don't see it lasting more than three more days before the wind starts to blow it back on japan. >> you and i aren't finished talking about this. we'll get to soledad o'brien in a moment. i've learned that nic robertson has just called in, on the phone for me. nic, i believe you're in eastern libya. and story is really escalating today as you have these gadhafi forc...