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Like that. they have a shortage of doctors, a shortage of tools, so if you get wounded in a place like misrata at this point in time, there's almost no way to get medevaced out of there. the shortest way is by boat, and that's more than 20 hours. >> oh, my gosh. peter, i know that tim was a friend of yours and you wrote a column today that talked about him being humble and modest. how do you think he would like to be remembered by his fellow journalists? >> well, you know, first of all, he would like not to have been remembered in this way. no one, you know, this is a great tragedy for him, hi...

Some are command areas, some are ammunition dumps. also telecommunications were hit yesterday to try to keep gadhafi from communicating with his troops on the front in the benghazi area and around miz rote because that's what he's using to attack the civilians there. >> peter, maybe you can start with the question, but i would like you both to answer it. clearly, there's a desire to get gadhafi gone. but is the mission enough to happen. diplomacy doesn't seem to be working well. is what is happening now enough to bring a conclusion to this. >> well, you know, general kimmitt is going to have a...

in a deadly mishap blamed on bp. rig operator transocean and drilling contractor halliburton. 206 million gallons of oil poured into the ocean, doing untold damage to wildlife, the fishing industry and everyone who depends on the gulf. tonight, a year later, bp is painting a rosy picture of progress and promise keeping. one year later it reads our commitment continues. we'll have more on that in a moment. the copy goes on to say that all beaches and 99% of waters are open. and while that's technically true, there's something bp doesn't mention. open doesn't necessarily mean oil free....

Leader of libya. he's 69 years old. he led the revolution to overthrow the king of libya back in the 1960s. he's been the leader since 1969. in this period here he became known well before osama bin laden as face of terrorism from this region. in 2003 he started to make amends with the world community. in 2006 president bush restored diplomatic relations with libya. let's talk about this man and his challenge with our national security analyst, peter burgin. you have written about osama bin laden and agency. before any american knew the name osama bin laden when it came to terror, it was moamm...

martyr and threatened death to anyone who stands up to him. >> translator: the punishment is execution. ransacking, looting, the punishment is execution. >> despite that tonight gadhafi's support in eastern libya is totally gone. around 12,000 people have fled across the libyan border into egypt. ben wedeman reports armed people in civilian clothing are guarding the streets and those civilians appear to be in firm control. ben wedeman joins us on the phone. give us the latest where you are. some issues with ben wedeman's telephone line. it's tough to get contact inside libya. trust m...