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Yes, i thought that. let me ask you about misrata. a retreat by the government forces, by gadhafi there that seemed to surprise even the rebels. there was something of a comeback by them. how do youthen. how do you see that fight going over in misrata? we have it on the map. >> reporter: misrata has been described as a massacre, what happened over the weekend. gadhafi's forces pulled back, the rebels became very excited, they were claiming victory, even people here in benghazi started to celebrate, they were calling misrata liberated, and then as the troops pulled back to the outskirts of the ...

Mediterranean sea as well. the reason why this is so important, because over the weekend, two predator drones were given to nato to -- given to nato to fly over 24 hours a die and -- day and patrol this entire area. in the east, the rebels, they still hold on to benghazi, it is firmly theirs at the moment. the big battle appears to be misurata, the misurata, that has been under seige now for about a month. now, over the weekend, qaddafi forces, for whatever reason, started pulling back and away from misurata, allowing the rebels to get a firmer grasp, perhaps, on what is left of that city. cap...

Armed version, the reaper, is a medium endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle, which means you don't have a pilot in it. it's got six hard points, you can put weapons on there, fully load it, it's got about 14 hours endurance, and the beauty of these things is that since there is no air threat or surface to air threat, you can operate these things with relative impunity, and instead of having pilots who are living over there in theater, flying these missions, 24 hours a day, what you can do is you can launch the predator drones to take the night missions, because the guys flying them are sitting j...

Fight over president obama's health care reform, will apparently now go to the proper legal or normal legal channels after the supreme court announced moments ago it will not expedite a major lawsuit out of virginia challenging the constitutionality of that law. from virginia they wanted the lawsuit to go straight to the u.s. supreme court to offer clarity on what the course is for the law and whether or not it will be implemented or declared unconstitutional. the efforts now to put that on the fast track for the u.s. supreme court were denied and now, we will work our way through this appeals...

>> reporter: libya government tv says it was an attempt to kill moammar gadhafi himself. that's exactly what one prominent u.s. lawmaker insists is the key. >> i think the focus should be to cut the head of the snake off. >> reporter: fresh off a surprise contribute to libya, senator john mccain does not support targeting gadhafi. while unmanned predator drones are keeping up the heat, senator mccain says the united states should unleash hell from above. >> we hope that gadhafi will crumble from within, but hope is not a strategy. >> reporter: will i be yap forcforc chibian forces have all but...