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This conflict when qaddafi and his son vowed rivers of blood would flow if the rebellion continued, if at that point it would have sent a very strong, very, very powerful psychological signal to the rebels. right now we're in kind of the worst situation because on one hand our president has said qaddafi must go. his conduct is outrageous. he has no legitimacy. and on the other hand this country has done virtually nothing accept pass some sanctions which are long-term to make that outcome happen. jenna: what is the cost and benefits if we break it down between being the lead country and saying ...

Neck. >> reporter: from the way things look on the ground, unless the rebels get some serious help and very quickly, it is very possible that qaddafi's forces will beat the rebles. they already have in the village of ras lanouf. this is new video of qaddafi forces celebrating in the town of ras lanouf. they pound the rebels with artillery and they ran away without giving much of a fight. in all fairness the rebels don't have the command and control structure. they don't have the heavy weapons other artillery or the air force. this is not a fair fight. but the rebels seem to run away as quickly...

Back their city. leland vittert joins us on the phone now. what is the latest, lee lan. >> reporter: it is fair to say we are now in the middle of a civil war. there is no question about that. you are looking at video of one of the main oil terminals going up today during a heavy barrage of artillery by qaddafi forces. we were on the air as it all went down. it appears right now as though they have been beaten back badly by qaddafi forces. we are hearing more power as it goes off. it seems we had hen rpg or stinger missile going off. planes right above us at about 2:00 coming in. you can see f...

Seems to be stopped a little bit for the day because of the wind and weather. the ground front assault that we've been on the front lines of in just the past couple of hours seems to be going on. the good news for the rebels, they appear to have a couple of guys here who actually begin to know what they are doing, former libyan armor soldiers who have defected to the rebels and are leading the assault against qaddafi forces. still in the air qaddafi's air force rules and it is scary on the ground. there is a major escalation for the air war in the east. qaddafi's bomber hit a civilian target o...

Rebels and pro qaddafi forces taking place in four different cities as rebel forces press ahead for tripoli. muammar qaddafi's strong hold. steve harrigan is streaming live from tripoli. steve? >> reporter: gregg, there were several hours of sustained firing here in the libyan capital tripoli firmly under government control, and officials later explained that that firing was celebratory and state controlled media reported overnight the government had retaken every city and the information later proved to be inaccurate and there are fights going on outside of tripoli to the east and west, the w...