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green square is right on the coast there. gadhafi's compound, a few miles away has taken a pounding from nato air strikes. today is the scene of ferocious gun battles. for now it's still in the regime control. and as for the libyan dictator, he may still inbound hiding or on the run, but three of his sons are in custody. and that included the man on the left, and he is wanted for crimes against humanity, just like his father. and then rebels also captured this woman, a well-known anchor on state tv, and witnesses say she is unharmed and state tv has gone dark. and then sara sidner ha...

want to remind you quickly. we're getting the president on camera. his remarks and statements on libya. we're getting that turned around for you. as soon as we do, we'll play it for you on cnn. check the clock, 3:00 eastern time. 9:00 p.m. in tripoli. the libyan capital now 90% controlled by western-backed rebels. that's according to the u.s. government. rife with rumors as to the fate of moammar gadhafi. for 42 years the country's undisputed, unbalanced leader, that's where we're going it start. is dpad fi holed up in his compound? it appears to be -- take a good look. it appears to...

Gordon chang now. he's one of our regulars and author of "nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world." madeleine albright says the noose can be tightened around gadhafi. do you agree? >> i certainly do. one thing we can do is talk to regime elements and get them to split off from gadhafi, isolate them and certainly with the embargo being tightened there are all sorts of maneuvers that can be and should be taken and they should be taken very soon. >> does nato have the stomach for a month's long campaign in libya? how long can this be sustained? >> that's a great question. and it very wel...

Madeleine albright says the noose can be tightened around gadhafi. do you agree? >> i certainly do. one thing we can do is talk to regime elements and get them to split off and tightened and all sorts of maneuvers that can be taken. >> does nato have the stomach for a month's long campaign in libya? how long can this be sustained? >> that's a great question. mate well have to be more than a month. as secretary gates said earlier today, this could end up taking the rest of this year or even longer. nato is 28 countries and have to act by consensus. it was pretty fragile and a lot of diplomacy b...

In any real sense. a revolution requires a fundamental change in structure, we haven't seen that yet. can egypt make a transition to a civilian government that moves away from the regime elements, including the military. the military starts to take on the role of guardian, interference in civilian politics. the way the overthrowing civilian governments in several junctures. >> for egyptians, they don't have democratic institutions to fall back upon. this country has been in autocrattic rule, all of the institutions had to be built from the ground up. >> they are not starting from