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Besieged city. witnesses say hundreds of evacuees were forced to run for cover as missiles slammed into the area. richard engel is nbc's chief foreign correspondent live in benghazi today. what is the latest you're hearing from misrata? >> reporter: we're hearing that the port of misrata is once again under attack from gadhafi's forces, that it has been attacked by rockets and what appear to be tank shells. but the situation, as you started talking -- is just unbelievable. a few days ago, the situation seemed to be of unrest, revolt like we have been seeing in so many countries. now you have t...

Now have control of a key border crossing in tunisia. this is very interesting. on the western side of the country which we largely associate with being in government control. thousands of libyan families have been pouring into camps there. many are fleeing the violence in misrata. gadhafi's forces have been shelling the town with rockets and tank shells. the u.n. has warned there could be a serious humanitarian crisis in the area. fred plight again live from tripoli. give us an idea how serious this is. >> reporter: hi, ali. this is a border post in the southern part of tunisia. in that porti...

Moves anywhere in misurata. he has cut off water supply for almost a week now, from misurata. >> reporter: abraham's comments about misurata can't be confirmed. but opposition sources say about a dozen people were killed there today. and libyan tv says the government has purged the city of rebels. abraham says gadhafi's forces including tanks and artillery were closing in on rebel held benghazi where he and his family live. a few hundred fighters made it into the city. >> they started shooting and firing some of the tank shells fell on houses, and destroyed them partially. there were victims, ...

Streaming live for us. rick. >> reporter: benghazi remarkably quiet this afternoon, quiet in the sense there are no new air strikes here to report. no major celebrations in the street. of course there were last night, not just here but in many towns and cities across libya. where we were near the egypt border overnight they were firing weapons in air and celebration. a lot of jubilation over the no-fly zone being established in the hopes that perhaps the t t e has turned for this country. there is worry about moammar gadhafi sticking to his wordment thinks troops opened fire on a city next to ...

Wrong people. >> we don't have anything. where everybody? we need help, yeah. >> today gadhafi forces scored the biggest military victory so far driving hundreds of rebels from a port city with a lot of tank shells. >> isn't that amazing? it is 3:00 in the morning, and the phone was picked up. it is the libyan rebels on the other line. and our response is, well, how many other nations have you got behind you? doesn't make sense to me. >> your thoughts on paris as the leading advocate. in fact, paris saying they may seek to reinstate a no fly zone. sounds like they are not playing crop. >> they...