The sky line. we are he told anti-aircraft fire heard in the capital tonight, all of this as rebels in the east celebrate taking control of several cities, including two with oil complexes. our rick leventhal is streaming from the northeastern city in benghazi with the latest there. harris, every one of the opposition fighters will tell you they could not have made the remarkable progress they have over the past 48 hours retaking so many towns in the hands of gaddafi troops without the help from above. those n.a.t.o. fighting jets, artillery and other positions destroying the tanks and artillery and armor and allowing the rebels to push further and further west. we have seen them move into ajdabiya, thanks to dozens of gaddafi tanks destroyed and on to the the town of brega, and a massive oil fine complex, retaking the towns and oil terminals will allow the rebels, they say to begin exporting oil within the next
Week and they say they can produce as many as 100,000 to 130,000 barrels of oil a day. possibly up to 300,000 barrels of oil a day within the next week and they say they already have a deal with qatar. one thing that the rebels also are doing, when they come across some of the tanks, partially destroyed by the air strikes, they re loading those tanks on to flat beds and bringing them to benghazi and other places and trying to fix them so they can use the tanks themselves. again, harris, dramatic progress and rebel fighters tell us they re now just 330 miles of tripoli where gaddafi is firmly in place and hopes of pushing to reach tripoli as soon as possible. harris. harris: thank you very much. president obama set to talk to the nation on libya tomorrow night and n.a.t.o. approved the plan to take care of aerial operations and any ground attacks in libya. and earlier today, secretaries hillary clinton and robert gates making the rounds on the
Gains and they are remarkable really have to go to the allied air strikes. u.s., french, british war planes targeting gaddafi and government mechanized vehicles and tanks and armored carrier vehicles and gives the gaddafi forces little choice, but to retreat. and forcing a big chunk of territory under rebel control for the gaddafi forces and the government says if it s a tactical withdrawal, but has a stage after route and government soldiers leaving their vehicles and trying to get civilian cars, leaving their uniforms and ammunition as they really run in the face of the allied air strikes and do get most of the credit. the rebels are simply occupying territory and quite a bit of it as those government forces flee and the head to head battle on the ground with air strikes that are paving the way at this point, harris. what about looking ahead? is there any sort after decisive battle on the horizon
Friends and our arab partners as very vital to their interests. no guarantees whether gaddafi will survive as libya s ruler and secretary clinton says an international conference on tuesday will layout strategies. harris, back to you. caroline, thank you very much from the studio. with the president speaking tomorrow night, our shepard smith will anchor live coverage right here on the fox report. 7 p.m. eastern, the president expected to speak about 7:30. it seems like it s a part of health care, the new law for reform that could have gotten mixed. and thanks to ballooning medicare costs the first time since 2009, senior citizens for social security were about to get higher benefit payments, they re called cost of living adjustments to cover the rising cost of gas and food, but wait, there s a problem. hire medicare costs to food and benefits. liz macdonald a here to
Anti-aircraft fire. libyan television reporting air strikes are targeting gaddafi s hometown for the very first time. and the rebels who want gaddafi to leave firing shots in the air in celebration as they make gains i the eastern part of the country and this fact, hauled away a tank that days ago belonged to gaddafi sources and the rebels now in control of the oil complexes as you re looking at one of the complex, responsible for an enormous chunk of the 1.5 million barrels daily. most of europe, exports which have the stocks rising since february. our steve harrigan is live from tripoli, are the rebels have more success because of the allied air strikes or something that they re doing for themselves. reporter: harris, i think most of the credit for the