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nation s most successful families. s.e. johnson iii charged in a schaubing case of sexual abuse involving a family member. plus bikini backlash. there s outrage over this bikini featuring a padded push-up triangle top made for girls as young as 7. does that send the wrong message? it s today s gut check. supported by western air strikes, libyan rebels have made dramatic gains over the past few days. pro-gadhafi forces have now put up very little fight, melting away as the opposition advance. with me now, former nsa and cia director, general michael hayden, now a principal with the chertoff group. thank you for joining us. what s crossing the wires right now is president obama, chancellor merkel, president sarkozy and david cameron have all been on a conference call discussing what happens next.
strikes advanced hunts dreds of miles in a few days. reporter: here there have been all night celebrations with gunfire in the air and celebratory tank fire. the rebels are cheering their biggest advance yet. in the last 24 hours or so, the rebels have been able to push their front line forward hundreds of miles. they have been moving through a corridor of destruction created by western air strikes. we ve been driving through some of what the rebels describe as gadhafi s army. dozens of armored vehicle, artillery pieces and tanks completely obliterated by western air strikes it has allowed the rebels to just drive forward and simply go from town to town raising their flags. they have now reached the outskirts of sirte and that could be a major battleground.
of the primary contributors of oil to europe, it s a big deal to a lot of these european nations, and the united states, for better or for worse is the security umbrella for europe. and, chuck, i know you re going to be a busy person. you re anchoring hardball and the coverage of the speech tonight so we ll all be watching. thanks, chuck. the president s address comes as western air strikes pave the way for rebels to make a dramatic advance across the libyan coast, retaking some 200 miles of territory in less than 24 hours. the goal now of the rebels, to break the military s hold on sirte, join opposition forces in misrata and march on tripoli. richard engel is live in the rebel base of benghazi, libya. richard, right now how likely is it that the rebels can now continue this advance and actually approach tripoli? reporter: and it s good to talk to you, chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, but you had it exactly
fighting happening in tripoli. reporter: i know very little about what s going on in tripoli right now. i just came back from the eastern front here in rebel controlled eastern libya, and over the last 24 hours, gadhafi s forces throughout this area have effectively collapsed, and it started out in ajdabiya yesterday when the troops that were in ajdabiya were destroyed by the air by western air strikes, and today we could see just the extent of the damage caused by the western air strikes. 20, 30 or more armored vehicles and tanks completely obliterated. and it has allowed the rebels to just effectively drive on through. we went not only through ajdabiya but on to brega and then ras ma nuf. they have pushed the front line