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With, as you say, traffic flowing on the streets. to hear the thunder of guns. heavy aircraft guns firing up into the sky tonight as they did last night. 50 caliber guns as well as individuals firing their rifles up into the air. it does lend a weird sense one hand have you traffic and stores and on the other hand you have people firing up in the air from other parts of the city. this is a really energized place. it's where there is a sense of energy but also fear as well. there is a lot of people working in this capital who are not -- libyans and they are frayed. they have jobs here. they are...

Fighting back and what is the latest as it relates to that steve? >> as far as fighting on the ground goes, qaddafi's government loyalist forces are still active. they are trying to solidify control over the town of misrata, about 125 miles away from here. they really want to sure up their control in the west. it's going to be a lot tougher for them in benghazi. of course, their forces strepped along that 600-mile desert road are easy pickings for air strikes. but they are going to solidify their control in the urban areas, that seems like a logical strategy, especially here the closer we get ...

Thing to have this attack announced by nicholas sarkozy and david cammeron, the british prime minister and the french president? is it so bad for us to be folded in the grove. >> i don't think so. i can tell you the white house thinks absolutely not. it's okay if other people are out there kind of waving the flag and we are actually doing the real substantive work of making this happen. and don't forget this is a complicated situation. it's not just libya. there is tunisia in egypt where the president some people say too slowly but he got on the side of the pro-democracy forces. you have got b...

This action is necessary, legal, and right. president obama is talking about limited action of days. qaddafi is not the legitimate leader of libya, he is international criminal. he should be investigated by holder for his actions panam. we should isolate this regime. knock out radio and tv ability to community with his own people. we shouldn't pay qaddafi forces any money when it comes to libyan oil. isolate, strangle and replace this man. that should be our goal. >> chris: i just want to make sure i understand. are you saying the problem is the definition of the mission or the fact that we're...

Pulled into this without the international support we need not just militarily but financially. particularly at this critical moment when we are struggling with the deficit. i think the president's leadership has created the conditions for international coalition. we're shaping the battlefield right now, initially we have that capacity. but we will be able to hand off very quickly to french, to arab forces like qatarys and others. that will send a strong signal to the arab world that this is not about american interests. it's about democracy in libya. >> chris: let's get to maybe the more impo...