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Just landed in misurata where the coalition had been targeting gadhafi forces who had been pummelling opposition forces inside the city of misurata. on the air field outside, that's when the french jet saw this small aircraft. that's when it targeted it on the runway. this seems to be the only time, according to coalition officials, that they've been able to see gadhafi's air force try and take to the air in the past five days, piers. >> and do you get a sense of the no-fly zone as having much of an impact on gadhafi and his regime? >> reporter: it seems to be having an impact around misurata....

Tension -- how many tens of thousands in eastern libya would have been destroyed? if we were not working -- and murdered? if we were not working to degrade gadhafi's military capabilities as we are doing through the air and as a part of a coalition, that massacre would have continued and will continue in many of the areas in western libya. i think this is a pretty clear and important mission that is not only humanitarian in nature but involves some important security concerns in a critical region. >> thank you very much. the u.n. says there is no sign of a cease-fire in libya, even after day...

Here, five days ago now, gadhafi's forces have dug into ajdabiya and are not showing signs of leaving or giving up significantly on the fight. the rebels are trying to fight into the town and take control. we're not seeing a political weakening. we're not really seeing a military weakening in gadhafi's position. what is probably happening though we're yet to see it, but very likely and i think we're going to see more of this, in towns like ajdabiya and misurata, gadhafi is hiding his military equipment in an urban environment which will make it much harder to target in the days and weeks ahead...

Our congressional correspondent brianna keilar who is quickly looking through this letter as i speak, a letter from speaker boehner questioning the action over libya. so we have that, and i've also been e-mailed -- let me take a look at this and do this on the fly with you -- excerpts from this letter. here's what i have. he writes, in light of this contradiction, is it an acceptable outcome for gadhafi to remain in power after the military effort concludes in libya? quickly here, live pictures over the skies of tripoli as we're getting word that there is action over the skies. keep your eyes,...

European military. but even with the support, it is not clear the rebels will be able to advance to tripoli. they remain without a clear leadership. most of the rebels don't have military training and some unites of gadhafi's army here in the east have been holding out and so far, the rebels have not been able to take advantage of this incredible gift of western military support to drive and continue to advance to tripoli. willie? >> richard engel in libya for us this morning, thanks. for more perspective, i'm joined by retired army four-star general barry mccaffrey. the general is also an n...