reality to itself, john. >> nic robertson for us, and he is here part in the capital of tripoli. we'll keep in touch with nic in the hours and days ahead, nic, thanks. let's check in now with ben wedeman. we keep hearing conflicting reports, some confusion, including on this day if libyan jets were in the air and conducting bombing runs. what can you tells? >> reporter: i can tell you we were about an hour and a half drive from here when we were driving around in the desert and we heard a plane overhead. and it's very unusual to hear any planes in this area. and shortly afterwards, we heard a large explosion. we drove to the place where the explosion took place, and it was inside sort of an army camp/ammunition dump. according to the guards at the