and the no fly zone is in effect. >> in a speech on state television, gadhafi vowed to fight back against what he called terrorists attacking his country. he called the strikes a confrontation between the libyan people and the quote new nazis. >> eye witnesses in tripoli describe what they saw and heard when the air strikes began. >> to be honest, i was asleep, i woke up because of the explosion, i tried to run and see what's happening and i could see, i saw actually one of the explosions. saw one of the fires, it was scary thing. especially that there is an an anti-craft shooting against it. and i saw a couple of the, i don't know what to call it. but it was a very bright light. and i could see, i could see some of the events. i saw them. >> we want to check in with our senior international correspondent, nic robertson who is in tripoli. and nic, i'm learning through our sources that libya's army