need to continue with that same intensity. and if they don't, they do realize that they will continue to lose ground as we have been seeing them lose ground. the other issue, too, is that when they were moving westward initially, they were moving through friendly territory. the cities and towns were either pro-opposition or where the opposition in and of themselves. that, of course, changed once they hit areas where residents supported gadhafi. and that's another issue they're going to have to deal with because they cannot expect, nor do they want air strikes to be hitting civilian locations. but this could very well be turning into the sort of street-to-street battle where the opposition is pitted against gadhafi loyalists, civilians who are armed, and gadhafi's military. >> all right. thank you for that take on what's going on over there. stay safe. we'll talk to you more later on. now to the president. in several interviews today he said he doesn't rule out arming the libyan rebels, and he's confident gadhafi will ultimately step down. let's bring in regular james