they'd manufactured by themselves just a couple of streets on, you have the gadhafi forces with things like tanks and rpgs and still the opposition is able to maintain large parts of that territory. they get shelled a lot and you have a lot of indirect fire coming in, but they feel at this point in time they're able to control that territory and some say they believe they're going to win this battle altogether, john. >> you also had a glimpse at something, we haven't been able to see much of in this war, because of the difficulty gaining access, and that is the human toll. and you see these pictures of the horrible injuries to children, as well as adults. you were at the hospital in misratah, where you know it had faced shell and fire several times. describe that scene for us and what you saw. >> reporter: well, it's an awful scene. and very few medical supplies actually get in there. so the very few hospitals that are still functioning are absolutely overwhelmed and simply don't have the tools that they need to save a lot of people. a lot of people die of injuries that otherwise they wouldn't die