we're considerably far away from there. the air strikes have zoied all the forces that were tlenting the city. now the air strikes are helping an advance by the rebels. if the air strikes stop, then the rebels will no longer be able to advance and this could become a long, drawn-out stalemate. >> in ajdabiya, richard engel with the very latest. as part of the president's effort to more explain the mission in libya, hillary clinton and robert gates sat down here with me yesterday, secretary gates, secretary clinton, welcome back to "meet the press." the president says this was days, not weeks, we're into the second week. has the mission been accomplished? >> i think the no-fly zone aspect has been accomplished. we haven't seen any of his planes fly since it started. i think we've also been successful on the humanitarian side. we have prevented his forces from going to benghazi and we