frontlines in the battle for libya. reporter: the road outside benghazi today is a graveyard of gadhafi s armored vehicles, destroyed by western air strikes. after an hour and a half driving south flanked by desert, we reached the rebels front line. there are no trenches or sandbags, just men poorly armed that want to fight. the front line is about five miles outside the town of ajdabi ajdabiya. rebels watch with binoculars, but can t advance. outgunned, rebels say they are killed whenever they approach gadhafi s forces. we have light weapons, he has tanks, complained one man. another rebel showed me he isn t actually armed at all. it is a toy gun. reporter: this is amazing, he handed me a toy gun, i didn t
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one of the more expensive ones. good morning. we re breaking down the battle for libya. the opposition is defending its gains in the east with reports of intense fighting in hour in zawiya and ras lanuf. live reports from our team of correspondents, tracking the crashes. a mystery in madrid. an american studying abroad heads to a nightclub and disappears. a deadly tornado in louisiana. a weekend of extreme weather. snow, flood threats, and wind in the forecast. what you need to know before you hit the road and airport. it s early and we re on it. this is cnn sunday morning. march 6th. good morning, i m randi kaye. we start in libya with victory celebrations. this is the center of the capital city looked like this morning. a sea of green in tripoli s green square. these are government supporters
i m not saying lose more jobs, but this trend in unemployment benefit claims will slow down. the improvement trend will slow down. bill: got it. see you at 9:15. stuart varney, check him out, varney & company. arthel: bill, we turn now to the battle for libya. we re getting word that libyan authorities have arrested three dutch soldiers. apparently when they tried to evacuate a dutch citizen from the country. it comes amid new fighting along the mediterranean coast, the army units reportedly surround ago strategic oil installation. today witnesses saying government war planes have launched air strikes on the town possibly targeting an air strip. meanwhile we re getting new amateur video showing groups of armed men fighting in the desert. you can hear heavy gunfire, the sounds of explosions and a few large plumes of smoke rising in the distance. it s unclear exactly when or where this footage was taken. bill: also hearing about the