small city of benjawad. the rebels it taken it yesterday, but late last night had pulled back to the port city. when they tried to reenter today, they were met by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery fired by the libyan army and right now, it appears that the libyan army does remain in control of benjawad, which is key, because it s on the road to gadhafi s hometown of surte. about 30 miles of tripoli, there is still the ongoing stalemate between the pro and anti-gadhafi forces. the anti-gadhafi rebels appear to hold the city center. but the pro-gadhafi forces ring that entire city. it s a stalemate there. tonight it appears that colonel gadhafi is still in full control of tripoli and that is ultimately what this will come down to, a battle for the capital. tonight harris, libya remains on
system, it will be a drawn out storm. we ll see the effects throughout the night, overnight and even as we head into monday morning. harris. boy, this has been a beast as it moves across the country. thank you very much. libya on the brink of civil war, forces loyal to gadhafi stepping up the counter attacks. leland vitter, our correspondent there is about to give us a close look at the battle front. stay tuned for that. a daring break-in by a guy with, well, droopy drawers. police say he was after that was so important, he couldn t even pull up his pants. homeowners rates have been going up, but you can still refinance to a fixed rate as low as 4.75% at lendingtree.com. plus, get the best deal or we ll pay you $1,000. call lending tree at. today.
like gadhafi s air force is trying to counter attack. there was anti-aircraft going on. you want the same weapons that gadhafi fired at you? yes. and more. do you think you ll get them? no, no, we can t. you can t get them? no. what are you going to do? fighting. right now we have some of the new heavy weapons being delivered to the rebel front lines and the commanders are trying to rally their troops. we are not afraid. we are the sword of libya. allah akbar. a lot of rebels head away from the front lines. we re not sure why, but there has been a heck of a fire fight. without any command and control structure, there is nobody here to order these people to either attack or maintain defensive positions. how is he doing?
those claims later found to be in accurate. harris. exactly how close are the rebels to tripoli at this point? right now there is fighting going on in two cities, disputed cities, both on the west and east of the capital in tripoli and the west rebels are 25 miles away. they have been fighting in a town that s changed hands several times. libyan forces from the government have sent in tanks and armored personnel carriers and in the east rebel forces are about 130 miles away. so despite government claims, there is still contested cities both in the east and in the west. but keep in mind, the libyan government still has a strong air force largely intact. soviet made fighter jet attack helicopters. the rebels really have nothing to answer that with if they do try and make the march here to tripoli. back to you. all right, steve, thank you very much. we will have more from libya. our correspondent leland vitter caught up with a group of rebels. that at the bottom of the hour. the cri
survived. they used a life capsule to get away from the flames. what you re watching is the rescue that the coast guard put forth because they sent out a helicopter and hoisted those men up into the chopper and now those two men are hospitalized in a place near new orleans, we re told. since then, crews managed to put out the fire. the scare coming as the gulf coast still hurting from the deep water horizon explosion last year and the resulting oil spill. more details as we get them on this part of the story also tonight on the fox report. battle ground libya. there were bombs and bullets and we were trying to escape. rebels trying to take key cities while loyalists to gadhafi waged its toughest fight yet. fox bringing you up close to the front lines of the struggle for libya. and they terrorized the high seas, murdering american hostages, disrupting