deteriorating to the point that the president could leave at any day. i think the arab league and other states were happy to focus attention on libya. that way they could say look at libya, how horrible that regime is, don t look at our cases, but as this war drags on and there are all indications that it s going to drag on, i think the arab interests, at least from a state level is going to wane. richard you re reporting from the front line and i had to hit the deck. what was that about? an incoming round came in too close? let s watch that now. reporter: i didn t realize until he put it in my hands, it s actually just made of plastic. it s a toy. [ bombs exploding ] wow, what was the aftermath of that event?
rebels, they were struggling to advance and then we saw exactly why they were struggling as artillery rounds came falling around us, some of them very close. we were actually talking to one of the rebels and i was shocked when he showed me that his gun is actually knead of plastic. made of plastic. it s made of plastic. it s a toy. [ bombs exploding ] richard, that s really scary. what happened there? the artillery rounds landed. we heard three explosions. they were very close, maybe 50 yards away. the rebels scattered and regrouped in another area and they re going to try this again tomorrow. they re pushing to the frontline, seeing if they can get a little bit furtherer. but there s a range problem. it s about weapons. the rebels have mostly hand held