we couldn t get to the area where the opposition was, the government wouldn t let us get there, we had no idea the conditions that, what we did see, tanks under trees, hiding, we heard the opposition say they ve been attacked by tanks. heavy artillery you may see on a battlefield maybe. indiscriminate type of weapon to use in an urban area. there s been a lot of excitement for the opposition forces and those who support them. we saw opposition forces retake the city of ashdabiya where you are tonight. they got close to serte, but you say their momentum has stopped. what happened? it most certainly seems to have, anderson. they got to the small town you mentioned earlier, it s about 60
away. that young woman has been redeployed, we haven t seen her since then. it s stunning, so disturbing. and we should all not forget what has happened to iman al bari. we ll continue to follow up. stay safe. coming up, new protests, new violence in syria. and a familiar refrain from the government, the deadly violence is the work of foreigners, gangs of thugs. eyewitnesss tell a much different story. government forces firing at peaceful protesters, we ll have the latest. we re going to talk to a human rights activist in syria. literally risking his life. he wants us to use his name. new images showing the force of the tsunami that hit japan as a wall of water rolls through the city of kesanuma, a wave of destruction. security forces in syria
talked to in misrata today say they still are battling in parts of the city. the government claps they are in control of the city. what did you see when you went there today? you know, we got within a couple miles of the center of the city, and we were stopped at a pro-gadhafi rally that had been completely organized for us. there was a state television satellite truck set up for these protesters who demonstrated in front. whenever we tried to film down the road, videotape toward where the opposition was in the city. people would come in front of us, waive their green flags, soldiers would walk in front of us, intentionally try to stop us filming. when we drove out of town, all those pro-gadhafi supporters drove out behind us. they didn t live there.
their advance was halted at um al gadeel. opposition forces had to pull back to the town of bin jawad. in misrata, cnn was finely granted access and discovered a city destroyed. gadhafi s forces claim they control the town, our team was stopped a few miles from the center of the city, suggesting the battle continues as does the battle for the future of libya. later on the program we ll have an update on that woman dragged off by security forces. we heard from her family, we ll talk to correspondents who were there. earlier tonight i spoke with a spokesman in that town of misrata. how close is is the fighting? i m seeing video of what looks like opposition forces with ak-47s in their hands, light weapons running around on the