month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. we re going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say they ve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. they re trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but they re aware they do not have weaponry to match the tanks or personal carriers and air power of bashar al assad s army. we are learning more about how whitney houston spent her last days. they say she was drinking heavily the week before her body was found in a beverly hills hotel room. hotel guests heard her complaining that her drinks waurpted down. here s what dr. dr
forces out of misrata s city center. they have also regained the city s critical port. libya s government admits its soldiers are retreating but vowed fighters will remain. some say gadhafi is trying to disguise his defeat there. gadhafi is not gone, but yemen s leader may soon be gone. he has agreed in principle to a deal to hand over power to his vice president within 30 days. yemen s neighboring persian gulf nation brokered the deal that gives complete immunity to suly and his team. activists are pushing for reforms. for more on the developing story out of yemen, let s bring in senior state department producer elise. i understand the state department is commenting today. what are they saying about this? it s a bit of cautious
dead and a hell worse than afghanistan. meanwhile, u.s. warships steamed toward the region entering the suez canal and into the mediterranean all headed to libya. and the battlefield, gadhafi forces attacked the oil refinery town of brega trying to retake the critical port. stephanie gosk is in benghazi with the latest. today he struck back at the east for the first time since opposition forces seized this region of libya. the early morning hours, a 50-truck convoy with mounted machine guns lay siege to the town of brega where there is an oil terminal and an air strip. rebel forces fought back and going back and forth in a fierce battle all day long. there have been air strikes as well, an ammunitions depot has been targeted several times. gadhafi spoke himself in tripoli on state tv reeighting some of the things we ve been hearing from him that this uprising has
the unmanned air strike destroyed a multiple rocket launcher used by gadhafi forces outside of misrata. the launcher was being used to target civilians there. and a major victory for rebels in that key coastal city. opposition leaders say they successfully forced gadhafi troops out of misrata city center. they have also retaken the city s critical port. libya s government admits its soldiers are retreating but vows tribal fighters will remain. a spokesman says gadhafi is simply trying to disguise his army s defeat. gadhafi still clings to power but yemen s embattled leader says he s ready to quick. the president has agreed in principal to step down within 30 days. yemen s neighboring persian gulf nations brokered the agreement which grants complete immunity
line. but i will tell you that this is the best we could get out of divided government. reporter: the house republican leaders underscoring the fact that this was a bipartisan vote. the reality, wolf is that republicans really did have to rely on significant help from democrats in order to pass this. now, it is going to go to the senate where we expect that vote to happen perhaps within the next hour, wolf. some call it fuzzy math, as you did, dana. others call it washington, d.c., math, there is a lot of fuzzy math going on, always has been, over the years. thanks very much. good report. we are going to have a lot more on this looming budget debate. just ahead, my interview with the senate majority leader harry reid, that s coming up this hour. but turning now to the raging battle in libya where a fresh round of explosions have just been heard in tripoli. state tv reporting civilian deaths. meanwhile, in the bess sieged city of misrata, at least 23 people were killed, more tha