half would build a double digit lead. from there, the rams would hold on to pull off a shot. vcu wasn t sure they would get into the tournament and becomes one of the most unlikely final four teams in history. they play another mid major conference school, butler in the national semifinal. the other matchup yesterday being two of the most storied programs in basketball history. you have number two seed north carolina taking on number four seed kentucky. kentuc kentucky jumped out early but unc tied the game with minutes to go. that s when deandre liggins hits the huge shot. wildcats first final four since 1998. they ll take on uconn in the semifinals who are the hottest team in the in college sports. now they get to study. by the way, espn reports out of the five million people that filled out their brackets, two predicted the final four correct. two picked butler connecticut,
and they are fighting in his hometown it seems. momentum has definitely switched. don t you think that will help the president tonight getting some momentum for his speech? still, the closest they are is still about 300 miles from where qaddafi is sitting. let me point out to you in that map, there s also heavy fighting there and that s even closer to tripoli. one thing i was going to say about the president s speech, i don t think it s going to clarify for the american people, one, why we re there and what his mission is to do with qaddafi. i bet you $10 gazillion bucks he won t say that tonight. i bet he ll say something like it would be nice if the people would have a say in their future. nevertheless, the president will be going up to the stage at the national defense univeity in washington, d.c. to lay out the mission. it s a little late. donald rumsfeld was on one of the chat shows yesterday where he talked about how this administration is handling it. and he us
report they ve already taken moammar gadhafi s hometown which is a government stronghold, the rebels are benefitting from the air strikes by the international coalition. and tonight, president obama tells the american people why the u.s. thread effort. abc s emily schmidt joins us with more. good morning. reporter: peggy and rob good morning to you. this is now day ten of the no-fly zone over libya. president obama plans to address the nation tonight about libya. he s expected to say the u.s. acted quickly to void catastrophe. libyan rebels say the actions have made a difference. rebels advance more than 350 miles over the weekend on a march towards tripoli that includes moammar gadhafi s hometown. never again. reporter: rebels tried this path before but were pushed back, now, they have the backing of nato which announced yesterday it s taking over coalition military operations. nato in commence or aspect of the u.n. resolution, nothing more. nothing less. reporte
capital tripoli this morning. and there s an unconfirmed report they ve already taken moammar gadhafi s hometown which is a government stronghold, the rebels are benefitting from the air strikes by the international coalition. and tonight, president obama tells the american people why the u.s. thread effort. abc s emily schmidt joins us with more. good morning. reporter: peggy and rob good morning to you. this is now day ten of the no-fly zone over libya. president obama plans to address the nation tonight about libya. he s expected to say the u.s. acted quickly to void catastrophe. libyan rebels say the actions have made a difference. rebels advance more than 350 miles over the weekend on a march towards tripoli that includes moammar gadhafi s hometown. never again. reporter: rebels tried this path before but were pushed back, now, they have the backing of nato which announced yesterday it s taking over coalition military operations. nato in commence or aspect of
is a government stronghold, the rebels are benefitting from they air strikes by the international coalition. and tonight, president obama tells the american people why the u.s. thread effort. abc s emily schmidt joins us with more. good morning. reporter: peggy and rob good morning to you. this is now day ten of the no-fly zone over libya. president obama plans to address the nation tonight about libya. he s expected to say the u.s. acted quickly to void catastrophe. libyan rebels say the actions a. rebels advance more than 350 miles over the weekend on a march towards tripoli that includes moammar gadhafi s hometown. never again. reporter: rebels tried this path before but were pushed back, now, they have the backing of nato which announced yesterday it s taking over coalition military operations. nato in commence or aspect of the u.n. resolution, nothing more. nothing less. reporter: nature those increased role means u.s. will hand over control. defense secretar