of the tripoli there. they did apparentlyy take at leastt one cruise missile strike and that s what they are firing at. reporter: now the libyan government made a number of statements to state controlled television that should come down to one bald lie after another. they said they shot down a french plane. that s not true . there have been tremendous civilian casulties from the cruise missile strikes . we haven t seen documentary evidence of that. no video from hospitals or wounded . not even the sound of sirens or ambulance here. it is tough to get an accurate read when the government is saying things that are without any, any evidence. they said there were strikes in downtown tripoli. we haven t verified that until now until the last 45 minutes. we heard the explosions and
very loud anti-aircraft from several directions. shooting into the sky from a number of locations. very loud, very dramatic. we couldn t see what they were firing at, but it went on for quite some time. so it must have been in the sky as to start them going. give us some perspective. it is around 10:36 in the evening there. we re looking at pictures of the sky of what you were just describing. how has the day progressed now as the day begins to close there in libya? i think people woke up feeling a little bit stunned by what had happened. we didn t really see any sign of this war in tripoli until 2:30 this morning when the whole city was woke up by a loud explosion. that was the first indication we had of it.
down. a shootout in west virginia has left one deputy u.s. marshal dead and two others wounded. it happened as the agents were serving a warrant on a suspect in a drug case. the 50-year-old man started shooting when the marshals entered his residence. he was killed when they returned fire. a u.s. law enforcement official says the mexican gunman who killed an american drug agent knew exactly who they were firing at. the hunt is on for those responsible for tuesday s attack which also wounded another u.s. agent. diana alvear has the latest. reporter: good morning. this latest case shows you just how dangerous it s become for any american to work below the border. in fact, one expert says it seems to be open season on law enforcement. driving through north mexico, two u.s. immigration and customs enforcement agents stopped at what they thought was a military checkpoint on the highway. that s when authorities say they were ambushed.