appears to be a bit more organization on the part of the rebels. heather: thank you very much. conner powell reporting from the war zone. as the fighting continues, geraldo rivera got caught up in some of the heavy fighting inin brega. [ gun shots ] they are firing on us. [ gun shots ] they are firing at us. they are firing mortars at us. right there. [ gun shots ]
libya, nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard andle with the very late theft. richard? reporter: it continues to be a difficult period, mika, for the rebels. they are losing territory. they ve been losing more territory this morning and gadhafi s troops are changing their tactics. they re not using as many tanks as they have been in recent days. it became clear to gadhafi s tank commanders that if they went out in those armored vehicles they could easily be identified and destroyed from the air by nato and the united states. instead, gadhafi s troops are using small units, jeeps, civilian vehicles and are going out through the desert, flanking the rebels, firing mortars on them and the rebels are simply retreating. it s not just a question of weapons, it s a question of training, discipline, and tactics at this stage. and richard, at this point, goodness gracious, if the rebels are armed and we have word now that prime minister cameron is echoing the president and not
firing mortars, in return, more than 60 over the weekend, jenna. jenna: we re looking at the video of the chaos at the scene there, reena. was there any intelligence that was suggesting that this was going to happen, any sort of heads up? reporter: no. that s what security and police here tell us, that they didn t have any idea or intelligence that this was coming. what s interesting, jenna, three weeks ago in the road from jerusalem to bethlehem, there was an explosion, a bomb that went off, that took off the hand of a palestinian jerusalem city worker. you can believe that police will be looking into the connection to see if there was one with that bomb and the one that went off in front of the bus that took the life of one woman that we are hearing unconfirmed reports right now, that that woman who was killed may have been an american citizen, jenna. jenna: reena ninan on the developing story, the first terror attack in jerusalem in seven years. reena, thank you. jon: japan contin
circle benghazi without firing mortars, without firing artillery and establishing a base-besieged atmosphere on that city where they can move in at night, discreetly as they ve done in tripoli, picking up a dozen or two dozen leaders at a time. they know who they are. they identified them on video and photos, and work at degrading the opposition and the rebel leadership that way. it s certainly something that could happen. if it does happen, would that trigger a no-fly zone? probably not. at least it s debatable. that s the kind of thing that needs to be watched. also today, you might call this a test case. mezrhata was killed again. that may continue, as well.
alisyn: good morning, sunday, march 6th, i m al lynn camarata alisyn camerota, lybia is on fire as violence explodes across the country, muammar qaddafi firing mortars in the streets and taking back the capital and the rebels hold on to cities on their own, a live report from lybia. dave: and a border agent died after being attacked by armed gunman and all he could do to defend himself was fire bean bags, are sweeting our border agents up for failure. clayton: and these babies had life-saving surgery before they were born. you ll meet the parents and the doctor behind it all. fox and friends, hour four, fox and friends, hour four, starts, right now. captioning by, closed captioning services, inc.