staying. cnn had a camera smashed, taken aw away. the gadhafi government does not want you to see this video of what happened to this woman. they have told conflicting stories of what was done to her. we re going to try to figure out what is real and what is not. also ahead, did the president satisfy critics abroad and at home? how does motorola exccelerate ?
we also had the ability to stop gadhafi s forces in their tracks without putting american troops on the ground. to brush aside america s responsibility as a leader and more profoundly our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances, would have been a betrayal of who we are. a lot more on what the president said in a moment. we ll also look tonight in an incredibly disturbing incident that looked at a tripoli hotel full of journalists. a woman tried to tell reporters of her alleged gang rape at the hands of gadhafi troops. this woman was dragged away by gadhafi officials, we have updates about what s happened since. we ll talk with nic robertson about it. the gadhafi regime has told multiple conflicting stories about that woman. not surprising, of course, they have a record of telling lies. they first denied that opposition even existed on gadhafi.
miles to the east of serte. when they were entering, according to one opposition fighter, they began searching homes, they say they found a number of weapons that they believe gadhafi had handed out to residents in this neighborhood. they then say residents began shooting at them, and the opposition said they decided not to fire back because of concerns for civilian casualties. they said they were forced to retreat. as they were retreating, they came under a heavy barrage of gunfire. we saw them beating quite a hasty path away from this area. fire into the air, that gadhafi s military was trying to outflank them. we asked them what their next move was going to be. because they said they had to go back into this area and clear it. if the civilians have not evacua evacuated, this has an entire new dynamic. if we start seeing pro and
finds the opposition forces closer than ever before. opposition forces have grabbed the mmomentum. saturday they got control of ashdabia. a stark reminder that without coalition air strikes, this advance west would not be possible. in tripoli on saturday, a bizarre scene at a hotel filled with international journalists. this woman burst in screaming she had been beaten and gang raped by gadhafi s forces. look what they did to me, she scis, my honor was violated by them. libyan officials initially claimed she was a mentally ill
debate. give president obama his due. on the most important issue that he had to face tonight, why he went in. i thought he made a very, very strong case. i agree with fouad and ann marie on that. ari, do you believe he left too many things unsaid? or would that be too broad a speech to make at this point? i think it s not necessarily the things unsaid, it s the problems on the ground are tremendous still. because i think the likelihood is, we are going to end up in a stalemate. the tricky thing here is, when you have a president that does the right thing, but does it four weeks too late, can you really say it is the right thing. this is something that should have been done four weeks ago, when it was really likely that the rebels by virtue of america s action could have tipped the scales, and made gadhafi think the time is up, he needs to get out of there. i have a hard time seeing that happen now. i think it s a fight to the finish. and this finish ends up in a stalemate, where g