coming up, the latest on eman al obeidy, last seen saturday screaming she had been gang raped by gadhafi troops. what the libyan government is saying about where she is now and what her family is saying. and you ll hear from reporter jonathan miller. he s on the left in that video in the blue shirt trying to help her before she was driven away. he got punched in the face. later, a 360 exclusive with the four new york times journalists who were held captive by gadhafi s troops for nearly a week. the only woman told the tale about being punched and repeatedly groped and told me about one moment when one of the troops started stroking her hair. i sort of tried to put my head down and he picked it up and kept caressing me in this weird sort of tender way. and he was saying this phrase over and over and i said to anthony, i said, what is he saying? and anthony said, he s telling
the hospital right now. in the meantime, state officials, health officials and the cdc suspect the bacteria may have directly caused these deaths. the i.v. bags have since been recalled. health officials say they no longer pose a threat to other patients. rebels are on the run now in libya. moammar gadhafi s forces in a fierce battle with rebel fighters between the cities of al jawad and ras lanuf. all of this taking place in eastern libya. an offensive by gadhafi troops has forced the opposition to retreat from some of the ground they gained since the no-fly zone took effect. president obama is saying he s not ruling out the possibility of arming the rebels in their efforts to try to overflow the libyan dictator. radiation levels in the sea water surrounding the crippled nuclear power plant are now measuring more than 3,000 times the normal readings, that is the highest level yet in the water. meanwhile, the tokyo electric power company says it will
are in libya, and he s done so very effectively, in my view. thank you very much. we re going to talk about syria. i talked to a man in syria, who s risking his life and using his name to tell us what s going on there. we ll talk to him later on in the program. also, a quick program note about four intrepid journalists who survived captivity at the hands of the gadhafi dictatorship. they will be joining us later this week, they were held for nearly a week, threatened with death. speaking out on 360 on thursday night. it s going to be an excellent interview. i hope you join me for that. we go from the political to personal next. the gadhafi regime said this woman was a prostitute, she was mentally ill after she stood up and said gadhafi troops raped her. what happened to her after. and interesting reaction from her family and folks in opposition held territories.
conference either, t.j. just getting started there. empty room now that will certainly fill up. we ll check in with you throughout the morning. mark good to see you. want to turn back to certainly a developing story in libya right now. we ve been telling you about the strategic city of ajdabiya, where rebels claim to have taken the city back from the gadhafi forces. arwa damon is with me now, on the line. you have made it close to that city if not in that city. tell me what you can report from ajdabiya? reporter: for the first time in over a week now we ve actually been able to get in from the northern entrance. it s at that northern entrance we were seeing opposition forces bogged down by what they were describing as small unit of gadhafi troops. a squadron. now we see finally they have been able to breach that. thanks to air strikes, they re telling us, that took place overnight. these air strikes pounding gadhafi s positions.
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