bill: now we learn, forces loyal to the libyan leader muammar qaddafi retaking the last rebel strong hold, west of the capital city of tripoli, and are now attacking two opposition-held towns in the east as they slowly press closer to the rebel capital in the east, the town of benghazi and where we find rick leventhal, streaming live now. rick? reporter: libya state tv, bill is reporting that muammar qaddafi s forces are in total control of a city 90 minutes south of us and the rebels say the army is ten miles outside of town but shelling them. remembers ten us the libyan army s aim is terrible and they rarely hit what they are shooting for.
rebels. and even though opposition forces were outgunned, they did not allow gadhafi s men to gain control there. what we re hearing, though, is at least one oil storage tank was blown up and there are also reports that the refinery in ras lanuf has now been shut down. not too far from the nation s capital there s a town called zawiy zawiyah. the fighting there has intensified. cnn has been unable to get back to zawiyah since monday, but libya state tv is reporting that government supporters were on the streets. they were there today. they were dancing, chanting pro-gadhafi slogans and waving. you can see a bunch of them, the green libyan flags. this is it the scene, a very far cry from the horrifying accounts our cnn correspondents are hearing firsthand. and it was just about this time yesterday we were waiting i know nic robertson was waiting for some six-plus hours for this man to show up at a tripoli hotel. he did finally show up at the hotel, but we didn t actually hear from h