reporter: the libyan propaganda machine is still up and functioning and is much more powerful than a lot of people assume. the libyan state television is already calling these crusader attacks. it said that there was an attack on an oil storage facility that provides fuel to misrata. and if you remember, one of the things that president obama and hillary clinton said is that gadhafi must allow fuel to go into the besieged city of misrata. well, suddenly gadhafi s come up with an excuse for why that s not happening. he says it was the west that bombed the oil facilities around misrata. no indication that that was deliberately targeted or even took place. he s also saying libyan state television is also saying that a hospital with chronically ill patients on the outskirts of tripoli was attacked. so you re going to hear more and more messages like this from the libyan government to try and convince its people, to convince
are some that have been detained. we re trying to get to the bottom of that and conform those reports. in my case, i was told i had to leave, that i was barred from reporting. that was the ministry of information. i was kicked out last night. we have a team that s still there. my colleague is reporting from the ground there right now, but there are concerns from activists, from rights groups there that if this crackdown continues, the bahraini government will not want reporting going on from the ground, they re going to limit access to the protest areas. and we re told today that there were security forces outside of the hospital so they could not get to and interview doctors. thank you so much. other stories now libyan state television reports an all of out assault could happen
and now i get free roadside assistance with preferred or supreme. my money. my choice. my meineke. the right now, we want to take a look as to what s happening with regard to libya s civil war. diplomacy is under way at the united nations today. western allies, they re scrambling to pass a measure today authorizing military action against libya, and also here, we have been told that a u.n. security council vote on the no-fly zone resolution and potential other steps against libya is set for tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern. meantime, libyan state television is reporting an all-out assault on the rebel capital of benghazi. that could be imminent. also new now, moments ago at a televised address, over the phone, moammar gadhafi told libyan rebels that his armed forces were coming to their capital of benghazi tonight and
more indications that moammar gadhafi is strengthening his power. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in the situation room right now. a lot happening in the world. we have new video from libyan state television allegedly showing gadhafi greeting supporters in the city of misrata. forces are bombing their way into the city adding he doesn t care if all the people are dead by the end of the day. there s also heavy fighting in the last rebel stronghold before their base in benghazi. the new york times said four journalists are missing in libya. anthony shadid. reporter stephen farrell and photographers tyler hicks and lynsey addario haven t been seen
right on cue they have been telling us that jets are coming over in the middle of the day. they dropped a bomb in the distance where the rebel fighters have been gathering. what are the chances you could shoot one of those jets out of the sky? the captain says it s unlikely and says heat-seeking rpgsare the best weapons against gaddafi air force. libyan state television is reporting that gaddafi s army is now in total control of adjabia. the rebels say gaddafi s forces are still ten miles outside of town but shelling them with artillery. the rebels also say one of their own was killed in this morning s air strike. benghaszi, libbia, rick leventhal, fox news. bret: secretary of state hillary clinton was in egypt today. she is pressing transitional leaders there to follow through on promises of democratic reform. she had also planned meet with opposition youth groups. while some attended the major youth coalition rejected her invitation, blaming what it called a negative attitude