broker a ceasefire. meantime, a bombshell in the business world to tell you about. steve jobs steps aside as apple s ceo. we ll hear who s in line to replace the long-time leader. and hurricane irene batters the dominican republic, is over the bahamas and is heading towards the united states. full coverage of all these stories is straight ahead. captions by vitac battles, bounty and an offer to broker a ceasefire. we begin this hour with developments from libya. fighting continues to rage in the capital as rebels take on pockets of resistance. gunfire can be heard in the streets. clearly intense scenes playing out there. among the hot spots, the tripoli airport which has seen some of the most intense fighting. rebels are in control there, but they re now fighting gadhafi loyalists just east of it. one thing we re not seeing, any sign of this man, muammar gadhafi. but a benghazi businessman is hoping to change that. he s offered a $2.5 million bounty. and now one
attack choppers. gun site video shows them hitting a military checkpoint in the city of brega. until now they have relied on attack jets. dan is in benghazi, lib yampt use of the attack helicopters is highly anticipated. they increase the fire power and against the pro qaddafi forces . nato couldn t wait to show the press what they are capable of doing. officials said they took out a dozen military vehicles and large weapon depo and command building. they capitol town of brega, an important oil port that was held by qaddafi forces. they are evenly divided between france and britain and carry a punch with hell fire missiles and cannons. they come with a rick to the
complete with an amusement park. it s now turned in to temporary housing to families displaced by the war. some of them left with clothes on their back. meals are provided for free by a local restaurant. but the surroundings aren t ideal, especially for those in need of medical care. like little baby moses, whose family wishes there was a pharaoh s daughter to save him. he suffers from seizures and is awaiting medical care. the people here blame only gaddafi. we will get him. that is for sure. we will not give up. reporter: as the rebel forces are working with nato, they hope gaddafi s end is near. rebels are pushing toward the oil-rich town of brega and beyond. but for now, all they can do is brace for uncertain future. on thursday, president obama is expected to make a major address regarding the middle east. libya will factor in big in the speech we re told. starting on friday, if he wants to continue the u.s. involvement in nato with the involvement here with the
benghazi, libya with details. rina. hi, the call to prayer taking place behind me and n.a.t.o. continues the air strikes here. and hitting two targets today believed to be two tanks from gaz if i in the town of brega. meanwhile, the residents there have been pushing here into the rebel strong hold of benghazi, trying to seek some refuge. . this is supposed to be a beautiful vacation resort by the the sea and complete with an amusement park. it s now turned into temporary housing for families displaced by the war. some of them left with just the clothes on their back. and meals provided for free by a local restaurant, but surroundings aren t ideal especially for those in need of medical care like little baby moses whose family wishes there s a pharaoh s family to save him and he s suffering from seizures and people here blame only gaddafi. or we will kill him for sure. we will not give up. and that s our motto.
noting. a few days ago the government took journalists to zawiyah to show gadhafi loyalists were very much in control of this city that is what we saw a few days ago. nevertheless, in march, the rebels briefly did control zawiyah. when we saw the city it was very much in the the hands of the libyan government. lastly as for gadhafi, despite that speech yesterday taunting nato, saying that he is in a place they will not be able to find him. he s effectively in hiding. he was not seen or heard from today, despite the fact rick, a funeral took place in the capital. a funeral for nine of 11 imams that the government here says were killed by nato in the city of brega. the government maintains they were all in a guest house for a prayer vigil. nato says the target was a command and control center. rick: david lee miller, thanks. arthel: new violence breaking out in yemen today.