target those pro gadhafi forces easiers easier than at 12,000. but also more risk to the nato pilots. rick: dan, thanks. arthel: for the first time in four years, egypt has opened its border crossing into the gaza strip. bringing relief to palestinians. a victory for hamas. and new concerns about security in israel. reporter: 400 are usually able to cross into egypt everyday. most need medical care. today 400 regular gazanas were able to cross into egypt. chaos descends they are desperate to cross into egypt today. for the first name four years the border has permanently been opened. all women and children under the age of 18 will be allowed to enter. as well as foreigners. but men between the ages of a
the great strength that osama bin laden has and that no one else in al qaeda has right now. and that zwoo heri doesn t have. clearly does not have. he s just not capable of that kind of inspirational leadership. lawrence wright, i appreciate you being with us. it s been a pleasure. really interesting stuff. still ahead tonight. and again the book is the looming tower. i urge you to read it. it s a great book. an important update on the story of eman al obeidy, the libyan woman who burst into a tripoli hotel saying she d been beaten and raped by moammar gadhafi s men. we ve been following her story a lot, talked to her a lot over the last month or so. the news on her situation is good news tonight. we ll give you an update on how she got out of libya. up next, the swollen mississippi river threatening memphis, tennessee tonight. flooding in low-lying areas, but we ll see if the levees protecting the city are holding up. meteorologist chad myers is going to show us what s i
speed on developments there. we got word a short time ago that several big blasts rocked the capital city of tripoli tonight after jets were heard roaring overhead. a government spokesman tells cnn that air strikes hit the central part of tripoli including government buildings and a hospital. no way to independently confirm that right now. also rebels trying to oust moammar gadhafi say they launched an attack on his forces only 14 miles from tripoli, killing 12. this comes as people in misrata say gadhafi s forces are pounding the city without mercy inflicting heavy casualties. a lot of severely wounded people got out aboard an aid ship and are being treated in benghazi which the opposition stronghold obviously in eastern libya. meanwhile the head of nato today said gadhafi s regime maz no future and that nato forces are making progress against him but he doesn t know how long gadhafi will hold on. also the case of eman al obeidy. she s a libyan woman who burst into a tripoli hotel bac
bin laden has and that no one else in al qaeda has right now. and that zwoo heri doesn t have. clearly does not have. he s just not capable of that kind of inspirational leadership. lawrence wright, i appreciate you being with us. thank you. it s been a pleasure. really interesting stuff. still ahead tonight. and again the book is the looming tower. i urge you to read it. it s a great book. an important update on the story of eman al obeidy, the libyan woman who burst into a tripoli hotel saying she d been beaten and raped by moammar gadhafi s men. we ve been following her story a lot, talked to her a lot over the last month or so. the news on her situation is good news tonight. we ll give you an update on how she got out of libya. up next, the swollen mississippi river threatening memphis, tennessee tonight. flooding in low-lying areas, but we ll see if the levees protecting the city are holding up. meteorologist chad myers is going to show us what s in store down river
into a tripoli hotel where journalists were staying, saying she was raped, gang-raped by pro-gadhafi forces. tonight we ve been following her case for a long time. tonight you ll hear again from eman al obeidy. she s escaped libya. how she got out, in her own words. [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we re adding new cell sites. increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we re covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible.