lybia. to stop what we see on the ground, which appears to be massacres. you suggest creating an open window of communication. explain what you mean by that. well sh, information matters tremendously, with lybia or helping dissidents and being able to overcome the censorship of regimes and able to talk to libyans under muammar qaddafi s control and appeal an dissuade those who are still on his side, could make a big difference and that is something we could feel, immediately, you could help rebels with communications with radio, with internet, and satellite communications, and there are other steps that would be involved in what might be called political warfare which is nonviolent warfare and that is sending americans of middle eastern descent to the free parts of lybia and other parts of the middle st and also, speaking clearly about what we want, we want democracy and secular democracy across the region and we re against the islamists, in addition to being against people like muam
moving with all of their provisions, a little yogurt they picked up in the town before and the bedding and the bedding also serves as a place to store their bread as they move on to the next town. the big question now, for the remembers, is whether they are going to be able to push out through their front lines, right now. and into the town. and it is heavily defended. there are long muammar qaddafi loyalists and also tanks and armored personnel carriers and heavy artillery units they use against the rebels, farther to the west and the big question now, kelly, is just how much fire power is muammar qaddafi willing to unleashing and how many of his own citizens, is he willing to killen order to stay in power. because the rebels say they are never giving up. kelly, back to you. kelly: leland vittert with disturbing details about what is going on there. later on we ll have more details about that. jamie. jamie: the increasing violence and bloodshed is raising the stakes for the u.s. a
jamie: and america s recovery efforts, how much higher will gas prices go? could it put the brakes on our economy? we begin weather a fox news alert, libya seeing the fiercest and bloodiest fighting that s country is on the brink of civil war. we get reports out of the city of zawiya, the closest rebel-held territory to the capital of nothing short of a massacre tanks, manned by forces loyal to muammar qaddafi, firing into homes and government soldiers, shooting everyone in sight. and shelling anything in sight. leland vittert streaming live from northern libya in what is considered free lybia. leland? reporter: right now we re in the eastern part of the country. the other front. rebel territory. as they push in towards those muammar qaddafi loyalists. it has been a long and tough few days for the rebels as they try to advance and today we went to
planned for other states, including ohio and florida. rebel troops in libya celebrating a military victory after capturing a key oil port in the eastern part of the country. meanwhile, to the west, pro-qadhafi forces launched a any attack on the closest rebel held city to the capital, tripoli. new charges filed a houston daycare owner on the run after a deadly fire at her business. jessica tata faces four charges of manslaughter in connection with the fire that killed four toddlers. more problems for spider-man. federal regulators cited the musical for three safety violations friday. the production has been plagued with injuries, including one actor who suffered broken ribs and a skull fracture, ouch. those are the top stories. uma: thank you peter. wisconsin isn t the only state where lawmakers are batting over and beyond
the front lines, as they pushed forward another 40 kilometers, towards muammar qaddafi s home town. we re not moving out of the area. these guys spotted an aircraft coming in and there s a lot of anti-aircraft fire and we re getting into the van to get out of here as soon as we can. [gunfire]. reporter: the real threat to the rebels comes from the sky. either helicopter gunships or fighting bombers, that muammar qaddafi could use to change the battle front for good. your men are fighting with old equipment against muammar qaddafi who has new equipment and is better trained, his forces. how do you think you will be victorious? translator: the world of the rebels is more stronger than the weapons. reporter: from the homemade flags to the improvised weapons it is truly a makeshift army and, they ve tied down a machine gun and you can see, they are