quick, i heard you say no. no, fred, it s not a criminal trial. the time for that she can still do that and she probably should do that if she feels this strong about it. all right. all of you, thank you. appreciate it. we ll be right back. truecar is great for finding new cars.
and richard hermann. glad you could all be with us. avery, you first. how do you classify this? is this considered a small victory? hearing the stories, or is this still a very tenuous situation as we hear the ford camp still trying to work out details? yeah. i m troubled with it, fredricka. there should be an fbi investigation prior to the testimony. people are not talking about the reality that in the prior hearing with anita hill and clarence thomas, the fbi did an investigation. only took three days. that s it. three days. that s it. and secondly, there s been no discussion about standards. the fact is there are no standards when it comes to these kind of proceedings. and we don t know what the conditions are. we will soon learn what they are. i must say it is premature to
republican male senators are going to say bring in a female attorney. that s still in the offing. this is really would that be problematic to you? i think it would, yes. richard, just to follow up quickly. you mentioned you see this as a farce. is it because it would be he said/she said without an fbi investigation? and at the same time you also said she should have gone to authorities long ago and there were many opportunities. and doesn t that go to the center of how difficult it is when people are victimized, allegedly victim newsed like this, you viflt it is to go to authorities or anyone. you re talking about at the time a 15-year-old girl. yes, fred. and i know and i ve read studies how when sexual assaults take place in women, especially young women, they repress it for years. it s 36 years and she s gone for
artillery fire. morta mortars. we ve got to get out of here. despite the major battle going on around him, a rebel fighter, who did not want to be identified to protect his family, was confident of victory. considering the fighting is to fierce here, how long before you think you re able to push into tripoli? hopefully a couple of days. or one week maybe. reporter: you think it s going to be that soon? i think so because we are, we are in control in 80% of zawiya. reporter: but to push forward, they need to secure the whole city where gadhafi s army is doing everything it can to keep hold of this town. why is zawiya so important? because of oil factory. reporter: zawiya has one of the last remaining functioning oil refineries in the country and is the most direct supply root to tripoli. as of now, rebels have captured the refinery. there is a large amount of oil left in the storage tanks, but the opposition fighters say for them, this is not about oil. it s about
towards the capital. this is the city of zawiya. on this day, even if you couldn t see the fire fight close up, you could hear its deafening sounds reverberating from the eastern part of the city. just getting too close. there are snipers on the tops of buildings. loud bangs. artillery fire. morta mortars. we ve got to get out of here. despite the major battle going on around him, a rebel fighter, who did not want to be identified to protect his family, was confident of victory. considering the fighting is to fierce here, how long before you think you re able to push into tripoli? hopefully a couple of days. or one week maybe. reporter: you think it s going to be that soon? i think so because we are, we are in control in 80% of zawiya. reporter: but to push forward, they need to secure the whole city where gadhafi s army is doing everything it can to keep hold of this town. why is zawiya so important? because of oil factory. reporter: zawiya has one of the last re