we are still we re still a young nation, and we ve got the greatest diversity of talent and ingenuity that comes from every corner of the globe. nobody knows that better than florida. so no matter what the naysayers tell us, no matter how dark the other side tries to paint the situation, there is not another country on earth that would not gladly trade places with the united states of america. president obama firing up the crowd there, winter park, florida. you heard them chanting, four more years, touting some of the items he has gotten done in the last 3 1/2 years. keep in mind, not too many states away, we had mitt romney speaking in golden, colorado. folks, three more months until those november elections. you can keep watching the president, go to cnn.com/live. and now, roll the open. as we continue hour two, i m brooke baldwin. al qaeda may be plotting new terror, plots from the skies. police in southern spain have arrested these three suspected members of al qaed
the bombings over issue libya wt stop. that word from nato s secretary general today. he says the strikes will continue until the rebles can ensure security. as you know our american pilots are part of that air campaign and as for qaddafi his whereabouts still unknown today and now venezuelan president hugo chavez is piping up saying there is no way his friend and ally will leave libya. not the case for at least 10 members of qaddafi s entourage including top security chief reports that officials in neighboring niger saying the group crossed into that country last night. rebels are preparing to attack one of the last strongholds qaddafi has left. our dominic di-natale streaming live from tripoli the capital there in libya. harris, a pivotal point in the final stages of colonel qaddafi s regime. the battle for qaddafi elite has not begun yet. rebels still holding out. they want to give those 100
stop. that word from nato s secretary general today. he says the strikes will continue until the rebles can ensure security. as you know our american pilots are part of that air campaign and as for qaddafi his whereabouts still unknown today and now venezuelan president hugo chavez is piping up saying there is no way his friend and ally will leave libya. not the case for at least 10 members of qaddafi s entourage including top security chief reports that officials in neighboring niger saying the group crossed into that country last night. rebels are preparing to attack one of the last strongholds qaddafi has left. our dominic di-natale streaming live from tripoli the capital there in libya. harris, a pivotal point in the final stages of colonel qaddafi s regime. the battle for qaddafi elite has not begun yet. rebels still holding out. they want to give those 100
military gains on the ground and at least be able to take control of this strategically important down of benghazi and circle the rebels in benghazi and this would be the perhaps least worst outcome of being forced into a corner by the international community because it limits the rebles ability to control oil and gas streams here in the country which is important to the regime and it will limit their ability to perhaps expand their influence if they get weapons which is something the government is worried about if the rebels get additional weapons. i was just going to say that the other interesting development out of libya, nic, is that gadhafi s one of his sons has announced four the new york times journalists will be released from custody soon. what do you make of that? reporter: carol, i have a little trouble hearing you. could you ask me again? one of gadhafi s sons says
neck. reporter: from the way things look on the ground, unless the rebels get some serious help and very quickly, it is very possible that qaddafi s forces will beat the rebles. they already have in the village of ras lanouf. this is new video of qaddafi forces celebrating in the town of ras lanouf. they pound the rebels with artillery and they ran away without giving much of a fight. in all fairness the rebels don t have the command and control structure. they don t have the heavy weapons other artillery or the air force. this is not a fair fight. but the rebels seem to run away as quickly as the media did as the rounds started landing in and around their position and our position. they pulled back to the ras lanouf oil refinery where they set up a new defensive line. the oil refinery controls 2/3 of