the fighting has bulked down in the east. it really is a stalemate in and area where there are not a lot of civilians, around a key oil refinery area and perhaps with the defections we've seen of the foreign minister and others, perhapshere's a period where some back channel dip plomcy can take place. we heard the rebels talk about the possibility of a cease fire and heard the government spokesman dismiss that. i guess the sense of the two weeks after coalition action here and intense see sawing on the battle front, perhaps there's a win do for some sort of talk in diplomacy even though the fighting continues. >> what about the gadhafi regime? do they appear to have a game plan? do they have a way of action of recapturing the east? >> reporter: they would like to. perhaps the recognition is