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just one of the bizarre twists in the case now known as the west memphis three and it s not over yet. we have 30 seconds. you tell us you are ready for us to have this conversation. why congresswoman maxine waters is ready to unleash on the president and why the president s new promise to promote diversity has anything to do with her comments. we ask. camera three. it is right here, right now on cnn. good evening, we start with breaking news out of libya tonight. rebel forces say they have begun their offensive on the capital. the libyan government denies it. moammar gadhafi went on tv tonight to rally supporters and urge them to fight. straight now to senior international correspondent matthew chance who is joining us from tripoli. what s the latest? reporter: it got a lot quieter outside over the past hour or so, don. we have been hearing these intensive burst of gun fire, clashes between these rebels and the armed forces, the gadhafi loyalists that have been
libya s moammar gadhafi on the brink of defeat which is good to hear, but possibly planning a final offensive against libyan civilians which could be chilling. the prospect of a blood thirsty, unpredictable and mentally unstable dictator lashing out, barbara starr broke the story. one u.s. official telling her, quote, he could be planning for a last stand. another saying it could be he could put civilians in the crosshairs. but both officials say they just don t know what form a final offense it might take. recent nato airstrikes are clearly upping the ante. our people there are telling us they are under way again tonight. loud explosions being heard in tripoli within the past hour. opposition forces telling us they re making use of the air attacks to try to make progress on the ground. those forces in zawia, fierce artillery fire could be heard today. opposition fighters telling our reporter they could be moving on the capital within a number of days. that could just be op
case from new york. reporter: this is being reported by state run media and specifically a judiciary source talking with them tell iing the that the two hikers that remain in prison now, shane bauer and josh fattal, have been sentenced as you said to eight years. it is five years for spying as they put it, the words, cooperating with the american intelligence service. and three years each for illegally crossing the border into iran. now, this information, according to the lawyer, for the hikers, they have not officially he s not officially been told this yet, so he s still waiting for that and until then is withholding comment. and a third american was arrested with fattal and bauer. she was leased last year due to medical reasons. a military jet crashed to the at an air show in the united kingdom. it was one of the royal air force s precision aerobatic team, the red aeros. they were performing at a big aviation festival on the coast. no word on the pilot s condition.
tripo tripoli. is its leader, moammar gadhafi, going to stay and fight or could he possibly leave? and we ve just gotten this dramatic video showing armed rioters shooting at police in the british city of birmingham. so what s the latest in that investigation? we ll have a live report. let s get right to the breaking news of iran. iranian state television is reporting that two americans accused of spying have been sentenced to eight years in prison. shane bauer and josh fattal were arrested after crossing into iran during a 2009 hiking trip from iraq. a third hiker, sarah shourd, was also arrested, but she was later released last fall for medical reasons. let s turn to our very own susan candiotti, who also joins us by phone from new york city. she s been in touch with the families of these two men. she joins us now by phone. susan, i know you re trying feverishly to speak to these families. when was the last time you spoke to them or their representatives and what did th