this. i don't know. i think there will be many twists and turns to come. >> i think you're right and hopefully you'll be with us throughout these twists and turns. fouad ajami, thanks, as usual. mark kimmitt, thanks to you, as well. that's all the time we have. i'll see you tomorrow in "the situation room." thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer. our libya coverage continues right now with cnn's done lemon in the cnn "newsroom." moammar gadhafi's compound attacked. big sections in shambles. the likely weapon, missiles from firepower. cnn's nic robertson seeing it up close. >> the cruise missiles show us that's what they are. >> even after the brutal dictator promises a second cease-fire, their rebel crackdown intensifies. who targeted and blasted the strong man's headquarters? where is he? why hasn't he been seen?

>> welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm don lemon at the cnn newsroom in atlanta. we begin this hour with with breaks news. destroyed, part of moammar gadhafi's compound in libya's capital, tripoli. an allied air strike took out a building on the grounds. a coalition official says it was hit because it had military capabilities, insisting that gadhafi was not the actual target and neither was his residence. it is not clear where he is right now. anti-aircraft fire lighting up the night sky over tripoli. coalition forces continue to pound key targets despite the libyan army announcing another cease-fire hours ago. the white house doesn't believe libyan forces will abide bite, after all, they did ignore the first cease-fire declared on friday. u.s. joint chiefs chairman

mike mullen says the the u.n.'s no-fly zone is in place. allied air strikes have done major damage to libya's fixed air defense systems according to another u.s. official. coalition planes are now patrolling the area to deter air attacks on civilians. the u.s., france and great britain have taken big roles in "operation odyssey dawn." italy, canada, spain, and belgium are involved. nick will update us on the other side. we want to play this without talking over it and nic will update us on the other side. take a look. [ background voices talking ]

[ background voices talking ] >> and those pictures from our nic robertson simply amazing. let's go to him now. nic? >> reporter: we were taken into moammar gadhafi's palace compound, a large area, a couple of square miles. we were taken to a building. we could see the roof had been smashed, two big holes punched in it. we were told missiles and given some parts that were taken out of the building while we were there.

this is a thin control system actuator, appears to be from a cruise missile that was pulled out of the building while we were there. the whole roof was pancaked down two floors, it was a four-story building. we were told one of the missiles had gone in and only exploded when it hit the basement area. the rooms we could see were blown out, there were large lumps of concrete blown out over 100 yards or so. a government official told us there had been no casualties there. the government official said what is happening, quoted a pentagon spokesman saying there will be no strikes on moammar gadhafi's palace compound and we were told that this was a building that was used by officials coming to meet moammar gadhafi in a nearby tent. from what we could see, the building didn't serve any other purpose, certainly didn't seem to be a command and control type building. we didn't see any cables or antennas and a couple

journalists we talked to said they had been in there a few days earlier to meet moammar gadhafi. the building very heavily damaged, debris spread over a wide area. government officials very angry about the inconsistencies they have a coming from the pentagon. don? fantastic reporting from our senior international correspondent nic robertson and also in the region, arwa damon joins us from eastern libya with the latest on the offensive and rebellion. i understand tense calm is how to describe the situation where you are, arwa. >> reporter: that's right, don. ever since gadhafi's forces launched their attack on benghazi yesterday, we've seen most of the shops here remaining closed and we've seen an increase number of checkpoints manned by opposition forces and much more diligent searching even though they did manage to drive gadhafi's forces out. and then, of course, there were those air strikes. we traveled outside benghazi around 30 miles,

20 some kilometers to where those air strikes took place, targeting gadhafi's military masked at that location. the debris, aftermath strewn around for miles, kilometers. we saw vehicles ranging from armored personnel carriers to tanks that had their turrets blown off and also saw a number of charred bodies. many residents of benghazi traveling out there to survey this for themselves, hardly able to believe that gadhafi's military had come to such a grinding halt. many of them expressing their gratitude to the international community's intervention because they had all firmly believed a massacre at the hand of gadhafi's forces was imminent. the belief was that the opposition had taken this just about as far as they could with the weapons that they have at hand with the fact they are nothing more than a bunch of young men who learned how to fight over the last few weeks. don? >> all right. arwa damon in eastern libya. thank you very much for that, arwa. let's get the experience of an

experienced leader now, end with cnn russel honore joins us live from norms. general, you saw the footage and heard it from arwa damon, what do you make of it? >> it's indicative of its precision. it hit the building they were going after for a purpose. probably tried to disrupt the command and control. but let's look at what was not hit, don. didn't hit the palace. didn't hit the electrical generators, no intention to make the people in tripoli pay for gadhafi's mistakes. this was a precision strike, done at night with the purpose or the purpose of probably taking that building out. understand, that's my assessment based on what we're seeing on the ground. >> all right. general, thank you. stick around. we're going to need your expertise throughout this hour. next up, nic robertson and i were on the air live when the shots rang out in tripoli, perhaps the most dramatic

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very heavy -- very heavy -- >> nic, if you're quiet just for a moment, let's listen if you can get close to a window or an opening and maybe we can hear it. as of now, we don't. is it still going on? >> reporter: it is still going on at the moment, don. let me get a little closer. you might be able to hear it now. >> we can. we can. let's listen a bit, nic. >> reporter: that's the sounds of heavy anti-aircraft gunfire erupting over the city of tripoli here.

we heard it sporadically several hours ago, now hearing it much more -- in a much more sustained fashion. >> and, nic, if i can jump in for a second, i will let you continue. i want to tell our viewers nic robertson is in tripoli. he's reporting and is hearing heavy gunfire and possibly heavy artillery fire. you're also looking at live pictures from tripoli. this is from the camera where nic robertson is. nic robertson, continue, please. . >> reporter: yeah, hearing the loud gunfire and explosions here in the city. this gunfire seems to have followed on from several loud explosions which could have been missile explosions. don, what i'm going to do is get myself to where that camera is if you can just give me about one minute. >> nic, you go ahead and get into camera position and we're going to let our viewers listen as you get ready.

we will be very transparent. this is all breaking now. nic robertson in tripoli, he is joining us by telephone, but he's going to get himself in camera position. what you're looking at though is tripoli, and it is believed to be gunfire happening in tripoli and possibly mortar fire. and as nic robertson has been reporting, this all happened, it seems to be no response to that coalition, the allied forces, of course, the u.s. being one of them firing on libya today and also french aircraft in the air in place. britain sending in aircraft as well, france also helping out in this, and they will all join the coalition forces in the air at least. president obama, the u.s. president has said no ground forces. he's not promising that now. let's listen to the fire and unrest in tripoli.

[ gunfire ] >> for those of you who are just tuning in, i want to welcome our viewers from around the world, you're watching cnn's breaking news coverage of the unrest in libya. what you're hearing, firing going on in tripoli right now. cnn's nic robertson covering that part of the story for us. he is in tripoli, our senior international correspondent, nic is getting in place so that he can speak to us there. you see him in the corner of your screen. as soon as nic is available to speak to us, we will get him live. if we can, nic, jump in whenever you're ready but if we can -- i'm not sure if his camera can hear us but if so, we'd love to

see the pictures we saw before and have nic talk over them. >> reporter: we're hearing still the sounds of that heavy anti-aircraft gunfire and as i was reporting to us just a little earlier, that gunfire came after we heard several loud explosions here. it is in the city now, about 2:35 in the morning that heavy anti-aircraft gunfire seems to be subsiding at the moment. it has come quite literally within the last ten minutes. it was very quiet in the city. we had sporadic gunfire, then a couple of loud explosions followed by that heavy anti-aircraft gunfire which has subsided for the moment, don. this is what we're hearing in the city at the moment. >> nic robertson as the skies of tripoli were lighting up last night because of gunfire.

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want to reset the scene for you. a crushing missile strike a short time ago pulverized a heavily fortified four-story building, part of a palace compound used by moammar gadhafi to greet international officials and other vips. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starrr joins us and what are your sources telling you tonight? >> reporter: coalition military officials told our chris lawrence the compound was targeted because it specifically did contain military capabilities to exercise command and control over libyan forces, in other words, it would have provided gadhafi and his military team with the ability to communicate with their forces in the field, the exact thing that the coalition is trying to stop right now. the key question on the table tonight, don, are they targeting gadhafi or not at this compound? are they trying to get him specifically?

the pentagon, the u.s. says, no, gadhafi is not a specific target. this is a general area he's known to have been in. and, you know, clearly, the view from the pentagon is if he just happens to be there when they hit it with cruise missiles, so be it. but, you know, we know there's a long history of the military finding it very tough to target and kill specific people it's going after, don. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. let's bring back in cnn contributor russel honore from new orleans. you heard our pentagon correspondent. where's the evidence? did the reporters and the journalists who visited this site, where is the evidence that says what the coalition forces are saying about targeting this building or striking this building? >> well, it's interesting that this unfolded on television and you hear a gadhafi representative and then you hear a representative from the pentagon disputing that this was

a legitimate target and the gadhafi forces said, hey, we weren't supposed to be target, and it's a pretty an interesting dilemma in warfare, might be one of the first ones we've seen where the forces are doing battle assessment over television. that being said, we have precision strike. the target we went after, if we had tried to do this, don, in the vietnam war, probably take a 20-aircraft package and b-52s to be able to hit that building. tonight, it was done with precision. and they went after the target and hit it. it didn't provide collateral damage and i think that speaks to the investments we made in technology and the ability to hit the target. whether he was in the building or not, that is consequential. >> all right. general, stand by and thank you. u.s. military officials said they were not targeting moammar gadhafi. they've said it over and over. tonight's air strike against his compound strongly suggests otherwise. i want to bring in jordan chang who writes extensively on

international affairs on forbes.com and the author of "showdown korea" and "the coming collapse of china." what do you make of this dramatic change tonight? >> i think certainly gadhafi will bring this to the u.n. security council because he's going to want to say that the coalition has gone beyond the terms of resolution 1973 which was passed last thursday to protect the libyan people. i don't think it's a good argument but nonetheless, he is going to make it and the other place he's going to make this argument is in qatar because he doesn't want another arab nation as part of the coalition. because if you have another arab nation there, it really looks like gadhafi against the world. but if qatar is actually part of the package, then clearly it is, you know, it doesn't look good for gadhafi. >> gordon chang, stand by as well. in the meantime, a doctor who has seen the horrors of the war in libya. firsthand account straight ahead. now you don't have to wait 6 weeks to get it.

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as the conflict goes on in libya, the number of casualties will only go up. medical staff and hospitals are finding themselves short on supplies and long on victims. dr. mahmoudtraina has seen the horrors of the war in libya and

recently returned home to california after treating vics in libya. first question, do you believe the cost in the offensive in terms of lives lost will be worth it if it can end this conflict? >> i definitely think so. you know, the extent to which gadhafi and his forces have been willing to attack civilians and the ongoing deaths that have been occurring during the time i was there and speak iing to my colleagues who are on the ground in benghazi and misrata, there's been a huge escalation of deaths and casualties in the last seven days. he won't stop unless the people can get him out. >> so, doctor, can you talk more to us about the kind of difficulties that doctors are facing over there? what is it like to be a physician in the war zone? >> i mean, there's a lot of difficulties in terms of there's shortages of supplies. there's shortages of equipment to deal with this. there was a lot of shortages when i was there with orthopedic equipment and

surgical equipment. you know, they're not used to dealing with this extent of major injuries and casualties that they're dealing with. also, there's a big shortage in terms of training. there's not a lot of people who are qualified and have the appropriate training to deal with this so people are being forced into roles they've never really dealt with before. >> what's your fear about the possibility of what happens to the people in libya the longer this goes on and what moammar gadhafi does to those people? >> you know, he's shown himself. i mean currently he's -- as this has gone on longer and longer he's become more and more indiscriminate with his attacks against civilians and lashing out, and the fear is the longer this takes, the more he will attack and take innocent civilians as hostages and will kill innocent people on the trees. >> dr. traina, thanks. we'll get back to you. ahead an update to the story of a brave eyewitness who spoke to -- we spoke to early in our coverage of the crisis in libya.

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let's get you caught up on the headlines right now. a coalition air strike destroyed a building within moammar gadhafi's compound. they said it was hit because it had military cape tblts. it was not because he was a resident. it's not clear where he was. they're trying to deter attacks on civilians. in japan a grandmother and

teenage grandson were rescued sunday nine days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. they survived on the food in their refrigerator. the boy climbed up to the roof where rescuers spotted him and across northeastern japan, japanese officials have put the death toll at 8,450. nearly 13,000 missing. at the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant, electricity has been restored to the water pumps at reactors 5 and 6 and workers hope to have water pumps running soon at reactor number 2. in a speech in rio de gentleman nerio president obama made only a brief reference to the coalition attacks in libya and called the rebels courageous and said they're taking a stance against a regime that is brutalizing its own people. john boehner issued a sharply worded statement calling on mr. obama to offer more details on u.s. military goals in libya.

for the first time since she was shot, congresswoman gabrielle giffords spent time with her brother-in-law who just returned from the international space station. scott kelly, giek giffords' husband mark is an astronaut. he returned and visited with her thursday. you'll recall the congresswoman was shot in the head during an appearance in tucson, arizona, in jiang. in wisconsin, the tragic death of a police officer killed today in the line of duty. it happened following a dramatic shootout in fond lake. police say a gunman opened fire on officers investigating an assault. listen. [ gunfire ] >> heavily armed s.w.a.t. team members had to rescue a woman from the shooting. when the barrage ended, two officers had been shot. one of them later died. the other is reported to be in critical condition and police found the gunman dead inside his

home of a self-inflicted wound. one of the most eloquent voices of the libyan rebellion died. 27-year-old mahmoud nabusisi died from a sniper's gun. he dared to put his life on the line. on the day they watched his friends die, he spoke to us about what he was witnessing in libya. you believe that your life is in jeopardy just by making this call and talking to us now? >> caller: of course i do. they already shot down two of my friends. this is not mine, this is just a random card i was given to be able to speak to you. >> thank you so much. be in touch and be safe, okay? >> i'm not sure i will be there tomorrow because i'm not sure if i will survive tonight but there

will be a lot of groups with you tomorrow. >> hang on -- >> i haven't got that information. >> do you think the situation is that bad that you believe people won't survive overnight? is it that bad? >> i'm telling you my friend has died already and all kinds of people died. i don't know what's going to be worse to you. >> that was on february 19th, at a time when moammar gadhafi was pulling down a curtain over his campaign of terror, he shed some light on the horrors of war. his bravery likely cost him his life. a few hours ago i spoke to arwa damon about his sacrifice in the name of liberty. >> mohammed nabbusi is one of the many people who literally risked their lives and paid the ultimate price just simply to get the real news out about what was happening in his own country. he was one of those young bright inspiring minds everybody who met him grew to respect and admire him.

here in benghazi he's considered to be a hero. he was 27 years old. a technology wizard who managed rig cameras up and live stream video out about what was happening in libya at a time it was a black news hole for many organizations like our very own because we did not have access to proper information in the country. we did not have reporters in the country. mohamed nabusi was one of those many people who was our eyes and ears on the ground risking his life, as he did there, to speak to you over the phone. somehow he also managed to get those pictures out by bypassing whatever system the gadhafi regime had been trying to put into place, bypassing those firewalls just to get the message out, one young man out of many who passionately believed in this battle for a free and democratic libya. and he did end up paying the ultimate price. yesterday he was killed when the gadhafi forces entered the city

of benghazi and was shot by a sniper according to his wife and supporters when he decided to go out into a neighborhood where he had heard that rocket fire had killed a number of children. he himself was an expectant father. his wife was pregnant with their first child and, don, i'd like to share one of his favorite quotes, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. >> mahmoud nabusi was 27 years old. we'll talk to a libyan american who still has relatives and friends still living in libya, just ahead. but first, devastating images and heartbreaking stories from japan are spurring many people to give to charities, but not nearly as many and not nearly as much as you might think. what should you give to charity? we spoke to ken berger, from charity 1/2 garretter on this weekend's "bottom line." >> what charities really need

most is unrestricted money, money that can be used for whatever they think they need to use it for. people like to give knowing exactly where their money is going. people should just give money when they have figured out what the charity is, is that right? >> yes, that's really important. we see a lot of people who give supplies at times, which is a beautiful thing, which is very heartfelt but a very good chance the stuff will get thrown away. because the distribution channels just aren't there and unless you have a link to the charity on the ground, a very good chance it will get wasted. make the donation directly. and if you have stuff in your attic then get a garage sale but convert it into money. it's the most flexible fluid resource that the charities can have and need at this kind of time.

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living there. doctor gibril, thank you for joining us. what's happening in your homeland, personal to you. welcome back. what are you feeling? >> first of all, i'm not a doctor but i appreciate what doctors do. >> okay. >> okay. your question about what the people feel. >> what are they saying? what are they feeling? >> they are waiting for the moment that this regime is collapsing. they understand that this is what the coalition is doing is legal, necessary and moral and they know that they definitely will not go without a fight and they understand that very well. >> so i'll ask the question that i asked doctor before you. do you think that the casualties, the cost of this, is it worth it? >> i believe so. we hope less casualties will happen, but we believe the price will be paid for better future for better libya, libya without gadhafi, without this tyrant. >> when you joined us before,

did you actually think moammar gadhafi would leave? you didn't think it would come to this, did you? >> when i said he would leave, i i didn't necessarily mean that he would leave physically the country on an airplane but he will leave the power. he will leave the position that he is in. >> did you think it would come to this point and this sort of conflict? >> not this way. i thought it would be less than this but the man proved he is a brutal enemy to drag the people through this. >> as you're speaking, people back home, what are they saying to you? >> they are, of course, concerned but they are waiting for the outcome and they believe that what they see -- >> i mean more in detail what's happening in their neighborhoods, their towns, what they're witnessing, neighbors? >> the main concern i spoke with many people i spoke with is the town of misrata. in misrata there is genocide over there. gadhafi continues to unleash his forces to attack people in tanks

and with barrage miss ils on misrata. the city is surrounded, sieged for almost a month right now. hospitals are deprived of anything and people are under continuous attack by gadhafi forces, misrata and also a city in the west. >> genocide? >> genocide. people in tripoli, s it a bigger city and there are no specific military targets so they are less concerned. >> thank you, will you stick around? i want to talk more. i have another question i want to ask you but i want to ask you about the young man who died. >> yes. >> trying to bring the images to the world. >> yes. >> stick around. we're going to have a little bit more with a lchl gebril plus russel honore on the future of libya. up next. the radically new 42 mile per gallon ct hybrid from lexus. welcome to the darker side of green. see your lexus dealer. uncovering hotel freebies like instant discounts, welcome to the darker side of green.

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this is a live broadcast from libyan state television, and all of the unrest and the conflict that's going on there, this is what is running on television right now if libya. i will welcome back ali

gebrin about his homeland. >> this is propaganda and people are praising their leader despite the bombardments and air strikes and showing that people love their leader so much, that they're showing fireworks and the music at the dance. >> the future of libya, what do you think? >> the future of libya would be a brighter future without gadhafi. it will be a bright other future for a new generation of libyans. hoping that they will have democracy, justice and economic opportunities and to engage with the war. and join the 21st sen generation. 27-year-old mahmoud, who died after bringing images of the world? >> i spoke with his relative today, this afternoon. to say my carrondolences about . and he told me the story of this courageous young man. 27 years old, born just two years before the 1986 air attacks against gadhafi. this is a new generation that

didn't live under any other regime, and this is the generation that made this revolution happen and this generation that showed the courage and the determination to join the 21st century, join the rest of the world in freedom, justice and economical opportunities. and they demonstrated their courage, demonstrated their determination. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> all the best to you and your family. >> thank you, don. thanks a lot. >> thanks for coming by. good to see you. stick around, we may need you throughout our broadcast. we'll be going live for quite a bit. ali gebril. thanks a lot. let's bring in the man from forbes.com. >> how do you see this playing out? when you hear gebril's story, what do you you think about dismantling gadhafi's military capabilities? >> you know, it's very difficult when you have a dictator like gadhafi leave because in order to hold on to power, he has prevented the elements of civil

society from existing. when he's gone, there's a vacuum and people just sort of operate in the old way which is like gadhafi. so the real problem here is to sort of develop the nongovernmental organizations, all of the things that we would like to see in libyan society. it takes a long time. >> okay. so i want to bring in now general russel honore. general, let me put the same question to you. how do you foresee this drama playing out? >> well, that he will leave or he will be killed by his own forces or somebody near to him and there will be a transition. and that transition will go to the freedom fighters who in their own way will sort it out with a lot of help from the u.n. and some folks going in to help them stand up that civil governance that will be needed to run the country. they are very blessed. they have a natural resource, oil, that can provide resources

to their people. it's a function of governance and with today's networking of information, the people will do well once he's gone. >> all right, general, thank you very much. as well as gordon chang and we'll show you the images and sounds in libya from the first day of the coalition attacks just ahead. wrench? wrench. basic. preferred. at meineke i have options on oil changes. and now i get free roadside assistance

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historians will fill volumes documenting the attacks on libya and everything that led up to them but the images and sounds from the first day stand on their own. take a look. >> at around 8:45, we saw a plane overhead appearing to be heading south. around 9:10, one of our team witnessed a jet, a fighter jet fall out of the sky in flames. we have since then spoken to an opposition fighter, who has told us that was one of their own aircraft that they were sending out to try to stop, bring a stop to gadhafi's military assault. >> libya is not yours.

libya is for all libyans. the resolutions of the security council are invalid. >> they tried to enter the city yesterday and the day before yesterday, and they were pushed back by our fighters, and now they started terrorizing the people on the outskirts and shelling heavy, really heavy shelling. >> translator: participants agreed to use all the necessary means, in particular, military means, to enforce the security council decisions. >> yesterday, the international community demanded an immediate cease-fire in libya including an end to all attacks against civilians. today, secretary clinton joined an international coalition of our european and arab partners in paris to discuss how we will

enforce u.n. security council resolution 1973. >> this is a broad international effort. the world will not sit idly by while more innocent civilians are killed. >> it is legal because we have the backing of the united nations security council and also of the arab league and many others. and it is right because i believe we should not stand aside while this dictator murders his own people. >> today i authorized the armed forces of the united states to begin a limited military action in libya. in support of an international effort to protect libyan civilians. that action has now begun. >> over 110 tomahawk cruise missiles fired from both u.s. and british ships and submarines and struck more than 20

integrated air defense missiles system and other air defense facilities ashore. >> i tried to run up to the roof, and then i saw the second explosion. i saw a huge fire coming up from that place, and there was a lot of noise. and i can hear some shooting. i can't in my mind know whether it's anti-aircraft shooting or gun shooting but it was very, very heavy? >> it is called "operation odyssey dawn" the initial targets nosily along the libyan coastline. why? they are the major cities and gas installations and political capital, tripoli. but the reason they were in the coast along the early days, because this is where moammar gadhafi has his most powerful weaponry that could be used -- could be used against coalition pilots. >> libya will try to defend itself according to section 1 of the united nation charter that

all targets, maritime targets will be exposed to real danger in the mediterranean in north africa because of this aggression, naked aggression. >> and this all unfolding just on the first day. let's bring in now retired general russel honore and also gordon chang to give us some thoughts on this. first, you, gordon, the u.n. resolution a few days to air strikes. this happened at lightning speed. >> well, it certainly but but that was because it was necessary on the ground. in benghazi, the country's second biggest city, it was clear that gadhafi's forces were going to retake it. they actually had been close to the center of the city. if those air strikes didn't take place quickly, this would have been all over on the ground. that was absolutely necessary. >> same question to you, general honore, was this fast in your estimation?

>> my personal opinion we should have done this three weeks ago. but these types of attacks can happen within hours. with a lot of planning done ahead of time as the coalition had and to have different countries come in and participate, they added some of the objectives of the united states not to be the lead country even though indeed we have, the other side of that is not to go it alone. to have a coalition as mandated by the u.n. but these type attacks could happen within hours and a day anywhere in the world at any time if it needs to done. >> you bring up a good point in the short time. i have 15 seconds left. many who say the international community did act pretty slowly here, general. talk about that a bit more. >> absolutely. he was back on his heels three weeks ago and probably would have been a lot easier to do what has been done. that being said, the opening