ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN ANCHOR: One day after rebels in Liberia released their grip on Monrovia's port, tens of thousands of civilians are flooding into the capital city, seeking food, water and lost relatives. CNN's Jeff Koinange has more now from the heart of that war-torn country.</s>JEFF KOINANGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): We are standing at the entrance to the Gabriel Tucker Bridge in central Monrovia. Behind me, a scene that would have been unthinkable barely 48 hours ago. Tens of thousands of Liberians making their way across that bridge, into what was LURD territory. Right now, hundreds, thousands of them going across, looking for food, looking for water, looking for family members they haven't seen in past weeks and the past months. A lot of them are coming back with all the foodstuffs that they can carry. A lot of them haven't eaten in days, haven't eaten in weeks, haven't seen family members even longer. We can tell you in terms of food distribution, the World Food Program on Saturday is distributing about 40 tons of foodstuffs to Liberians right here in the city. Aid workers are also making their way across this bridge. We've seen Red Cross vehicles going across there and other aid agencies. Peacekeepers, West African peacekeepers are ready on the ground, patrolling this bridge, patrolling just about every block in the city, and the skies are being patrolled by U.S. Marines and helicopter gunships, from Hueys to Cobras to Blackhawks. On the peacekeeper front, the first batch of new peacekeepers, about 800 Nigerians expected in the coming days. The first 110 arrived a short while ago. They will boost the vanguard of troops right here on the ground. We can also add that there's been a last-minute hitch in peace talks in
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