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plaquemine's parish south of new orleans. it's not what you want to see. water over top the levee could cause it to fail. issued a voluntary evacuation order as they rushed to get it fixed. in new orleans itself, more than a foot of rain dumped there. all four of the city's storm pumps are operational but he says the city cannot breathe easy just yet. >> i want to reiterate and put an exclamation point on this, we are not out of the woods yet. this is a very stubborn, persistent slow-moving, unpredictable and vent with wevl continue to be so until tomorrow. >> cnn's reynolds wolf is out in gulf shores, alabama. reynolds, can you hear me? do you got me? he's talking up a storm. i can tell you that much.

hey, reynolds, you got me? it's susan. i don't know if he can hear me. braving the elements out there. you see the red flag warning behind him. he said when there's two flags up, it's the law, you can't go swimming. not in the water. we'll check back with reynolds in a few. meanwhile, the storm is expected to create lots of problems. mostly flash flooding as it heads northeast. jacqui jeras can hear me pap cool, wet labor day for a lot of people. right? >> yeah, a bummer for a lot of people. while it might seem like a wimpy storm to some, there's a lot of threats we'll deal with and unfortunately we'll deal with this probably at least a good week. here's the latest on tropical storm lee. it's a weak tropical storm but a slow mover. so the flood threat is real. we've also seen a lot of water coming up in louisiana as well as in the mississippi. we've seen rainfall totals. as much as a foot in the last two days. so this is 45 mimeles per hour,

it's going to stay moving slowly over the next couple of days. here's where we're expecting it to go. through mississippi by tomorrow. heading on up towards tennessee as we head into thursday. that gives you an idea how much think thing is creeping along. we are concerned about widespread flooding here. especially as this thing gets up into the appalachians. we could have a threat of mudslides. rainfall totals, very concentrated. where the worst of it will be. this purple, right and red area, talking a potential for 6 to 12 inches. a little more widespread here. as much as 4 to 8. atlanta, for example, maybe 3 to 5. also maybe 3 to 5 heading up towards nashville and into knoxville. and the northeast will have plenty of rain, too, coming in with a cold front as we speak, 1 to 3 on top of what you had from irene, on up towards vermont and upstate new york. talk about other threats. tornadoes. several spin-offs.

rainbow city, alabama, a tornado that touched down and caused damage. wiped out power into the city. no one injured, though. that's the good news. these watches stay in effect through tonight. so be aware of that. that is a real threat also. as well as flooding. take a look at these numbers. impressive. unofficial in waveland. up to a foot in carrollton. and seven inches in gulfport. combining with a cold front along the east coast, suck in a lot of people for a lot of people for labor day weekend. coming up, we'll talk what you can expect for travel, susan, and for those people trying to maybe get a barbecue in here and there. >> yeah. a lot of people c, vacation pla out the window. jacqui jeras, thank you. mitt romney is with the tea party express speaking right now. let's take a listen into what he's saying. >> -- political freedom, powerful as that is, their

brilliance in seeing that the states should be the servants and the citizens should be the sovereign was groundbreaking and changed the world. but they also gave us another freedom. the freedom to choose our course in life. individual freedom. economic freedom. americans can be free do whatever they wanted. as a result of these freedom, people from all over the world wanted to come to america. come here to craft for themselves for themselves and for their children a better life. this is the greatest nation in the history of the earth in part because of the brilliance of these founding parents who understand the power of liberty and freedom, and we're going to make sure we keep it. now, we did kind of an unusual thing about three years ago as a people. we elect add person -- elected a person who never worked in the private sector, who never had a

job in the private sector. had never really been a leader anywhere. didn't have a track record. and some people asked what would happen if we chose someone as a president who had no experience. now we know. and it's not a very pretty picture, is it? and you know the numbers. we had today about 25 million people that are out of work, or stopped looking for work, or are in part-time jobs and need full-time work. we had last month zero job creation. look, a shutout is okay in baseball. it's not good when you're talking about jobs. we have zero confidence, zero faith in a president who created zero jobs. it's time for someone who knows how to create jobs and get our economy going, and that's something i know. that's in my wheelhouse and i'll get america working again. now, ann mentioned i haven't spent my whole life in politics. as a matter of fact, of the

people running for office, i don't know that there's less years in politics than me. i spent four years as governor. i joke that i didn't inhale. i'm still a citizen. i'm still a business person. a conservative business person. i started off my career in business. got my first job and began to work in an enterprise and ultimately become successful and started my own business. i had the experience of helping start small businesses and in some cases helping larger businesses that were in trouble. i learned from that experience. sometimes successfully, sometimes i wasn't successful, but through that process i learned how the economy worked and how we create jobs and how we lose jobs as a nation and then became fortunate enough to go out and run the olympic games in salt lake city. they were in trouble and wanted somebody who knew about turnarounds to come out and run the games, and i did, and it was a fabulous experience. and then i was asked to come

back to massachusetts and run for governor. thing was tough in massachusetts. you may know a bit about that state next door. we had -- somebody's here from massachusetts. all right. the people in new hampshire are concerned about border security. i'm surprised they let you in. me, too. but when i came into massachusetts, we were losing jobs every month. we had about a $3 billion budget shortfall, and we went to work to turn things around. we added jobs. we were able to have three years where out of the four years i was in office, where our unemployment rate was below the national average, we balanced the budget -- >> that is gop presidential candidate mitt romney heading off a tea party express rally there. talking about freedoms. also a few jabs at president obama, talking about his lack of experience. on september 12th, don't miss it. cnn is hosting a tea party debate from tampa, florida. again, that's on september 12th. ahead, new video from 9/11 surfacing ten years after the

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on long trips. residence inn. i want to talk politics now. president obama's primetime speech planned for this thursday to the nation is all about jobs. how to create more of them, how to get the economy moving again, if it's possible right now. there is a lot at stake for the president when he appears before congress. we're starting to get an idea of what he might say. cnn's athena jones is standing by for us in washington. athena, really, there's a lot of pressure on president obama. he is a great speaker, no doubt about that, but even obama supporters want facts here, and specifics.

>> right. so we're beginning to get a look at some of the proposals that might be part of this speech. of course, they work on this kind of thing until the last day. but some of the things considered, payroll tax cut, extending that payroll tax cut is set to expire the end of this year. if they extend it, that puts more money in workers' pockets to spend it in their local economy and boost consumer spending, which is a big part of the u.s. economy. another proposal is tax credits for businesses that hire new workers. and maybe even an additional tax credit for businesses that hire the long-term unemploy pd people out of work for 27 weeks or more. another element would be, possibly, job training for this group of long-term unemployed. this group makes up about 6 million people. that's just under 42% of all of the unemployed. we know the longer people spend out of the workforce, the harder for them to get back in. there's interest in coming up with proposaling that would address that group in

particular. also, infrastructure spending. money to help cities and states build or rebuild roads and bridges. money to help schools renovate. we know a lot of schools in this country are in need of repair. so those are some of the ideas. the white house says this would all be paid for. we expect on thursday to hear the president talk a little bit about some of his own deficit reduction proposals. we're -- he's not going get into a lot of detail. the details will come later on that, but we know this president wants to push that super committee that's looking at deficit reductions to go beyond the $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions and really take advantage of this opportunity to make tough choices, the white house says. >> yeah. because president obama said, i do work every day for financial security for your family, and folks at home who don't have a job think, that's fine, but i am still out of work. what should i do? and you mentioned some specifics. but then, the month of august, zero job growth. zero. can't get any worse than that. and when we talk about obama's

latest poll number, there are troubling numbers, right? >> exactly. you mentioned the zero job growth in august. that doesn't look so good. sure, it's not negative, but it's not positive either. our latest poll from cnn shows just 34% of those polled approve of the president's handling of the economy. 65% disapprove, and you can see right there, that's a pretty big number. another number is 37% of those poll aid prove of how the president is dealing with unemployment. you can tell by the few number, there are a lot more in our poll, the president is dealing with a somber situation, a frustrated public and this is the atmosphere he faces as he prepares for the speech on thursday night. susan? >> athena jones, great stuff. we'll watch on thursday. athena mentioned, president obama laying out his job growth plan next week before a joint session of congress. cnn special live coverage begins thursday night, 6:00 eastern followed by the president's address at 7:00. you have to see this. new video into cnn. it is from 9/11.

it is now just surfacing ten years later after the fact. it was taken just moments after united airlines flight 93 crashed into a pennsylvania field. you will hear the voice of a man calmly narrating what he thinks he's seeing. that man is now deceased. his family wishes to remain anonymous. watch and listen. >> leah, the remains of the airplane crash over on lemmersville road, and probably had a terrorist bomb onboard, it blew up. i don't know anything more than that. that's what i heard on the scanner. i just saw the smoke come up and the explosion shook the house clear over here. and we are, what, 15 miles from lambertsville and it shook the heck out of the house. i don't know what else is

happening. they ran one into the pentagon, and into the world trade center. and we're watching it on tv. and this one happened. >> it has been said that because of the brave men and women on that plane it did not hit its intended target, speculation was that the target was the capitol. maybe the white house. but it crashed there in that field. you see, this is believed to be the first known video that shows that smoke cloud from the crash. really chilling. cnn will bring you special 9/11 coverage beginning 8:30 eastern. anderson cooper, candy crowley will help us honor those of 9/11. ten years later, next sunday. oil workers who refuse to abandon their post in the middle of the gulf when tropical storm lee rolls in. first, this -- an estimated 30 million adults

lack the ability to read a newspaper or fill out an application for a job. steve perry sits down with a man who was forced to face his illiteracy head-on and now works in an unlikely place. >> david's mom always said -- you'll get it! >> reporter: john is known as mr. z. his mission, get kids excited about reading. >> i'm having probably more fun than all of you, and there's a special reason for that. mr. z didn't learn to read and write until i was 35 years old. yeah. >> reporter: how did you get out of high school not knowing how to read? >> yeah. obviously, that still hurts. i will say, i was a master as deception. >> reporter: as a young boy, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and

adhd. >> i'm not trying to jab at the education system. today we are so much better equipped at dealing with learning disabilities. >> reporter: he managed to keep his illiteracy a secret from everyone. >> including my wife. she didn't even have any idea, until our son busted me. sitting with both my boys, shawn and adam, reading simple children's books, my son shawn would actually fix the words that i got wrong and say, no, dad. that's not what it says. >> reporter: then he had back surgery, making it impossible for him to return to his job. >> at the same time my wife saw the literacy library and they said, come in. it wasn't easy. >> reporter: not only did he learn to read and write, he's now the outreach coordinator for the library. >> i know when i do that and share my story, there's a child out there who's going through the exact same thing that i went through that says, you know

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tropical storm lee is spoiling a lot of labor day holiday plans. so far the giant weather system dumped about a foot of rain on

new orleans and surrounding areas. the mayor says despite flooding all 24 of the city storm pumps are working. he said only about 200 homes in the city are without power tonight but warned residents it will be at least another day before they can breathe easy, if you can. cnn meteorologist reynolds wolf is in gulf shores. this would be packed. because of lee, not so much. >> reporter: absolutely. we spoke with the mayor of gulf shores earlier today. he said hotels would be at least at 80% full and at this point, slightly under 50%. we have had moments of sunshine. now it's cloudy skies and gray. 37 inches of rainfall the last hours. a lot of sunshine, things great. it caused a lot of people to head out to the water and enjoy it, or at least try to.

problem is, a double flag warning in effect basically means people should not get in the water whatsoever. the big risk happens to be the rip currents. one of the interesting things about the system, although it's caused little damage here, a lot of damage in louisiana, parts of alabama, into mississippi. the best case scenario, stay out in the gulf of mexico and eventually die out. second, maybe landfall and move up quickly to the north and die out altogether. this area we have now is an interesting one. a lot of times these tropic the systems come onshore, become extra tropical and pull away to the north. this one is meandering through parts of the southeast along the gulf coast. it has a potential of bringing a great deal of rainfall some places well in excess of a foot of rain. you might imagine, that means widespread flooding. the worse scenario we want to deal with. it could play out over the next several days. especially in places across the

states i've mentioned. louisiana, alabama, florida, mississippi and perhaps even into parts of georgia and tennessee before all of this is said and done. back to you. >> we saw the lone beachgoer you were zooming in on walking knee the water. something you don't want to do because of the undertow. it's pretty bad, right? >> reporter: you could head out in, water to the your knees, my think it's relatively simple. but the undertow is so strong, because of the great deal of water pushed towards the shore, that scenario, get caught in the it, get pulled out. this situation, no lifeguards, you're at the mercy of the gull of mexico. back to you. >> reynolds will have to jump in and save them. a double flag warning. stay out of the water. thanks. ahead, when the call came for workers on the oil platform to evacuate because of lee, some chose not to do so. to stay put. we'll show you what it looks like there. than many other allergy medications.

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just how windy it was out there on the rigs, this video taken at the peak of the storm winds reaching 65 miles per hour and series up to 13 feet. there are roughly 3,500 platforms and 97 rigs out in the gulf now and most stayed in operation. lee forced some evacuations as of this afternoon energy companies removed personnel from 237 production platforms and 23 drilling rigs. production has temporarily stopped as well. federal officials say lee has shut down about 60% of oil production in the gulf, and about 55% of natural gas production. >> you can really see how strong it is when he's standing out there on the rig. energy companies say they can restart production fast once the storm goes through. this could rain out a lot of holiday plans, tropical storm

lee. a lot of deceive lays if you're traveling, sorry to say. to meteorologist jacqui jeras with the latest. >> hey, susan, a lot of problems. the airways and roadways both because of lee. tornado watches along the coast, coastal flooding and inland flooding. lots the roads cut off here. visibility is going to be reduced. this is not a good weekend for travel as lee continues to move very slowly across the lower mississippi river valley. we do have airport delays as we speak, because that cold front approaches and we have volume issues already. newark, ground deep lays around an hour and a half. philadelphia around an hour. an hour at washington dulles and jfk looking at ground delays around 30 minutes. most of the east coast will get wet tomorrow. some of these storms could be severe across the southeast. especially with tornadoes from what's left of lee. and we could see stronger thunderstorms with wind damage into the northeast. all of the big airports. boston, new york city,

philadelphia, d.c., stretching down towards charlotte, atlanta, the world's busiest airport, all expecting delays here because of lee. now, take a look at the fire threat. we want to tell you about a situation going on right now in texas. there are multiple fires that are burning. this is the radar here out of fort hood in central texas. take a look at this. this is a fire actually picking up on doppler radar. looks like we might have another one up to the north and another one over here. the smoke and the ashes are so thick and so dense, that you can actually see it. the worst fire burning now, about 190 homes evacuated there. word this hasn't been confirmed yet by cnn but sounding like parts of i-45 coulds closed near houston and i-20 also just outside of the dallas area. make sure you call ahead. check out some of the websites. almost every state has the department of transportation where you can click on and find out what roads are closed. it's a developing situation, susan. the winds are so strong, they literally have about a half a

dozen to a dozen fires that just started, that are a couple hundred to 1,000-plus acres. >> the wind shifting like that, as it normally does. thanks for that breaking news regarding the fires out of texas. coming up, as we take you inside libya in the next half hour, the battle is on to rid country of moammar gadhafi and his loyalists. we show you some of the amazing reporting from our team of journalists on the ground. secret underground cities to tales of horror. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage

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for the next half hour we invite you to go behind the front lines in libya and the ongoing civil war. our crews had extraordinary access and witness to what's going on there. from a brave report amid a hail of bullets to uncovering atrocities and finding the lockerbie bomber. first we start with this, what is happening right now in libya. rebel forces surrounding what of moammar gadhafi's last strongholds. the city of benallene.

there are indications rebels to storm the city. negotiations fell apart. in the capital of tripoli, bani walid. and talk of rebels invading that area before the deadline, what have you heard? >> reporter: susan, basically negotiations have fallen apart, really now the negotiators are saying it's up to the military commanders to make a final decision on the fate of benani walid. it shows a rapidly changing libya. the colors have changed at this checkpoint on the road to bannie walid. the rebel's banner unfurled with a kiss, while a budding artist dabs the new colors on the wall. a sign old tribal loyalties are shifting dramatically.

bani walid is the heartland of libya's biggest tribe and traditionally a close ally of the gadhafi ra seim. these fighters say they were always opposed to gadhafi and tried to explain away those old loyalties. >> translator: gadhafi bought off some young men with money, weapons and cars, this man claims. >> reporter: in many ways the bani walid stand justioff is a affair and they plan to keep it that way. there's no one else here, he says. i ask, you won't allow anyone in who isn't from the wafali? perhaps he says. but only if they provide logistical support. they stay in the rear. they're trying to talk bani walid into a solution. >> we are waiting for an answer

in several hours. >> reporter: waiting for the answer to what exactly? >> to be able, to be able to surrender. be able with us, those from bani walid are with us, but they are frightened for their lives. >> reporter: the days are long and slow for the fighters as contacts proceed. they have little to do but sit around, goof for the cameras, or snooze. the high point in these long days and in this stifling desert heat is when the food truck arrives. rice and meat, bananas and cold water. the opposition fighters don't seem to be in a great hurry to rush into bani walid. in fact, one rebel commander told us, he hopes not to shed a single drop of blood or shoot a single bullet before going in. they're hoping to resolve this standoff stthrough negotiation, but they are ready with other

options if talks fail. if that happens, warns this commander, we'll enter bani walid with the force and determination of revolutionaries, just as we entered tripoli, misrata and other areas. this is certain, god-willing. hoping for a peaceful solution, however, faded sunday evening. the talks with bani walid's elders collapsed. >> for me as chief negotiator, i don't have anything to offer right now. >> reporter: blessed may be the peacemakers, but the warriors may have the last word here. an, of course, some of those warriors, in fact, are rather hess tent to go into battle, because many of them are from bani walid itself. one of the fighters telling me, what's he going to go? go in, fighting, shooting at his brother, uncle or cousins. it's a delicate situation in bani walid.

>> benne wedeman, good reportin being burned with water, apparently recovering now. here is cnn's dan rivers. >> reporter: this girl is slowly regaining her dignity, being treated in tripoli the burn hospital. she is weak but able to give a gesture to those who helped her and express profound gratitude. >> i want to say thank you very much, because all the people have helped me. thank you very, very much. >> reporter: she's overcome with emotion, but these are tears of relief, not pain. she is christian, and her faith has been crucially coming to terms with what's happened.

>> translator: thank you very much. i want god to heal me. and return me back to my family. >> reporter: the national transitional council's new health minister also visited her and summed up the horror of her ordeal. >> i think it's a crime against humanities. so we'll ask the minister of justice to send someone who c can -- forensic evidences to document it and we document everything and then off the bat she -- we'd be happy to treat her. if she wants to go, that's all right at well. >> reporter: this man who worked with her is too scared to reveal his identity but showed me another of hannibal gadhafi's properties where he says more horrible abuse was handed out to

han bel hannab h hannibal's wife. he says the foreign staff were targeted the most. a picture is emerging of horrendous abuse at hannibal gadhafi's houses. i've been contacted by another nanny who describes ailing gadhafi as psychologically sick and a sadist, and this room seems to bear out her testimony. what kind of family has their own private jail cell at weren't of their properties? now she's facing months of recuperation and surgery. cnn is working with a number of organizations to ensure she gets the best care available, and that she can get home to ethiopia after her nightmare at the hands of the gadhafi family. since airing this story, we've receive add huge outpouring of support for the nanny. donations to a fund-raising page set up by anti-slavery

international in conjunction with cnn now topped $16,000. if you would like to help, logon to cnn.com/impact to find out how you can donate and get the latest details on how she doing. her recovery. weren't of the gadhafi family employees has a completely different story to tell. 25-year-old oksana was paid to watch moammar gadhafi's health as one of his nurses. she fled libya in february as war broke out and returned to her native ukraine. she described the ousted leader as a healthy man who gave her a good life, and she said she feels pity for the country's turmoil. in her conversation with cnn, she talks about gadhafi. >> gadhafi -- >> translator: gadhafi was quite considerate. i don't know much about how the nannies were treated in his family, but as for us, he treated us very well. he never shouted at us. was always calm and friendly. every year on september 1st he

presented us with souvenirs, like this medallion and his watch with his picture too. he gave these presents not only to his nurses but everyone who worked in his inner circle. instead of saying, gadhafi, gadhafi, all the time. especially to avoid attracting attention from local libyans, between ourselves, we called him daddy. daddy gave us jobs, money a good life. >> details there. meanwhile, we are taking you inside tripoli during the moments the capital fell to rebels. that is gunshots. weren't of our own reporters risking her life to bring you the story as it's happening. hey can i play with the toys ?

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saying we will not give any libyan citizen to the west. megrahi may be the last man alive. precisely who in the libyan government authorized that bombing? nic robertson managed to track him down. here is that exclusive report. >> reporter: we found abdul-basit al megrahi in a market in town. six security cameras and flood lights outside. this is megrahi's house. this is where he's been living the last couple of years. we're going to knock on the door. see if we can get any answer. hello. for 15 minutes or so, nothing. i'm not sure if they've heard me. let's try the last-ditch means which is just shout over the wall. hello! hello, hello! then, all of a sudden someone comes. nothing prepares me for what i see. megrahi apparently in a coma, his aging mother at his side.

>> if you see, his body is weak. >> reporter: he'd been expected to die almost two years ago, but convicted pan am 103 bomber abdul-basit al megrahi lives. this wasn't the way he looked when he was released from a scottish jail two years ago. he came home to a hero's welcome, freed on compassionate grounds, because doctors said he would be dead in three months. almost immediately, he began renovating this palatial house. money, no object. it doesn't take long walking around this building before you begin to realize, and looking at the marble here, these expensive fittings, to realize that it appears megrahi was being paid off handsomely for all the year hess spent in jail. in the two decades since the

bomb exploded onboard pan am 103 over lockerbie killing crew, passengers and townpeople, megrahi always maintain head was innocent. a month ago in a rare public citing, moammar gadhafi had him literally wheeled out for a pro-government rally. i'm seeing him now for the first time in two years. he appears to be just a shell of the man he was, far sicker than he appeared before. >> has he been able to see doctor? >> no. there is no doctor, and there is nobody to ask, and we don't have any phone line to call anybody. >> reporter: what's his situation right now? >> he stop eating and he sometimes is come in coma. >> reporter: coma. he goes unconscious. >> yes. we just sit next to him.

>> reporter: all that's keeping him alive, they say, oxygen and a fluid strip. i ask about demands he return to jail in scotland. >> my dad, he's still -- if you send him to scotland, he will die by the way here or there. >> reporter: do you know how long he has left? >> nobody can know how long he'll still be alive. >> reporter: it seems i've arrived too late. it's apparent he's too sick to talk. whatever secrets he has are gone. nic nic robertson for that report. up next -- this. yes, that is gunfire. sara seidner takes us to tripoli's green square where she braved a hail of gunfire to bring us the story of how rebels took control of the capital city. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze.

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the day that rebels stormed moammar gadhafi's compound in libya is unforgettable. a ragtag group of fighters toppled a four-decade old leadership. their leadership is frail and gadhafi loyalists fight in some cities but the turning of the

tide in tripoli was no doubt an incredible moment. many of our reporters in libya have risked their lives to bring you the story, as our own sara seidner dodged bullets to report from tripoli two weeks ago as the city fell. here sara takes you inside trip li's green square as rebels take control of the capital. take a look. >> reporter: what's happening is everyone started running. we are here in the middle of tripoli. what we're see something rebels all over the square. there are really no other civilians. mostly men with guns in the square but we're also seeing people running. there is a lot of gunfire. they say there are snipers. we all had to pull back. the situation very tense here. but there is a lot of celebrating going on. some of this is just gunfire in the air but people are very, very concerned because they say there were snipers posted on the top of some of these buildings. they're not sure exactly where some of this gunfire is coming from so every now and then we see people just running trying to get out of the way. right now the rebels have green square and it is a historic

moment here in tripoli, in the capital. the real stronghold ef moammar gadhafi has now been taken over by the rebels. sara seidner, cnn, tripoli. >> certainly a historic moment as you just saw. after sara made it to safety, she reflected on the dangers of reporting inside a war zone. >> you're acutely aware that this is reality. i mean you're surrounded by people that remind you that this is happening, but with all of the gunfire, with the loud booms -- i mean these aren't just small arms that they're using. these are rocket launchers and i mean things that you just -- they're completely out of place on the ground. so as you're going through the compound and you're listening to all this gunfire, you do feel as if you're sort of living a second life, living in another world. but the rebels reminded you of how important it was for them, this moment, constantly, not

just with the gunfire but with the things that they would say to you as you're coming in. they would say this is history, we've broken the back of the gadhafi regime, this is history, repeated over and over and over again. you're very much aware of the dangers when you walk by the dead bodies that were inside and there were still, after two days, bodies just there lying in the compound. clearly they were gadhafi loyalists and both sides obviously suffered quite a bit during this conflict. but you're also aware that very few people have been where you are, and that is one of those times when you realize, wow, this is an incredible experience, really incredible. >> it truly is. sara seidner's entire revealing graphic debrief on her access and reporting of libya will air next weekend right here on cnn. join us as cnn journalists brave

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since the war began, libya has faced critical shortages of food, fuel and water as well. the u.n. described the humanitarian situation as fragile with so many in need of food and water. you can imagine how many animals have fared and what