breaking news, triumph in tripoli. moammar gadhafi's iron-fisted rule of libya appears to be over, following a stunning and coordinated attack by rebel forces. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us on this very busy monday morning. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. after 42 years, it looks like the end of the line for moammar gadhafi.

this morning, rebel troops control most of the capital tripoli following a dramatic fast moving nato coordinated offensive. this morning, gadhafi's whereabouts are unknown. rebel forces met little resistance as they swept into the capital. even the elite presidential guard that protects gadhafi surrendered. the capital fell, following a six-month civil war, but not all of the forces loyal to gadhafi have given up. there are reports of heavy fighting near gadhafi's residence. we again our coverage with alex crawford of britain's sky news with the latest from libya's capital. >> reporter: we're right around the corner from the square in relative terms and not too far, a couple of kilometers away from colonel gadhafi's compound and there has been constant mortar shelling and machine gun fire all morning, quite intensive in some stages and clearly there's a lot of instability.

i think apart from the fact that many of the rebels will be extremely edgy this morning, there's obviously some elements of gadhafi regime or supporters still out there, and they are causing some problems to the rebel soldiers who ultimately will want to not only take over control of the television station but also control of colonel gadhafi's compound itself. right now, though, we're in a real period of flux where things are very, very unstable and there is still a lot of fighting going on in areas of the city. >> that was alex crawford of british sky news reporting from tripoli. for now we go to charlie dagata watching the dramatic advance from london. charlie, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. the drama is still unfolding. as you saw from alex's report. rebel say forces loyal to moammar gadhafi are still in control of about 20% of the capital. the reports libyan government tanks are shelling parts of central tripoli.

european leaders are joining president obama in urging gadhafi to turn himself in to avoid more bloodshed. celebrations across libya stretched long into the night after rebels took over tripoli's historic green square. >> we are free! >> reporter: "god is great," he says, "we are free." they waved opposition flags and shot down symbols of libyan leader moammar gadhafi's power. "we have gotten rid of that tyrant" she says, "for 42 years we have been forced to be silent." government forces are still fighting rebels in parts of the capital. gadhafi's whereabouts are still unknown. in an audio broadcast on state tv, gadhafi dismissed the rebels as rats, insisted he was in tripoli and vowed to fight to the end. the international criminal court confirmed the rebels had detained his son, seif.

both men face charges of crimes against humanity. the 20-mile offensive to the capital began at dawn in zawiyah. gadhafi forces collapsed and melted away. libyan soldiers ditched their uniforms and fled. rebels say they plan their assault on tripoli in coordination with nato's bombing campaign in the country. nato says the transition of power in libya must be peaceful and the country must stay united. britain is urging the rebel national transition council to maintain law and order and not to pursue revenge attacks. there's already been in-fighting among rebel factions. gadhafi's hold on power may be all but over but the battle for control of libya has only just begun. terrell? >> this seems like it came out of nowhere, rebels struggled for months to gain ground and all of the sudden race into tripoli. what happened? >> well the real turning point seemed to be the attack on a government stronghold of

zawiyah, a crucial supply line from the west for gadhafi's forces. after five days of heavy fighting earlier this week, it fell and from yesterday morning really it was a sprint for the capital. from what we witnessed from alex crawford's reports, they encountered very little resistance. >> there are rumors flying around about leader moammar gadhafi. do we have any idea where he is? what options does he have left? >> it's anyone's guess. he could still be in his compound in tripoli where that fighting has been reported. last night an audio broadcast on state tv, he insisted he was in tripoli. rebels guaranteed safe passage out of libya. he's now wanted for war crimes. two of his sons have been detained in the international criminal court would certainly like to see gadhafi arrested and sent to trial at the hague. >> charlie dagata in london for us, thank you so much. president obama said the battle between the rebels and xwa daf gadhafi had reached a

tipping point and libya is "slipping from the grasp of a tyrant." joel brown good morning to you. >> while on vacation the president called for the leader to immediately step down. in a statement the president said "the people of libya are showing that the universal pursuit of dignity and freedom is far stronger than the iron fist of a dictator. moammar gadhafi and his regime need to recognize that their rule has come to an end. gadhafi needs to acknowledge the reality that he no longer controls libya. he needs to relinquish power once and for all." terrell? >> nato has been in contact with the rebels. is there any contact between washington and the libyan rebels? >> as the rebels were streaming into tripoli the president's prediction of gadhafi's demise was based on what a white house statement calls "inputs from our team and benghazi." the benghazi team is made up of u.s. diplomats and covert agents that for months has maintained ties with the libyan rebels. at first they were helping to select targets for the nato air

strikes, but also the u.s. has been assessing which rebel leaders might take over if gadhafi falls and as secretary of state clinton puts it, to urge the rebels to plan for a post-gadhafi libya. this is really important. it would end u.s. involvement in a third muslim war not to mention a very strong signal to other countries in the region, starting with syria. >> joel brown rounding up our team coverage in libya this morning, from washington, thank you. the advance follows a bloody six months from moammar gadhafi ruling libya with an iron fist. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: he's been called many things, erratic, delusional, a megalomaniac, a mass murderer. for more than four decades moammar gadhafi survived on an eccentric but successful combination of fear, farce, and fulmination. >> they love my people, they

love me all. >> reporter: the 27-year-old army captain who led a bloodless coup overthrowing the old monarchy in 1969 professed grand ideas for modernizing libya and the entire arab world but what he proved most successful at was staying himself in power, he promoted himself to colonel and ran libya as a kind of her mitt kingdom, a closed world where he wrote the rules in his little green book for a new kind of people's power expressed through local committees that never seemed to meet. gadhafi, though, broke his own rules at home and broke the rules of acceptable behavior abroad, increasingly he became an international maverick, supporting, training and supplying explosives to terror

groups like the i.r.a. the world accused him of supporting terrorism. he called it something else. >> the freedom fighters throughout the world we support, they are free to use the army from libya or the money from libya. they may kill innocent people. >> reporter: when libya was implicated in a 1986 berlin nightclub bombing that killed two american servicemen, though, the u.s. struck back. >> this mad dog of the middle east has a goal of a world revolution. >> reporter: president reagan ordered air strikes on gadhafi's compound, reportedly killing his 15-month-old adopted daughter. two years later, in what many believe was gadhafi's response, a bomb blew up pan am 103 over lockerbie, scotland, killing 270 people. gadhafi denied ordering the bombing.

>> translator: as i stated, we had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: but he later paid compensation to the families of the american victims and provided a libyan suspect, abdel baset al megrahi, and perhaps the image of what happened to another middle eastern strongman who hung on for too long, saddam hussein, had changed from ally to pariah, he shut down his nuclear research program, he granted western oil companies lucrative contracts, but he never lost his act for the theatrical, showing up in italy wearing a picture of libyan heroes hung by italians in the colonial period, showing up at the united nations to tear up the u.n.'s charter during a 90-minute rant and called the security council the terrorist council. when his people, oppressed for

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the national forecast. latest satellite picture shows the new rain system presses into the northwest coast. monsoonal storms are headed toward the southwest and the central plains. the northeast is drying out from thunderstorms slowly. later today, strong and scattered storms will form in the gulf coast states. early morning showers in the northeast will leave, making for a mostly sunny afternoon. texas and oklahoma more triple-digit heat. sunny and warm on the west coast. "cbs moneywatch" time on a money. it could be another brutal week on wall street. susan mcginnis is here with that and more. >> tokyo's nikkei lost a little more than 1% today. hong kong's hang seng finished up just slightly. other markets across the region were also down. wall street opens this morning amid growing concerns the global economy is again slipping into recession. last week the dow got hammered.

the dow lost more than 450 points, about 4% for the week. the nasdaq lost more than 6.5%, that makes four straight weeks of losses for the market with the blue chips down 15% since july 21st. the past month had seen one crisis after another pushing stocks lower. in july it was a debate over the debt ceiling. earlier this month it was s&p's downgrade of america's credit rating. since then it's been increased worries about europe's debt crisis and growing signs of a global recession. most analysts have cut their forecasts for economic growth for the next quarter until these fears are eased. the rebel push into tripoli could bring some relief at the gas pumps here. analysts say the unrest in libya has added between $10 and $20 a barrel to the cost of crude. once the conflict is resolved it could mean a big drop in the price of oil that would eventually be reflected in gas prices but that could take about a month or so. thousands of striking verizon workers return to work tonight with no contract. about 45,000 employees walked off the job august the 7th. the company and the union have

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a stadium becomes a crime scene.. and bay area leaders are outraged. what's next.. after fists and bullets fly at candlestick park. libya's dictator loses his grip on power. as rebels take control of the capital city.. why qaddafi isn't going down just yet. plus.. how your wedding vows could take a toll on your waistline. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather, rain showers return to the pacific northwest.

texas and oklahoma will be sunny and extremely hot. the midwest will see scattered thunderstorms. the gulf coast states will see storms. drier air headed for the great lakes. here's an update of our top story this morning. rebel troops control most of the libyan capital this morning, following a stunning advance which appears to have ended moammar gadhafi's 42-year reign. rebel forces celebrated into the night after marching into tripoli yesterday, following a six-month civil war. rebel troops captured at least one of gadhafi's sons but gadhafi's whereabouts remain unknown this morning. gadhafi's dismissed the rebels as rats. there the special forces who guard gadhafi have given up, but there is fighting near gadhafi's

residence. the leadership council says the move was coordinated with nato and rebels inside the city. gadhafi has ruled libya for 42 years. last night president obama issued a statement saying libya reached a tipping point calling on gadhafi to step down. this morning on "the early show," full coverage from libya. rebel forces surged into the capital tripoli, in a move to capture the capital. [ male announcer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language.

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a we a week-long celebration begins in washington this morning. the opening of the martin luther king memorial, sits on four acres and includes a massive statue of the civil rights leader. it is the first memorial of an african civil rights leader and someone who is not president. for many african americans, dr. king's dream has become a reality. michelle miller has the story of three men born after that famous speech, still inspired by it. >> reporter: over 20 years ago a hall to this newark, new jersey, magnet high school, three

low income teenage boys made a promise to themselves. >> to be the first one in the families to pioneer college and set our sights higher than those immediately surrounding us. >> reporter: in a city where many african-american men fall victims to the streets, sampson davis, remmick hunt, and george davis formed an unbreakable bond, pushed each other, supported each other, leaned on each other through high school, college and medical school, overcoming the odds in a district that according to the city's school chancellor last year had a high school graduation rate of just 54%. >> so i gave him -- >> hunt is an internist, jenkins dentist and assistant professor at columbia university and davis an e.r. surgeon. >> we knew the path we had to take there was education. it just saved our lives. >> it allowed us to block out a lot of negative influences and allowed us to focus on what really mattered. >> reporter: known as the three

doctors, they have written three highly acclaimed books. they tour the country as motivational speakers. the doctors started a foundation in their hometown to help mentor underprivileged kids. they see their work as continuing the legacy of civil rights leaders like dr. martin luther king jr. >> there was a direct correlation from dr. king and i got a scholarship to pay for books and study and now to teach other medical students from all backgrounds so they can help people. >> we all felt people went through a lot for us to have the opportunity to go to school. >> that's part of what it was about, it was created out of the movement, dr. king's, and his vision. >> if dr. king were here, what would he think about what you've done and are doing? >> i do think dr. king would be proud of us.

we're changing lives in a lot of young people and that gives us the fuel to keep going and doing this and continue this crusade. >> reflecting back to dr. king and what this moment means, seeing his likeness, i was emotionally moved by just his presence because of his stature and how he stands tall. >> reporter: for doctors davis, jenkins and hunt, it gives them the strength and motivation to change the lives of a new generation. michelle miller, cbs news, newark, new jersey. with that, that will do it for this monday morning edition of the "cbs morning news." appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. have a great day, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- www.vitac.com