would like to get rid of gadhafi.r is, he ruled with an iron hand and murdered thousands of innocent civilians over his long reign, and lived by the sword and die by the sword, that's his choice. he can give up tomorrow and everybody would be fine in his family. wars are ugly, and unpleasant and horrible things and sometimes undertaken to prevent something worse. >>> let's turn to the issues at home. we will start with the cost of a gallon of gas. how significant is this issue for the president? >> well, it's always tough because the president, whoever it is, gets blamed for whatever goes wrong. i think one of the things that the republicans have a problem with is they have actually voted without a single democratic representative joining them to maintain the $53 billion a year that taxpayers are giving the oil companies. this is normally speaking, the president would wear almost all of this unfairly may it be, and this will be a mixed bag. the president and the democrats will look back at the republicans, because of

and seif al arab was killed along with gadhafi's grandchildren, and gadhafi and his wife escaped.look at the pictures of the aftermath, looks like anybody in the building could have been killed. it's possible gadhafi was in there and had a miraculous escape or just left. definitively, air strikes over the last several days have been closing in on gadhafi. he was in a building close to a libyan tv station, and if you believe this report and the nato air mission is closing in on gadhafi. >> richard engel, thank you. >>> and then backing away from an exit deal. and refusing to sign an agreement to give up immunity. demonstrators rejected one deal because it would prevent him from standing trial. >>> and then mahmoud ahmadinejad is boycotting his duties in what is seen with a power struggle with the country's spy chief. he has not been seen at his office for eight days, missing two cabinet meetings and canceling a trip to a holy city. >>> and then in the juarez area, they found grenades and bullet proof vests, all found at a home in a residential neighborhood. >>> in poe lupd, thousan

wwap was gadhafi himself t r oft ofr of a nato ai? the latest from libya. >>> act of faith.rthe extor pope john paul ii. op one stone step closer t stant. one tornado in tuscaloosa cutting across several miles for heply populated areas. every pile of brick, every pile of wood here tells a story. this was a japanese restaurant. 20 people took refuge in the office. it's still standing.ÑlÑnÑnÑnÑnÑ cooler they all survived as the building literally disintegratey around them. officially 39 people have died here in tuscaloosa. there's aÑcrÑd will go up. john? >> reporter: there so many stories here. remarkable survival . devastating loss. people tonight are pulling together, picking up and trying to move forward. a show of force today from the obama administration as five agency heads,ññ cacabinenet secretaries, got a first-hand look at the damage and the needs. >> i don't think words can fairly express the level of devastation here. >> reporter: in hard hit tuscaloosa, officials released the names of the 39 confirmed dead. their ages rangi

they want to see a picture of saif al arab gadhafi's head.hey said this is probably a lie by the gadhafi regime in effort to win sympathy from the public. despite the skepticism there was a lot of celebration in benghazi around midnight, singing, dancing in a major square in benghazi, lots of gunfire. it's not unusual for us to hear gunfire every day here in benghazi but i don't recall seeing anything like we saw last night, a good two hours where we saw continuous heavy gunfire, artillery fire, explosions, hundreds of people celebrating, very interesting. one opposition supporter leaned in to our crew and suggested the rebel fighters should save their ammunition, his way of saying that this fight is not over even if saif al arab gadhafi has not been killed. >> this is not the sob, a lot of people hear the name, might sound familiar, this is not the son who has done some interviews, defending his father so how big of a blow would it be to gadhafi, do they believe if this is true that this son was killed? >> reporter: as far as the opposition

moammar gadhafi escapes a nato missile strike, does it signal a new approach? >>> journey toward saint hud. the faithful witnessed the beatification of pope john paul ii. >>> a new possible reason the newly weds are staying put for now. >>> a big-time laugh-in, where seth mire played the trump card. >> donnell trumped is saying he's running as, which is surprising. >> just wait until you hear how president obama ribs the donald. >>> good morning, i'm alex witt. we are just is past 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. in the west. >>> a live look now at the vatican. hundreds of thousands of tireless pilgrims streaming past the casket of pope john paul ii. he is now just one formal step away from potentially being declared a saint. msnbc's chris jansing is live in rome. with another good morning to you, chris, let's talk about what you are seeing and hearing right now. >> well, it's remarkable. people don't want to leave. this ceremony has been over for hours now. as you said, thousands, if not tens of thousands of people still getting in line, if you can call it th

it was the third attack that nearly hit gadhafi the past week. a nato commander was quoted as saying we do not target individuals and families, we only target military targets. and that they especially regret any civilian casualties. the report unconfirmed, only from the libyan government, that gadhafi's youngest sonening along with three of his grind children, the victims last night. >>> and the italian embassy, seeing smoke from there. if this is the result of pro-gadhafi demonstrators lashing out as a result of the air strike last night, what kind of armor do they have to use? what kind of weaponry might they use? what kind of an attack might they have launched on the italian embassy? >> reporter: we were watching last night about the 2:30 this morning as there were pro-gadhafi demonstrators in the street outpseudothe gadhafi compound and we heard last night that the british embassy was attacked, and i talked to the spokesman ibrahimi that said there were no armament fired, but most of the staff have been moved for the embassies and there was

that's gadhafi's rockets being fired.a repeat of four different rockets, missiles, being fired. at the front line, rebel fighter ab dal watched hopelessly as rockets flew over his head. >> yes. this morning he started to shoot about 16 missiles from two attacks. >> reporter: you can see they're happening? >> yeah, we can see them. >> reporter: what can you do when you're sitting here? what can you do about that? >> nothing, nothing. >> reporter: why not? >> because we don't have missiles or heavy weapons to defend. >> reporter: after three months of fighting, this 31-year-old field engineer has all the experience he can stomach. but says it is paying off. >> it's disgusting. it's disgusting to see that. believe me, most of the people -- when we talk, they didn't want to kill anybody. >> reporter: so, slowly you're getting better trained -- >> yeah getting better and trying to do our best. i mean, have you to obey the people who has experience. >> reporter: the lesson here, it's going to take more than experience and train

gadhafi. mr. zuma heading the african union is hoping he can purr suede the rebel regime to drop their weapons and start peace talks. getting the two sides to agree is not going to be easy. this is the second peace mission to libya in two months. the first ended in deadlock. the opposition has said then they'd stop fighting only if colonel gadhafi agreed to give up power. he shows no sign of stepping down. more on zuma's libya trip, the question is, what kind of influence could jacob zuma bring to this in terms of the african union when mr. gadhafi is often seen as the man who has, i guess, given a lot of donations to the african -- countries of the african union? what kind of unbiased position could the au really have? >> mr. gadhafi still remains a very powerful figure on this continent. as you said, he's bankrolled many of the governments here on the african continent. and, actually, mr. zuma's party, the african national congress has received a lot of support from mr. gadhafi in the past w

nations are joining us in expelling gadhafi's diplomats in refusing visits from gadhafi's envoys and listened are defecting are coming to discuss his departure. the clear message to gadhafi and those around them is that there's no going back to the way things were. through the u.n. security council they now face a no-fly zone, arms embargo, assets freeze and travel ban to libya's national oil corporation and central bank are blacklisted. the united states and other countries are taking further unilateral steps to tighten the squeeze on regime officials and regime affiliated banks, businesses and satellite networks. this week the icc prosecutor and as he intends to apply for arrest warrants for three senior officials in gadhafi's regime who in his words bear the greatest criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity. these measures are having an effect. we deprive the regime of fund assets that could be used to support attacks against the libyan people. libya used to export 1.3 million barrels of oil per day. that is now stopped energy was having difficulty accessing refined pet

it targeted a military building and gadhafi's compound. gadhafi seems to have gone into hiding. he hasn't been in public since the last big nato air strike on his compound, nearly two weeks ago. nato insists it's not trying to kill the libyan leader. >> we have no evidence about what's mr. gadhafi's doing right now, and i tell you the truth, we're not really interested in what he's doing. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe gadhafi is still alive. rebel commanders say their plan is to launch a simultaneous assault from multiple fronts, now that nato support has increased. there are now at least three front lines. in the east rebel fighters are closing in on the city of brega. in the west by tunisia rebels have opened another front around zintan. misrata remains the most active front. cut off except for its port. aid ships rushed by people frantic to leave. rebel leaders say gadhafi's security forces are starting to defect. >> if we intensify it for now, i think we'll see more defection and probably we're seeing the beginning of the end. >> reporter: but waiting for gadhafi to fa

they said it costs out that nato forces are not trying to kill moammar gadhafi. one of the major factors driving up gas prices, most agree we are headed to an all- time high. >> reporter: gas prices have already passed $4 a gal drivers just don't like it. >> ridiculous. >> it kills my budget. >> reporter: the increase is frustrating for some drivers. >> they are ripping us off and they are making money off of us. >> reporter: some are calling on congress to help. >> big oil is taking us to the cleaners. every day. we have to stand up to them. >> reporter: many opponents and experts argue they will pass on their loss to customers at the pump. >> oil companies i don't think are cucluding to keep the prices up. they are do iting business. and then these other actors that push the price up because they are buying future oil and worried about whether oil will be there. >> they could go higher. especially with summer around the corner. derek valcourt wjz eyewitness news. >> in baltimore they are $1.10 higher than last year. and that you will pay more for every day item

saif gadhafi was killed and three of gadhafi's grandchildren, all under the age of 12, were also killed. none of that confirmed by the way. just that there was an air stri strike. assassination disputed by nato. that's the third attack -- >> msnbc's mike, we thank you for that. a very important story. mike, your audio has a little bit of noise in the background. we hope that gets cleared up before the next time we're able to talk with you. thank you so much. >>> now to vatican city today. a mass attended by more than a million people and the groundwork laid for the making of a new saint. >> now the long four day has come. it came quickly because this is what was pleasing to the lord. john paul ii is blessed. >> and with that announcement, pope john paul ii was beatified this morning in front of a million faithful, many of whom were moved to tears. my colleague chris jansing is live in rome. a very good sunday morning. i know the emotions are running very high. at one point the crowd was maintained to maintain the climate of silence and prayer, right? >> reporter: it's unbelievable what

that once colonel gadhafi is gone no obstacles to peace. or mere acquirement is that moammar gadhafi and his son should leave libya among those who serve in the previous government that are there many refutable people with whom we are ready to have a dialogue so that they can become members of the executive orders of the future libya it's colonel gadhafi who's not so good at all of this in the first british us from creating a secure corridors for medicine and food supplies going to those in need once he stops doing this role the prospect of a dialogue will open up through an intermediary. and you can see the full interview in an hour's time here on our team now the u.s. is plowing ahead with plans to build up its military needs of europe but if telling our. not to worry new agreements will sometimes gets deployed in poland which moscow says is a loving it close to russia's borders with a miss are the part of the us defense shield will be in place by twenty eight russia has repeatedly called joint system a washington wants to separate us our

there are also doubts expressed that gadhafi's son was actually killed.o's commander said all targets were military in nature. that nato had no independent confirmation of casualties or of the identity of any casualties. in fact, though, the air strike was the third in a week that reportedly came close to taking out gadhafi himself. one attack while he was giving a televised speech about a proposed cease-fire with nato. but even with the bombs falling reportedly so near to where gadhafi was speaking, his offer to negotiate with nato did not include even a hint he might surrender power. instead he said, i am not leaving my country. no one can force me to leave my country. that was hours before the latest attack in the intensifying nato air campaign reportedly came close to forcing regime change another way. >> this was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country. >> reporter: pro-gadhafi demonstrators believe that and believe, too, that their leader has now seen family members killed while escaping with his own life again. mike taibbi, nbc

what portion is this of the forces gadhafi has?, the libyan generals as you said have been speaking up and they bring with them news that gadhafi's military capacity is weakening. a general told the news conference that the moment of glory is near. why this is such a big blow is because this news is coming within the same week that we're hearing reports of a deployment of uk and french attack helicopters. now, these helicopters because nato says they can limit collateral damage, they can be used to get up close in terms of aerial bombardment. their concern on the libyan government side is they could be used at the time of reduced military capacity within the military armed forces to clear the way for a rapid advancement of opposition forces. we have to stress, though, that on the ground, there is still a territorial stalemate. we haven't yet seen the impacts of this defection. the rebels are very close, two hours away at misratah. if the aerial bombardment were to happen, they could move toward tripoli, candy. >> has there been rea

it's events on the ground that will drive gadhafi's desire to leave or not to leave. >> gadhafi has goti've said repeatedly, i think you go after the pillars of his power. the pillars of his power are the regiments that are controlled by his sons. the mercenaries that he's brought in from other countries. his money. and his tribe. those are the four pillars that sustain gadhafi in power. i believe all of those should be targeted and aggressively gone after. you cannot allow him to continue. >> why did the white house wait this long to do this? >> donald trump didn't make the decision to put himself on a split screen. donald trump didn't make the decision to cover this over and over and over again once he raised the issue. the president said, you know what? we've got to put a stop to this. he wanted to make the point that we have more important issues in this country and we ought to move on. the point was as much, frankly, david, to your industry as it was to anybody else. >> do you somehow sense that the president may be trying to make donald trump the face of your party, the republican

gadhafi himself survived the attack on a single story house. the people of libya are reacting. >> reporter: fireworks lit up the night sky in the libyan city of banghazi. his son was killed by a nato air strike and gadhafi himself survived the attack. >> the leader himself is in good health. he wasn't harmed. his wife also is in good health. >> three of gadhafi's grandchildren were reportedly killed in the strike on a one story house in tripoli. nato says its missions are aimed at libyan command centers and do not target gadhafi. the leader appeared on libyan state tv earlier on saturday calling for a cease fire and negotiations, but he refused once again to step down. rebel commanders quickly rejected the offer, saying time for compromise has passed. he was gadhafi's sixth son. in recent years, he studied in germany. cbs news, new york. >>> so far, there has been no comment or confirmation from nato on the death of gadhafi's son. >>> gas prices are at an all- time high. tonight, senator barbra boxer says the solutions and blame lie with big oi

do we ever put on the table the possibility of giving gadhafi impunity? do you bring him to another nonstate party of the icc and allow him to live his life without this indictment? i think that will be very difficult. i think the international community will be very firm in saying eventually gadhafi has to be transferred to the hague. who does that in the end is still a real question mark, but this is very important for the prosecutor to get this indictment and to get an arrest warrant, because it places everything on hold. it tells the international community we have spoken as an international court, he is indicted for these serious crimes and in the end, he must be brought to the hague. >> that said, you have other leaders who have been indicted in the past. it's been two years now and omar al bashir has been out and about and leading his country and traveling and there has been no arrest for him. so it begs the question how strong the icc's indictments really are. >> well, i think it's a very good ken. i think they are strong, but in the sense of comp

colonel gadhafi who's not schooled. all of this on the first place he impedes the ceasefire and military withdrawal he given us from creating secure corridors for medicine and food supplies to those in need it's him who's a threat to civilian population and humanitarian organizations once he starts playing this role the prospect of a dialogue will open up through an intermediary. mr chairman of the national transitional council a few words about the situation in the conflict region at the moment was the communitarian situation there. thank god we've managed to provide subsistence in the liberated regions and do our utmost to assist our brothers living in the eastern regions who are exposed to environment and who are now under siege we try to avoid it by the humanitarian organizations and the international community transferred in provisions to the foundation organization by the contact group we are making desperate attempts but we are not sure we will succeed because they do not make promises regarding the frozen assets

even gadhafi's giant portrait doesn't hang straight anymore. gadhafi himself hasn't been seen in public in weeks, only making rare television appearances from undisclosed locations. the area around gadhafi's compound was bombed three times just this week, a sharp increase. british intelligence officials say gadhafi may be hiding in hospitals. libyans who oppose the regime are generally too scared to speak on camera, but one man said he believes 90% of the people in the city are against the government. and every time nato bombs, the people on his neighborhood go on the roof to whistle and cheer. but across tripoli, there's little sign of the bomb damage. markets are full. there's still plenty to buy. customers are few. so many shops are closed. economic sanctions are having a major impact here. perhaps even more than the bombing campaign itself. fuel shortages are now so severe, it can take up to four days waiting in line to fill up your car. we have been told banks will only distribute up to $600 a month no matter how much money is in the accou

used by gadhafi.ast friday, a bunker near his tripoli compound was struck by two bombs. but the rebel leadership here doubts anyone was killed in last night's attack. they claim gadhafi is simply trying to win international support and split the coalition. in past attacks, gadhafi has shown injured family members. when the u.s. bombed libya in 1986, gadhafi allowed western reporters into the hospital to see two of his sons injured in that attack. saif, allegedly killed last night, then 4 years old, was one of them. gadhafi's supporters were so outraged by the bombing, they burned an ransacked, the u.s., uk, french, italian and qatari embassies in tripoli. all of their staffs have been recalled, so, they weren't in the country. the u.n. wasn't so lucky. their offices were also attack and the u.n. has now pulled their staff out of the country to tunisia. david? >> still so many questions miguel. thank you so much. >>> tonight, pope john paul ii is one step closer to sainthood. at one of the largest vati

against gadhafi of course if they decide they want to structure this is i would consider a war crime under the present situation and goes way out so at the present u.n. resolution why is it we have to ask the british and nato particularly you know this is a nato initiative decided they want to intervene so heavily in the civil war. don't come of how they want the politics in the country to be in the future now britain's defense secretary says nato is prepared for a lengthy campaign in libya do you think russia's efforts can bring both regime and the rebels to a real cease fire or nato tries to bar one side into submission i mean before he has said that he wants a cease fire that it turns out it doesn't happen so do you think this next step in russia can work. well i do hope. the idea that they are prepared for a long campaign i think that's actually what they want and nato has shown in other campaigns around the world that it starts off with this sort of pretense that they want to have a short sharp war and what it happens is it turns into a long protracted. war where actually who do

and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this bombing does end up killing gadhafi because gadhafi should be removed by libyan hands not by the west. or the latest news we have out of libya is that more nato airstrikes have hit the capital tripoli following a defiant broadcast from colonel gadhafi he says that he is beyond the coalition's reach washington now meantime insists that the u.s. will continue its campaign in the country as long as the libyan leader attacks his own people but as artie's a lauren lyster reports the motivation of the u.s. led alliance is under scrutiny. several decades and wars later it's still the question that's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance many people i think today wonder at the end of the war why nato lo and behold reality is it is busier than ever. set up to counter a perceived threats from the soviet union the north atlantic treaty organization has plowed ahead without an enemy after the end of the cold war. some effect that the alliance lost its reason to exist instead what happened in fact and in violation of ev

bad guys that once they can only have one bad guy at a time this is gadhafi is the bad guy does sure they killed off sama there's room in the water if they defrosted them and this is now their focus going forward is the new bit more importantly max this the important thing about this what i'm trying to bring to your attention here is they're saying that they're shocked that this is such unique to libyan culture the strong arm tactics these consultancy fees for the those connected to the khadafy regime the fact that the son has to be put on to boards of directors because the bush family think of the clinton family think of the kennedy family how many of these people are forced onto boards of directors look at the carlyle group who's on their boards of directors do we not have the same situation in our own countries forget about gadhafi and bin laden is guys are you know dead or are fake i guess i'm confused because i don't really separate gadhafi and the libyan what we know about libya as any different than what we see in america i mean this is part of the same octopus of corrupt wall

says colonel gadhafi must be ousted to ensure the safety of civilians meanwhile coalition forces are accused of intervening in the north african country to stop its leader from jumping off the greenback rather off the oil trading speaker. boehner comes of usual find out there's no oil trading let's turn up now to our financial guru max keiser i was going to be explaining what rising silver prices have to do with the killing of osama bin laden and many other financial ideas and stories to stay with us. hi i'm max kaiser and welcome to the kaiser report you know j.p. morgan is so desperate to keep the price of silver down they defrosted some of bin laden threw him into the ocean just to deflect attention from the fact that the silver prices rising up j.p. morgan the stock price that's the key threshold once it gets above j.p. morgan stock price it's hello enron style collapse jamie diamond down the street doing nothing yeah that's the way it all goes in the way the world of global finance where america's animal spirits and lust for they kill kill hate hate of a song as god the testoste

and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this bombing killing gadhafi because gadhafi should be removed by libyan hands not by the way. in libya more nato air strikes have reportedly struck the capital tripoli following years of fine broadcast from colonel gadhafi being in washington grok obama and nato had anders fogh rasmussen agreed to continue bombing as long as the libyan leader puts up a fight but as archie's lauren lyster reports the motivation of the u.s. ally alliance is under scrutiny. for. several decades and more is later it's still the question that's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance many people i think today wonder after the end of the cold war yeah nato lo and behold they have you said nato is busier than ever. set up to counter perceived threats from the soviet union the north atlantic treaty organization has plowed ahead without an enemy after the end of the cold war. some favorites that the alliance cost its region. instead what happened in fact and in violation of even the accords and the agreements at that time was nato aggre

and the frozen assets of colonel gadhafi could be released and handed over to help the opposition comes amid accusations the coalition and started the unrest to prevent libya creating a new rival international. news twenty four seven this is r.t. . has come under attack from critics for failing to deliver proof of osama bin laden's death the president has blocked the release of photos of the al qaeda leader's body citing national security risks the decision was announced today after bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces under buried at sea the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear and it raises questions about the legality and. you can see the killing. has a story. here we began with an international news bombshell proudly dropped by the united states there was. a female who was in fact in the line of fire. that reportedly was used as a shield to shield her. from the incoming fire to escape a big blunder a major back in the room with bin laden a woman in like a woman rather bin laden's wife rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed america grabbed

youngest son was in here, they also said muammar gadhafi was on the scene as well as muammar gadhafi's wife when this happened. they said both muammar and his wife escaped unhurt, but the second youngest son was killed in that airstrike. he's one of the sons that is very low profile. he doesn't appear much in libya. he actually spent most of his time in germany the last couple years, but the libyan government is very much trumping this up. they are saying this is essentially a war crime, as you said. and what we saw from the air strike is that the building that all of this struck was absolutely flattened. there was one major crater that would seem to have gone down several floors to what seemed to be a basement or bunker complex underneath this house. this building nvery flattened, not much left over there. >> is libya thinking this may have been an assassination attempt? >> nato is indeed commenting, and they're saying it has not been an assassination attempt. they say what they're targeting was the command control infrastructure which they say they had evidence is, in fact, inside th

the week's main news from outside the g eight leaders unite to call for colonel gadhafi to go as moscow moves to mediate a cease fire in libya. the u.s. expands its military presence in poland kolya head of its own missile defense shield which russia says could spark a new arms race. for georgian opposition and international observers call to listen to the quest to get a little independence day incredible tester's which left three people dead. and it's been announced today that the president of the upper class here objects that fourth independence georgia has died in moscow aged sixty two. and. one there and online you're watching r.t. and this is our weekly news you're welcome to the program colonel gadhafi took a major blow at this week's g. eight summit in france as russia joined voices of nato allies calling on him to quit i think that his rule illegitimate discussed ways to broker peace and struggling euro currency was also on a critical list for the world's richest countries. and he said nothing. new world new ideas host france but that concept on the g eight table at a time when

aim of the attack was to kill gadhafi himself. so are we seeing a major shift in nato's mandate which was, of course, not to take him out? is he now a target? >> well, you know, there's a lot of shifting opinions about what nato's mandate is, and under the u.n. resolution, it is rather wide-ranging. it calls for all measures necessary. and while they have said that they want gadhafi out, very few have actually said we're actually going after him, but some of the leaders, including defense secretary gates, have come quite close to saying, we want him out, and we're after him. so the real issue is, how to put pressure on him to end this stalemate. >> and, christiane, quickly, you've covered gadhafi for years now. does this bombing weaken his morale, or does it reinforce it? >> well, look, it's hard to tell. certainly he lost one of his daughters when president reagan ordered bombing against his compound in libya more than 20 years ago, and he kept going. as you know, for the intervening decades, but what it's doing is making it comp

nato's has said that its missions are not targeting gadhafi. they called for a cease-fire and negotiations, but he refused once again to step down. rebel commanders quickly rejected the offer saying the time for compromise has passed. the son killed was his sixth son. in recent years he studied in germany. >> so far tonight, there's been no comment or confirmation from nato. white house spokesman says the president is aware of the situation. they are monitoring all developments tonight. >>> the death toll still rising tonight across the south after this week's deadly twisters. at least 341 people were killed across seven states. 250 of those victims were just from alabama. the survivors avowing to rebuild all they lost and come back from the devastation. >> we're taking it one day at a time. >> to be honest with you, i cried like a baby. you know, i just couldn't believe it. i still can't today. but, you know, we've shown we're resilient. we're going to be resilient. we're going to build back. >> this is the largest death toll from a storm sinc

this is not an attack on gadhafi. as i said, we have no independent confirmation. but in the last hour cnn talked to the bishop of tripoli who says that he went to the morgue and he saw a body that he is sure is that of the son of gadhafi who was killed. he saw several bodies in a morgue. libyan tv broadcast pictures of those bodies. you can see those pictures there. the bodies are totally covered. again, we have no other confirmation on those bodies. the libyan rebels have come up with the statement saying that they are very skeptical of this claim. they think that gadhafi might be in their words lying, trying to garner sympathy, trying to draw attention away from what his forces, his loyalists are doing, killing civilians. >> clearly there was some significant intelligence to even know that gadhafi may be at that location. >> again, nato is saying they didn't target it because they thought gadhafi was there. they targeted it because it is a command and control station facility that is being used by his forces to launch attacks against civilians. >> okay. let's ta

and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this does end up killing gadhafi because gadhafi should be removed by libyan hands and not by the west and the latest news we have out of libya at this point here on r t is that more nato airstrikes of the libyan capital tripoli following a defiant broadcast from colonel gadhafi he says that he's beyond the reach of the coalition meantime washington insists the u.s. will continue its campaign in the country as long as the libyan leader continues to its hiker's own people but is asking laurent list of reports the motivation of the u.s. led alliance is under scrutiny. for. several decades i am sure as a leader it's still the question it's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance any people i think to wonder at the end of the. lo and behold. here that. set out to counter perceived threats from the soviet union the north atlantic treaty organization has plowed ahead without an enemy after the end of the. some facts that the alliance gorst its reason to exist instead what happened in fact and in violation of even the a

and nato of targeting moammar gadhafi we'll explore the issue of mission creep in libya. and if the fortieth anniversary of the biggest mass arrests in u.s. history when you're lead to ten thousand vietnam war protesters ended up behind bars but with several wars and a faltering economy topping the agenda today why aren't more people taking their message to the streets. let's say ten years the. freest. environment for the press in the world so i mean well does it now why don't you tell that's of the journalists arrested for exercising a very right to free speech as the globe celebrates world press freedom day we'll look into some of the obstacles facing reporters here in the states. good evening it's tuesday may third eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy cough enough and you're watching our t.v. . and bin laden is dead the man whose actions had a significant impact on u.s. foreign policy and domestic policy over the past decade is now gone what comes next what is bin laden's death mean for the increasingly unpopular war in afghanistan or the seemingly endless war on

what about gadhafi? told definitively it is not anything to deal with libya, not anything to deal with gadhafi. it's something else. now, what that could be, whether it involves something elsewhere in the middle east, whether it involves something in another part of the world remains unclear. and as i say, i have my suspicions. i suspect i know what's going on, but i don't want to speculate at this point until i'm 100% sure because it certainly is not something we want to do. so we'll know soon enough, probably within the next 10 or 15 minutes once the president makes this dramatic announcement. full cameras, network pool kwam ra cameras in the east room, they're getting ready for this statement. >> wolf, it would indicate that you're probably correct about that because when this strike hit moammar gadhafi's son and three of his grandchildren, the white house said they were letting nato take the lead on that. so if it's indeed about libya, one would think that he would let the -- the president would let

he was gadhafi's sixth son. he studied in germany. cbs news, new york. >>> nato is only confirming the air strike, but not gadhafi son was killed. >>> well gas prices are at an all-time high and california has some of the highest in the country. tonight, senator barbra boxer says the solutions and the blame lie with big oil. don knapp is in san francisco with what the lawmakers say have to change. >> this past week, ben bernanke said he didn't think rising energy costs would slow the economic recovery, but anybody pulling into a gas station has a good sense of the dampening impact on the family budget the prices are having. >> with gas the price it is, i can't afford it. >> as oil prices and oil industry profits surge, drivers are spending $80 to $100 to fill their tanks with gas. pushing up the price of everything else. war in the middle east choked some supplies and encourage speculators who helped send the price of oil to $116 per barrel. barb are boxer and a dozen other u.s. senators hope to change. >> writers calculated earlier t

helicopters prepared to cruise the libyan skies but is fear the attempt to put pressure on colonel gadhafi could actually put nato personnel in the line of fire. the u.s. government plans to send terrorism and whether disaster alerts directly to cellphones opponents though say it's just spreading panic not protection. and in business news russia is ready to resume exports of great enough to maintaining an export ban for almost a year one that the business. flow from moscow this is our. joint is it's nine pm here in moscow my name's kevin know it and first europe's most wanted war crimes fugitive has launched an appeal in the serbian court against attempts to have been extradited to the hague to stand trial for cosby and serve general rocko blooded she's charged with ordering the murder of around eight thousand muslim men and boys in one thousand nine hundred five. other is outside the court of belgrade for us. not many people here in serbia believe that a lot of his appeal will actually be successful despite his deteriorating health condition and of the. all the efforts made by his lawyers

eight leaders unite to call for colonel gadhafi to go with russia most an immediate cease fire in libya last night is a lot of tools with him to the point it's one of the issues. the u.s. expands its military presence in poland heads of its own or missile defense shield which russia says could spell a new arms race for the next crossing points and jets implement transits ahead intercepts an assault on the ground right until a team. and georgian opposition figures and international observers on subleasing investigates the brutal independence day problem for the testes which left two people dead and thousands of demonstrators have since radical protest movements of course. while the world leaders attempt to map out a settlement of the bin complex let's see here is from the rebels for their vision of peace in the chairman of the national transitional council it talks to us about what he believes is a formula for the be a success. let me. i say that mr little thank you so much for your time and. i welcome your compassion and i know there's been significant changes in the international atmos

i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this does end up killing gadhafi because gadhafi should be removed by libyan hands not by the west and what's very important here and i think one of the main issues with the situation that we see with libyan rebels at the moment is that with the west intervening as soon as the no fly zone was put in place it very much took the democratic initiative from the libyan people and put it in the hands of western leaders and that's why of course you now see the situation where the rebel leaders from the transitional council are over inflated growth voted through all of the west trying to get approval from the west for legitimacy rather than from the libyan people and unless the libyan people are of a state must into their own hands and to struggle and to get rid of gadhafi and his cronies by themselves then what you get is basically an artificial leadership you get an artificial. rebels an artificial struggle western intervention is putting this struggle on whole and it's causing major problems in terms of libyan self-determination and i think also t

. >>> and nato keeps up the pressure on moammar gadhafi. tripoli comes in for more bombing. >>> we begin in london where the u.s. president is kicking off day two of his state visit to britain. right now barack obama is at 10 downing street for talks with british prime minister david cameron. they've got lot on their plates, the talks mark a shift in tone for the president. tuesday was mostly about pageantry, meeting the royal family and getting the vip treatment over at buckingham palace. today it is all about politics. and washington's close ties with the uk, that's really going to be at the heart of mr. obama's address to parliament today. he's expected to say american relations with the uk and nato are essential to global security. >>> to number 10 downing street and to our white house correspondent, brianna keeler. what is president obama's message going to be to david cameron? >> we're just a short distance away from 10 downing street for this hour. one of the big things, in fact the biggest item on the agenda today is going to be lib

the bombing happened last 90 when gadhafi was believed to be in the -- night when gadhafi was believed to be in the building. >> this was a direct operation against the leader of this country. this is not permitted by international law. it is not permitted by any moral code or principle. >> libyan authorities say the nato airstrike hit a house where gadhafi, his wife and other family members were socializing. gadhafi and his wife survived, but libyan officials say his 29- year-old son being the youngest son, and three and three grandchildren did not survive. a spokesperson for the transitional national council, that is the rebel group in benghazi, is saying it doesn't believe gadhafi's son was killed. they believe it's propaganda coming from gadhafi's regime. did nato overstep its mandate to protect libyan civilians in an effort to target gadhafi? let's bring in damon wilson, executive vice president of the international security program at the atlantic council. mr. wilson, thanks for coming in tonight. >> my pleasure. >> your expertise is looking at u.s. relationships with our allies

has told me that once colonel gadhafi is gone but we know obstacles to peace. the army requirement is that one worker duffy and his son should leave libya among those who served in the previous government that are many of the cuticle people with whom we are ready to have a dialogue so that they can become members of the executive bodies of the future of libya it's colonel gadhafi who is nobbs to go to all of this in the first place it was us from creating secure corridors for medicine and food supplies to those in need once he starts playing this role the prospect of a dialogue will open up through an intermediary. you can see the full interview in twenty minutes here on the t.v. . now the u.s. is up plowing ahead with plans to build up its military in eastern europe that is telling russia not to worry a new u.s. poland agreement will see thought it gets deployed in the country which moscow says is the lovingly close to the waters where the message the part of the u.s. to. face i think a russia has repeatedly called the joy system but washington wants to separa