libyans this morning poured into tripoli to see what they thought was their fully liberated city. >> the city is under siege and control of the rebels. >> reporter: rebels were greeted like heroes, some kissed the ground in thanks. the outpouring of emotion wasn't only in tripoli. in benghazi, the rebel's capital saved by nato's intervention and misrata, a town bombarded with artillery and rockets and nearly destroyed. >> libya is free finally. >> reporter: nationwide, they tore moammar gadhafi's old green flag and paraded the rebels tri-colored banner. nearly all signs of state control here on gone. libyan government tv is off the air. but away from the celebrations, tripoli is still at war. >> there's many snipers from gadhafi. >> reporter: the rebels hold about 90% of the city but don't control gadhafi's compound, fortified like an army base. we're just about 300 yards from zbad dafgadhafi's compound, it't the end of this street. loyalists inside have been firing tank and mortars to defend it, making a final stand. its unclear if gadhafi is still inside, his whereabouts unknown. >>

we call ourselves a liberal city. supervisors, business is not going to be as usual if you keep dumping millions of millions of dollars, as you did with hunters point, other projects that i could name, but i will not name. in the end, it is left to you all. at one time, being a politician was a respectful career. it is not because of such types of decisions. thank you. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> adjournment. commissioner mirkarimi: have a good rest of the day. meeting is adjourned. >> i am not a big speech-maker, but i relish the idea of coming here today to share with you a very special graduation. i want to begin by saying it has been a wonderful, exciting time being the mayor of san francisco for these first seven months. i have had the privilege of working with the chief and his wonderful staff and the fire commissioners. i know they're here to celebrate this unique opportunity. we're joined by supervisor carmen chiu. the last t

we call ourselves a liberal city. supervisors, business is not going to be as usual if you keep dumping millions of millions of dollars, as you did with hunters point, other projects that i could name, but i will not name. in the end, it is left to you all. at one time, being a politician was a respectful career. it is not because of such types of decisions. thank you. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> adjournment. commissioner mirkarimi: have a good rest of the day. meeting is adjourned. tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal

libyans this morning poured into tripoli to see what they thought was their fully-liberated city. >> the city is under the seize and control of rebels. >> rebels were greeted like heros, some kissed the ground in thanks. the outpouring of emotion wasn't only in tripoli. in benghazi, the rebel capital saved by rebel intervention, and misrata, a city nearly destroyed. >> my life starts now. >> libya is freed finally. >> nationwide, they tore moammar gadhafi's all-green flag and paraded the rebel's tri-colored banner. nearly all signs of state control here are gone. libyan government tv is off the air. but away from the celebrations, tripoli is still at war. >> there's many snipers from gadhafi. >> the rebels hold about 90% of the city, but don't control gadhafi's compound, fortified like an army base. we're just about 300 yards from gadhafi's compound, it's at the end of this street. loyalists inside have been firing tanks and mortars to defend it, making a final stand. it's unclear if gadhafi is still inside, his whereabouts are unknown. >> he played his last card, if you can say, his

he also claims that tribes, loyal to gadhafi are making their way toward tripoli to liberate the city. that claim has been made before. at the gadhafi compound as the sun went down, there was new fighting. loyalists, gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. sara sidner was there when it all happened. >> let's go. come on, sara. come on, sara. >> having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside o the compound. it's getting too close. so we're leaving. we're not going to go into the compound. there's definitely from the outside of the compound firing towards us. [ gunfire ] >> just got a gunfire incoming over our head. >> it's behind you. >> we're seeing the tracers and hitting the water tank and the area. we got to go. >> sara sidner outside gadhafi's compound this evening. contrast that with scenes from earlier today as fighters poured in firing shots in celebration climbing the statues, carrying out boxes of guns and ammunition. some went room to room searching for gadhafi. of course, they found to trace of him. they managed to

liberation. job is done the city liberated in lease of the country has become the last syrian city the army left after clearing our extremists have been terrorizing its citizens for weeks the military claimed. bandits blocked the rates put up barricades became. a hiding just like hostage and it's. soldiers of the syrian army i live in the city. near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over there the city has been freed from groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the waiter is between the tanks have been trying to make their way through jubilant crowds thousands of kilometers away in the white house a decision has already matured president bush is the one who's terrorizing the syrian people and that should and. the transition to democracy in syria has begun and it's time for assad to get out of the way not everybody has agreed there moscow has insisted that assad should be given time to implement promised changes his recent decisions to release political prisoners repeal emergency law and allow peaceful demonstrations have indicated the right direction but

he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all happen. >> reporter: we're having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it's getting -- it's getting too close. so we're leaving. we're not going to go all the way into the compound. it's definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let's go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we're seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we've got to go. >> sara sidner outside gadhafi's compound this evening. contrast that from earlier scenes this evening as fighters poured in firing shots, carrying out boxes of guns and ammunition. some went room to room searching for gadhafi and found no trace of him. they managed to shut off a key escape route, taking the airport, possibly paving the way for the transitional leaders t

liberation. job is done the city liberated there is zero in lease of the country has become the last syrian city beyond and left after clearing all extremists struck have been terrorizing his citizens for weeks the natural claimed. hundreds plucked their rights put up barricades it became a case it's all hiding with just like hostages. soldiers of the syrian army out living the secure. iraqi border. officials are saying operation is over that the city has been freed from the words as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the way there is a trois tang's happening trying to make their way through jubilant crowds thousands of kilometers away in the white house decision has already matured president bashar assad is the one who's terrorizing the syrian people and that should end the transition to democracy in syria has begun and it's time for assad to get out of the way not everybody has agreed moscow has insisted that assad should be given time to implement promised changes his recent decisions to release political prisoners from people emergency law and allow peaceful demonstrations hav

because ibrahim has made the statement that tribes are on their way to tripoli to liberate the city fromgs. >> there were no tribes, even as i mentioned right now, the tribes in sirt itself is negotiating a peaceful surrender. there will be no thousands or hundreds of thousands rallying to tripoli to save it from the rebels. i think what he's been doing now, they may be -- i agree with the general that there may be pockets of resistance here and there. it will take a few weeks to clear up the -- the city, the tripoli, maybe less, and maybe a few months to clear the rest of the loyalists, but they have no support. we haven't seen these tribes, he called them the tribal cashed, even his own tribe didn't show up. so you can tell. >> you were just in tripoli, spending time with opposition forces, what do you attribute their ability to advance so quickly? when we first saw them, other than the fighters in misrata, and a few other cities, who have fought extraordinarily bravely, who have fought -- really learned how to become urban fighters in a short amount of time, because their lives were o

libyans today pouring into tripoli to see their new and liberated capital city. >> the city is under the siege and control of the rebels. >> reporter: rebels were greeted like heros. some kissing the ground in gratitude. it wasn't only in tripoli will it was also in benghazi. the rebel capital, and misrata. a city the forces pounded with artillery and rockets and nearly destroyed. >> my life starts now. >> libya is reformed. she is back. >> reporter: nationwide, they tore moammar gadhafi's old green flag and paraded the rebels' tri-color banner. nearly all signs of state control are gone. libyan government tv is off the air. away from the celebration, tripoli is still at war. >> there's many snipers from gadhafi. >> reporter: the rebels hold about 90% of the city. they don't control gadhafi's compound which is fortified like an army base. it unclear if he is still inside. his whereabouts are still unknown. rebels are preparing to take the compound and have it surrendered already. a day that began with such joy ended with the realization that they have fighting to do. >>> it is now tu

the city of there is maybe liberated but in the last few days it suffered a brutal occupation i mean my family's eyes bandits blocked the raids put up barricades in the game a case city we were hiding we were just like hostages for more than a week reclaim the army fought against armed groups that had taken control of the city and had been terrorizing its residents. soldiers of the syrian army i live in the city of the iraqi border measure officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the waiters but in other parts of the country the troops lead in assad's vicious crackdown are far less welcome in a similar offensive against so-called terrorists in the coastal city of latakia the opposition claims government troops killed almost fall to civilians while human rights groups report a number of deaths in the country could be almost as high as two thousand some say assad is simply using his army to silence peaceful demonstrators across the country over the lords of the syrian army hasn't met a