citizens there live under one of the longest-ruling dictators in the world, colonel moammar gadhafi,d power for 42 years. >> libya was one of those countries people never imagined it would see the revolution spread to. because gadhafi was so in control. but i'm a revolution junkie, and it succeeded in tunisia. it succeeded in egypt. i wanted it to succeed everywhere. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the world's most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female bodyguards. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism, with links to the lockerbie bombers, the i.r.a., and other militant groups. >> he kept libya under very, very tight wraps. he would disappear people. there was no freedom of any kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous, horrible, brutal dictator. >> anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, sometimes killed. >> tracy shelton is a 34-year-old freelance journalist from australia who heads to libya to cover the conflict. >> it began with protests, as in many of the arab coun

when we took down saddam hussein i think us five days after we dug it out of this hole, moammar gadhafi got religion and announced he was going to turn over all his nuclear materials to the united states, and he did. very wise man. that did a couple of things. one was, think of what would've happened in libya in subsequent years he did not turn over those nuclear materials to the united states when he was finally overthrown and isis moved in, killed gadhafi, the radicals did. they would have inherited that libyan nuclear program. a second thing it did when we went in and took that back from the libyans, then that uncovered a.q. khan. mr. kohn was the pakistani engineer who had a major hand in building nuclear inventory, nuclear weapons for pakistan. and they get caught in the business for himself as the black market operation. libya was his biggest customer. but he had also been involved with the north koreans, with the iranians. it turns out he go back to 1987 in a meeting in a hotel in dubai, it was mr. khan and his people who got $3 million in return for providing the basic design of

government in place, that's the fourth anniversary of the capture and death of libya long time ruler moammar gadhafihey say the peace deal isn't there yet but appears to be closer than ever before. al jazeera. >>> well, in syria activists say government air strikes killed at least 38 i.s.i.l. fighters and syrian observatory for human rights say the strikes took place in the city of palmyra in the last 24 hours and stepping up attacks against i.s.i.l. in resent days. it's now a year since the u.s. led coalition entered syria's war through air strikes in both syria and iraq and it was ultimately to destroy i.s.i.l. and coalition includes turkey, some gulf nations australia and canada and french is expected to launch air strikes in the coming weeks and syrian forces with russia backing have been conducting their own air strikes on i.s.i.l. targets. i.s.i.l. is not only dealing with a barrage of bombs it's also fighting rebel groups, el nusra front and kurdish fighters and syrian government forces. well, bernard smith sent us this update from turkey. >> for the last month or so the u.s. military and coa

in place, that is the fourth anniversary of the capture and death of libya's long time ruling moammar gadhafiays the peace deal isn't there yet but appears to be closer than ever before, al jazeera. >>> human rights watch says the egyptian military's campaign against i.s.i.l. in northern sinai is harming thousands of civilians and the human rights group says they evicted thousands of families and raised thousands of homes across northern sinai and cairo trying to have a buffer zone on the border with the gaza strip. in syria activists say government air strikes killed at least 38 i.s.i.l. fighters and observatory for human rights said it took place in the city of paglia in the last few hours and have been stepping up to i.s.i.l. in the resent days. a year since the u.s. led coalition entered the serious war and air strikes in syria and iraq and the aim was to destroy i.s.i.l. and the coalition includes turkey, some gulf nations, australia and canada and french expected to launch air strikes in the coming weeks. meanwhile syrian government forces with russian backing have been conducting air s

moammar gadhafi once famously went six time longer than he was supposed to. lester? >> thank you, chris jansing. >>> at the airport the pop about to leave rome, thanking the organizers here in philadelphia, specifically those who organized the world meeting the families, which was the centerpiece of his trip to the united states. we'll continue to watch that, and certainly as he travels wherever he goes, pope francis tends to compel listeners to look outside themselves. he challenges them to see their fellow man through a compassionate -- a more compassionate and humble lens. it certainly preceded his american visit and reshaped the way many view and act on their faith, as we found out. even before pope francis set foot in the seminary this weekend, his influence had already made a profound impact. among young men who had answered not just the call of the priesthood, but francis' call for humility and simplicity. some say he walks the walks. >> yes, he does. he is serves others. i want to embody that. >> reporter: phil tran is an 18-year-old immigrant from vietnam wh

in a way, it would be comparable to the decision that was made by moammar gadhafi. a really bad guy who didn't become a good guy, but he did decide to give up his weapons of mass destruction program because he was afraid he would be ousted from power, perhaps by the united states. but he came to a conclusion based on his perception of his self-interest, we need the iranian regime to reach that conclusion. and they haven't yet. >> those in favor of the deal say look, if we catch them cheating, then we have a lot of options. and you say not good enough. >> so let's just think about everything that this administration has told us. they said we have to have this deal because the alternative is war. if we catch the iranians cheating, and the administration threatens to reimpose sanction, iranians will say then we're out of here. we're out of the agreement. well, that's unacceptable to the administration, right? they've already made all kinds of concessions because it's unacceptable not to have a deal. why should we be willing to believe they'd be willing to put the sanct

could be a peace deal in libya the country which has been falling apart since the ousting of moammar gadhafi. two particular sides involved in this, one an internationally recognized government the other not. have we got some kind of deal between the two parties here? >> well, it seems after tray hours of grueling negotiations, day and night, we are very much so close to an disagreement. the representatives of the gnc which is based in tripoli have just talked with the press and they expressed satisfaction what has been laid on the table. most of their demands, remarks they have expressed to the united nations envoy, has been taken in, a deal is almost on the table, a deal that can be accepted by all parties in libya and the time now for these negotiations, for all parties to go back to their specific constituencies, and the government based in tobruk to put the deal on the vote, and then coming back to morocco to sign this deal and then the other process of choosing the prime minister and the two deputies arounds then the formation of the national unity government which should not take very

libyan leader moammar gadhafi made his first appearance in 2009. but his colorful antics outside the un, like his ento your knowledge of female body guards. erected temporarily in a suburb of new york. in 2010 the u.s. delegation walked out of the speech by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. when he said some segments within the u.s. government were behind the 9/11 attacks. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu made an impression in 12 wit2012 with a prop, drawinga cartoonish drawing. the record for longest u.n. speech does not go to are fidel castro, it goes to indian president menin. he was hospitalized then came back to finish while a doctor monitored his blood pressure. courtney kealy, al jazeera. >>> fresh off his whirlwind trip to the u.s., pope francis is making more world news. the pontiff was asked about the case of kim davis, the kentucky county clerk would who was jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses. francis said he did not know the case in detail but said conscientious objection is a human right. >>> the taliban s

as dictator moammar gadhafi's regime was falling apart. >> if you had a properly allocated supply chaine you had everything under control, you would have had our personnel, receiving that equipment on the ground. in libya, and then taking it back to a warehouse under our control and then giving it to vetted sources. if they would have followed that procedure maybe ambassador stevens and shawn smith and ty woods and glen doherty would be alive today. >> turi shared emails from 2011. the traffic indicates that high-level democratic, republican intelligence and military contacts both inside and outside of government encouraged him to explore options for arming the libyan opposition. >> i kept getting information from my associates that are lee acing with members of congress and saying, there's still interest, keep going. >> we asked fox news senior judicial analyst, judge andrew in a poll tanni to analyze the email traffic between mr. turi and congress. >> unless mr. turi concocted the emails, this would be nearly impossible, he's presented sound documentary irrefutable evidence to show th

covering topics from the fall of libyan dictator moammar gadhafi, to sensitive talks with pakistan and the israeli/palestinian peace process. plus aen email that a close aide forded to clinton, including details about then secret talks hosted by the sultan of oman. clinton insisted nothing was marked classified at the time. except critics charge she and her aides should have known it was classified information in real-time. all of this comes as a congressional source told fox that fbi director james comey has briefed select lawmakers on the fact that his agency's criminal investigation is looking at the possibility that a foreign entity or hacker breached clinton's personal server. the pressure on clinton is building as she prepares to testify before republican tray goudy's house select committee on benghazi on october 22nd. the gop runs the danger of overreaching, after house majority leader kevin mccarpety, the likely successor to speaker boehner, said this on fox. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? we put together a benghazi special committee. a select commi

get a unity government in place, thus the fourth anniversary of the capture and sdet death of moammar gadhafiays the peace deal isn't there yet but an appears closer than ever before. >>> the european union is about to begin its latest round of meetings in brussels to try to find a solution to this on going refugee crisis and holding talks on how to relocate 120,000 refugees and this is just a day ahead of emergency meeting by european wide leaders, eastern european countries are opposing quo tos -- quotas and do not agree from talks on monday and a quarter of a million refugees arrived in europe in july and august. germany alone expects to host up to a million people this year, so that has gone up from 800,000. and we have the regional director of the norwegian refugee council and is from the capitol jordan and thank you very much, we don't seem to be going anywhere with this and the eastern european countries cannot agree with quotas, what is their issue with quotas? >> i mean, i think we have to look this issue in the broader perspective. we have seen a huge influx of refugees to europe re

when we eliminated -- when the program was eliminated by israel and iraq, within several days moammar gadhafif libya called our white house and said, hey, i don't want that to happen to me. come over and get my nuclear program, i surrender. that is what bad guys do. and so as president of the united states, we're i there or any sane person be president of the united states, this is not tough at all. what you do today, you go in and you take out your kinetic military means the nuclear hardware that exists in iran today. you take it out. that does not -- that does not bring about world war iii as we've seen in the past. that ensured peace on into the future. by barack obama giving a trillion dollars over ten years to the world's leading terrorist, what he is doing is fulfilling the aims and goals of that terrorist whether the president realizes it or not, he is fulfilling islamic jihad. we will not allow that to happen. and i urge you to tell your congress, your president and your friends to ensure peace today, you start that process of bombing and taking out of the nuclear hardware. we're not