what's it like there tonight, adrienne? >> reporter: brian, gadhafi's body was brought here to misrata. he'll be buried tomorrow according to islamic law in likely an unmarked grave. his death was announced by a smiling flag-draped anchor. in misrata tonight an autopsy was performed and rebels posed with the body, taking pictures on their cell phones. meanwhile on the streets of misrata, crowds celebrated by dancing, honking horns, firing guns into the air. as to questions about who killed gadhafi or exactly how he died, one person we spoke to laughed and said, "god killed him." this saturday, the interim government will formally announce the liberation of libya. as one member told us, we are now back in the civilized world. brian? >> adrienne mong, thanks. >>> president obama went before cameras in the rose garden at 2:00 p.m. and pronounced gadhafi's death the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya. >> there will be difficult days ahead. but the united states together with the international community is

adrienne mong is in misrata again tonight. adrienne? [ singing ] >> reporter: good evening, kate. as you can see and most definitely hear behind me, people here on freedom square in misrata celebrating day one of a post gadhafi libya. it was another day of remarkable scenes here with the libyan people viewing the body of the former dictator. hundreds of libyans, mostly men rushed to a former shopping mall to view the corpse of the man they had feared for decades. why did you come here? >> to see this man. very bad man. >> reporter: rebel forces laid his badly wounded body on the floor of a commercial freezer. as we saw firsthand they kept the crowd moving. questions remain about exactly how he died shortly after he was captured, wounded but alive. today the interim government's prime minister came to misrata to see the body for himself and declared that an autopsy had been completed. and officials now say gadhafi's burial, originally planned for today in keeping with islamic custom, would be delayed. nato launched the air strike to stop the convoy in its tracks yesterday and said

adrienne long joins us by phone.we spoke 30 minutes ago, you were saying the celebrations were evident in the street and militia were approaching you and you heard gunfire everywhere you went. what are you seeing in misrata? >> we're seeing the entire city -- i have to correct myself, rather hearing. we're set up on a roof top here. we can here gunfire and cars honking. when we drove through the city there were an unbelievable amount of women and children, a sight i haven't seen -- certainly not this number, just cheering -- >> are you there? adrienne was arriving from sirte. she then moved, redirected to misrata where we heard reports that the body of moammar gadhafi was being moved to. she just arrived there moments ago. she had spoken to us 30 minutes ago, sharing with us how the celebrations in the streets were evident, militia men from rebel forces coming over to show her pictures as she made her way to misrata, just arriving and hearing more gunfire in the air. we're going to try to get her back on the phone. w

adrienne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie.graphic images, and gadhafi's body is still, we believe, here in misrata. we're still waiting to find out details of his burial. understandable that the interim government here as well as some of the rebel forces want to keep it as quiet as possible, the procedure for his burial here. we have been told that it will happen today without any sort of ceremony. in the meantime, there has been a lot of reflection this morning. we had a friday prayer here in misrata where they thanked allah for helping them secure victory over gadhafi. we also spoke to some of the people here who have started to say they thought his body would be somewhere in hawaii. >> thank you, adrienne mong. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton struck a hard line with pakistani leaders this morning in islamabad and the safe havens of terrorism that have cropped up within their borders. clinton called for pakistan to have greater cooperation with afghanistan and cautioned that militants have been allowed to operate in p

nbc's adrienne mong is in kabul tonight. >> reporter: it's considered one of the biggest threats to u.s. forces in afghanistan. and today it may have suffered a major blow. the haqqani network, a crime family that operates on the border of afghanistan and pakistan with ties to al qaeda and the taliban. known for brazen attacks like the 20-hour siege of the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters in kabul last month. today, nato forces said they captured hajik kahn. in a joint operation with the afghan military in southeast afghanistan. nato called kahn one of the highest-ranking members of the network and a revered elder. in addition to managing haqqani bases and operations in both afghanistan and pakistan, kahn was said to be responsible for managing finances and sourcing supplies for the network. for their part, the taliban denied that kahn had been captured, although afghan police and defense officials insisted it was true, saying his arrest will disrupt the haqqani network. senior u.s. officials have accused pakistan's government of having ties with the haqqanis. >> they are making a ser

let me go back to libya where adrienne mong is in misrata.dhafi's is at this moment? >> that's right. we are hearing reports that someone has seen the body here in miss rat a. we are trying to confirm this and chasing every lead we have. it is symptomatic at the day and chaos and confusion. sketchy information from everywhere. we basically heard nothing but word of mouth and rumor. in general, we can say that the mood here is celebratory. there is a constant stream of gunfire and lots of fireworks as well and actual fireworks. lots of people on the streets, much busier at night than we have seen before. >> again, right now on the ground, we hear a little bit of what's happening behind you earlier in the live shot at the top of the hour as well. what's the scene like on the ground. it's dark behind you. >> reporter: it's a scene of jubilation. lots of people shouting and typically they are saying god is great. we hear a lot of gunfire. guns fired into the air which is an expression of celebration in this part of the world. we heard children. w

what's the latest there, adrienne? >> reporter: good morning. we're outside sirte, making our way back to misrata, the rebel stronghold, rebel dominated city. still no complete confirmation apart from the prime minister's announcement that they have caught and killed gadhafi. we've been talking to a number of militia men who have been making their way also from sirte to misrata, many of whom seem to have souvenirs already. there's a group right now just standing near us who claim to have a ring and a hat that belong to gadhafi. earlier, we saw a vehicle that reportedly carried the body of the united states who was wup of gadhafi's senior commanders. and there was also an ambulance that drove by and reportedly had the body of moammar gadhafi's son. so there is definitely a lot of evidence here on the ground to support the announcement, of course. and a sense of overwhelming jubilation. that is one thing we've been able to report with certainty is this feeling that they've now arrived at a moment of history, and they can finally open up the next c

adrienne mong in sirte. thanks so much. >>> soining me is the director of the fairs center of eastern mediterranean study at the fletcher school of law and diplomacy. okay. six months in the making. he's been out of power for weeks, but still this is a psychological impact opt arab spring going forward is it not? >> caller: yes. but it also took a very long time to remove him from power at a very great cause and it remains to be seen whether this will actually make any difference to the security in libya. but having said that, the fact that he could not run away from the people tor community is another powerful message to other dictators. >> >> you say it took a very long time. i could make an argument that history will say six months is not a long time. >> well, if you look at the military operation by the international community in a country of three or four million people this was not an easy removal of a dictator from power. this took far longer than removing sadaam from power. therefore it is notes a re

for the latest, let's go to adrienne mong in misrata where the body has reportedly been taken.ve seen pictures of elated crowds all day, but i assume there is not just joy, but relief that this horrendous dictator has gone. >> reporter: good afternoon. you are absolutely right. there is joy and relief. joy we can hear with celebratory gunfire and fireworks as well. actual fireworks. lots of vehicles honking in the background and people out on the street below us. we can hear children cheering god is great. there is also relief. he said they can now start getting the real work done. they are planning to announce officially the liberation of libya on saturday. in the meantime, they have said they will go ahead with the burial of gadhafi's body. according to islamic law, it has to happen within 24 hours. [inaudible] . the transitional government will make that decision. when we asked would it simply be a burr willial, he said -- [inaudible] >> adrienne mong, i'm sorry, our signal is not great. thank you very much for joining us. moammar gadhafi's death is a significant win in pres

adrienne among in misrata.ation sunday, what will libya's rebirth really look like? good morning, sir. after gadhafi, we're talk 4g 2 years with gadhafi. what are things going to look like? >> i don't think they're going to change dramatically from what they are right now. disarr disarray. you're not going to have elections for six months. i think there's going to be turmoil on the streets in a few places despite the fact that gadhafi himself is dead. he still has some loyalists and there are plenty of guns in the areas. there will be turmoil in the next few months. there'll be some control. >> does libya like iraq have all these tribal factions that can come up against each other and make having a uniform approach very challenging? >> at one level of analysis, yes. some of the factions are out in the middle of the desert and are of no consequence. but don't forget libya doesn't have very many people. >> 6 million, right? >> yeah. and iraq has got two things. it's got lots more people, 30 million -- 32 million.

now to adrienne mong live in misrat misrata. tell us what you're seeing on the ground and in your travels today. >> reporter: well, we were actually on the road to sirte when we had to turn around when we heard reports that gadhafi had been captured and killed. basically the only thing we could be certain about since we were unable to independently verify these reports was the sense of jubilation everywhere on the road, from sirte to misrata. many, many rebel forces cheering, shooting guns, you can hear it now in the background here in misrata, lots of cars honking, a sense of overwhelming relief and it seems like this chapter of his history has come to a close. >> as you can see adrienne mong, on those travels, the jubilation of people in the streets but also a lot of murky circumstances under exactly how moammar gadhafi was killed. richard engel joins us frs new york. you spent so much time on the ground throughout the fighting and afterwards. what's your assessment on what we've seen on these graphic and disturbing pictures?

adrienne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie.died, whether he was executed as we believe, as we've been told by some senior government officials, or if he died from gunshot wounds inflicted on him when he was caught in some cross fire between his men and rebel forces. we do know for sure his body is in misrata. we spoke to a senior member of the interim government who says for sure, he will be buried today, but they have, of course, it's understandable, they don't want to disclose the details, and they said that definitively, there will be no service for gadhafi. in the meantime, the friday prayer, which has been taking place across the country today, have had special meaning. we just watch eed them speak before worshippers here where he thanked allah for the defeat over gadhafi, but he reminded worshippers that despite what gadhafi said in the past about being king, only allah is king. >> adrienne, thank you. >>> there is new signs that the recession have widened the income gap in america. the government says half of american wo

up first, however, nbc news foreign correspondent, eamonn and live from misrata, nbc's adrienne mong. it's 10:00 p.m., describe, if you would, the tone, temperature, and feel of where you are and what you've experienced today. >> reporter: well, it's been one hell of a day. we just haven't been able to keep up with all the rumors and reports. what started out as a day, a morning of chaos and confusing, conflicting reports is now ending in a long night, i think, here in misrata of celebrations. we've been hearing constant gunfire, lots of tires burning rubber on the streets, lots of vehicles on the street, and a lot of people basically in jubilation at the news that gadhafi has been killed. we're expecting to see this happen all night. there have been fireworks and lots of celebratory gunfire. and i think a lot of relief. we spoke to a member of the transitional government who has confirmed that gadhafi's body is still in a hospital here in misrata, and that a group of medical experts, both libyan and also a third party outside of libya, is how he described it, has inspected the body h

i'm adrienne garcia, and today we're gonna make a stone fruit granite and-- with whipped cream.here we have some pots that i've cooked just in water and sugar. you just want to cook them until they're tender when you pierce them with a knife. and you can--what you're gonna do firsd is you're gonna puree these. you can use a blender, a food processor--whatever you want. i like the food processor becae you end up with a nice texture. and we're gonna puree this until it's--there are no chunks left. [whirring] so granite is just a french word for granita, or shaved ice. you need sugar in it or else it won't scrape at all. it'll be completely rock lid. so what we're gonna do is just pour it into any dish you have. leave yourself overnight. and here we have one that i did a little earlier. it just freezes perfectly flat. you'll take a fork and scrape it just so you end up with your consistency of, like, shaved ice that you get at the fair or anywhere. you can do any fruit. you can do coffee, basil--anything--just make sure you have sugar in there. so now we'll just spoon some into our

i want to thank adrienne and her staff at the office of the civic engagement. i know linda young is here representing the soviet minister's office, for working together with the community ambassadors program, with the staff, community agencies that are here today, constituents of supervisor chiu as well as maria cohen, and the police chief and his staff, making sure these areas are not only looked after, and permission is shared, but also that the presence there is one that is positive. in addition to being present, vital information can be shared with people who ordinarily might not understand what is going on in a particular area but the basic information. this program has been successful. adrian has reports on 22,000 transactions sharing information over the past year that we declared to be the pilot first year. because it has been so successful, david chiu and malia cohen protected some funding in the budget for that, but we combine that smartly with funding from lennar corp., who is also making a big investment in district 10 as well. i want to thank both

>> adrienne, thanks. >>> president obama went before cameras in the rose garden at 2:00 p.m. and pronounced gadhafi's death the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya. >> there will be difficult days ahead. but the united states together with the international community is committed to the libyan people. you have won your revolution. >> president obama earlier today. >>> now back to gadhafi. for most of his 42 years in power he was surely a thorn in the side of the united states and, of course, a lot of americans will forever associate him with one of the worst acts of terrorism in world history that marked an entire era. we get more tonight from our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: for americans of a certain age it was their first experience with terror. a pan-am 747 exploding over a small scottish village four days before christmas in 1988. the debris covered 850 square miles. the emotional wreckage lasts forever. ♪ >> reporter: 270 victims including 189 americans, the largest number 35 all students from syracuse universi

adrienne monk is live in misrata.ing now, the official declaration and a party will be getting under way shortly. >> reporter: good morning, alex. yes. that's right. we just started hearing members of the national transitional council in libya speak. one of the themes that emerged was a sense of gratitude for libya's neighboring countries which have experienced an upheaval. starting eight months ago in libya. the celebrations are taking place in benghazi. which is the origin of this. they want people to remember next door in tunisia, the first elections are being held today. they wanted to thank them for the inspiration of their movement. of course, some of the celebrations are being a little bit marred by concerns about gadhafi and how he died. now, his body is still here in misrata. we were originally told by a member of the ntc that he was going to be buried today. but apparently they're still allowing the public to view the body. this, of course is adding to the international concerns, particularly in the u.s. as

. >> nbc's adrienne mong. thanks so much. the big question now, a price tag for taking out one of the world's most revealed dictators would cost according to a new report. the operation that led to the death of libyan leader moammar gadhafi cost the u.s. taxpayers $1 billion. meantime we're waiting on word from nato officials who met this morning in brussels to discuss ending the libyan mission. i'm joined now by the washington bureau chief. it's nice to see you this morning as we all are watching this unfold. libya is currently a country without a leader, and as nato continues to honor the pledge to protect the people of libya, who is likely to emerge as the leader as this country transitions to democracy? >> well, the big challenge right now is to go through a peaceful transition, to demill tarrize the groups. this is not going to be an easy task. we have an interim government, collection of leaders who used to be part of the old regime, and some of the members of the opposition who are in exile. you have a prime minister w

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. >> adrienne mong, thank you very much. want to bring our panel, former assistant secretary of state under president clinton. jamie ruben, nbc news military analyst. and retired four-star general barry mccaffrey. obviously, part of the problem for the u.s. and the white house is in the past reports of gadhafi's death have proved to be exaggerated, shall we say. aiman, obviously, you spent a lot of time in that region. what are we hearing about what happened in libya? >> we are getting reports from sources in sirte and in tripoli that moammar gadhafi has been killed. the details of how he was killed remain conflicting. there's reports there was a convoy trying to leave sirte. there are also reports he was captured first on the ground in some kind of underground tunnel and then killed at the hands of the rebels that did capture him. we have reports that his son, one of the leaders of the paramilitary forces in libya was also captured. he'll be able to shed light on the final days and hours and indeed what happened. >> jamie,

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we add our congratulations to adrienne and their family as they receive the first family philanthropy award. adrienne is an extraordinary woman to continues to carry her parents' legacy of working to improve the lives of others. i consider it a privilege to have known sam and roxanna and their daughter adrienne and to be able to stand here today to speak on their behalf in the united states senate. with that said, mr. president, i yield back the floor. the presiding officer: would the senator withdraw his request? the senator from illinois is recognized. mr. kirk: mr. president, i would like to take this time to talk on the pending legislation with regard to china today. thank you. in these times of deficit and debt, i think we should not launch a trade war with china. we are here because we borrowed too much. we have a spending habit that has weakened our economy. that spending habit was aided by china, but we can only blame ourselves for much of the economic weakness that the united states now faces. a trade war with china would put in jeopardy a number of jobs from my state of illi