ayman, you've been talking with the people and your sources on ground there. what have you heard about what happened those moments before these reports of gadhafi being killed? >> i spoke to one of the rebel commanders involved, his was one of the many involved and i've been told 1:30 local time, one of the brigades on south west part of the city near a feed factory noticed there was some suspicious activity in nearby building. they came under fire and that triggered a 30 to 45-minute gun fight. they did not know gadhafi was one of people in the building. it was extently afterwards when they were able to control the area that they realized they had gadhafi. i was told he was actually taken alive. he was wounded but was not killed in the initial capture that was taken by the rebels. he subsequently died as he was being transported to misrata in an ambulance or maybe before even was put in the ambulance. we also know his son and senior security official was also captured. now we're also hearing report that mul sal am may have been been killed at the hands of reb

we get our report tonight from nbc's ayman mohyeldin. >> reporter: corporal gilad shalit returned home to israel a national hero. saluted by his country's leadership, welcomed by friends and neighbors, embraced by family. his first words as a free man came even before he was back on israeli soil, in an interview on state tv in egypt, the country that brokered today's release. israel is a nation where every man and woman serves in the military, a society that promises to leave no soldier behind. and shalit's freedom had become a national obsession, starting with his capture by palestinian fighters five years ago, when he was a frail 19-year-old conscript. but some in israel say his release came at a very high price. in return, israel promised to release more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners, many of them serving time for terrorism and murder. 477 were freed today, and the streets of gaza were filled with tens of thousands of joyful palestinians eager to welcome them home. there were emotional homecomings in the west bank as well. among them, a woman who was serving a life sentence in is

ayman, thank you so much. people need to be reminded and clarified. why did we get involved in the whole gadhafi overthrow? >> well, in the libyan revolution began or the uprising began back in february, the gadhafi regime had seen what happened in tunisia and egypt and decided it was not going out like that. it unleashed its forces on the people there and it became very bloody. thousands had died by that point. they asked the arab league to get involved. the arab league asked for international involvement, which came by the way of u.n., so the conflict internationalized. they asked for involvement asking the western countries to get involved and present this one lopsided military force from wiping out all these people. >> this is a rare phenomenon, whereby a third world group of people, the arab league, the arab nations said, come in and intervene in the internal affairs of one of our countries. and that's unique in the african experience, up and down africa, the country. >> absolutely. it's a very unique opportunity in which the arab street is askin

let's talk a little bit about that, ayman, first. how many pro-gadhafi forces are there still? is can they still cause trouble over there? >> it's going to be really important to see in the coming hours and days the kind of command structure he still had in the final days. there's reports that sayaff, one of his sons, was really involved. the ties was not an ideological one, it was the idea that they had a lot of money and some tribal affiliation. now that sirte has fallen, it's important to see what kind of weapons, what kind of men were around him. did they stay with him in the final moments out of fear for their own lives or because they believed in this this man and wanted to fight till the very end? it's so important it ctacticalld symbolically for the libyan people because now they can start to rebuild their country. the first thing they're going to do is have a national reconciliation council to try to bring the major tribes of libya, particularly in sirte and benny walid who felt so isolated and bring them under a national organization. >> we have not confirmed the deat

i want to bring in ayman. you reported on this region extensively. been there numerous times. people as well as the rebels, are they ready to support a new government, however that comes to be, a new democracy? >> i think you can safely say they're willing to turn over a new page. they're not yet willing to throw their mix behind this particular government. i've been speaking to a lot of the people on the ground, rebels and others, that have been involved in the fighting. they're extremely excited about the fact that this chapter is now closed. there's no doubt that now there are going to be a lot of differences politically and ideally about which way libya will go forward. they're willing to support the national transitional council insofar as the atc can begin to demonstrate its capabilities in governing libya as to how libya is going to transition over the next several months. >> isince you've had to wear th body armor and the celebratory crowds you were seeing, i tried to support your network. they turned the tables on the reporter because they wanted to know if that repor

we start with nbc news foreign correspondent, ayman mohyeldin, and retired army colonel, medal of honor recipient, jack jacobs. it's an honor to see both of you. your gut reaction on the news, jack? >> sooner rather than later. save money, save lives. we were coming home in any case, and the president looks quite presidential by saying, we're not putting up with this stuff, we're leaving. >> and your two cents when you look at the dynamic? >> i think it's part of the changing landscape in the middle east, a very historic opportunity. as you mentioned, this is not necessarily an agreement about withdrawal. it was more of a failure an agreement and that's why we have come to this dead end road. >> what does it say, jack, about the way that america is allocating the lives and military resources of our nation, globally, that the decision to extend or not extend those resources is not based on strategic imperatives set at centcom or the pentagon about what our mission is, but is set based on whether we can cut an extension immunity deal with another government. >> well, it shows we don't pla

>>james: ayman al-zawahri g8 is warning revolutionaries to protect themselves against the west saying that nato will demand that libyans give up their islamic >>justine: we are going live to wall street after this quick break. much more ahead on the kron 4 morning news as we take a live look outside. that is 580 in albany. current temperature is 58. a high of 76 and by 8:00 p.m., 68 degrees. we will be right back. hot >>james: opening bell on wall street. dow features of 110 points. looks like we will get a surge in some early trading for better than expected results coming in from pepsi there is also worry that slovakia may move forward to passed the extended bailout measures. we will bring you the numbers on wall street throughout the morning. it looks like a nice day around the bay. >>james: on the rise is the theme for today. traffic streaming into san francisco just fine. your ride along 101 is fog free. everyone enjoy in clear skies. sunny and warm this afternoon. inland highs will get up into the 80s. the weather looks like it will stay nice through the rest of the week. here i

movement cheered as o'hare and others trickled out of the first district police station released on ayman, he said it was a night behind bars for a good cause. >> when i showed up with my back i wasn't leaving i didn't want to get arrested but i wasn't going to leave your them occupy chicago has been protesting daily at jackson and less self in the financial district, last week 175 people were arrested as the group set up camp trying to establish a new home in grant park. organizers say five people arrested that were arrested again during round two and they will have to spend another night in jail pending court hearings tomorrow. >> think rahm emanuel is probably extremely hostile towards this movement and he communicates that to his utter silence. >> the mayor's office issued a statement saying that the city has supported their right to sue protests freely. for now the group vowing to do whatever it takes to get their message out the month-long movement showing no sign of slowing down. >> i want to stop saying 1% of the richest and wealthiest people controlling so much of the money in th

well earlier i spoke to dr ayman shaheen he's a university professor in gaza and he believes the palestinian people have already paid a heavy price for the capture of cannot. one thousand palestinian the president actually mentioned in the deal it is something very very good for palestinians actually this is not the first time i can remind you and nineteen eighty five two israeli soldiers with. lebanon and those with the two israeli soldiers were released of more than a thousand. palestinian prisoners actually as a result of the capture of gilad shalit actually but the people of gaza still in gaza we. actually been a very heavy price since the capture of the gilad shalit in two thousand. and two thousand and six we paid a very very heavy price in gaza for the people of gaza the blockade that the israeli closure of the war against. israeli invasion to many areas of gaza from time to time thousands of palestinians since two thousand and six till now where. thousands we have. hundreds of. houses where the demolition actually by the syrians of gaza they bid. for. weeks after the anti war street

. >> ayman, thanks for coming on. >>> i'm joined now by republican senator chuck grassley of iowa. somebody that when he came to the senate khaddafy was already there power. senator, you hear reports today that khaddafy may be killed. what are you thinking? >> well, i am thinking that so many times we heard them on the news during the conflict in libya that he was going to stick it out and die a martyr. and it seems to me he got his wish and beyond that, i think it's probably good for the future of libya from this stand point. i think your previous person already mentioned this, but it's going to make national unity much easier there libya. >> senator, there was a lot of hand ringing on capital hill when president obama unilater unilaterally asked to do this, to participate in the nato operation. yet, in hindsight, should congress have given the president more authority on this or frankly deferred to him rather than publicly creating little bit of a political issue about it? >> well, you know since the korean war, u.n. has had a lot to do with the united states. there was u.n. deci

thank you, tony, thank you, ayman. >> thank you. >> we have an action-packed show ahead on a busy news day. coming up, the politics of this kill. what exactly happened in the last moments of gadhafi's life and who dealt the final blow qualm live report from the white house. >>> and then, the rise and fall of gadhafi. a look at 42 years of the mad dog dictator. >>> and then, putting it all in context. from tripoli to tiananmen square down to zuccotti park on wall street. exploring the power of protest with "rolling stone's" matt taibbi and one of the original student leaders at the tiananmen square protests, all ahead today. my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. i'm not a line item on a budget. and i'm definitely not a pushover. but i am a voter. so washington... before you even think about cutting my medicare and social security benefits... here's a number you should remember. 50 mi

says that we tortured people, when he's in cairo, you know, the home of mohamed atta, the home of ayman al zawahiri, when he does that, he does real damage to our standing in the world. and that's the kind of standing that we need to exercise a leadership role which is more important now, frankly, than it's been in many, many years when you look at what's happening across the arab world, for example. america's got to be strong, we've got to have credibility, we have to show leadership. this president seems unwilling, frankly, to do all of those things. >> this smarts. you still are smarting from that -- from that criticism. in fact, i've seen a lot of people that have described president obama's approach to terrorism as pretty much along the lines of the bush administration absent the enhanced interrogation techniques. would you go along with that? i mean could you now -- i want to read you something that you said. this was after the underwear bomber was read his miranda rights, and you felt that they were treating him as a criminal as opposed to a war criminal, as opposed to being a pr

ayman of the end, a truck driver, and i was a real estate agent. the thing that bothers me on the protesters they have done there. everyone needs to pitch in. it should not be about democrats, republicans, or independent, we are in the mess and people need to work together. that is what they taught me. we need to work together to solve this problem. if the tea party were working for the people like those people protesting, they would be out there with the people. we do not need all of these different things. america is in trouble. host: so the decision by the administration? caller: he is doing the best job that he can but he cannot do it alone. as i recall, i watch a lot of television, and i have seen the republicans won the congress got voted in, they've promised the people that we will get here and take care of that and we will work on the jobs. all i heard those people doing since they got reelected by the independents, which i'm an independent, and it was a big mistake, is the other. host: from twitter. manchester, new hampshire, pauline, hell

they had ayman al zawahiri, then they said they captured his son. this is interesting because he doesn't have a son named dr. led. the next days he is talking and then there is no more news. i thought what is going on here? then i realized the pakistani army was looking for bin laden's business and if they found him they would be out of business. what happened? we found him. where was he? he was a city that is one of the most militarized cities in the whole country if pakistan next to their most elite military institution and a town that is full of intelligence and army installations. it seems fairly clear they were trying to keep the golden goose close to home. that is my opinion. then the question is are these our allies or are they our enemies? this is something both of these nations are trying to sort this out. this is a real profound question. just the other day with a high-level delegation going to pakistan to sort out this problem with the warning that had never been more sternly delivered i think we will find out pretty soon whether this rel