libya, the rebels said they are transferring their garment to the capital tripoli from their base in ben ghazit colonel gaddafi is not ready to give up yet. in another audio message, he urged libya -- libyans to destroy the rebels. the report contains some graphic images. >> descending into colonel gaddafi's underground fortress, tunnels that runs 4 miles and could have been his this capered. -- that runs for miles and could have been his escape route. abandoned in a corner, some of their supplies. with this underground labyrinth, this secret world, it was incredibly well constructed. the savings are very high. the walls are very solid. over here i found a phone that was used for internal communication. and this was a kind of motorized cart. who knows if the libyan leader was transported through these tunnels in this carta. colonel gadhafi thought he would not be disturbed to hear -- deserved it here behind these reinforced doors. while he may have been able to flee into the shadows, above ground, others were cut down in the battle for tripoli. at the edge of the compound today, we found bodie

at times, there has been a palpable leadership vacuum as there is tension between ben ghazi and misrata. one fighters said they were short on ammunition -- on ammunition and were desperately pleading with ben ghazi to get it and did not get it. but i think they are aware of the pitfalls and they do not want this to be another iraq. >> the battles are still raging in several parts of tripoli as those loyal to gaddafi try to stave off the rebel assault. our correspondent matthew price is in the heart of the libyan capital in an area that is still controlled by gaddafi people. [horns honking] >> on the streets of tripoli, a revolution. the rebels sped into the capital tonight with astonishing speed. [gunfire] moving into green square, they tore down his posters and flights. -- flags. the 3 miles to the south at a luxury hotel, we watched as colonel gaddafi's spokesman gave what may be his last press conference. but even as he was speaking, the rebels were celebrating. trampoline the leader they have come to despise. -- trampling the leader they have come to despise. they believe they were

. >> reporter: i'm in ben ghazi which is the stronghold of the libyan opposition, the capital of theibyan opposition if you will. i came back from a meeting with a senior official with the organization that says that it's representing the libyan rebels and the rebel fighters that rul across this country. one of the specifics things that i asked this person, i asked him what happened with saif al islam gadhafi where they put out a press release saying he had been captured by the rebel forces and a couple of hours later he shows up at the rixos hotel to meet with journalists there. they are investigating the matter and they themselves are not sure where that faulty information came from but they say there is going to be a major investigation into this and they are going to find u what went wrong. nevertheless it is clear that saif has not been captured by the rebels. they don't feel in spite of this they have lost any of the momentum in the battle for tripoli, if you will. this person has great knowledge of the tripoli area and he says he believes they will be in control of the city in

we know that was the case in mizrata and ben ghazi and quite a few other cities. there's a lot of questions as to whether or not these rebels can become strong enough to actually hold these cities and push forward towards tripoli where gadhafi has the most fire power and has the most support. >> matthew, in tripoli, if the opposition forces were able to take full control of zowiya, how big a setback would that be for the gadhafi regime? what would it mean? >> i think it would be a devastating setback for a number of reasons. it's the main supply route to the west. that means tripoli would have to go without food stuffs, fuel splice and things like that. there's also an oil refinery in zowiya, one of the two that is controlled by the gadhafi regime at the moment. it would have a big impact if that's lost to the rebels. they'd be short of gasoline for their military efforts. but more than anything else it would be the enormous psychological impact inside the capital that in all three sites there, on all four sides if you include the sea, the people of this city woul

we know that was the case in mizrata and ben ghazi and quite a few other cities.hout that help there's a lot of questions as to whether or not these rebels can become strong enough to actually hold these cities and push forward towards tripoli where gadhafi has the most fire power and has the most support. >> matthew, in tripoli, if the opposition forces were able to take full control of zowiya, how big a setback would that be for the gadhafi regime? what would it mean? >> i think it would be a devastating setback for a number of reasons. it's the main supply route to the west. that means tripoli would have to go without food stuffs, fuel splice and things like that. there's also an oil refinery in zowiya, one of the two that is controlled by the gadhafi regime at the moment. it would have a big impact if that's lost to the rebels. they'd be short of gasoline for their military efforts. but more than anything else it would be the enormous psychological impact inside the capital that in all three sites there, on all four sides if you include the sea, the people of

arwa, we know the rebel leadership is really in ben ghazi.s go, sort of, i guess, street-by-street, road-by-road, how organized are they at this point? how well are they coming together in what is now, i guess, the first full day after the crumbling of that regime? how are they faring? >> reporter: well, look. they are more organized than they have been in the past and most certainly picked up a critical lesson from in the field experience they have obtained the last five or six months as they made their way up to tripoli. at the end of the day this is not a fully trained military. this is a civilian who decided to rise up, pick up weapons and literally learn as they go. of course, they face numerous challenges. the commanders at the airport were telling us themselves that after the initial rush into tripoli, they were forced to pull back from certain locations after it appeared that gadhafi forces reorganized and managed to launch counterattacks. while the commanders here are telling us that they most certainly have seen many suks, they are

guest: a member of the ben ghazi based transitional council, arrived here last night. we were not able to speak to him. he was meeting with local military commanders. this is a another confusing aspect of this whole transitional phase. the second in the command of the rebel transitional executive committee in had actually been fired from his job a few weeks ago that was after the assassination of a military leader. he seems to be here representing the government in some capacity. i was unable to get an answer as to the question as to what position he holds he was a senior rebel leader. about the senior transitional council. it is hard to understand how they will make their way to tripoli at this point. host: i know you are on the run. what's next? guest: we are trying to get an answer as to who has control over what part of the city. we are trying to understand how the fighting is and what of the situation on the ground looks like. host: thanks for joining us. what is next for the u.s. role in libya? for a country in transition, -- it says this. that is the washington

guest: a member of the ben ghazi based transitional council, arrived here last night. we were not able to speak to him. he was meeting with local military commanders. this is a another confusing aspect of this whole transitional phase. the second in the command of the rebel transitional executive committee in had actually been fired from his job a few weeks ago that was after the assassination of a military leader. he seems to be here representing the government in some capacity. i was unable to get an answer as to the question as to what position he holds. he was a senior rebel leader. about the senior transitional council. it is hard to understand how they will make their way to tripoli at this point. host: i know you are on the run. what's next? guest: we are trying to get an answer as to who has control over what part of the city. we are trying to understand how the fighting is and what of the situation on the ground looks like. host: thanks for joining us. what is next for the u.s. role in libya? for a country in transition, -- it says this. that is the washington

meanwhile, rebels say they're moving their interim government from ben-ghazi to tripoli now. they are debating how to best track down libya's stockpile of weapons before they end up in the hands of terrorists. bizarre twist in the case of a missing utah woman nearly two years after she disappeared. susan powell's husband now saying that she might have run off with another man. josh powell who is a person of interest in this case watched as police were searching his home for eight hours yesterday. he said susan's diary proves that she was straying from their marriage. in another salacious twist, josh's father, steve powell, says that he had an intimate relationship with susan as well. susan's family says these are all lies. today, some of the 30 u.s. service members killed earlier this month when their chopper was shot down in afghanistan will be laid to rest. many of the dead were navy seals, part of that same unit that hunted down and killed usama bin laden. this afternoon's service will be held at arlington national cemetery. the names of those being memorialized and buried

you know, groups from misrata and from the western mountains and ben ghazi.ense that all of these forces need to be galvanized into one cohesive government and administration and, at the moment, that is not really happening at the moment. there is an awful lot to do to get this economy and city back on its feet. >> dan, the work of nation building always much more complicated than we think it is going to be. dan, thanks very much. this is always the problem. we have been waiting for so long for the liberation of libya and as it comes, now we worry about how do they move on their own, how do they get things going? >> and who pays for it. >> moammar gadhafi, the infrastructure is not just there for somebody else to step in and take over. >>> coming up next, our talkback question of the day and we will read through some of your responses. it's 55 minutes past the hour. to future generations. at northern trust, we know what works and what doesn't. as one of the nation's largest wealth managers, we can help you manage the complexities of transferring wealth. seeki

ben ghazi confirmed that saif under arrest. and we have many, many operation rooms in the city. sometimes, conflict reports like this happen, so what saif gadhafi, we don't know if he had been arrested but he escape but have to confine this with the leaders who are engaging in fighting there. they try to change the subject from we -- we are taking tripoli and like to chase the subject away as any movie that he is free and et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. we are going to get him. maybe today or maybe tomorrow. there is no way he can escape from us. and also i have to mention, very important. i will instruct our troops to be very -- to be very -- very, very, very nice with all people. we don't like a bloodshed and -- >> okay. >> i think some of our problem -- not follow the law enough for those criminals. >> let's talk about that for a second. you're saying you've entered the compound through one of the main gates. we are getting reports from al jazeera. these are hard to confirm. they say gadhafi troops are retreating from tripo

diplomatically, we have a strong mission already in ben-ghazi consisting of foreign military aid officend we'll establish office in tripoli as soon as we're able to do so, this will include stabilization efforts that have been planning with this effort for months. at the united nations, we'll be taking early action in the security council to give the new libyan authorities the legal diplomatic, political and financial support they require. we will soon be able to release the frozen assets that belong to the libyan people. the foreign secretary is returning to the u.k. and with the deputy prime minister, the defense secretary and the development secretary, they will coordinate our efforts with the ntc in the weeks ahead. six months ago, this country took the difficult decision to commit our military to support the people of libya. i said at the time that the action was necessary, legal and right. and i believe that even more so strongly today. it was necessary because qaddafi was going to slaughter his own people and that massacre of innocent people was prevented. it was legal because we