they reported casualties near the oil port city of brega.hey say gaddafi forces boobytraped petroleum installation in brega to blow them up if the regime loses the town. tomorrow is seven years to the day since the 9/11 commission issued its report. the question is what have we learned? catherine herridge takes a closer look. >> reporter: while usama bin laden was killed in may, the al-qaeda franchise in emen is american leader anwar al-awlaki and homegrown threats are the next wave. decade after 9/11 bin laden was only part of the story. >> terrorism didn't begin with him. it hadn't ended with him. we have the other groups now in addition to core al-qaeda. >> reporter: progress report investigates whether the 9/11 recommendations are implemented says the homegrown terrorism is central to the emerging threat picture. recent justice department document show a case of homegrown terrorism with links to international group every two to three weeks, since january 2009. last week, a 22-year-old pennsylvania man was accused of using the internet to

>> harris, the fighting still continues tonight in brega, but the rebels lack the necessary fire power to deliver that knockout punch to take the towns and not only give them an oil refinery, they would give them a hub to sell oil to the outside world and get cash to further the war efforts, something they need not only to buy food, but ammunition and new weapons to use up against the front line because they are heavily outgunned gaddafi troops. a number of people are dead, we're told in the dozens at least 100 to 200 people wounded and those numbers are sure to go up as they continue their fight and try to take this town from gaddafi, which also would be a huge morale boost. in tripoli. n.a.t.o. has failed to deliver any find of knockout punch. overnight. a big round of air strikes inside of tripoli, but they have not mitt any of the power stations or phone exchanges, a crippling blow to that city although they've limited the ability of gaddafi forces to project power. not much, here in the grotto where i'm standing, every night under attacks from gaddafi forces 20 to 50 miles away fr

ten rebels killed in the strike, happened in the port city of brega. scores more wounded, coming as moammar khadafy vows to never leave or surrender in the face of rebels. leland vitter is streaming live. >> that fighting continues in the town of brega but the rebels have been unable to deliver the knockout punch they need to retake the oil town. it would give them access to the export port which they could sell the oil on the open market and finance. rebels have paid dearly in terms of injuries. this is the first one in many months. they tried to hold their fire, train their men at least a dozen people dead, injuries now in the hundreds coming into the hospital outside of that town of brega as the fighting continues. it goes to show you the rebels are brave and dedicated and believe in their cause of freedom. they lack the military training they need and military hardware to make an effective move against the khadafy's army. he is hold up in tripoli where nato airstrikes pounded military installations, but nato has failed to deliver the knockout punch

in the east, they have read captured -- recaptured brega and broken out of misrata but not have -- has not done much since then. big advances have been made in the mountains south of tripoli. the rebels are 60 miles away. that group is separate from the rest and they believe nato does not want them to enter tripoli for the time being. another pro-khaddafi demonstration in tripoli on state tv tonight. with leaders voiced little loudspeakers pretty promises of them the fighting and sacrifices will continue until the west is defeated. they have got to make the sacrifices. britain and the others hope they will soon get sick of it. >> we have an expert who has been analyzing the membership of the transitional council later. do stay with us for that. in other news, norway's prime minister has set up an independent commission to look into events during the bomb attack and mass shooting. it will examine the killing of 70 people and the role of the police who have been accused of responding too slowly. >> he made his bomb and planned his massacre. the army get ready to get ready -- are getting

calf r-moammar qaddafi water tod onto brega. they've laid along the mines all around the town of brega which makes it difficult for the rebels to advance. they don't have training to be able to clear the mines. we've seen pictures of the rebels with pool cues trying to clear the land mines. this is anything but a fair fight. they want to rap it up in two weeks before ramadan. that will be tough. jenna: thank you. jon: the deadly heatwave gripping the entire nation shows no signs of letting up. nearly two dozen people reportedly are dead as temperatures soar well into the triple digits across much of the country. the danger zone stretches from the plains to the northeast. while kids may be having fun all doors, all this heat is making many adults extremely cranky. >> i'm hot and sweaty and not in a very good mood. >> very, very breathtaking, takes your breath away, who the tee, sweaty, gross. >> you have to worry about heatstroke, exhaustion, that's why i have my water in my hand which i almost never run with. jon: the sweltering

and i think that is what explains the rebel attacks, both against brega, which you have talked about,n the western part of the country, and help increase -- explain the increase nato airstrikes and so, if these don't create a breakthrough in the next two weeks, i think qaddafi, at that point, gets about a month of relative quiet to repair his position. >> eric: you have the month -- the quiet during ramadan could help qaddafi? >> absolutely. i don't necessarily think time is on the side of the opposition here. not least of which is because secretary clinton and president obama last week agreed to rush in efforts to mediate the conflict. absolutely incredible in my mind, that we would ask the russian government to mediate a conflict between the nato alliance, and a regime like qaddafi's, but when you see these negotiation efforts underway, there is speculation the french have begun to talk to coffee behind the scenes and the italians jumped ship, and the prospect for a negotiated solution that is either -- leaves him in partial control of libya or leaves him in the country, increase an

for the civilian population i see differently another point here i see that the important town of brega which is hotly debated among the rebels and the government as who owns this town now might be a question with some of this money might be used in fact to buy the try to get the town into the hands of the rebels i think that's the question here quite importantly right now to use that money i doubt what is the official language of the german government. emergency services say they have now recovered all the bodies from the russian pleasure boat that sank in the volga river two weeks ago killing one hundred twenty two people the wrecked ship has been lifted from the bottom and towed to shallow waters the task is now to drain the hole so investigators can examine the vessel in detail to determine the cause of the tragedy the bug area went down within minutes of july tenth drowning more than half its two hundred passengers the boat's owner is under investigation and two people have already been charged with violating safety regulations. serbia's final fugitive wanted by the united nations

libyan rebels say they've taken control of the key eastern town of brega as a forces a loyal to colonel gadhafi retreated to the west but further fighting is likely in the city with around two hundred gadhafi troops still holed up in buildings there is an porton to oil town about seven hundred fifty kilometers east of the capital changed hands several times since the uprising began in february. a court in budapest has cleared a ninety seven year old hungary a man of nazi war crimes sham door kay pirro a former police captain denied being involved in the massacre of civilian hostages in serbia during world war two it was alleged a patrol under his command took part in the murder of jews and serbs in a raid by hungary and forces in one thousand nine hundred two more than twelve hundred people were killed in the tory it's a massacre. the un's highest court has ordered to both cambodia and thailand to withdraw their troops from a disputed border area around the ancient temple complex of the hear the two nations were ordered to allow neutral observers to monitor the cease fire the temple bel

that libyans will decide their own future while fighting continues in the key eastern oil town of brega where rebels have declared they have taken the city and government. egyptian state t.v. claimed it showed you showed live coverage of the corruption trial so officials who serves on the president. information minister in the previous head of state solution accused of losing the country at least two million dollars by keeping. constant rights decision to screen the trial to try and protest which return to the snow reforms since previous to. venezuelan officials says president others will stand for reelection next year despite his treatment for cancer in cuba has delegated some of his vice presidential finance minister on the undergoes medication the government insists as a socialist reforms will go ahead and that is unless you're into growing speculation in israel's political future. the grab for gold has seen the precious metal reach of record sixteen hundred dollars an ounce the scramble for berlin has led to price rises for eleven consecutive days as investors see it as more stable

also making headlines tonight libyan rebels say they've taken control of the key student town of brega those forces loyal to colonel gadhafi retreated to the west but further fighting is likely in the city with around two hundred gadhafi troops still holed up in buildings there is an important oil town it's about seven hundred fifty kilometers east of the capital has changed hands several times since the uprising began in february. the court of budapest has cleared a ninety seven year old hunger area man of nazi war crimes shandor khepera a former police captain denied being involved in the massacre of civilian hostages in serbia during world war two it was alleged the patrol and his command took part in the murder of jews and in a raid by hunger in forces in one thousand nine hundred two more than twelve hundred people killed it's massacre. the lifting of the cruiser that sank in russia's volga river last sunday killing around one hundred thirty people has been resumed it had been called off earlier because of bad weather workers have been trying to move a vessel off its side in what

south rebels have suffered severe losses while trying to seize the strategic eastern libyan town of brega it was shelled by government forces and trucks in the skies with little insurgents a guard has also been complicated by that much reportedly planted by colonel gadhafi insists doctors are from nearby hospitals at least eight rebels have died in recent fighting. dozens of people have protested in front of the japanese embassy in south korea and tokyo's decision to remain there after the airlines test flight in a disputed territory the who it's like she passed a three eighty rescue of all the other things japan claims as its territory as you countries have been disputing the sovereignty of the ins for many years of incentives were created in the east sea in the distance from japan and south korea. u.s. president barack obama has welcomed the bipartisan senate proposal for a debt cutting plan crafted by senators proposals aim to decrease the deficit about their trillion us dollars over the next decade introductions will mainly effect health spending on education and labor programs. two w

now in day in libya rebels are carrying out an assault on government forces in the eastern town of brega home to one of the country's biggest oil facilities nato has also been targeting progun daffy forces in the area with days of intense bombardment the alliance is trying to muster support for the rebels who have suffered heavy losses in recent days gadhafi made another defiant speech at the weekend denying rumors he was leaving libya as he struggled to quell the months long revolves. more lethal clashes in syria this time between pro and anti-government protesters around thirty i thought to have died as the five worst were people began using firearms against each other last week three supporters of president assad kidnapped and killed and their dismembered bodies returned to their relatives their anti-government demo crackdowns will fall to have killed over thirteen hundred people since they began in january. egypt's interim leaders have undertaken a massive government reshuffle after public anger. slow revolution reform most of the appointments are relative newcomers who are not deali

insists that libyans will decide their own future when one party continues in a key eastern oil town of brega where rebels have declared they have taken the city . egyptian state t.v. a creative idea was to show live coverage of the corruption trial that you served under president mubarak the former minister and your previous head of state television accused of losing the country at least two million dollars right you can write casting right decision to screen the trial was ready to try and quell fresh protests which returned slowly from. the grab for gold has seen the precious metal reach a record sixteen hundred dollars an ounce the scramble for bullion has led to price rises eleven consecutive days as investors see it as more stable than the beleaguered currencies of europe u.s. . leaders minds when they meet on this day to try and settle the markets in stemming leasing debts of spain. police have detained the captain of a vessel which sailed past a sinking pleasure cruise and without helping investigators say there are contradictory reports as to why two boats failed to stop the bulgaria

that libyans will decide their own future while authority continues to work in eastern oil town of brega where rebels have declared they have taken the city and its. state t.v. a clear idea was to show the live coverage of the corruption trial that you served under president mubarak for my nation minister in your previous head of state television accused of losing the country at least two million dollars right right broadcasting rights decision to screen the shah was afraid to try and quell fresh protests and true turned amid anger over a slew from. the grab for gold has seen the precious metal reach a record sixteen hundred dollars an ounce the scramble for bullion has a letter price rises eleven consecutive days as investors see it as stable the currencies in europe and u.s. . leaders knowing it's winning thursday to try and settle the markets in stemming the thing that's spain. police have detained the captain of a vessel which sailed past a sinking pleasure cruise and without helping us the gators contradictory reports as to white belts the start of the bulgarian went down the killin

with self rebels have suffered severe losses so far to seize the strategic eastern libyan town of brega it was shelled by government forces in trucks the skies from the files insurgents of god so this was an advocate of i've done binds with portion of planted by his forces doctors or from nearby hospital set least thirty four rebels died in recent fighting. dozens of people are protesting in front of the japanese embassy in south korea against ok decision to boycott real. test for the disputed territory. and its new flagship a three hour screening of the palace of japan claims as its territory the culture is helping the skating assaulting and winning. the region is located in the east sea distance from japan south korea. the readers here with all the. following the welcome to business here on our team you know we start with russia which has removed the capital gains tax for foreigners trading on the country's stock exchanges the move is known so trying to further investment and for the promote moscow as an international financial center on us are going to see an eye out there on the sun

there was fierce fighting between rebels and moammar gaddafi forces near the eastern city of port brega. gaddafi forces have placed hundreds ever land mines along the route approaching the town. at least ten rebels were killed fighting today. since last thursday at least 100 have been wounded, many by those land mines. >>> from east africa, calls for help as the world health organization or who, says more than 10 million people are in desperate need of food assistance. who says a drought affecting ethiopia, somalia and kenya is the worst drought to ravage the area in 60 years and a thousand people aday are streaming into refugee camps. save the children says in the effected area in kenna, a quarter of the children are dangerly malnourishished. >>> from india an amazing rescue saved a 4-year-old boy from almost concern caleb. as we bathing in the river with hissingle when flash floods hit. he was stranded on the rock and fell into the raging waters. there he goes. several villages jumped into the watered and carried him out. the boy was reported to be in stable condition after treatment.

the civilian population base he definitely another point here i see the the important port town of brega which is hotly debated among the rebels and the government as who owns this town now might be a question with some of this money might be used in fact to buy the try to get the town into the hands of the rebels i think that's the question here quite importantly right now to use the money i doubt what it is but visual language of the german government well yes there are mixed messages coming from president over this whole affair first it didn't matter no fly zone resolution if that never said it would give our senators efforts and our hearing moneys heading to the rubble so what this what is going on what is the goal of the german government here. you see the problem was when our foreign minister made the decision to not vote with this time in the security council he was told by all the officials including our secret services that libya is a dirty game and of course you know what what could he do then he thought i could not be part of that game because i don't want to be part of anothe

the civilian population i see definitely another point here i see that the important part town of brega which is hotly debated among the rebels and the government as to who owns this power now might be a question where some of this money might be used in fact to buy the tribes to get the town into the hands of the rebels i think that's the question here quite importantly right now to use that money i doubt what is official language of the german government. well if you've missed anything recovering on air you can head to our web site that's r t dot com where there's always more to be found and here's a taste of what's on line right now and cover a movie on that mystery to find out why every july since the eighty's california with seven filled with some of the most wealthy and powerful men in the world. the russians rush to the stock up on painkillers as the government prepares to make pills containing cody available by prescription only to find out why the move has caused controversy at our t.v. dot com. emergency services have recovered more bodies from the russian pleasure boat that s

reports say the rebel death toll from tuesday's unsuccessful attempt to seize the oil company of breganow at 27. >>> we're now learning more about an assassination attempt on a top terrorist in yemen, just daying after usama bin laden was killed. u.s. jets on may 5 set out to kill anwar al-awlaki, the american born cleric and al-qaeda leader now considered to be a big threat to america, one of the biggest, actually. officials say a missile struck the back of al-awlaki's truck. but he survived. switched vehicles and escaped. as other terrorists drove to trals.ea to confuse those >>> there were no shaving cream attacks today but the "news of the world" phone hacking scandal is continuing to cause dust-ups in britain. news corp, the parent company of the now defunked tabloid as well as fox news. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is in london with the latest. >> reporter: embattled prime minister david cameron cut short trip to africa to appear at the british parliament house of commons and it turned in raucous exchange where cameron had to defend his role in the growing pho

. >> additional early morning airstrikes were carried out on gaddafi forces in brega. >>> in jerusalem, israeli firefighters are gretting the upper hand on bush fryers that came within a few hundred feet of the holocaust memorial and museum. employees and visitors had to be evacuated. investigators say the fire appears to be caused by arson, because it started in several locations at the same time. >>> casey anthony walked out of a florida jail, past a crowd of angry demonstrators. a jury convicted the 25-year- old of lying to investigators, but found her not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter. she dodged reporters in the crowd and since has dropped out of sight. casey stegall reports. >> reporter: after spending nearly three years behind bars, casey anthony walking out of jail a free woman. she was released from the orange county correctional facility just after midnight. there were only three journalists allowed inside. >> the cameraman, you see a sign of relief that she is not intense. she has release. there is a smile, but not a very bright smile, but there is a sign of glad

the fifth day of fighting now in the eastern strategic oil town of brega where rebel fighters have been trying to attack gadhafi forces. they have run up against mind fields and have suffered casualties and today the government saying that they have killed up to 500 rebels who they say were able to attack in waves in the sea in small boats. that battle appears to be going on from both sides with disputing claims about who is in charge of that key town, the tripoli government, john, they are saying that they will turn braga into hell rather than let it fall into the hands of their enemy. >> more tough rhetoric from the regime. live tonight from tripoli, thank you. >>> today's disclosure from this meeting comes nearly four months into the bombing campaign. fred townsend is a member of the external advisory board in 2010 and the senior fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university. the united states thought it was important to deliver this message r there risks that clearly now think there may be future conversations? >> to your point with ivan, it's in their interest to play thi

they are advancing on a key oil town of brega. he spoke on radio saying, "trample on the recognition, trample on them under your feet. they are worthless." the rents vow to fight on, even if they have to manufacturer their own weapons but hope today's announcement means they will have the money to buy the kind of power fire used on them. the rebels have been saying for months they are just ten days away from marching on tripoli but now there is a hard time frame. ramadan, where muslims fast from dawn to dusk begins at the beginning of august, so if they don't move now, bret, there could be wait until september until they do. emphasize gaddafi's strength after the u.s. recognition. we just had six rockets land a mile-and-a-half from us. back to you. >> bret: stay safe. leland vittert live in misurata early saturday morning. >>> the debt ceiling issue reared its head today in headquarter's election headquarter -- america's election headquarters. chief political correspondent carl cameron tells us that president obama used it to deli

when we speak to the spokesperson today, he said they believe they were days away from capturing bregand they believed they would have it very soon. the military campaign going much slower than anybody. the rebels are saying they're in no mood to negotiate. gadhafi said many times he doesn't want to go to negotiate. looks like a stalemate at this stage. >> what has been the reaction in terms of the rebels in getting the news today from the group? >> reporter: we have not heard reaction from the rebels, but the transitional council representatives at the meeting were happy about it, even though they were expressing frustration at the lack of funds they were promised and they were happy they were recognized officially and finally by the united states and we heard participants in the room that there was. [ applause ] there was applause. and they also said that they believed that all the foreign ministers were behind this and everybody there was in fact recognizing the libya transitional counsel as the legitimate governing authority. >> all right, thank you for the update. we appreciate it