we have a team of correspondents on this ever-changing story, and we begin tonight with kelly cobiella in tripoli. >> reporter: russ, good evening. it was a relatively quiet day in tripoli today, although we did hear reports of qaddafi arming civilians and sending them into neighborhoods to patrol. having said that, we saw no signs of fighting today after a very violent friday. in this working-class district of tripoli, 100 neighbors gathered to march, not to protest, but to mourn anwar elgadi, killed, they said, in demonstrations against the government friday. they described a massacre, a family killed in their car. armed african mercenaries using an ambulance for cover. >> they were killed by the ambulance. that have black people in it. yes, from the-- they're shooting everywhere. >> reporter: they say five people were killed here friday, a day the government claimed went by without incident in tripoli. yet, these small alleys and side streets are littered with evidence of violence. bloodstained steps, broken glass, a charred police station. some are vowing to protest until the regim

and we begin tonight with kelly cobiella in tripoli. >> reporter: good evening. the one thing qaddafi has going for him is control of tripoli. it was quiet again here today but there were reports that his enemies had scored a victory close by. the government said it wasn't true. and they took us there to try to prove it. the town was heavily armed and guarded, not by qaddafi's men but locals. flying the country's old flag, adopted by the rebels in the east. >> crowds of armed men greeted us in the town square showing posters with qaddafi's head on a rat's body. they battled government forces for three days. >> qaddafi is down. no government. we are free. >> reporter: more than a dozen people reportedly were killed in the clashes. more are in the hospital. the regime calls the rebel in zawiyah terrorists, agents of al qaeda. they told us they are fighting for their future. >> we need freedom. that's all we need. we need freedom. >> down, down, qaddafi. >> i'm 30 years old and never saw any -- >> down, down qaddafi. >> we need young peoxle. that's what we need. >>

first kelly cobiella in tripoli.ly, i understand it was quite an ordeal just getting into the city. >> reporter: katie, we were held at the airport for about two hours before government agents drove us to the hotel. inside the terminal, it is absolute chaos. people are lying around in dirty blankets. most of them are foreign nationals who came here to work and now can't leave. the workers inside the airport are wearing masks because they're worried about infectious diseases. and the people on the inside are the lucky ones. outside the terminal, thousands, possibly tens of thousands, are desperate to leave, sleeping in the rain, surrounded by garbage, with no food or water. soldiers carrying whips and sticks keep them in line. almost as soon as we started filming, the police ordered us to stop. these are the scenes they want to us show the world: hundreds of qaddafi supporters loudly cheering on their leader in tripoli's main square. we were taken here by government agents. a short while later, colonel qaddafi made a

kelly cobiella is in tripoli this morning with the latest. good morning to you. >> terrell, good morning. the government actually told us that this town, the town of zawiyah was in government hands and they took us there yesterday to prove it. when we arrived we saw that, in fact, the rebels are in control of the center of the town. this is home to the second most important oil refinery in the country. it's not clear if they hold the oil refinery, as well. but what is clear is that they're there to fight. the town was heavily armed and guarded. not by gadhafi's men, but locals. flying the country's old flag, adopted by the rebels of the east. crowds of armed men greeted us in the town square, showing posters with gadhafi's head on a rat's body. they battled government forces for three days. the regime calls the rebels in zawiyah terrorists, agents of al qaeda. they told us they're fighting for their future. >> we need freedom. that's all we need. we need freedom. i am 30 years old, i never saw any president, just moammar gadhafi. we need anot

>> kelly cobiella in tripoli. you guys take care. we'll talk to you later in the broadcast. >>> rebecca? >> thanks, russ. americans and thousands of other foreign nationals are fleeing the kay oos in libya. for nearly 200 americans it was a long and harrowing escape from tripoli to malta by ferry. the u.s. chartered maria dolores. cbs news correspondent harry smith is live from malta with the latest. good morning, harry. >> rebecca, it's interesting. it's about a 220-mile trip from tripoli to here in malta. but for those americans trying to get out of libya, it just as well be a world away, and while they didn't get home, getting here to malta is the next best thing. weary and relieved. after two days of waiting for the seas to calm, 338 people poured off a ferry from tripoli late last night. among them, 183 americans. >> it was a very difficult ride back home. a lot of people were getting sick. we spent 2 1/2 nights sleeping on the boat without a shower. but it was -- we all -- there was no bellyaching. everybody got along very, ver

kelly cobiella has a report from the capital city of tripoli. alan pizzey is on the western border in tunisia. first to kelly. >> bob, it's the start of the workweek here in tripoli. instead of flocking to jobs people are going to banks. they've been getting messages from the government saying there's a $400 gift waiting for them. they've been very quick and very happy to collect. the government says this is part of their effort to show that they're listening to their people and answering some of their demands. they also say that they're giving some raises to state employees. now, we've seen a very heavy police and security presence throughout tripoli every time we pulled out our camera to film. within seconds, there was a police car next to us, a car with soldiers next to us, all asking us if we had permission. we also saw men in plain clothes working alongside some of these police and soldiers and carrying automatic weapons. it's not clear if they're civilians or just police officers in plainclothes, at this point. qaddafi did make a promise o

kelly cobiella is in london with more on that. >> reporter: good morning. the judge yesterday shot down both defense arguments saying the arrest warrant against julian asang is valid and he can get a fair trial in sweden. today, assange called the whole affair nonsense. he is accused of having sex with two women without using protection in sweden last year. he denied commit ago crime and saying all of this is politically motivated and related to the thousands of documents release on his website. he pressured other countries into treating him harshly. >> why is it that i am subject, a nonprofit free speech activist to a $360,000 bail? why is it that i am kept under electronic house arrest when i have not even been charged in any country? >> reporter: assange said this ruling today was no surprise and he will appeal. jeff? >> kelly, thank you. >>> this morning, toyota is recalling another 2 million plus vehicles in the u.s. to fix gas pedals that can get stuck under floor matter or carpeting. the world's biggest car make toyota has recalled more than 14 milli