gaddafi's forces gave up.qikl r pece initially, something incredibly positive libya was enclosed, it wasn't north korea, but it wasn't far of journalist that oen ed aningai. ma, wno lotoakfone these people were desperate to talk to us. they love having us there. they wanted to give us free accommodation, and it took us a long time tovithe driver onisonory r hisees "sandstorm", is that people were telling us stories for the first time. four decades of not being able to trust anyone outside the immediate family. four decadesof nres red, uerpe rcntil boadn tll ese tories. as the revolution were on -- civil disobedience, fighting and so n, athy nto wre the book. i wasn't satisfied with ordinary reporting. i wanted to go back and tell stories, and that is what i have tried to do. >> okay. talk to us a little bit about what you we able t ro e pple o were ruled by him about gaddafi himself. he had a habit of presenting himself to the outside world in a ther flamboyantwy amsuy y familiar with looks of him on televisio

boasowo mo famous than gaddafi and his mily.when he was angry with a particular soccer tem in aun hau dond r an adpu prison. those kinds of things, indian, overshadowed any good that gaddafi had done in the early years. during your reporting trips thfeftenteutnan voen t country. in which the united states, britain, and france were at the forefron can you tell us, and you write about this in the ook a little thntcit iol vo. liyuwttat ec b a vote by the arab league, requesting, and also on aot e'ion with the u.n., anda yo view.e s why did nato find it opportune to become involved in libya, b hant o hesa yi >>daidhe m ndftthd. ade nd africa because he had uite a few african states that he sponsored. the arab leaders really hated him. anngittyi tause ea yoown'ol aur] wmohappt ge d im he was seen as an embarrassment for stern countri, the aplise hiibcuof at osoen t e o issues. others try to befriendad there was a guy in benghazi at the time,tcutr lt reyick dt. re t t ut t ri a the others from gaddafi's hands. willavet tell t dos th l

i do not know if you heard about -- there were prisoners and gaddafi ordered to kill them and there were 1270 prisoners killed within two hours. february 15, the regime arrested one of the family's sons and after that the woman, the mothers and sisters protested in front of the compound and after that, the people started surrounding them and they did demonstration. after that, on february 17, because there were many activists, they appointed that day for the anger day, and in that day we were a group of lawyers -- we did many meetings before that because we did protests even before the revolution when gaddafi felt that the people were in front of the tv because they were inspired by what happened in tunisia and egypt. and they were really fixed in front of the tv. they were like asking themselves, can we do it? why them? because of that, he did the speech january -- >> were you asking that question yourself? >> yes, yes. >> what was your answer? >> at that time i said to myself, gaddafi bang is not like -- but that he is not like ben ali or mubarak. does not have an army who protect the

opponents have criticized his link to the gaddafi regime. before his defection, and he was head of thec comilonodetdeenpm board, a position he claimed was not a political. >> the most important priority right now is to unite behind one objective, order, stability and writing of the constitution. >> as results came in from across libya, the national forces alliance swept by thousands of votes. in this conservative muslim country, many outside observers have assumed that post-gaddafi politics would be dominated by islamists. white is the muslim brotherhood performing so badly -- why is the muslim brotherhood performing so badly here? nato bombed what used to pass for a democracy in libya. colonel gaddafi always used to claim that his country was better than democracy. but the people's power prevailed. what is first democratic elections have shown is that people want -- did not want to return to the past. nor did they want a system dominated by religious rancor. the scale of his performance is still difficult to predict. >> the highest per capi

now what has happened to gaddafi and mubarak may very well be the fate al-assad suffers. he may suffer a worse fate. we are pushing for full prosecution in the international criminal court, that you never know if the syrian people, the syrian street does not take matters into its own hands. >> and his point about the u.s. and its involvement in supporting the opposition or the terrorists, as al-assad calls them? >> the u.s. has been very vocal in pledging support to the opposition. they are pledging non-lethal aid, an increase in humanitarian assistance to help the people suffering in syria. i do not know this makes the united states a terrorist country. in fact, al-assad has claimed almost everybody in the world but himself. we have to keep in mind that he is responsible for the massacres. he is responsible for the current chaos in syria. >> in the german interview that he did this weekend, bashar al- assad said most of the people being killed in the country sympathetic to his regime. >> if you want to know who killed [unintelligible] you cannot know about the criminal w

eight months after the death of colonel gaddafi, libyans will vote for tomorrow in the first free national elections in more than 40 years. despite concerns about poor organizations and the threat of a boycott in parts of the country, calls for the election to be delayed have been dismissed. >> colonel gaddafi is dead. for almost 40lefd decades is history. the concrete walls are now prominent billboards for candidates in this weekend's election. >> even a year ago, to help the face these walls would have meant certain detention and perhaps even torture. the fact that these elections are taking place shows just how far libya has come to the job now is to rebuild the country from the ground-up. the elections are an integral part of the process. >> in the compounds shadow, a bustling free-market stance on streets where libyans used to fear to tread. the economy collapsed by 60% during last year's revolution. rebuilding that is a political party. for some, the sheer joy of being able to vote for the first time is enough. >> i cannot ignore the current situation. every libyan is now feeling --

>> months after the fall of colonel gaddafi, it is now time for the begins to go to the polls in the first free election there in decades. and getting america back to work -- it is provi no syea but both presidential candidates say they are the man for the job. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tonight, a syrian general once close to the syrian president has defected, making him one of the most senior regime figures to flee so far. he is thought to be in paris where an international meeting convened today. at the gathering, u.s. secretary of state clinton strongly called on russia and china to stop supporting president assad. our correspondent starts our coverage. >> they were close -- in age and in ideas. they train in the army together. one became president, the other a general protecting the core of the regime, but then, their response to protests drove them apart. reports suggest the general tried to limit the bombardment of his home town. he has apparently met some rebel commanders and possibly even a local efforts at reconciliation. the regime's res

the polls in parliamentary elections for the first time since the old of -- overthrow of muammar gaddafi>> the vote cast a nine-month transition following a bloody civil war that ended last october. >> for most libyans, the election is a dream come true and something they never imagined. almost 3 million of them have registered to vote in preparations are underway at polling stations. voters will be choosing representatives for 200 seats and the national assembly. among the front runners are party linked to the islamist muslim brotherhood. >> this election is not just happening in libya itself. exiles here in berlin are also getting the chance to participate in the country's first real test of democracy. >> this school in berlin has been transformed into a polling place for libyan exiles wanting to take part in parliamentary elections at home. fidel has been in germany for six months undergoing treatment for injuries suffered in the civil war. you will be voting for the first time in his life and loves the election will be free and fair. -- hopes the election will be free and fair. >> as

celebrating elections first time since the overthrow of gaddafi hackers taking over a control of a drones country . ♪ [ male announcer ] ok, so you're no marathon man. but thanks to the htc one x from at&t, with its built in beats audio, every note sounds amazingly clear. ...making it easy to get lost in the music... and, well... rio vista?!! [ male announcer ] ...lost. introducing the musically enhanced htc one x from at&t. rethink possible. >> people in libya holding the first parlimentary election since the overthrow of gaddafi. many gathered to celebrate. there are reports now that demonstrators and attacks on polling centers are happening in eastern lib yampt it is estimated a million people cast ballots for 200 seats in parliment that will be in charge of forming a new government. >> we are learning about drone spoofing . it refers to the ability of hackers. and likelet kind our u.s. management overseas one expert warning that the threat of the spoofing is growing and could pose a danger here at home. john roberts has more. it will be buzzing over u.s. soil. but watch what happens

he got bin laden and guy got the troops out of iraq and guy who successfully took gaddafi out without getting american troops involved. >> chris: we talked about the vfw speech. he spoke to the veteran of foreign wars convention in nevada and had no problem attacking the president. the main idea obama white house leaked sensitive national security secrets to boost the president's reelection. >> this conduct is contemptable. it betrace our national interest. and compromises the men and women in the fields and demand a full and prompt investigation by a special counsel, with explanation and consequences. >> tim, can they make the voters care about the leaks and the question is whether or not top secrets are diviged in a way to damage u.s. operation andus personnel. >> this is a problem for the obama administration. unfortunately for the republicans, there will likely be a mechanism by which you get to the bottom of the leaks and deal with this. i disagree with liz a bit on the contrast. there is a huge contrast. contrast between romney talking about strong american leadership and what h

today voters cast ballots and libya oppose the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of gaddafi. one person died during the voting because of attacks. up next, a special tribute to the godfather of go-go. it looks like we set some records today. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cererios ♪ ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ >> a special honor today for the godfather of go-go. organizers of the smithsonian folklife festival of the today a chap brown attributed. -- chuck brown tribute. all those people out there taking part of that work out. it did not take long before they started sweating. >> it is hot outside. some interesting tidbits for you. 106 degrees at reagan national airport. it will go down in the record books 105. it has to stay for five minutes for a record. is still hot outside. a lot of people enjoying themselves and now clearing the beaches. 99 degrees was the high at ocean city airport earlier this afternoon. there is 105 degrees for the reco

when they did take down bin laden and when gaddafi is out of power, is that something that the voters feel? >> you have to put that next to syria ask what is happening there. quuckly one of the big other poigns of contrast is the economy it is vital for strong national security. >> we'll come back and how are the campaigns dealing with the latest set of the economic numbers. [ male announcer ] good paying jobs. better schools. that's what a world-class resort casino at national harbor would mean for maryland. but it won't happen if the special interests get their way. with thousands of local jobs and millions for maryland's schools on the line. we need to fight back. call your lawmakers and tell them to put national harbor on the ballot this november. because it's not up to the special interests, it's up to you. >> still in the position where we are pulling ourselves out of the deep holes caused by the great recession and there is still of course, a great devil -- dial of anxiety. >> jay carney reacting to new gdp numbers economic that the recovery is weaker . we are back with the pan

. >> rieft now-- right now libya, since the fall of gaddafi, looks like western leaning products mayking strides, tallies showing liberal factions are leading the muslim brotherhood there and its allies, and final results could be days away. vote was taken yesterday. seen as a major milestone in a transition to democracy following the civil war that ended gaddafi's four decade long rule. and in egypt, a surprise move by that country's new president, morsi ordering the party to reconvene until a new one is elected. that defies a military decree dissolving that legislature last month and it's still not clear how the military generals are going to react to morsi's move. he narrowly defeated mubarak's prime minister last month and the birthplace of the revolt to topple mubarak's regime. a convoy of protesters streaming toward one country's capital and rescuers trying to reach people trapped in a coal mine. as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >> pakistan, thousands of gemstrators marching toward the capital city, shouts anti-american slogans and they're protesting the reopening of an

kind, but i swear there was no coercion involved, and i note that and better for me than it did for gaddafi. also, my vice-chairman has been on this from pretty much the beginning. he has been reelected as vice chairman, and he also continues not only to do that but also to serve as the chair of the engineering maintenance and safety committee, for which we are grateful, and so with that, that is all i have. if you have any questions, i would be happy to answer that. chair nolan: i have been here six years, and i have been congratulating you each year, so congratulations. comments? director: it would be good to get something to strive for. i want to thank q4 bringing up the live announcements, which i think are critical, but whenever i hear them, and look around, and everybody is, what did that person said? even being able to speak english, because they are never translated, so when i was in new york, i did hear these pre- recorded emergency announcement that i think are brilliant. they are not the regular announcements that we hear all of the time. it is like an announcement when there is

the head of the rebel government that played a key role against colonel gaddafi last year in the lead. our correspondent spoke to him about reinstating law and order and how to reintegrate libya's militias into society. >> you have to rebuild the police department immediately. we have to enforce. there is no excuse whatsoever. they still have an argument now. who is going to take care of our borders? who is going to take care of our national security? you have to find the alternative. either by finding the ways in which you can insure stability and security, or by finding real job opportunities, and encouraging the private sector to start operating in the league. >> what kind of political system do you envision for libya? >> i think every one has its own merits. presidential systems are more compatible with the decisiveness and swiftness of decision making. this is why we need it -- to ensure stability and order. in our case, may be a mixture of the two is needed. you need swiftness because you need stability and order. this should not be done at the expense of the democratic process.

kind, but i swear there was no coercion involved, and i note that and better for me than it did for gaddafi. also, my vice-chairman has been on this from pretty much the beginning. he has been reelected as vice chairman, and he also continues not only to do that but also to serve as the chair of the engineering maintenance and safety committee, for which we are grateful, and so with that, that is all i have. if you have any questions, i would be happy to answer that. chair nolan: i have been here six years, and i have been congratulating you each year, so congratulations. comments? director:

libya has changed immeasurably since the downfall of colonel gaddafi. no one here talks seriously of a return to the past. >> a reminder that the arab spring has -- produced change, but the transition to democracy is still complicated. still to come tonight, 30 years after taking part in a massive wedding that stoked controversy, we catch up with those who were married by the unification church. the prime minister of india has promised millions of dollars in aid because of the unprecedented flooding in northeastern state. more than 70 people have died in their homes in neighboring bangladesh. the report comes now from new delhi. >> in search of a patch of dry land, millions here are in a similar position. this region gets flooded almost every year, but these have been the worst floods in more than a decade. all across india, 2 million people have been affected. most of them have lost homes. infrastructure has been destroyed. dozens have died in mudslides. these people need all the help they can get. not just in india. across the border, bangladesh, thin

the man who served as interim prime minister following the uprising against colonel gaddafi led the national forces alliance to victory with 39 seats. the muslim brotherhood's political wing came in second with 17. smaller factions won the other 24 seats. the balance of power is still unclear. the majority of the seats have been reserved for independent candidates, not political parties. joining me from tripoli is rana jawad. we have not gotten the full picture in terms of the whole assembly. how significant is the first stage of voting? >> for normal libyans, it is very significant. a lot of people you talk to say they simply voted for an autocrat, a policy maker. they do not want to be preached to by any party that was campaigning on a religious platform. to them, they feel like they voted for a party or an alliance that will take them forward toward what they call modernity and resolve a lot of issues that they're looking forward to being resolved in a post-revolution country. >> how independent are the so- called independent candidates? i was reading that the muslim brotherhood think the

more than 50 years, women, men, young and old, casting their ballots nearly a year after dictator gaddafi ousted in an n.a.t.o.-backed ousting. and more it breaking out in that country. i'm jamie colby, keep is here on the fox news channel. >> brenda: from heatwave to a bunch of hot air. the united nations calling for a global tax to fight things like global warming. gary b, you say the global tax could cause a global meltdown? >> well, brenda, look, the u.n. wants to go in and tax millionaires and billionaires and the u.n. may be the only thaun that makes our own government look efficient. for the last 20, 30 years, accomplished almost nothing except for corruption. and the fact is that the last ten years or so, even though carbon dioxide emissions increased, forget about that, let's say there is global warming, science has not come up with a way to funnel this money to solve it. going out and taxing job creators, taking wealth and transferring it to some other ludicrous organization who doesn't have a clue to solve it. that's what you get with the u.n. >> brenda: well, susan, gary b is

for seats in parliament predict to be dominated by islamists today less than a year since moamar gaddafi was executed by a crowd of revolutionaries it seems the country is more divided than ever former rebel commanders and tribal chiefs fight for power across libya with little hope that elections will stop the violence coming over us. this is the new libya political parties are now free to operate across the country . so to a countless armed groups they one spot to oust moammar gadhafi from power today it is they who are in control that tag militias who answer only to their own commanders have grown more powerful than libya's police and army. which is why we must put limits on these militias because they are dividing the country there while libya is falling into decay almost one year after a nato backed uprising ended but after his rule libyans are taking to the polls for the first time in decades but with tripoli's transitional national council too weak to quell ongoing violence and the fear that elections will do little to bring peace . where is the conditional they said that they are

days before troubles pierce the county financial scandal with ties to former libyan leader moammar gaddafi it family problems take a look at this time line february the company accused the topic to smuggle one of his sons to mexico consultant sits in a mexican jail today march ceo resigned after investigation caught him signing off $56 million worth of a nonexistent projects. back to peotone on the website picture of what would be the abraham lincoln in international airport key supporter of the $700 million project groundbreaking congressman asked about the troubles he said they are fine. less than one week later former vice president was arrested switzerland charged with fraud and money-laundering and corrupt practices. batt but we tried contacting them in montreal the office was closed today what we thought it congressman jesse jackson jr. media rep contact sheet of staff did not return our telephone calls. meanwhile reverend jesse jackson sr. telling wgn this condition of his son congressman jesse jackson jr. remains guarded. statements and will gathering of the rainbow push coalition

gaddafi's libya sat on it. saudi arabia today sits on it.a synagogue or bible in saudi arabia. it sits on the u.n. human rights council. where does the money come from for wipo, for the u.n. and everything? fifth of is it american. overwhelmingly all the money is from the industrialized west. we are subsidizing structure with many, with a legion of organizations, all of whom are negligent, stupid or malicious. and who issue resolution, publications, committees, which are almost exclusively, anti-western, anti-american, antisemitic. it's the center of that thinking in the world. why we subsidize it, why we stay in it is beside me. i wrote a quarter a century ago we should leave, take our money and take it out of new york so we can meet, i don't know in kinchasa somewhere. we'll see how many diplomats show up there. it becomes irrelevant and withers away. >> john: take a moment to add quotes to that. here is something that john bolton said about this back in the 1990s. he said, "the u.n. secretary building in new york is 38 stories and it lost

and european union are calling for new sanctions on syria similar to those used against the gaddafi regime ahead of the nato attack on libya. at an international friends of syria gathering in paris, secretary of state clinton invoked the threat of chapter 7 under the u.n. charter, which ranges from economic embargos to military force. the news comes as the regime of syrian president bashar al- assad has apparently suffered its highest level defection to date. on thursday, opposition activists said syrian general tlas, a member of the al-assad inner circle, had fled to turkey, reportedly over his anger at the syrian government's killing of civilians. in other syria news, the online whistleblower wikileaks continues to release documents from the syria files, more than 2 million emails said to be from syrian political figures, ministries, an associate companies over six-year period ending earlier this year. wikileaks spokesperson sarah harrison said the files would embarrass not only the syrian government, but many of its political foes. >> more than 2 million emails from syrian political fig

for example, in libya, since the overthrow of gaddafi, the new government has chosen not to enforce some his lost that restricted religious activity. they have enshrined the free practice of religion in their interim constitution and outlawed discrimination on the basis of religion or sect. earlier this year, the libyan supreme court overturned a law that criminalized insults against islam. they have come to realize that the best way to deal with offensive speech is to counter it with speech that reveals the emptiness of the insult and the lies. egypt is grappling with these challenges as it navigates its unprecedented transition. i met with members of the new government, including president morsi. religious freedom was very present, behind closed doors and out in the streets. the president has said clearly and repeatedly in public and private that he intends to be the president of all the egyptian people. he has pledged to appoint an inclusive government and put women and christians in high leadership positions. the egyptian people and the international community are looking to him to f

after a day we were able to knock out gaddafi in debut, our ability would require much more longer and deeper investment and it would be more difficult to do without injuring civilians. it's wanted to try to use military force, and i think there are few experts to believe that is a good idea, it would be more difficult and more costly. libya is pretty clear geographically and etiologic the -- ideologically where the lines were being drawn. in syria, the opposition is more diffuse, less organized, and not as geographically identifiable. that makes it harder to provide a safe haven of corridors or even transfer weapons. there is concern about some of the opposition to be more in the direction of the fundamentalist extremists. you would be taking on a risk in providing advanced weaponry to them because they might be used for terrorism, possibly against israel or make its way to hezbollah. i do not have any easy solutions. i think what is happening is that more and more pressure is going to be placed on russia to take a more responsible action. maybe a possibility is we have a non-assad re

a variety of reasons has been able to withstand the uprising longer than say mubarak in egypt or gaddafilibya, primarily because the military security apparatus has remained loyal to the regime. and for a host of other reasons. perhaps most of all, their willingness to make that decision there was a security solution from the very beginning and it would crack down and repressed brutally the uprising over time. >> david lesch, i want to ask about how president bashar al- assad has framed the uprising against him. this is a rare german interview from broadcaster ard earlier this month. assange said most of the people being killed in the country are sympathetic to his regime. >> you cannot know about the criminals without knowing about the victims. the majority of them are government supporters. how can you be the criminal and victim at the same time? the majority of people support the government in large part of the others are innocent people who have been killed by different groups. >> he went on to explain who you holds responsible for the who massacre in may, where according to the land

are hours away from the first election in libya since the overthrow of long-time dictator muammar gaddafi. citizens will cast ballots for 200-member transitional parliament. there has been sporadic violence and call for boycott. as the death toll arises in syria, other countries are hammered by the international community. however, correspondent leland vittert shows us, the diplomatic pressure is doing it will to save the syrian people from their own government. >> god, we only have you, chanted syrian protesters after friday prayers. in hama, unarmed protesters chanted ala akbar asking for god's protection. syrian army apparently opened fire on them. about the same time, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton joined friends of syria meeting in paris looking for ways to help the rebels. >> i ask you to reach out to russia and china. and to not only urge but demand that they get off the sidelines and begin to support the legitimates a for ration of the syrian people. >> clinton when on to chastise syria's ally for using the u.n. security council veto to protect the regime from sanctions.

what they were worried about was if gaddafi had attacked benghazi, as a look like he was going to inch 2011, the international community with a felt compelled to apply sanctions to libya. and taking about 1.5 million barrels of oil off the market without constraint it and pushed up the price. it was a humanitarian concern in front, but an oil concern behind. >> and syria? >> what i have learned by studying iraq since 2003 is that a lot of the people involved in the occupation fought genuinely they were acting in the interest of iraqis. what the. it was a complete disaster. the reason they created a disaster was because their roots -- there were costly u.s. interests behind it. all of the decisions were shipped by interest, even if people talked about them and thought about them. it the interest give them a particular perspective of what they thought iraqis needed and wanted. the disaster came because of u.s. interests being involved. however, well-meaning some of the individuals were. : now, we must do something in syria. at the suggestion of a military intervention, i think would be