last night president obama issued a statement saying libya reached a tipping point calling on gadhafi to step down. >>> this morning on "the early show," full coverage from libya. rebel forces surged into the capital tripoli, in a move to capture the capital. [ male announcer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. >>> a we >>> a week-long celebration begins in washington this morning. the opening of the martin luther king memorial, sits on four acres and includes a massive statue of the civil rights leader. it is the first memorial of an african civil rights leader and someone who is not president. for many african americans, dr. king's

now, muammar al gadhafi has ruled libya for 42 years. >> reporter: gadhafi took power at the age of 27. when he led against the king. he was a fierce opponent of the west initially. and he's long been accused of repressing any opposition. in 1988, libya was blamed for the bombing of an airliner over the scottish town of lockerbie. the united nations imposed economic sanctions. in 2003, libya accepted responsible for the lockerbie bombing and said it would abandon its plan to develop weapon of mass destruction. libya's relations with the west improved in later years thanks to its oil and gas reserves. gadhafi made his first speech at the u.n. in 2009 but he was still defiant. he criticized the u.n. and threw the charter to the floor. several days after the fall of egyptian president hosni mubarak in february, there were antigovernment demonstrations in libya for the first time since gadhafi took power. the protest gained momentum from senior military officers who had defected from the government. the government deployed foreign mercenaries to crack down on protesters. >> reporter: in ma

libya. is it the end of the road for moammar gadhafi, the man in charge of libya for 42 years?in custody. the international criminal court is going to discuss his transfer to the haig. it certainly is history unfolding before our eyes in libya. we're going to take a short breek as break as we leave you with these images of the rebel advance toward the capital. under $20 crab entrees like our crab and seafood bake... or our snow crab and crab butter shrimp. my name's jon forsythe and i sea food differently. while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. ask me. if you think even the best bed can only lie there... ask me what it's like... when my tempur-pedic moves... ...talk to someone who owns an adjustable version of the most highly recommended bed in america... ask me about my tempur advanced ergo. ask me about having all the right moves. these are real tempur-advanced ergo owners! find one for yours

now, muammar al gadhafi has ruled libya for 42 years. >> reporter: gadhafi took power at the age of 27. when he led against the king. he was a fierce opponent of the west initially. and he's long been accused of repressing any opposition. in 1988, libya was blamed for the bombing of an airliner over the scottish town of lockerbie. the united nations imposed economic sanctions. in 2003, libya accepted responsible for the lockerbie bombing and said it would abandon its plan to develop weapon of mass destruction. libya's relations with the west improved in later years thanks to its oil and gas reserves. gadhafi made his first speech at the u.n. in 2009 but he was still defiant. he criticized the u.n. and threw the charter to the floor. several days after the fall of egyptian president hosni mubarak in february, there were antigovernment demonstrations in libya for the first time since gadhafi took power. the protest gained momentum from senior military officers who had defected from the government. the government deployed foreign mercenaries to crack down on protesters. >> reporter: in ma

of almost gadhafi personally on a number of occasions three business connections less than a month ago she returned from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to berlusconi in it he allegedly says he was surprised by your decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed the friendship and cooperation treaty between our two sides the treaty he's referring. he was fine just t. months before the libyan uprising the less you gaze on so why did you join our enemies without any diplomatic dialogue or investigation fellas gainey now seems teeth busy making friends while it may be to find a chat. anything that will continue i would dare to see. you for the cheese among the rebels there is now its. chances look sense. to me and tell. me. who you are actually the person to talk to. would be. very boring but yeah now it's silly along with many in the west could well find previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just the rainfall that the french at their. oath and investigative journalist that's the topless as if native fails to count it will shift its attention to

probably growing inequality and the loss of what benefits the less wealth in libya of which they certainly did have in the gadhafi era and i didn't if you could say anything conclusive about the history of libya prarie long time nature was simply you know engaged in the effort of getting rid of gadhafi by whatever means possible so-called humanitarian intervention it's very hard to see. you know what is it ten thousand sixteen thousand graves in libya can be justified as humanitarian i think it gives gives a message get nuclear weapons look like north korea then they're going to invade you. america in the you are pushing for a fresh round of sanctions against syria russia and china are both against external interference in the country's domestic affairs but have called for an end to the violence in the country meanwhile it has been reported at least twenty five protesters have been killed in the past two days over two thousand people are believed to have been killed in syria since march but as aussies marie at the notion of reports what's really going on is hot there i began to walk walk in the morning this is ho

to gay she returned from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to berlusconi days in it he allegedly says he was surprised by your decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed the friendship and cooperation treaty between our two sides the treaty he's referring to he was trying just two months before the libyan uprising the letter goes on to ask. why did you join our enemies or that any diplomatic dialogue or investigation that is skating down seems teeth in the making new friends that maybe the final chapter of. any big conflict will continue i would dare to see this in the kentucky you can talk to you. but she's among the rebels so there is no such. consensus no consensus to me to be an internal. meeting who will be actually the person to talk to. who will be. with her foreign media now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just the range. of friendship there are. well for some insight into the libya conflict and antiwar activists and journalists join

libya. they drove gadhafi into a corner. >> we asked the former japanese ambassador to libya, hirosh hiroshi shigiri about his perspective on the conflict. he said conflict will continue in the days ahead. >> translator: under gadhafi libya did not have an official head of state or parliament but now it will be like a normal country. the national council formed by anti-government forces is now united under the goal of toppling the gadhafi regime. once the main objective has been achieved there will be a certain amount of confusion because different people have different ideas. >>> time to switch gears now and look at the latest in business news with ai uchida. >> good morning to you, catherine. let's start with a story on two major automakers. toyota a ford will jointly develop new hybrid technology for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. the two auto giants announced in a news conference on monday that they have reached a basic agreement to develop a gas electric system with higher fuel efficiency. toyota has made its hybrid systems available to ford since 2004 but until now the two f

libya. where is moammar gadhafi? believes that he is still inside libya, but as the president himself pointed out, the situation is still fluid. nonetheless a white house aide says that the president's strategy over the last six months has yielded, quote, favorable results. with the toppling of libyan dictator moammar gadhafi seemingly hours or days away, president obama all but declared the u.s. nato strategy a success. >> gadhafi regime is coming to an end, and the future of libya is in the hands of its people. in just six months the 42-year reign of moammar gadhafi has unraveled. >> reporter: rebels known as the national transitional council have the full support of the u.s. government, and while the white house policy against putting boots on the ground remains unchanged, the president vowed to be a friend and partner in the peaceful process to democracy. >> we will continue to work with partners to continue safeguarding the safety of the libyan people. >> reporter: while the demise of gadhafi is being praised by

instability probably growing inequality and a loss of what benefits the less well in libya of which they certainly did have in the gadhafi era and i didn't if you could say anything conclusive about the history of libya for a long time well you were there in the u.s. and according to the pentagon the total cost of the operations there in libya nearing a billion dollars and that's of course in time since have been economic problems your reaction to what's going on there is very negative how is it being justified then by washington what are they saying to the people of america about it. oh they're saying look at that they're continuing on this business that they had to do a humanitarian intervention which you know very rapidly became a joke as it became clear that nato was simply you know engaged in the effort of getting rid of gadhafi by whatever means possible by covert intervention with commandos from the british and so forth there's been stories in england that the in the final storming of the the famous compound the guitar a special forces were involved of course qatar is the home of al jazeera which has been very ant

gadhafi. multiple times. he's going to join me live. his own experiences in libyatent with colonel gadhafi after this break. li, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run around. at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobil we know the answer is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement. most wells are over a mile and a half deep so there's a tremendous amount of protective rock between the fracking operation and the groundwater. natural gas is critical to our future. at exxonmobil we recognize the challenges and how important it is to do this right. >>> we don't know where he is right now, but most experts say libyan leader moammar gadhafi is still in libya as the uprising aga

sara firth is in rome and breaks down the game of seduction italians are hoping to win in a post gadhafi libya. kill to the hostage was and you'll strike oil whether or not that's sayings true but it comes to libya well it's going to play a pivotal role in the country's future cue we have to restructure interests. western interest to the torah. also to rebels fighting we. need. to restart selling oil it's possible it's strange that the concepts of friends with benefit. the new transitional council inviting the public face of the group that an egypt will it's really it's. these closest european allies when the native bombing campaign began back in april rima corruptly switch sides began courting the rebels. full the wall almost a third of its least daily energy needs were imported from libya an oil giant any with the largest foreign operator in the country because many here have been doing all they can to safeguard these contracts but the italy will be able to maintain these previously close business is by no means a given in the post gadhafi libya the seats are likely extremely uncertain and t

. >>> moammar gadhafi's grip on libya appears to be ending. ay they control 80% of the libyan capital today, pockets of gadhafi fighters are holding out. they still control this hotel that's home base for foreign journalists. gadhafi's whereabouts are unknown. his loyalists continue to defend his compound. rebels keep rolling with no major resistance. they pour into the street to celebrate after they have taken much of tripoli. >> we were outside the windows screaming. everyone realized no one wants him. no one wants the dictator. most of us had our homes closed because there was fear, but there's no more fear. the end, game over. >>> rebels stay three of gadhafi's sons are in custody today, including the son groomed to succeed his father. fighters grabbed another early this morning. he was on the phone at the time for a live interview with the al jazeera. you can hear him talking as rebels approach. >> translator: i'm standing outside my house. i'm being attacked right now. there's gunfire outside my house. they're inside my house. good-bye, g

a fourth is in rome and breaks down the game of seduction italians are hoping to win in a post gadhafi libya. kill to the hostage was and you'll strike oil whether or not that's things true when it comes to libya well it's going to play a pivotal role in the countries here we have to be restruck and meet. the press or interest to check the torah. but also rebel to i mean we. may be interested to restart something or less responsible the stranger to the concept of friends with benefits. being quick to k.z. up to the new transitional council inviting the public face of the group but brill it's really it's. was conducting his closest european allies when the nato a bombing campaign began back in april properly switch sides began courting the rebels. the full the wall almost a third of its least daily energy needs were imported from libya an oil giant any was the largest port operator in the country because many here have been doing all they can to safeguard these contracts but the italy will be able to maintain its previously close business ties it's by no means a given in a post gadhafi libya

is this the end for gadhafi as you see it. if so, what does libyahen gadhafi falls? >> it's unquestionably the end for dpad fi. he may -- whatever happens to him personally, whether he stays in tripoli, whether he escapes or tried, the regime has lost control. the regime lost a monopoly of force. large parts of the country were already under rebel control. now you confront, you're right the big question of what a post gadhafi libya looks like. my guess is that what we're going to see is something somewhat similar to what we saw in iraq in the sense that we will be surprised at how little there is in this country and this oil-rich country. i remember when i went to iraq, the thing that struck you most was this was one of the richest petroleum rich countries in the world and it looked like bang le desh. very poor country. it has the similar characteristics. limited civil society, very limited infrastructure, very limited sense of a kind of national state that has provided for its people. very strong tribes. obviously the historical divide between the

we have a look at that. >> as a 27-year-old army officer, moammar gadhafi overthrew libya's king in 1969. and then set about wiping all foreign influence from the country. including all vestiges of communism or capitalism. publishing his personal philosophy in a three-volume green book. gadhafi always said his goal was to change the world, but it was the way he set out to do it that amused, confused and often, infuriated. gadhafi said he wanted to unite the arab world and even proclaimed a merger with libya, egypt and syria in 1972. that merger plan fell apart. a later merger attempt with tunisia desent greated into animosity. maintaining a colorful profile wherever he went he made a point of emphasizing his roots, sleeping in tents, protected by an eye-catching female security detail. his speeches were legendary, for both length and bombbast. >> this was typical. >> translator: we're not taught to obey the rules because it is the undemocratic and -- >> reporter: what was supposed to be a 15-minute talk -- rambled on more than 90 minutes. >> given by the security council. >> reporter: bu

libya. let's play it. >>> well, this much is clear, the gadhafi regime is coming to an end. d the future of libya is in the hands of its people. in just six months, the 42-year reign of moammar gadhafi has unraveled. earlier this year, we were inspired by the peaceful protests that broke out against libya, and the basic and the joyful longing for human freedom echoed the voices that we had heard all across the region from tunis to cairo. in the face of these protests, the gadhafi regime responded with brutal crackdowns. civilians were murdered in the streets, and the campaign of violence was launched against the libyan people, and gadhafi threatened to hunt peaceful protesters down like rats. as the forces advanced across the country, there existed the potential for wholesale massacres of innocent civilians. in the face of this aggression, the international community took action and the united states helped to shape a u.n. security council resolution that mandated the protection of the libyan civilians and unprecedented coalition was formed that included the united states, ou

libya. they drove gadhafi into a corner. >>> meanwhile, symbol of libya's political change could be seen here in tokyo. the libyan embassy in tokyo is flying a new national flag. the embassy replaced a solid green banner used by moammar gadhafi's government with the tricolor flag used before gadhafi took power. the flag is used by the national transitional council of opposition forces. an embassy official told nhk that flag was replaced on monday morning because a change in government had taken place. >>> russian border guards have detained a japanese man off one of the four russian-held islands claimed by japan. the japanese government is demanding his immediate release. japanese officials were informed of the incident on monday. they say the man was in a small boat when it was seized off kunashiri on sunday night. russian authorities said the man was held because he didn't have the proper documents to land on the island. japan's government has made an official protest. >> translator: we have called on russia to ensure the man's safety and to release him as soon as possible. it's regrettable

what could be the last day of moammar gadhafi's 42-year reign in libya. the verge of total collapse right now as rebels roll into tripoli. thousands of rebels from the capital city are firing weapons into the air and saying gadhafi, wherever he is hiding, gadhafi is through. >> no one knows where gadhafi is. sarah sidener went in with the rebels and witnessed very scary moments. she has the latest. >> reporter: just heard a loud blast that sounds perhaps as artillery fire. we have to leave this area, about half a mile from green square, which the rebels are now trying to call martyr square, to return it to a name that they prefer, pulling back all the rebels in this area, a few moments ago have pulled back. they are getting together to coordinate some sort of action. we don't know exactly what that action is. we saw them streaming through here, just literally about five, six seconds ago. the last remaining gunner truck that is here behind us is just about to leave the area. and we also are being told to leave the area, because they're going back to do some

now libya's moammar gadhafi is wanted dead or alive there's a one point six million dollars bounty out on his head he's at large even though he pledged overnight in an address to the nation that he will fight until victory or martyrdom meanwhile though the rebels have seized the colonel's compound rebel leaders are reportedly moving their headquarters to tripoli now and the question becomes what will the government look like in a post gadhafi libya and of course who are the rebel leaders that will come to power now the national transitional council though they haven't been elected they claim to be the only legitimate government and a draft constitutional charter purportedly from them has appeared online take a look at this part of it libya is an independent democratic state when the people . well our the source of the authorities islam is the religion of the state and the principal source of legislation is islamic jurisprudence otherwise known as shari'ah so it's based on sharia law so is this the kind of democracy that president obama had in mind when he said that he was justified in

gadhafi? that is the big question right now. this man who has ruled libya for 42 years. s an audio message from gadhafi earlier on state tv. he vowed to fight until the last drop of blood. there are numerous news reports out of libya that some of gadhafi's security forces have resigned. we have another resident in libya on the phone. i understand that you are really only about 15, 17 kilometers to the west of tripoli. what have you seen over the last few hours? >> i just came back home from outside. i was cruising around in the area closest to tripoli and everything is fine. people are happy. they said that have never seen this happy before. and now revolutionariies along with residents are doing checkpoints to make sure things are safe. gadhafi had thrown a lot of weapons in the streets in the past six months. and now it's an effort to keep the residents safe and their belongings so they are doing that while everyone is celebr e celebrating and everyone is on the streets and they are raising the flag and they are happy. everything is fine. >> people where you are on the

as the battle rages in tripoli, forces are preparing for post-gadhafi libya.ber of the family who has been in close touch with the rebels. joins me exclusively now. prince, thank you very much for joining me. i spoke to your brother yesterday. obviously a very jubilant time for you, for your family, and indeed for libya. what is your reaction to what you're seeing? >> hello, piers. nice for you having me again on your show. i'm proud of the people of libya fighting to bring back democracy and establish freedom in libya. of course, this is great times for the people of libya, especially for our family, and the legacy that we have seen in libya. i would love very much to join the libyan people. i would like to take the advantage to tell them with the finish of ramadan, now is the time to put all our rivalries aside and be united under one flag, under one constitution and build the institutions again, the civil society. >> you and your family were kicked out of libya in the late '60s, and you've had to watch colonel gadhafi run his reign of terror ever since. now

elsewhere in libya, zawiya, two of moammar gadhafi's sons earlier reported as captured by libya's rebels are now actually free. among the two is saif ellis lamb gadhafi. he showed up in one of the city's pro-gadhafi strongholds. >> the events is the arab awakening or arab spring although it's moving to summer. summer is almost over. mass demonstrations have taken place in tunisia, egypt, yemen, bahrain and other, in iran. if gadhafi is toppled, what effect could that have on the reskron? >> we're joined by john in cnn. within libya, there are divisions, different tribes, different groupings. this is a movement that started in the east. how easy will it be to reunite the country? >> in fact, people are talking about the fall of moammar gadhafi, charles. then the smooth transition. we know that the council has its roots in -- is trying to unify the country. it's important to take a step back and say it's an umbrella organization. at different stages of this process over the next three to four months, we'll see different members of different tribes, look, i played this role in the up rising

and i always hoped that i will see libya without a gadhafi. and that's what i saw.hen i saw the compound, that's it. i said, the symbol of power, the symbol of gadhafi is gone. and it became history. that's what i've seen. >> wonderful moment for you, and for libyan people. thank you very much for joining me. >>> when we come back, sara sidner on what it's like to report in the middle of libya's chaos. about fast. i purchased 3 homes with quicken loans. i wouldn't use anyone else. there were no hidden fees and no surprises. quicken loans is a lot like me -- we're both engineered to amaze. [ gunfire ] >>> sara sidner's extraordinary report on the show last night. she's been in the thick of the battles in tripoli. she joins me now. sara, great to see you again. on the show last night, pretty frantic scenes. you expressed a concern at one stage about what your family might be thinking. have you had a chance to talk to your mother yet? >> yes, i did. thanks for asking, piers. i did give her a call, because we're having difficult times trying to communicate, even with cn

in 1986, the bombing of a nightclub allegedly ordered by gadhafi killed two marines and triggered a deadly response, air raids on libya including gadhafi's own compound. president ronald reagan has had enough. >> well, we know that this mad dog of the middle east has a goal of a world revolution, but there's no question but that he has singled us out more and more for attack. >> reporter: the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie scotland killed almost 300. gadhafi denied involvement for years but finally accepted responsibility and he paid out billions of dollars in compensation. tom ammerman died in the crash, today's news a huge relief for his brother bert. >> i never thought i would live to see the day that this killer, this coward, would be removed from power. >> reporter: just a few years ago, gadhafi was being embraced by western leaders, the alleged terrorist has abandoned his weapons of mass destruction. but the thaw ended when the arab spring spread through libya. gadhafi's response? more brutal repression. jim maceda, nbc news, london. >>> now we turn to a developing story in this country with mi

libya. just recently saying that well this isn't the end yet and the end will be only when gadhafi himself is captured so in libya they're exercising caution because this is of course a very potentially precarious state this is a post dictatorship limbo and we've been here of course before with iraq when mistakes were made and like iran libya sits on a great deal of oil wealth so that really complicates the issue considerably unlike iraq however there is this foundation for a new government already in place that is recognized around you they already have a diplomatic mission here in london but already the british press is quite skeptical of their ability to govern democratically saying that there are there is potential for infighting with a lot of different interests there and britain already the government here has is keen to avoid another iraq they know it could go either way they want to avoid this drawn out insurgency. of called the national transitional council to avoid reprisals and revenge attacks and already britain is leading a international corporation there providing training and e

on the other side of the world, libya, rebels stormed gadhafi's compound. the question remains, who will rule the new libya? and my exclusive interview with the attorneys of dominique strauss-khan. they talk about my client and his family. and how he felt about what they call a nightmare. i start with wolf blitzer, covering the earthquake and the breaking news in libya. wolf. >> today's magnitude 5.8 quake hit about 88 miles southwest of washington, near the town of mineral, virginia. the second most powerful in virginia's history. i was here in washington, d.c. when the tremors struck this afternoon. the building started shaking a bit. most of the federal government closed immediately, they closed many of the monuments right here in the nation's capital. we were evacuated from our building here in washington near capitol hill. other areas felt the quake as well. if you go beyond washington, it was felt as far north as bath, maine, and as far south as the carolinas. in new york city, there were evacuations as well. very seriously, a power plant in virginia,

almost seven months now we know that the rebels are united in this effort to bring gadhafi down, to then take over libya and try to resurrect it after 42 years of gadhafi rule. but what is the united states's probably worst fear in all of this? i know we got into this saying your enemy's enemy is my friend. what do we do now when it comes to trusting how the rebels are going to proceed if they do continue with their push, their advance, and really stamp out gadhafi for good? >> well, the worst fear is chaos, as anywhere, chaos that allows some more extremist elements, al qaeda and so on, to take root and find a new place from which to attack the west. i think the chances of that happening are really quite small. so far the rebels have done almost efg right. they have a transitional council. it may not be the most effective one in the world, but it's held together. they have taken all these different towns on their way to tripoli, and in each of those towns we've noticed there hasn't been looting, there hasn't been sort of widespread killing of pro-gadhafi forces. so they've restrained themselves. and it

the fog of war in libya rebels claim they surrounded one a gadhafi near his compound in tripoli police spokesman insists the colonel is still fighting on the front line. and super star striker samuel eto is arrived in russia to join the north caucasus club and jim has come up with the cameron has agreed a reported salary of ten million euros per season and will become easily the highest paid player in russia. and western states call for tougher sanctions against the syrian regime but journalists there say that amateur footage used as evidence of the government crackdown is hard to verify. probably got with more developments there in libya and other news for you in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime syria is not the only country caught up in the web of media misinformation conflicting reports of coming from libya as to what's actually going on there and next we hear from a member of a western fact finding mission recently returned that in a special interview next. it's been described as the file chapter think gadhafi that was the end to the war in libya seems so near the

muammar gadhafi commissioned that statue after the u.s. bombed libya in 19786. t clutching a fighter jet. now we see looters and civilians climbing all over it. and we saw people stomping on a golden likewise of gadhafi's head. before we let you go, we have a couple of minutes left, it bears repeating this seems to be a decisive takeover of the gadhafi compound at this hour the biggest question remains that is what of muammar gadhafi. your final thoughts, richard? >> reporter: the biggest question people have here is not necessarily where is gadhafi, is do they now have full control of tripoli and the people here believe that they do. gadhafi has become a fugitive in this country. he's no longer considered president. he's been pushed out of his capital. he's been pushed out of his fortified compound. they all -- there is a manhunt across this country. libyans want to find him. they want to kill him. they want to put him on trial. now they no longer believe that he's still in power. >> all right. nbc's richard i think el one of the first to report live from inside

connections less than a month the gay she returned from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to palace gaining in it he allegedly says he was surprised by your decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed the friendship and cooperation treaty between our two sides the cittie he's referring to he was talking just two months before the libyan uprising the letter goes on to ask why did you join our enemies or that any diplomatic dialogue or investigation berlusconi now seems t.v.'s the making the friends it was that maybe the final chapter the death the many fear the conflict will continue i would dare to see this done if you talk to him for what she is among the rebels there is no such. consensus no consensus call for me to be an internal. meeting. you are actually the person to talk to. be. with her foreign media now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just as fickle of the rainfall as the friendship is there for. for now more analysis on the latest developments in libya from autho

connections less than a month ago she returned from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to berlusconi in it he allegedly says he was surprised by your decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed the friendship and cooperation treaty between our two sides the treaty he's referring to he was signed just two months before the libyan uprising the letter goes on to ask why did you join our enemies without any diplomatic dialogue or investigation berlusconi now seems to be making the friends of the waltz that may be the final chapter the death the many fear the conflict will continue. i would dare to say that the end of gadhafi opens up a new phase of the war which is among the rebels. there is no consensus both in italy and in general in the up and coming meeting on who will be the person. who will be the future reference points in the new libya i'm afraid this is because even the rebels themselves don't know and this is probably the biggest question mark of the transition. now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucr

there reporting in london well for more now on the future of post gadhafi libya and what the future holds for the conflict torn nation i'm joined by oliver miles he's a former u.k. to libya he's joining us live there in oxford thanks very much indeed for being with us now of course we all know that gadhafi has ruled with for more than four decades tolerating no opposition or dissent now the transitional council obviously wants to reform the way the country is run but doesn't really have the experience to do that. no he doesn't to be blunt nobody in libya has any experience of political or civil society because gadhafi ruthlessly raised all activities from the mario's it was called. but as against that i think that it's interesting you know if you think about the people who are in the transitional national council they've been running a large part of libya now for several months and they've been doing so quite successfully the been one very serious blot on the record which is the killing of the military general abdul fatah which is still explained but with that exception able to provide a

the eve person that gadhafi yourself with a number of occasions what you think post war and post gadhafi libya is going to look like your and if all television stations are showing people fighting and demonstrating against gadhafi i personally saw many people demonstrating for khadafy i don't know why so many journalists are not sharing this because they're manipulating the situation and the independent media show these videos on the internet because there is more freedom from what we saw personally when we were in libya and from the documents we got we saw the rebels as disorganized groups others other fizzles the people that the rebels coming to power will prefer a continuation of the volatile situation a bit queer i believe that the rebels will not be able to do a good job after gadhafi among them there are many groups islamists tunisian people i don't know why they are there al-qaeda rebels from libya the just you wanted to change but there is too much disorganization to make a good job by the people we interviewed were very afraid to imagine that the rebels could take power because they t

the fog of war in libya rebels claim they've surrounded moammar gadhafi may his compound in tripoli the spokesman insists the colonel is still fighting on the front line. and super star struck a similar tone as a ride to russia to join north caucasus club angie. the cameroonian has agreed a reported salary of ten million euros per season and will become easily the highest paid player in russia. a big bag also western states call for tougher sanctions against the syrian regime but journalists on the ground say much of which is used as evidence of a government crackdown is hard to verify. or update for less than fifteen minutes from now but in the meantime syria's not the only country called help in the web of media misinformation conflicting reports have been coming from libya as to what's actually going on there and next hour she hears from a member of a western fact finding mission who recently returned that's in our special interview next on r.t. stay with us for. it's been described as the file chapter think it's our fate that was the end to the war in libya seems so the realization

libya's most wanted man used to be its most sought after but as rebels toppled tripoli the tides are turning against moammar gadhafi and k. street is paving the way for libya to go from the rebels to richard. the you tube it's not credible an eye witness account is not credible to come on this round and shout help they're killing us next door. these are not credible ways to assess the situation plus the eyes have it in the age of camera phones there's nothing to hide except maybe the truth so are the graphic images coming out of syria are authentic or does the camera lie. this is obama is getting some serious are in are on vacation this week but also a lot of bad he are so we'll her top shelf martinis be a recipe for disaster for her husband's reelection campaign. plus sealed with a hershey's kiss guest workers for a famous chocolate factory say they're not having the sweet time they were promised in fact it is downright bitter. evening it's thursday august twenty fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching r.t. . starting tonight with libya where there is still no sign of the libyan dictato

levy in people yet the council is being recognized as the legitimate government of libya by all allies in helping oust gadhafi many libyans are outraged by the fact that foreign powers are effectively making vital choices for them there is too much wealth and geopolitical strategic value to libya to look at only become reform democratic rights and universal participation by the citizenry. western powers need to implement a western economic and military agenda and therefore the people who will eventually command the political situation in libya and the military situation in libya will indeed be supported and buttressed by western powers western power. thrown all their support behind the league in national transitional council giving them billions of dollars and weapons to gain control but the rebels are far from being a united group what is going to face after that is a period of prolonged chaos and nobody knows the outcome this is as i said in the beginning this is try again strive this is not democracy against the revolutions in egypt and libya have developed under different scenarios in egypt it was an on a

they've all met gadhafi personally on a number of occasions three business connections less than a month ago she returned from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to berlusconi. in it he allegedly says he was surprised by a decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed a friendship and cooperation treaty between the two sides the cittie he's referring to he was talking just two months before the libyan uprising the less we gaze on to ask why did you join our enemies without any to mattick dialogue or investigation fellas gainey now seems to be making the friends the waltz that may be the final chat to take death a many things the conflicts will continue i would dare to see them tell you if you talk to you for the cheese among the rebels there is no such. sense is no consensus helping you to be an internal. meeting whom you actually have a person to talk to. who will be. preparing foreign media now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just as fickle as the rain full of friendships surf city. or

libya may be leaning towards syria. and the rebels might have taken control of gadhafi compound but they're not out of the woods yet after all of the dust settles in libya there's only one person left on everyone's mind now what. america is the greatest country in the world but it didn't get that we're going to. focus like a true politician he's also a walking talking contradiction and anti immigration cuban american i mean i will tell you how marco rubio might just be the next neo-con in chief. good evening it's wednesday august twenty fourth it's eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching our t.v. well by now you probably know that libya's moammar gadhafi is wanted dead or alive there is a one point six million dollars bounty out on his head is that large though he pledged overnight in an address to the nation he will fight until victory or martyrdom meanwhile though the rebels seized control of the colonel's compound the rebel leaders are reportedly moving their headquarters to tripoli so the question now becomes what will the government look like in a post gadhafi libya and of course just

it will make gadhafi personally on a number of occasions three business connections less than a month ago a sure turn from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to berlusconi in it he allegedly. he says he was surprised by a decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed a friendship and cooperation treaty between our two sides the cittie he's referring to he was signed just two months before the libyan uprising the less you gaze on to ask why did you join our enemies or that any diplomatic dialogue or investigation berlusconi now seems t.v.'s the making the friends it was that maybe the final chapter that. many feared the conflict will continue i would dare to see this in the dark if you saw euphemism for the cheese among the rebels there is no. consensus. no consensus to me to be an internal. meeting whom you actually personally talk to. be. with her or maybe now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just as they killed the rainfall the friendship there for. when i can talk to mark almond his

gadhafi personally on a number of occasions three business connections less than a month the gay sure turned from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to berlusconi in it he allegedly says he was surprised by your decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed the friendship and cooperation treaty between our two sides the treaty he's referring to he was trying just two months before the libyan uprising the letter goes on to ask why did you join our enemies without any diplomatic dialogue or investigation berlusconi now seems t.v. is he making me friends but was that maybe the final chapter that deathy many fear the conflict will continue i would dare to say this stuff if you talk. which is among the rebels there is no such. thing. broken sense. to me and general who actually personally talked. with her point. now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just as they were in full the french there. and remember you can get the latest news on the situation in libya as well as blogs and ana

talking to me a little earlier from washington well more now on the future of post gadhafi libya and what the future holds for the conflict torn nation i'm joined by former bush administration official michael o'brien he's live in our studio in washington d.c. mr brown thank you very much indeed for being with us so now we have a temporary government with no experience of democracy a little knowledge of how to run a country almost no cash can stability really be built on such a fragile foundation. well we'll have to wait and see obviously kind of goes without saying but the fact of the matter is you know be careful what you ask for you might get it then again you may not the example of egypt that was just given they're not really they're a they didn't get what they were fighting for that may happen in libya as well. it seems that. the west is very there's a there's a bond between the libyan rebels and the western countries there's a lot of input. now what will have to do are a lot of you know a lot of interplay i should say but now we'll have to wait and see. the rebels who are still

connections less than a month ago a sure turn from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to berlusconi to in it he allegedly says he was surprised by your decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed the friendship and cooperation treaty between the two sides the treaty he's referring to he was talking just two months before the libyan uprising the letter gaze on to ask why did you join our enemies without any to mattick dialogue or investigation ballasts caney now seems t.v. is the making the friends the waltz that may be the final shot to the death a many things the conflict will continue i would dare to say don't think if you talk to friends or before but she's among the rebels there is no such. circumstances no consensus call for me to be an internal coup no actual person to talk to. be. with her foreign media now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just as fickle as the rainfall the friendships surf city. and coming up on r t were on a store watch the city that never slee

gadhafi. that's kim jung ilwho bears enormous comparison to this man. secretary rice did go to libya07. as you remember the bush administration had bet that gadhafi changed his spots that he had become the reform and altered man. he turned in his weapons of mass destruction. he was visited by secretary rice and he was a very odd man with odd fixations. >> we reached out to former secretary rice to ask for for a comment and she said she will reserve comment until the release of her book-november 1st where she will talk about her meeting muammar gadhafi. it's clear he had an obsession and fascination with her. a good example is a statement he made regarding her. we can put it up and show you a graphic. he said i support my darling black african woman. i admire and am proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the arab leaders. loi love her and i am proud of her because she's a black woman of african origin. does this sound like an obsession to you? >> i think so, but remember one thing. we are talking about a very, very odd man. he always fancied hills at one point as somethin