khadafy was cut off from arms and cash.rom benghazi, to misurata and western mountains, the libyan opposition confronted the regime over the last several days, the situation in libya has reached a tipping point. the opposition increased coordination from east to west, took town after town and the people of tripoli rose up to claim their freedom. over four decades, libyan people have lived under the rule of a tyrant who denied them their most basic human rights. now, the celebration that we've seen in the streets of libya shows that the pursuit of human dignity is far stronger than any dictator. i want to emphasize this is not over yet. as the regime collapses there is still fighting in some areas and regime elements threatening to continue fighting but it's clear that khadafy's rule is over. he still has the opportunity to reduce further bloodshed by relinquishing power to the people of libya and calling for those forces to continue to fight and lay down their arms. as we move forward from this pivotal phase, the opposition

at this point there is no sign of khadafy or his family. rebel forces are in control of most of the capital but nato warns that the situation remains dangerous and alliance will continue bombing in khadafy forces keep fighting. did he fiet spite claims of his capture, his son showed up on streets of tripoli last night. he says his father and other family were members were safe in tripoli and they are going to be victorious. >> the people are with us. look at them. look at them, on the streets and everywhere. >> another khadafy son mohammad khouy was romantic captured over the weekend. libyan ambassador to the united states says he is escaped. >> they are giving us a look at how intense the celebration is outside khadafy compound in tripoli. you see the hair the gun fire in the background. >> these are supposed to be protected walls. it gives you the sense of the power of the khadafy regime. this is the nicest part of the city. you are seeing these large. [ gun shots ] >> let's go back. let's pull back. i'm getting hit by some of the shells.

at this point there is no sign of khadafy or his family. rebel forces are in control of most of the capital but nato warns that the situation remains dangerous and alliance will continue bombing in khadafy forces keep fighting. did he fiet spite claims of his capture, his son showed up on streets of tripoli last night. he says his father and other family were members were safe in tripoli and they are going to be victorious. >> the people are with us. look at them. look at them, on the streets and everywhere. >> another khadafy son mohammad khouy was romantic captured over the weekend. libyan ambassador to the united states says he is escaped. >> they are giving us a look at how intense the celebration is outside khadafy compound in tripoli. you see the hair the gun fire in the background. >> these are supposed to be protected walls. it gives you the sense of the power of the khadafy regime. this is the nicest part of the city. you are seeing these large. [ gun shots ] >> let's go back. let's pull back. i'm getting hit by some of the shells.

khadafy still claims to be in control. >> dictator delivered a series of angry audio messages. he dismissed the rebels and urged the libyan people to fight on. i am with you in tripoli. don't allow them to put a foot on our land. i am with you as i always promised you. we will never surrender. >> in benghazi supporters of opposition forces celebrated in a fight that had been deadlocked for months. president obama issued a statement, tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant he said. the future of libya is now in the hands of the libyan people. >> amidst the celebrations in libya, it's unclear where moammar khadafy is and what his next move will be. >>> word this morning that new york prosecutors will likely drop the sexual assault case against the former head of international monetary fund. they will meet with the hotel maid that accused dominique strauss-kahn of raping her. they dropped the case with doubts of her credibility and lack of evidence. he has denied the allegations allegations. a hearing is set for tomorrow. >> a new study reveals the serious toll window falls

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they also captured three of khadafy's son. there were celebrations in front of the white house in washington, d.c. this morning. obama administration have recognized the rebels in the country as the government. >> reporter: six months after the libyan revolution begin, it looks like moammar khadafy's reign is close to an end. he is under siege in the capital city of tripoli where rebels are preparing for a final showdown. some neighborhoods are reportedly in rebel hands and rebel forces have taken over government buildings. the supporters are celebrating in the square, symbolic part of khadafy veem and unimaginable sight just a week ago. the destruction in the capital is evident and one of his sons was arrested but he still claims to be in control. dictator delivered a series of angry audio messages. he dismissed the rebels and urged people to fight on. i am with you in tripoli. don't allow the occupiers to put a foot in our land. i am with you in this battle as i always promised you. we will never surrender. in the rebel stro

khadafy is safe and his morale is high. this file video of khadafy. he called on libyans to destroy the rebels. in a statement and brief audiotape that aired that appeal came as intense fighting has erupted in the capital city. this video inside the compound in tripoli, you can see it has been covered in graffiti it was ransacked and they are offering a nearly $2 million reward for his capture. the u.s. military says they are not hunt be for khadafy. meantime, thousand rebels have surrounded buildings next to the compound. >> still ahead, expanding the english lands. newest words in the dictionary. >> beautiful place mai looks >>> a school in pacifica is trying a new way to learn environmental lessons. amy hollyfield joins us from the sunset ridge school to explain. you are outside. >> reporter: cheryl, they have a beautiful new deck on the playground. they can sit here and stare out at the ocean and watch the whales that play out in front of them or walk over here to the deck. however, you see the problem in pacifica sometimes it's a foggy day. they

they managed to completely overcome the major base that the khadafy forces had, brigade run by khadafy's second son. they completely swarmed the base. what they do is scooped up thousands of ammunition from their arsenal, rebels running around with heavy weaponry and they sped straight off for the capital. khadafy responded immediately with an angry audio message on a telephone line, calling on few supporters he had to did he send on the capital and to defend it. he called people within the city to defend the city. he has been losing supporters, one by one this past week. it now appears that rebels have now come out and taken on have on the troops. this appears to be, indeed, the final push against khadafy. he appears to be desperate in the address he gave on stated media. we understand that at this very moment they are well within the ten-mile mark of the city. that is very close. they indicated that khadafy is still within the city and no doubt they will be trying to find out where specifically he is and whether they can actually talk to him and take him and bring about the end of the

they say they don't know where khadafy is right now but will bring him to justice. they will continue air patrols until all of khadafy forces have surrendered. >> reporter: six months after the libyan revolution begin, it looks like moammar khadafy reign is close to an end. the libyan dictators is under siege in the capital city of tripoli where rebels are preparing for a final showdown. some neighborhoods are reportedly in rebels' hands and they have taken over government buildings. their supporters are pre-celebrating in the square, a symbolic part of the regime. an unimaginable sight even a week ago. late sunday night, his most powerful son was arrested. khadafy still claims to be in control. dictators delivered a series of angry audio messages. he dismissed the rebels and urged the libyan people to fight on. i am with you in tripoli, he said. i am with you in this battle as i always promised you. we will never surrender. >> in the rebel stronghold of benghazi supporters celebrated in a fight that has been deadlocked for months. president obama issued a statement

khadafy is safe and his morale is high. this file video of khadafy. he called on libyans to destroy the rebels. in a statement and brief audiotape that aired that appeal came as intense fighting has erupted in the capital city. this video inside the compound in tripoli, you can see it has been covered in graffiti it was ransacked and they are offering a nearly $2 million reward for his capture. the u.s. military says they are not hunt be for khadafy. meantime, thousand rebels have surrounded buildings next to the compound. >> still ahead, expanding the english lands. newest words in the dictionary. >> beautiful place mai looks like a nice spot for sightseeing. it's actually a >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a school in pacifica is trying a new way to learn environmental lessons. amy hollyfield joins us from the sunset ridge school to explain. you are outside. >> reporter: cheryl, they have a beautiful new deck on the playground. they can sit here and stare out at the ocean and watch the whales that play out in front of t

khadafi still remains the goal number one for the rebels and since the beginning of the commission here live in capital tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been hearing numerous statements by the leaders all the rebels of a new khadafi some. first as you remember they've announced that they've captured safely slanted of his son and then it turns out that he actually hasn't been captured then we've been receiving information that the rebels know he's here in tripoli and the ravens had blood they've corners khadafi and that's been in headlines. many international news channels for quite a while but it actually didn't end with any concrete detail and can create a success as well we are receiving reports that the rebels have flooded the streets of tripoli trying to hunt down khadafy what we saw while driving from the tunisian libyan border to the capital tripoli differs a lot from what we used to see here in june and july when the western part of the country had been controlled by kentucky's forces. flags. waving everywhere and all the buildings all the walls covered with

we are receiving reports that the rebels have flooded the streets of tripoli trying to hang down khadafy in one of his district in the south of the city. known as abu slim. has always been a stronghold of his supporters but actually we we this information has been confirmed and we still have no sign of khadafi actually. apparently and definitely this battle is far from over. as you're saying we've got a lot of information and misinformation coming to us from both sides of the copper here but no it's your second time in libya since the conflict broke out six months ago what kind of libya is it compared to when you first visit. rory what we saw while driving from the tunisian libyan border to the capital tripoli differs a lot from what we used to see here in june and july when the western part of the country had been controlled by khadafi forces new leaders flags. waving everywhere and all the buildings all the walls covered with profit is saying in arabic english and french the welcome to new libya welcome to freely it's also everywhere in ticket office. and so it's complete it's just abs

officials say pro-khadafy forces are losing strength. meantime, khouy's son turned up free despite rebel claims he had been captured. here is the latest. >> reporter: jubilation in tripoli has turned to fear and uncertainty after a blistering week of assault, rebel forces are in control of most of libyan capital. it's clear kha khadafy's grip on power is close to an end but where is the libyan dictator? that is still unclear. u.s. officials believe he is still in the country potentially hiding in tripoli. earlier this year in an interview with christiane ammanpour, khadafy scoffed at the notion he would leave. >> they are asking you to leave your position of power. would you do that. [ laughter ] >> who would leave his homeland? >> rebel forces claim to have captured his son. early today, he reappeared in tripoli, defiant and greeted as a hero. >> this is our country. these are our people. we live here and we die here. >> fierce fighting still wages in parts of tripoli as khouy loyalists make one final stand. yesterday, president obama w

large number of their fighters are being killed there are reports that the rebels are closing in on khadafi compound but the whereabouts of the cone or unknown some rumors suggest that could our feet maybe in talks with south africa about a possible escape route despite denials from both sides and nato insists it will continue combat air patrols until all government forces surrender following a night of chaos in the capital crowds have you seen in tripoli central square waving a revolutionary flags journalist mahdi who is in the hotel in tripoli where the foreign press had been obliged to stage or in the conflict is afraid for his safety and says he's been threatened. the situation's gone more tense more members of the previous hotel staff and security. the media group that was responsible for us have returned with guns obviously because they were fighting these are volunteers and our soldiers they returned with news from the fighting and that picture they have given us is not a picture of loss and they were very confident and i believe i'm sorry to say i couldn't go further one of them wor

is still airing pro khadafi programs rumors are circulating that could have feet maybe in talks with south africa about a possible escape despite denials from both sides following a night of chaos in the capital crowds were seen in the city's central square with people waving revolutionary flags dr franklin lamb the director for of americans for middle east peace who was wounded by a sniper on sunday says could i feel maybe preparing a massive counterattack. and i rode around for ninety minutes green you know the streets of tripoli would require as they are in the new right now. coming back by you know who by what by those who were shot in my right. but i don't know if you can see this month you can't rush years of the war you know a doctor apparently wrong we are abandoned mariya now we're huge and i didn't notice that. yet but i'm parked by her oh one more i want you to remember to cross from the government here on the group riders and then by. hotel just who wanted to go right by the bible ma hotel by going to see near the marriott going to account called powers of five buildings

some reports also suggest that opposition fighters have been looting private houses another of the khadafi sons meantime is in the rebel custody opposition leaders say a large number of their fighters have been killed there are reports that the rebels are closing in on khadafi compound but the whereabouts of the colonel remain unknown some rumors suggest that could f.e.m.a. be in talks with south africa about a possible escape route despite denials from both sides and nato insists it will continue combat air patrols until all government forces servant following a night of chaos in the capital crowds have been seen in tripoli's central square waving revolutionary flags. right over now we're joined live with journalist a muddy who was in the hotel in tripoli where the foreign press have been obliged to stay during all of this hello to us so what is the situation in the hotel where you are now when we last spoke to you and heard random gunfire outside you'd also mentioned that one of the two could not be loyalists had to come inside the hotel for medical treatment or what what's the what's th

have been brought in like mr khalid for his daughter who left the khadafi regime in the eighty's and moved to. virginia near langley virginia to get tutored for a return to libya on a projected period like we're now we have another chief man in a transitional government who got his ph d. from paris which is fine but has been tutored in french imperial or geopolitical designs so yes there is going to be a big big rift in this transitional coalition if you will that will we will we therefore see nato continue. its military mission is due to expire in september what are your thoughts about the nato occupation farther on or its involvement i should say. my thoughts are listening to general rasmussen the commanding general of nato is just riding cowboy also on this invasion because he finally thinks he has a winner after losing in afghanistan and iraq he thinks nato can get into war and war contractor business quite well by continuing in libya and he shall dictate western global management decisions france and germany and the u.k. as the military arm he is so police there. he has no desig

reporting their france germany and italy are dan calling on khadafi to officially step down in the face of the rebel storming of tripoli there are fears of more bloodshed and rumors france may use its military forces to try to capture the leading leader argues daniel bushell is in paris with the latest . well how and now the other major european. leaders from the cultural holiday to cheer the national security council over to promote the new it. is the same for the pool. and the promise of a hole through the libyan people. from head over to the ministry. of germany a little so. quickly you know the. truth. here. in the capital of street to street world war one. million lives their little has already. been told one point of living between them so. there's no correspondent daniel bushell bring us reactions from paris there well the speculation rising and what's ahead for rebels when we are interested in your opinion on the matter and again express it at r.t. dot com. well so far as you can see the most of the year is thankfully be able to turn it into another oil rich colony for nato memb

members of the european union have once again called on khadafi to relinquish power but euphoria over the ongoing assault on tripoli is fading replaced by concern that the new government may not have the authority needed to bring and maintain peace artie's ivory bennett is following the reaction from london. the prime minister david cameron is very confident that this is the beginning of the end he said he is on his way out he's recently just been on the phone to the leader of the national transitional council mustapha. stressing the need for a smooth peaceful and as quick as possible transition to this new democratic leadership at the same time as all of that he did say that nato forces mandate for being in the country expires in just one month it will stay there for as long as it takes so quite an open ended response to that question if there is some uncertainty tempering the jubilation around the rebels presence in tripoli the other uncertainty is over the question of the frozen assets britain has said it's prepared to release them for the building a new infrastructure in the count

which he's thought actually to be khadafi is. last stronghold and they is now saying that they're just waiting for nato to help them clear the path towards islamist down they will advance toward says. no it is interesting to see how these talks with gadhafi as representatives and the rebels could possibly play out but as you mentioned there's been six months of a civil war plus intense fighting in tripoli itself as for the dire humanitarian situation in the libyan capital how are citizens coping there now. while the situation on the ground in the libyan capital is very complicated and it is very close to humanitarian catastrophe actually the city is currently facing severe shortages of running water electricity few and medicine even here a hotel where we are stayed in where most of the foreign journalists are staying we have serious problems we have bad right now there is no running water crowd hotel so people are trying to do with that they are using public taps to get some water we've been and we've seen many of them lining up

rebels and forces fighting for longtime leader colonel gadhafi with his whereabouts still unknown khadafi is reportedly getting ready to begin talks to transfer power meanwhile the situation in the capital tripoli remain dire due to shortages of basic essentials as artie's marie financial reports. as the rebels report that stare now controlled in most of the libyan capital it seems that there are facing the battle of another kind of a humanitarian one the situation here on the ground is very complicated this very difficult and this is very close to humanitarian catastrophe because the city is now facing severe shortages of running water electricity castle and medicine people use public taps throughout the city to get some water we've seen many of them lining up with plastic cans trying to do all the cross tranquilly and also they use electric generators to produce some electricity since the city's municipal services have been paralyzed series of full of garbage and people are trying to clean them selves try to do something with that in the evening since in some are done live here usually

reporting there france germany and italy are dan calling on khadafi to officially step down in the face of the rebel storming of tripoli there are fears of more bloodshed and rumors france may use its military forces to try to capture or kill even leader is daniel bushell is in paris with the latest. you know what our we have. a cultural holiday to cheer the national security council. we will. call. them. three zero. zero zero zero germany. south quickly. in the capital on the streets of st. louis. and powell. between them so. there's no correspondent daniel bush will bring us reactions from paris they are all the speculation rising and what's ahead for media revels when we are interested in your opinion on american express it at r.t. dot com. also stars you can see that most of the year is thankfully be able to enter another oil rich colony for nato members twenty one percent don't believe anything will change just feel the split. terminal struggle for power will start and there are major say the country will turn into. politics let us know what you think on this issue by logging on to

security council they all shared their view that khadafi moscow including russia as well but the means by which nato has been accomplishing the goal of al sting khadafi have seen many violations of the u.n. resolution that authorized the military intervention six months ago the resolution was designed to protect civilians but many innocent civilians have been killed by nato strikes during those six months and the funneling of weapons to levy unravels has been done in here a violation of the arms embargo that was imposed on libya western powers clearly took sides in the civil war basically disregarding the whole part of the population that never wanted an intervention in the first place in light of all those violations it was very on likely that the u.n. security council would have adopted another resolution only via come september is that temper is when the previous resolution runs out so it's very it was very crucial for the rebels and nato to carry out the operation before the resolution expires from what we see on the ground the rebels might be meeting the deadline there's although

khadafi still remains the go number one for the rebels and since the beginning of the operation here in the libyan capital tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been hearing numerous statements by the rebels by the leaders of the rebels that they know could of his whereabouts first as you remember they've announced that they've captured captured a full islam gadhafi his son and then it turns out that he actually hasn't been captured he hasn't been detained or at least has been released so we cannot say for sure what's happened but i turned out to be you know not true then we've been receiving information that the rebels know where gadhafi is here in tripoli and they live inside that they've cornered khadafi and the spin had winds on many international news channels for quite a while but it actually didn't end with any concrete detail and create a success and to tell you as well we are receiving reports that the rebels have flooded the streets of tripoli trying to hunt down gadhafi in one of his district in the south of the city. known as abu slim. has always been stro

is still airing pro khadafi programs rumors are circulating that khadafi may be in talks with south africa about a possible escape despite denials from both sides following a night of chaos in the capital crowds were seen in the city's central square with people waving revolution revolutionary flags and alice across live to a journalism audience now is embroiled in a hotel in tripoli where foreign journalists have been obliged to stay at the coffee thank you for joining us today and just bring us if you would up to the minute what is the situation in the hotel where you are now. where the situation here is tense again it's all going to. feel like a roller coaster ride. armed men from the volunteers libyans have entered the building young man one of them is hurt they don't want to be tape so i can't go we always and tape them and. they've asked for help to be bandaged up we i implore the international community not to let the transitional council answer this facility or to comply or pursue the soldiers in here at all so . are you saying that there are rebel fighters that are seeking refuge

khadafy is facing a circle and tripoli may be his last stand.ople have suggested that he will leave the country but a lot of people that i spoke to say that won't happen. he will dig in and fight to the bitter end. now, the rebels are fighting downtown, they have bombarded the capital night after night and they are hitting anything that can be used to make a defense line to dislodge this man who has been in power for the last 41 years. >> heather: thank you very much. tadek reporting from tripoli. >> gregg: many people are wondering what is next for nato troops that are still fighting there. rebel leaders declaring the end is near for the embattled dictator. joining us now is former spokesman for the last four ambassadors to the united nations. rick good to see you. on predictions of khadafy's departure either naive or premature, had his demise more likely? how do you see it ending? >> i think right now it's premature. i think it will ultimately happen but we could be in for many months of fighting. khadafy is not going without a fight. he is go

by all appearances moammar khadafy is still in control, and a message from khadafy on state tv urged. officials say there have been some fighting in the capital, but says that the rebels were quickly defeated. >>> and in iran, two american hikers have been convicted of spying an sentenced to eight years in prison. shawn fatale and his friend were detained as a third hiker who was convicted was released for medical reasons, sarah shourd. >>> and there are threats of fierce flash floods coming from tropical storm irene. it is possible say forecasters that it is possible to hit the florida keys. it is not clear if the gulf of mexico will be affected. >>> and another victim has died after the collapse of the stage at the indiana state fair. and there was a funeral today for a woman who was hoping to be a teacher. a scholarship has been set up in her honor. and experts believe that winds caused the stage to collapse. sglo >>> and rescuers told our affiliates that the water on the street was at 1.9 feet high in pittsburgh as they found another victim. >>> at one point i should say 1.9 feet

. >> libyan rebels are confident they will catch dictator moammar khadafy. they said rebels have a good idea where she hiding. alan wang shows many libyans here in the bay area are celebrating. >> he is back home with the fellow libyan ex-pat patriots after celebrating the fall of benghazi to libyan patriots. [ laughter ] >> i'm ready to go. >> reporter: its special celebration at this fremont restaurant. end of ramadan, the end of his 42-year regime. he went back to witness the revolution in july. >> it makes a difference what nature did. they knock out all the tanks that khadafy was shooting with civilians with. >> many of the engineers, professors and business people say friends and family suffered under khadafy who imprisoned and executed anyone who opposed him. >> 18 years in jail. some were hung publicly. >>. >> reporter: now there is huge demand for supplies to get the country moving. even basic medical needs. >> a libyan doctor at kaiser permanente is arranging this shipment of medical supplies this friday. despite the oil wealth, many say here the i

in the hand of rebels this morning, thousands celebrate in the capital city but where is moammar khadafyontana teams up with local food banks to tackle hunger. >>> and a scare in southern california when nancy reagan takes a fall. we'll tell you how she is doing this morning.3q spots again. detergent alone doesn't fully dry your dishes. it leaves spots and residue behind. add finish jet-dry and they dry two times better. and they're shiny. that is shiny. recently tested stain treatments. they rated resolve laundry number one. beating shout. try resolve laundry for amazing stain removal. satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back. >>> high temperatures, 105 to 115. heading to the east coast, mid to upper 80s from boston to atlanta. 81 in seattle and 87 in portland. good news all of our parents except for memphis is running on time right now. >> libya dictator moammar khadafy has called on the residents of capital city to quote, free tripoli from devils that overrun it. >> they continue to celebrate what appears to be the fall of khadafy's 42-year long regime. rebels stormed the tripoli c

they faced sniper fire from some of the khadafy loyalists.nfreezing $1.5 billion in assets currently held in american banks. >> u.s. navy has ordered the second fleet in virginia to leave port to keep them out of hurricane irene's path. forecasters have issued the first hurricane watch for the outer banks of north carolina. irene could possibly hit the area next saturday. >> hurricane irene is coming and it could pack a real punch. forecasters say the storm could gain strength as it barrels toward the east coast likely making landfall in north carolina as category three hurricane as early as saturday. the winds struck out over 400 miles. more than 65 million people live in the path along the east coast. federal government is urge is those residents to get ready now. starting early this morning, there is a mandatory evacuation order for an island off the coast. conditions can quickly become dangerous for residents but some residents say they are going to ride out the storm. >> if you choose to stay as we are certain to do, you can't expect eme

come despite previous statements from be aligns that it wasn't assisting rebels in their hunt for khadafy meanwhile hundreds of bodies have been found abandoned at a hospital in tripoli after staff fled the facility as rebels advanced there's also been intense fighting near tripoli's international airport artie's maria fanaa who is in the capital says many there are now living in constant fear. gadhafi still remains the number one for the rebels and since the beginning of the peroration here in the libyan capital of tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been hearing numerous statements by the leaders of the rebels that they knew could offer his whereabouts first as you remember they've announced that they've captured say full islam gadhafi his son and then it turns out that he actually hasn't been captured then we've been receiving information that the rebels no way could duffy's here in tripoli and they even sad that they've corners khadafi and the spin in headlines. many international news channels for quite a while but it actually didn't end with any concrete detail and

now thank you for being with us and very interesting times as we've heard khadafi claims that leaving his compound compound was part of a bigger plan is this really the case or is he just trying to save face. well first of all let's look at the claims from both sides running friday last in the afternoon and the sea started broadcasting the claim that gadhafi and his family had left the ads were going to be this was picked up by the media across the board on saturday and for a good part of sunday and then suddenly on sunday afternoon the thought was triple and then sunday to monday they said that they had captured three of kazakhstan as they said they were at the troll of the eighty fifth ip five percent i think on those before if you will of triple with as it turns out these three because obvious sons have all appear two of them have basically appeared on the media and cite the fall of islam he says that all of his brothers was a spot and last night on c.n.n. so the claims that have been put forth and by the way he also wanted to drive a c.n.n. reporter around and the actually being t

appoints his third son saadi to lead these negotiations but we have to say that khadafi is not right now in a position to negotiate he is not in a strong position at all because the rattles are progressing quite well this statement comes just a week after the assault on the libyan capital tripoli as a result they are virtually controlling most of this city they are actually right now controlling most of the country as about the situation here in tripoli i would describe this situation as humanitarian disaster the tripoli council has said that from sixty to seventy percent of all residents of the libyan capital don't have enough water and electricity. due to technical problems they say in for sizing this is not related to the fight scenes on the streets the city indeed faces severe shortages of for. food and medicine as well and an extra city even here in. green sierra hotel where we are staying anywhere most of the foreign journalists are staying there is no water and this is day water free day here in crete this illustration is very complicated and people are struggling to. parties

but where is moammar khadafy? >> also airline passengers have new rights starting today.eed to know before you book your next flight. >> and look at newest monument in washington, d.c. and the goal of a bay area man had in its creation. >>> welcome back. live doppler 7-hd. very quiet. warming trend will move inland. mid to upper 90s around the central valley. sunny and 82 in tahoe. to 85 in l.a. to 74 in san diego. to the hot spot, palm springs, 114. >>> at this hour, nato officials are reporting forces loyal to libyan leader moammar khadafy are severely degraded and losing strength. nobody seems to know where she at this hour but his son has turned up free and gathering his supporters. >>> jubilation in tripoli has turned to fear and uncertainty after a blistering week of assault, rebel forces in control of most of libyan capital. it's clear that moammar khadafy 42 year grip on power is close to an end but where is the dictator? that is still unclear. u.s. officials still believe he is in the country potentially hiding in tripoli. earlier this year, in an interview with

talks of people waving revolutionary flags all over tripoli some independent reports suggest girl khadafi may be regaining control lizzie heard it could be the leading leaders intentional strategy to let the rebels in. i have. people have come out in green square and other parts of the city waving the green flag and that the libyan army is in control now what we've heard is that the strategy up there libyan government an army was made. in sadr city because previously they have been operating in sleeper cells and that's why it was very difficult for the libyan army to know where they were hiding and so this strategy was part of bringing them out of the. direct confrontation so that they could be dealt with quite swiftly and also we have had that the tribes the large tribes that were shot by no one. and the tribes came in from came from the areas that joined the battle we have also heard that gadhafi was. with the people there. so this is this is the information that i'm hearing from our contacts that christianity of course this is a huge time around. and if they. can if they do come from c

but the man says he would love to have another prize khadafi has had. was great that way i can tough it all just like government to show this to the dutch it with their leader is the model said and to keep a modest what was said the greatest and not the kind that's the kind of still at large this battle is not yet over my notion of. tripoli. a christopher a killer who writes for the blog and notes from a medina told r.t. that if the libyan rebels fail to restore peace it could be embarrassing for one of their main supporters the us president clearly there will still be khadafi loyalists after the country is under control of the t.n.c. what matters is if the t.n.c. is able to provide the sort of security and policing required to prevent any sort of uncertainty in the coming months obviously by committing the us this far into the conflict in libya and this is become president obama's war this is something that he cannot afford to lose. likewise if libya is to fall into chaos into an insurgency of some sort after the fall of gadhafi this would reflect poor

to have disarmed is unit and surrendered the international criminal court says it can confirm that khadafi son saif al islam has been arrested the rebel council announced it will stop the fighting that's raging around tripoli if colonel gadhafi. he leaves the country but in a second audio address maternal urge to the nation to fight to the witnesses are tweeting that an independence flag has now been raised on tripoli's central mosque in the rebel stronghold of benghazi and victory celebrations are already under way . independent journalist says we shouldn't write off the use of force is just yeah . i mean. it's all right now because if you see the situation. outside. yesterday and we've also i've also had that there's been intense mates opening up the city. so clearly you know there's been a lot of bloodshed some nights last that the last time we had as you choose a few hours the president said. they was one thousand three hundred so surely has risen above that and nato has about the back on its hands today so all i can say is i definitely would not underestimate the libyan army they do h

picture is not pride at all the rebels are now claiming that the are preparing for an assault on khadafi native town civs which is about six hundred kilometers east of the capital tripoli and this city is thought to be his last stronghold and they say they are now waiting for nato to help them to clear the path we've been here in air. planes during the day and night and recently we've heard from nato that it had carried out several airstrikes meanwhile duffy is going to be recently i've been hearing numerous reports from the rebels leader is that they know khadafi his whereabouts and they've been several reports that gadhafi had been cornered but still we don't have any kind of khadafi. or g.'s maria for national reporting there from tripoli side libya meanwhile the pentagon says it's monitoring the libyan sites containing stockpiles of chemical weapons and is pledging to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands it's thought the arsenals include mustard gas and raw uranium as are reports that's causing concern with some rebel factions said to have been infiltrated by islamic extrem

appoints his third son saadi to lead these negotiations but we have to say that khadafi is not right now in a position to negotiate he's not in a strong position at all because the rabble is our progress and quite well this statement comes just a week after their brilliant assault on the libyan capital tripoli as a result they are virtually control in most of this city they are actually right now controlling most of the can treat as about saif gadhafi is not at all in a position to negotiate or to to offer something to the rubbles and that's clear and this is what the rubbles have been saying these days meanwhile. claiming that they are preparing for what they call the final battle an assault on khadafi is last stronghold could his home town of a city which is six hundred kilometers east of the capital tripoli they are now just waiting for nato to clear the path towards and as far as we can understand these operations on the city of sirte is just a matter of time right now if all only and the reason. there is a chance that they will not be the operation only if. the negotiations with

which had close ties to khadafi spearheading the return laura and that reports this time its services won't come cheap. delivered as a promise but seen by many as more of a threat david cameron says nato will stay while libya makes the transition to democracy as allied forces lend support to the rebels to take tripoli to stop the war coalition warns libyans not to expect they're getting something for nothing the western powers don't do this without asking for a paper why is it that the head of the t.n.c. is running off to paris to meet with the french president while of course he's one very very important issue which is why the western powers tony blair and others struck a deal with gadhafi in the first place it will be exactly what they're seeking to continue with with the t.n.c. to further explore those oil riches the british government makes no secret of the fact that it's motives in supporting the rebels aren't entirely altruistic last year alone the u.k. exported around forty billion dollars of goods and services to north africa and the middle east but it's black gold that's the

brianna keilar is at the border there has been a rather intense fighting reported missing the true khadafi and avg rebel forces about fifteen kilometers from the border with tunisia in as it's out of the much the border between libya and tunisia have been in sort of a degree as a plate over the past five months people have been trying to escape leave because they have out of syria like you know about what's going on to control it especially now when the libyan forces are literally attacking just going over out of their way over tripoli i found to get even more confusing is now people who president to reside near the border on the beacon side say that over the past couple of weeks here have been reported clashes between on the identified arm down arms of spending including two border guards the ohss say that. there have been a sightings of numerous heavy vehicles loaded with armed people reportedly before you leave the input it was a license plate so it's hard to identify exactly who those people were now as in the clashes which were free earlier today between we can border patrols and they

the end of ramadan dan and the end of moammar khadafy's regime.ss it back in july. >> they knock out all the khadafy was shooting at civilians. >> many business people say friends and family suffered under khadafy who i am pros on and scud any one that opposed him. >> some were taken to jail and some were hung publicly. >> now there is demand to get the country moving and many are trying to help. >> even basic medical needs. >> a doctor is arranging this 12,000 pound shipment of medical supplies to libya this friday. despite the wealth of their oil rich country many say the infrastructure has been in shamble for years. now there is an opportunity to change that. >>> it's 5:45. a major phone company is talking about bringing jobs back to the u.s. >> floodwaters continue to cause damage from usual irene. i'll have more on that coming up. >> what do you think about candidate for mayor agree it could happen for a car free market street. >> and new rules on the use of cameras to catch red light runners. >> and losing belly fat. is it better to lift wei