it's game over. >> the old libyan flag was pulled down and replaced with the flag of the interim rebel government, led by the national transitional council. a libyan diplomat said more than 85% of his country's missions ashtd the globe now back the interim rebel government. in >>> in other news, former prime minister thaksin has dismissed criticism of thailand's new administration. in an interview with nhk, he defended policies such as preferential treatment for the country's rural poor. >> reporter: thailand's new prime minister delivered a policy speech in parliament on tuesday. after winning last month's general election. the younger sister of thaksin pledged to expand the program to buy rice to boost farmers' income. she also promised to revitalize rural farms. thaksin spoke with nhk in tokyo on wednesday, admitting that he was involved in drafting some of the policies announced by the new administration. >> part of the policy during campaigns i helped to share the ideas with the executives at the palace on the ideas of how to help the people. for example, the minimum wage. >> reporter: critics describe the polic

he was a libyan national who was considered al qaeda's operational leader before rising to the second spot following osama bin laden's death back in may. >>> less than an hour and a half before gametime at candlestick park. the 49ers and san francisco police are implementing new rules to avoid a repeat of last week's violence. the new rules began once the fans enter the park's perimeter. the lots opened at 1:30 this afternoon instead of 11:00, with an enhanced police presence around the entrances to candlestick. police are taking a hard line on alcohol pewsers. >> the start of the game tailgating will be closed and we're going to clear the parking lot for those people who do not have tickets and monitor those coming out. any leaving trunk drunk and driving drunk will be arrest. >> there was still plenty of beer and booze in the parking lot. one longtime 49er fan doesn't appreciate having less time to party. >> don't get to come in until 1:00 and not that long to tailgate. >> we're dedicated to our team and we want to go back to regular tailgating. >> alan: there will be postgame dui c

not the desires of the libyan nation. the desires of nato.nificant proportions of the libyan nation made its views very clear. they came out on the streets in the millions. shouldn't these people be heard, be listened to, be heeded? 1,300 dead since 12:00 midday. it's 11 hours. not even 12 hours. 5,000 injured. our hospitals cannot cope with such a disaster. the red cross is here in tripoli. we're hoping they will be able to help us, but the security situation is quite difficult. and i tell you, lastly, that we are very resilient and still very strong and we have still thousands and thousands of fighters who have nowhere to go but to fight. so this will increase and increase, and the death toll will increase. because people are so scared of the revenge and hatred, of the other side if they win. each side, actually, is terrified of the other side. so let's suspend all military operations, all violence right now. nato can order the rebels to stop immediately. we can order our troops and volunteers to stop immediately. and then we sit. and just

as long as threats remain, there's still a job to be done. >> lavoie referred to the libyan national transitional council's demand for pro-gadhafi forces to surrender by saturday, saying nato sees this as an encouraging sign and will watch this situation closely. >>> united nations secretary general ban ki-moon says he plans to send u.n. personnel to libya to help nation building efforts. >> the people of libya are looking to the international community for help. the transitional government will be outlining specific requests in the coming days. >> the secretary general announced the plan to the u.n. security council on tuesday. ban said current trends in libya are encouraging and express hope for a quick conclusion to the conflict and an end to the suffering of the people. libya's deputy ambassador to the u.n. welcomed the news. he told nhk the council seeks support in a wide range of field including the formation of military and police force as well as in education, public health industry and agriculture. >>> in neighbors afghanistan, august has been the deadliest month for u.s. tr

question for you sir as we are running low on time here on r t will russia ultimately recognize the libyan national transitional council or do you think. if there will be the outcome of the pleasures of today i see no difficulties for russia to recognize these kmita but not the floor. of their fear resigns because of the final outcome has to be the decision in the choice of the libyan people and nobody nobody else we have no no possibility to interfere in the internal affairs in libya i called it in cause a copy of the chairman of the committee for foreign affairs in the state to thank you thank you very much. well i mean time e.u. countries are again calling on gadhafi to officially step down in the face of the rebel storming of tripoli addie's either ben is in london and brings us more on the european reaction to events now unfolding in libya. well it seems like the prime minister just can't get a holiday right now he's cutting short his vacation once again to deal with what's going on in libya and did the same a couple of weeks ago and sort out the rights here in london but he has welcomed the n

rebels and there's evidence including video evidence that the executions were by rebels of a libyan nationals who were handcuffed that's the first thing on the other side any revenge killings would be the defense basically of their own land by invaders so you know it's hard to tell it's i'm watching our t.v. in the coverage over the last hour preparing for this and the coverage on our t.v. is much closer to the sources that i've been speaking with on the ground in tripoli than the fantasy that it's being played out both by al jazeera and i'll get to that in a minute but what their motives are and the western press c.n.n. and the others that talk about in circling get coffee and as if they haven't retracted their claim that the rebels are in control of the majority of tripoli my understanding and reports from on the ground is that the rebels who are actually could tarries and that's the reason for al-jazeera is partisan coverage is they are army that came in from the dress those irregulars except for their officers but they came in by the sea and they're now on the sea road trying to escape un

meanwhile, the libyan national transitional council -- bill, you were in that for awhile.hey will not allow the guy to be extradited with the justice minister telling reporters, "we will not hand any libyan citizen over to the west. we do not deport any libyan citizens. only qaddafi does that." getting a handle on mcgraw he's health is as difficult as playing "find the real pug. >> that was animatronic. these animal s who have been dead. shouldn't they show us some gratitude and hand the guy over? >> remember, we weren't in charge of this operation, this kinetic military action, whatever it was. i think this is just another indication of just how successful and wonderful this operation was. >> they never should have let the guy go. i can't think of a better place for him to be. there are bombs exploding and gunfire all over the place. pick him up and move him to afghanistan. he is going to die soon. >> i don't think he will die soon. that's what bugs me about this. he will out live me. he was never sifnlght don't you feel that way. don'ts you think we were bamboozled over

international conference to focus on rebuilding the country after meeting with executive chairman of the libyan nationalransitional council. they talked about what kind of trial may be in store for the long-time libyan leader if he's captured. >> translator: gadhafi has been captured then we can decide whether he'll be tried in libya or outside libya. if he gets captureded then he will have a fair trial. where this trial will take place, whether that is in libya or outside libya, this is obviously the libyan law which would take precedence where he should be tried. >> several countries at the united nations are supporting an effort to quickly provide money for the transitional council. as early as thursday the u.n. security council could vote to override the sanctions committee and release up to $1.5 billion in frozen libyan assets. and more money could be on the way. take a look at this with me. let's look at what libya has. it's estimated anywhere from 100 to $150 billion, even as much as $168 billion of libyan government assets are held overseas. the u.s. holds more than 30 billion. 10% of that is ca

libyan dictator the lobbyists here in d.c. are in the same boat according to the national journal influence peddlers lobbyists who once worked for the libyan leader are scrambling to publicly sever ties with the strongman while their competitors are helping his country's rebels gain a valuable foothold in washington the same article also shows that patton vons of the harbor group two lobbyist firms here have signed on with the libyan transitional national council which the u.s. canada britain spain and germany now recognizes the country's legitimate government both terms work to help the council gain that recognition after being retained by spring things to me whichever way the political wind is blowing here in washington whole lot of time money and resources going to shaping the way the world views are friends and our enemies even our friend of mine as well to help make more sense of this all i spoke to lou innocent she is foreign policy analyst for the cato institute she stands by our studio and i asked her font on whether the current animosity against the former friend in this case libya was different or just par for the cour

make up their minds about moammar gadhafi the libyan dictator it's also the lobbyist here in washington they are in the same boat according to the national journal. it says influence peddlers who once worked for the libyan leader moammar gadhafi regime are scrambling to publicly sever ties with the strongman of their competitors are helping his country's rebels gain a valuable foothold in washington the same article also shows that there's two lobbying firms here patton boggs and the harbor group that have signed on with the libyan transitional national council which the u.s. canada britain spain and germany now recognize as the country's legitimate government both firms it says worse to help the council gain that recognition after being retained this spring so it seems to me whichever way the political wind is blowing here in washington a whole lot of time money and resources go into shaping the way the world views our friends as well as our enemies as well as perhaps our friend to me is to make more sense of this earlier i spoke to milou in innocence the foreign policy analyst for the cato institute i started off by asking her her thou

former libyan ambassador to the united nations. some of them like the general who was recently killed, senior figure suddenly killed very recently over the past few weeks was a loyalist to gadhafi. to switch sides you have libyan businessmen in the united states and other countries. they have joined the national council. they have been able to lobby the state department. it expects the national council to be a transition to something else. to a government that is more representative of the whole country. and when we look at the transitional national council right now, the international pressures on it they do seem to have -- one of gadhafi's sons is wanted by the international criminal court. will this prove how they will respondent to expectations and pressure. the pressure to do the right thing by the country. not to grab and hold power by the small group that exists today. >> nick robertson, thank you very much. all of this the key city just west of the capital. we are now back and joining us live from zawiya. it is just after 6:

london is unfrozen a lot of assets up around two billion dollars has been made for the libyan transitional national council for of these. so you know this is an umbilical cord of support for a fortnight's a new government but the more interesting question is will believe be in tribes be able to hold together a stable government. stable regime will such a regime be able to emerge in this country because in the has to be a lot of questions asked about whether this is actually possible which we've been employed which can then i suppose give her the western powers the reason to get involved to help them establish some sort of a form of a future government and i'm sorry i missed that but i thought i thought that's all we have time for head of the european geo political forum like in brussels many thanks indeed ok right. now fighting in libya is reported to have reached the country's border with tunisia that's where having a gun fire has just been. using army to beef up its presence along the frontier as libyan infiltrators how to allegedly crossed the border course one of every nicholas go is that the s

the transitional national council established itself as a credible representative of the libyan peopleunited states, together with our european allies and friends across the region, recognize the tnc as the legitimate governing authority in libya. gadhafi was cut off from arms and cash. his forces steadily degraded. from benghazi to misurata to the western mountains, the libyan opposition courageous yes confronted the regime and the tide turned in their favor. over the last several days, the situation in libya has reached a tipping point. as the opposition increased coordination from east to west, took town after town and the people of tripoli rose up to claim their freedom. for over four decades, libyan people had lived under the rule of a tyrant who denied them most basic human rights. now the celebrations 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 that this is not over yet. as the regime collapses, there's still fierce fighting in some areas and we have reports of regime elements threatening

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> welcome to the journal "." our top story, rebels in the libyan capital seek control of moammar gaddafi's compound. international investors are already at eyeing libya's oil wells. the case against dominique strauss-kahn has been dismissed. the pre-revolutionary flag of the libyan rebels are flying over gaddafi's compound. there is no sign of gaddafi or his sons. they launched a massive attack on friday afternoon, bringing it under their control. it was the last stronghold of the leader. the speedy fall suggested that gaddafi's regime is coming to an end. >> the rebels turned to celebrating their victory and destroying the symbols of the tyrant's power. the giant fist crushing an american jet, a monument to adopt the's the finance when u.s. jets bombed the city in 1986. it was here when he tried to rally the city when there were nato air strikes. gaddafi is now on the run or in hiding. a few hours ago, the word was that he was heading to neighboring algeria. something that he may still be in tripoli. it will take rebels days to search the compound

because when they surrounded the security forces from libyan national army when they surround the house, the residence of mohammad he came out voluntarily, and they said, ask them what they want to do, okay, you are under arrest, we want to take you. he said no, i am not leaving my house and then they communicate mr. abjalil, he spoke to him, they allow him to go under the protection of some guard, they knew, not all of them are professional fighters, professional police, they are young people, they take care of them. we don't know the story how he was taken out from his house. >> mr. ambassador we have to leave it there but we'll stay in close touch with you. good luck to you and the people of libya. >> thank you. >> it's a sensitive moment in the history of africa and the middle east as well. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. > chloe is 9 months old. she is the greatest thing ever. one little smile, one little laugh. honey bunny. [ babbles ] [ laughs ] we would do anything for her. my name is kim bryant and my husband and i made a will on legalzoom. it was really easy to do. [ spits ] [

, exist thanks to the libyan efforts, but they have on the united nations. this war has been one thanks to the support of european countries. i don't think the libyan will look better to continuation of any form in helping support the policing, administering the money and then the reconstruction. >> thanks, drama. let me just ask you a brief, two quick follow-up questions. one of them is, you know, you've talked about the bloodshed that is occurring in tripoli now. to what extent do you see that impeding the transition and in peaking a reconciliation and an integration of tripoli fully into the post-gadhafi arrangement? because i recall when members of the transitional council were here in washington a few weeks ago and we were talking, they act as a we don't want to fight our way through tripoli because we are worried about what that will mean when we need to reconcile with triply. that's the first question. will that be a serious problem or do you feel they will be up to pacify tripoli without having done so much damage that a reconciliation becomes diffi

could help libya's national transitional council. >> reporter: right up to the last minute before libyan opposition forces launched their assault on tripoli, officials close to moammar gadhafi reached out to the u.s., in a desperate attempt to stop the attack. that's what a senior state department official tells cnn. assistant secretary of state, jeffrey feldman says there was a sense of desperation, an attempt by the regime to buy time. the libyans claim they wanted to negotiate but refused to talk about moammar gadhafi leaving power, he says. now as the rebels try to consolidate their military gains in tripoli, the opposition national transitional council in benghazi is trying to activate plans for a political transition. first priority, security. >> we don't need any more civilian life lost in libya. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they are encouragedbly reports the rebels have set up checkpoints around public buildings to promote public safety. tripoli does not look like baghdad looked after the fall of saddam hussein with widespread looting, assistant secretary feldman says. next st

libyan dictator a lobbyist here in d.c. are the same are in the same boat at least according to the national journal they say influence peddlers who once worked for the libyan leader moammar gadhafi regime are scrambling to publicly sever ties with the strongman while their competitors are helping his country's rebels gain of valuable foothold in launching to meanwhile the same article shows that other lobbyist firms here in d.c. have signed on with the libyan trained transitional national council which the united states canada britain spain and germany now recognize as the country's legitimate government of firms work to help the council gain that recognition after being detained this spring. so it seems that whichever way the political wind is blowing here in washington a whole lot of time money and resources go into shaping the way the world views our friends our enemies and our friends. that make more sense of all of this in a sense is he or she is foreign policy analyst for the cato institute i want to talk about all of these different aspects of what's going on. this is not really new if you look back the u.s. back has t

nations at a conference to be held in turkey on thursday. >>> the u.s. government has announced plans to release up to $1.5 billion in frozen libyan assets t transitional national council within days. >> we want to give this money back to the tnc for its use, first and foremost, to meet humanitarian needs and to help it establish a secure, stable government and to move on to the next step in its own roadmap. >> the announcement came after u.s. president barack obama spoke by telephone with french president nicolas sarkozy. they agreed to work with the international community to support a peaceful transition to democracy in libya. >>> let's turn now to nhk world in benghazi where the transitional national council is based. >> reporter: the national council is working hard to find out where gadhafi is hiding. it believes it is unlikely libya's top leader has fled the country. but it seems to have conflicting information on his whereabouts. an opposition spokesperson says he may not be in tripoli and could be hiding in central or southern lya ci citizens are closely watching the hunt for the man who ruled the country for more than four decades. >> translator: i'll

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 that russia has run counter to japan's legal claims by seizing a jap

the chair of the alliance of nations is there to deal diplomatically with the libyan conflict. andrew? >> charles, meanwhile, moammar gadhafi is nowhere to be found. one of his sons, his chosen success, saif gadhafi has reappeared. he unexpectedly presented himself in front of cameras outside of tripoli hotel. libyan rebels had claimed to have him in custody. but clearly, free and able to move about, saif gadhafi was greeted by supporters and drove off in an armored land cruiser. another of colonel gadhafi's son, mohammed gadhafi escaped from rebel custody on monday. a third son is the only son currently under arrest. >>> matthew chance is at the hotel where say eave gadhafi made his surprise appearance. earlier, he described his talk with gadhafi's son. >> outside there was a white armored land cruiser and people were pounting at me sago owe i went up to it. i knocked on the window and says, can you open the door, i need to see you with my own eyes. he did that. i reached in, turned on the light on the inside of the land cruiser and there he was. gadhafi was meant to be in the

washington to a political game or process story the story in libya is whether or not the libyan people and the transitional national council have the capacity to trance form their society into something that more accurately represents the aspirations the legitimate aspirations of the people who live in that society of course but how much is the international community going to be able to control itself to fight the urge this is simply a very large role in setting up who is going to be the next leader alive because this is what's happening all around the arab spring as clearly some of these autocratic leaders you could say have been in power for decades thirty years for. the years we worked with them the entire time this is a goldilocks situation if we intervene too much if we're too involved then we may interfere with the natural process of developing a new political and social equilibrium if we aren't involved enough then there may be the kind of fragmentation and disorder and continued problems that militate against the kind of long term goals and interests we have in the region and by long term goals and interes

why the libyans also why the libyans also for a no fly zone was also going to national that's one important the feeling they were that's a very important question is what was and was only the relative it's not the only question of course which i think threats and that's a reality that's a reality and for the for those that don't because nationally the pushback from sort of up from close to which is the stronghold of gadhafi push back over a period of a week wish there militarily take a look at. exactly ok have a graph it has the capacity because using european norms you know on the point i really want to make here is is that whether or not we want to debate whether it's going to through an auto think we would like to i think we're working on very morally dubious grounds here if we were to say that it doesn't matter if it's a threat or it was you know it was a heated i mean he was no innocent man so no wasn't in the area no i'm not saying that what i'm saying is always the united. we don't know more than i'm saying no i'm not saying i can't really choice you can do it if

the rebels say it's freezing talks it's ahead of libyan leader who will join the rich nation of from tripoli in just a moment. there's a big shakeup in the russian space agency after the loss of another a mathematician and scientists now rushing to resupply the international space station and to prevent a disaster of. north korean leader kim jong il rolls through half of russia by train for a meeting with president medvedev saying that pyongyang wants a resumption of international sports that will bring peace to the peninsula. because storm irene these three million people without power along the u.s. eastern seaboard as it slams into new york bringing high winds heavy rain. it's your software tech pm and you're watching marty with the day's news and the week's top stories and we start in libya where rebels have given a resolute no to more reported suggestion to sit down for talks and the national transitional council says that all the colonel deserves is a rest not dialogue artie's many of the national haue spoken to the rebels and has more now from tripoli. we have been able to spe

illegality of what's going on in relation to libya by nato is unbelievable already the libyan guy at the united nations missed the shogun has a has basically admitted in our approach but he pulled people and made this this whole thing has been illegal in a aeration protecting civilians rubbish. just very briefly i just want to ask you that you're back in brussels now and you've just recently left tripoli and i know that you've got some colleagues some journalists who you do know they're trapped in the hotel the rixos hotel which has been mentioned many times that's where the international media are at the moment are you concerned for their safety. or so and anyone would be concerned for their safety especially their close friends and family but these are international journalists these are professional journalists and they have to be respected as. some of them want to be evacuated the country or in should should should facilitate that these are western journalists who are who are nato countries so they don't want to predict what owns of boone's their own national in tripoli well well here's your chance

meanwhile the united nations announced it was releasing $1.5 billion in frozen libyan assets for humanitarianid. on the political front, the national transitional council says it's relocating its headquarters from benghazi in the east to tripoli. >>> right now in libya, weapons are everywhere. among them shoulder-fireded surface to air missiles or sams. the u.s. believes libya had as many as 20,000. nato official told cnn that military alliance is investigating just how many sams and their launches are left. and crucially who controls them. earlier we asked the secretary general what the military alliance is doing right now. >> for security reasons, we don't comment on intelligence and operational details, but i can tell you that of course we continue to monitor the situation closely, and we continue to conduct intelligence and reconnaissance operations with the aim to protect civilians. >> but if you were specifically giving intelligence and reconnaissance information to the rebels as they try to hunt down muammar gadhafi, surely, sir, that would be outside your remit. >> i can assure you th

the united nations has just voted on a resolution to unfreeze libyan assets to help the rebels. what was unfrozen and how quickly will the rubble see the money? >> there is $1.5 billion worth of libyan assets, and the americans have earmarked thus, as money that is in american banks. it is to go to humanitarian aid, for fuel to keep electricity running in libyan cities, and some is to go to the rebel government, the national transitional council, to pay for essential services and government salaries. it is unclear how quickly the money can get there, but the american 7 pushing hard on this. i think it will make every of effort to get it there as quickly as possible. there were questions about to whom this money would go and how to get the help to the libyan people. saw the africa put a block as a matter of a fact, because it has not recognized the rebel government. so they came to a deal, the americans and the south africans with language that allowed south africa at the last minute to accept this idea of unfreezing the funds, and tens of billions of dollars of libyan assets tha

it's not the only question i think i want a question of how many first of his world nationals are the decider libyans why the libyans also know the libyans also in foreign affairs and why they are asking for international that's one import of the feeling they weren't that's a very important question is a loss and while most of what we do it's not the only question of course is which i think personal threats and that's a reality came in that's a reality and for the for and that doesn't mean they're going to because nationally pushback from sort of from which is the stronghold of gadhafi and push back over a period of a week which back militarily take a good lead as we have to do exactly ok have graphene has the capacity because using european norms you know a. point i really want to make here is is that whether or not we want to debate whether it's going to through an auto think we would like to i think we're working on very morally dubious grounds here if we were to say that it doesn't matter if it's a threat or it was in the you know it was in the heated i mean he was going to say you know and so yo

happened today between french president sarkozy and mahmoud gentleman bril, he's the head of the libyan rebels, nationalransitional council. the ntc. sarkozy really took the lead pushing nato into action in libya. given this image that we see here, the ntc flag, the french flag and these two leaders, what is the reaction to this in france today? >> you know, sarkozy bet a lot on the libya war if you will. maybe some would say even his reelection. he felt like he and all of people saw him as -- the recent evolution in libya. so he's going to be very, very involved, very much involved in whatever happening in libya. he has been, you know, qualified as his war in a way. because he was very -- he pushed a lot to have nato intervening and the u.s. intervening in libya. that's seen as really, if it's a victory for the revolt in libya, was seen a victory for sarkozy at least in the short term. >> emanuel saint-martin with 24 news france. i appreciate it very, very much. as we stay on libya here, obviously there is still no sign of colonel gadhafi. now rebels are offering a bounty of almost $2 million for his c

. >> nato is ready to work with the libyan people and with the transitional national council, which holds the great responsibility to make sure that the transition is smooth and inclusive, that the country stays united, and that the future is founded on reconciliation and respect for human rights. >> the fall of tripoli is putting some downward pressure on oil prices. but it is all about expectations. the price of brent crude oil futures fell to nearly $105. that was reaction to the dramatic events in libya. the markets are betting on a speedy resumption of oil exports from the country. at home, libya produces more than 1.5 million barrels per day -- produced more than 1.5 million barrels per day before the start of the revolution. on monday, shares of an italian company climbed more than 6% on hopes that they will soon restart operations. a subsidiary of a german firm says it will be able to restart production within a few weeks. they wound down production in libya in february. one spokesman said the resumption of output will depend on the condition of the infrastructure and political st

it's not the only question but what is my one question or heinie first which is what nationals was decided to libyans was the libyans also doing what the libyans also for a no fly zone was asking for international that's one important if you're saying they won't that's a very important question is why someone only whether it's not the only question of course is that it was i think in the middle of threats and that's a reality that's a reality anderson and that doesn't mean that voters nationally but push back from sort of up from was sort of the which is the stronghold of gadhafi that pushed back over a period of we pushed back militarily they were good little to do just to be exactly . ok have a good laugh because the capacity because using european arms no i really want to point i really want to make here is is that whether or not we want to debate whether it's going to through an auto think we would like to i think we're working on very morally dubious grounds here to say that it doesn't matter if it's a threat or it was you know it was heated i mean he was no one to say man so you know wasn't in

to be asked it's not the only question i one question the kind of person of his word national this is decided libyans why the libyans also why the libyans also in foreign affairs and why the asking for international finance one important the feeling they weren't that's a very important question if it wasn't walmer one hundred it's not the only question of course it did was i think personal threats and that's a reality came in that's a reality and. that doesn't mean that hundreds nationally but pushback from sort of up from which is the stronghold of gadhafi. over a period of a week which back militarily takes a good little bit to you know be exactly ok of gadhafi has the capacity because he's using european arms you know or the point i really want to make here is that whether or not we want to debate whether it's going to throw another think we would like to i think we're working on very morally dubious grounds here but if we were to say that it doesn't matter if it's a threat or it was you know it was heated i mean he was going to say man so you know wasn't in the area no i'm not saying that what i'

another people could gain power that perhaps would not be for the best interest of the libyan people or for the western nations what do you see as the key factor that needs to happen if for these groups to work together to be successful. well there have been good reports coming out of out of big guys a from a number of people that have have. have talked to these people and they're getting rather high marks as being how shall i say public spirit democrats willing to work together to seek compromise so maybe that will continue i hope that it does because if it doesn't again because libby has so few democratic institutions in fact so few institutions of any kind even a modest fracturing of the transitional council will mean that total chaos all right thank you very much for joining us john graham former u.s. diplomat in libya my pleasure journalist and anti-war activist susan lindauer says the libyans will not give their oil to the west. i think that it is the end of the regime however i do not think that it is the end of the war i think that that nato has a very serious problem they have arrived on at the point

transitional national council established itself as a credible representative of the libyan people andhe united states together with our european allies and friends across the region recognize them as legitimate governing authority. khadafy was cut off from arms and cash. from 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 reli

national transitional council. by the way, the money, frozen assets of libyan companies and the country may now go to those rebels. bring in to the conversation our national security correspondent jennifer griffin with what can you tell us? what are you learning from your sources? >> reporter: what we are hearing now secretary general of nato has just issued a statement saying the gadhafi regime is clearly crumbling. and the sooner gadhafi realizes he cannot win the better. this is from the secretary general of nato. we are seeing a lot of reports from the frontlines. alex crawford traveling with sky news is reporting they got as close -- he is travelinging with the rebels, they got as close to green square and got pushed back because there was gunfire at the square. she reports seeing women holding babies, cheering people, shouting freedom, as they entered the city just a few minutes ago we were seeing reports that the rebels were about a mile from the city center, from that green square where we've seen gadhafi over the last few months trying to rally support. now we understand from sky news' alex crawford they a

it's not the only question but what if i really question the timing most of his world nationals which is decide the libyans was the libyans also one of the libyans also for a no fly zone why they're asking for international that's one important the feeling they weren't that's a very important question is what was the only or whether it's not the only question of course is that it was i think for an imminent threat and that's a reality kaman that's a reality and then that doesn't mean that founders nationally but push back from sort of up from one of which is the stronghold of gadhafi that pushed back over a period of a week wish back militarily they were given the week to do it is going to be exactly ok good if it has the capacity because using european arms no i really want to point i really want to make here is is that whether or not we want to debate whether it is an imminent threat on auto think we would like to i think we're working on very morally dubious grounds here to say that it doesn't matter if it's i thought it was you know it was heated i mean he was no innocent man so you know wasn't in the

be in control of most of the capital however the whereabouts of the libyan leader remain unknown meanwhile gadhafi addressed the nation via radio and says leaving his compound was a tactical move. secret assistance british intelligence has reportedly planned the endgame for gadhafi regime guiding the rebels in their final push on tripoli. e.u. oil giants flocking back to libya on a red carpet laid out by a self-proclaimed new government a keen to reward those who helped oust gadhafi. police arrest a man suspected of masterminding the murder of we're now in the russian journalist . and all charges are dropped against former internet.

it is believed that the transitional national council and libyan rebels now control 90-95 percent of the city square in tripoli and the city itself. of course, nato forces were a big factor in their stunning rapid success, maintaining very close air support and coordination with the rebels as they advanced westward and northward towards tripoli. as for qaddafi himself, intelligence forces tell fox news -- sources tell fox news in fact there is no word he has left libya. of course, his whereabouts are unknown. the british prime minister, david m cameron, just following a meeting of his own national security council issued a statement saying, quote, we have no confirmation of qaddafi's whereabouts but the british have also confirmed the detention and arrest of two of qaddafi's sons. of course any of this can change at any moment, we are cautioned by intelligence sources but as of now there's no evidence that qaddafi, who's not been seen in the last four hours, only heard by audio, has left the country. gregg: james, what are the top concerns of u.s. military officials going forward? >>