al-megrahi was found guilty of blowing up the pan am flight over lockerbie. he was sentenced 27 years, but was released after 8 because of cancer and it was thought he had three months to live. he return to libya to a hero's welcome two years ago. the scottish ministers have always dismissed the vehemence. >> weaken later arrest a ridiculous conspiracy theory that somehow mr. al-megrahi was not dying of terminal prostate cancer. you do not have to be a terminal expert to realize this man is terminally ill, as we've said. >> they're hoping to release 800 pages of documents relating to his abandoned appeal, which had never been made public. if he is indeed on the edge of death, his knowledge of who ordered the lockerbie bombing is about to die with him. abc news, tripoli. >> al-megrahi is staying in tripoli, but as forces loyal retreat, they're leaving evidence of just how his regime operated. inside his internal security headquarters, there are piles of photographs and documents that bear witness to his reign of terror. we have gained access to the building an

. >>> officials will not extradite the lockerbie bombing. he has cancer and is reported to be near death. 270 people died when the pan am flight blew up over lockerbie, scotland. >>> a cross-country motorcycle trip is underway at this hour to honor those who died on flight 93 during the september 11th attacks. family members and friends began their 11-day ride near the san francisco airport where the plane was headed flight 93 but never arrived. the riders are headed to the pennsylvania field but the plane crashed after passengers overcame the hijackers. it was the reversal from the ride in 2009 that mirrored the flight path from new ark, new jersey, to -- newark, new jersey to san francisco. >> we decided to retrace the track the other way, to reach out to more people, tell the story about flight 93, hopefully raise a little bit of money and bring as money people as we can to the dedication of the memorial. >> the field in shanksville, pennsylvania, is also the site of the national memorial. a dedication will be held for the first phase of

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 march, the u.n. security council approved a military intervention. multinational forces led by nato launched air raids against libya forces. meanwhile, antigovernment protesters gained new momentum helped by economic sanctions on li

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 march, the u.n. security council approved a military intervention. multinational forces led by nato launched air raids against libya forces. meanwhile, antigovernment protesters gained new momentum helped by economic sanctions on li

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 responsibility for the lockerbie bombing and said it would abandon its plan to develop weapons 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. general assembly in 2009, but he was still defiant. he criticized the u.n. and threw a copy of the u.n. charter to the floor. several days after the fall of egyptian president hosni mubarak in february, there were anti-government demonstrations in libya for the first time since gadhafi took power. the protests gained momentum with support from senior military officers who had defected from the government. the government deployed foreign mercenaries to crack down on protesters. >> in march, the u.n. security council approved a military intervention. multinational forces led by nato launched air raids against libyan government forces. meanwhile, anti-government protester

. >> and waning hope we'll know which libyan government official authorized the lockerbie bombing. >> and sunny skies today from coast to inland. get ready for a cool down first. then, a big warm up is coming. details coming up. b >>> barricades under place in downtown bart stations and police are preparing for what promised to be another huge protest. >> and abc 7 is on the platform at civic center bart station. the protest is set to begin in about a half hour, have you seen anybody gathering there, yet? >> i'll tell you who i see. i see bart police gathering. they're down here and have helmets on and nylon ties they use. and they also have crowd control barricades. you'll remember last week and they have interfered with people's ability on the train. and the train's ability to leave the station. and there are barricades that create a physical division between the platform and the trains in order to let the trains make their way in. the police have been making their presence known here kind of wafting back and forth up and down the train side. and just letting them know if anyone tri

last week, the lockerbie bomb art's family said he left the city. but it appears he has not. these pictures show al-megrahi close to death. his son demands that he returned to prison in britain. >> i am pretty sure that's megrahi and members of his family looking after him are in neihaus. let's see if anyone opens the door. [doorbell] a few minutes later abdul nassar al-megrahi emerges. he tells me that his brother is in a,. the man is struggling between life and death, he told me. he should be allowed to die with his family instead of overseas. >> megrahi was found guilty of blowing up pan am flight ma 3 in 1988. he was released when it was thought he had three months to live. he returned to a hero's welcome two years ago. scottish authorities have dismissed the democratic assembly -- the event criticism. >> it has been ventilated by too many people too often, that somehow he was not dying of terminal prostate cancer. he would not have to be a medical expert to realize this man is dying, is terminally ill. >> if he is indeed on the edge of death, his knowledge of who ordered

first, he says -- he surrendered the lockerbie suspects for trial third, he announced he was dismantling its weapons of mass destruction to become an ally in the war on terror. western countries embraced him. >> if he was to say we want to give up chemical and nuclear weapons, seize our ties with terrorist groups, then we should be willing to open up to that. >> this required a diplomatic blind eye to his continuing brutality at home, where his -- he and his family were feared and reviled. a popular uprising began in february, and nato intervened in march. still, he believed in his impregnable hold on power. tonight, his personal fate remains undecided. but his 42-year regime, his ability to rein through terror, it is surely now over. >> gergel and increasingly eccentric. for more on -- brutal and increasingly eccentric. for more on were the libyans go here, i am joined by a guest. colonel gaddafi always claimed he had real support amongst the people and in the last few months we have seen many people turning out in his favor. what happens to that support now? are there going to be peopl

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the plane fell to the ground in lockerbie scotland, hence, lockerbie bombing and 11 people died on thet took 11 years to convict al megrahi, and he served eight years in prison was was convicted to 27 years. >> tell us why scotland allowed him to return to libya? >> at the time he only had a few months to live. they did not think he was going to live very long after that. there were a few things that happened after his release. and the government was criticized. he received a hero's welcome back home. you see pictures here. he was greeted personally by gadhafi and people were celebrating in the streets, and to the west seeing a convicted terrorists come home and get that hero's welcome, that looked bad. and finally he lived for two years after this and was expected to live for a couple months. he has managed to survive for a couple of years, and that's why people are calling for his extradition. there were before rick robertson found him in this state. >> and there were business deals with the scotts and the brits and everything, and very interesting to see how they handle the delicate

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have no duty while we are out there wondering around the desert there was a justification it was lockerbie there's no justification i prefer the russian position i prefer the chinese position i prefer the german position all of which is the same as we wish you well we're not firing any guns and we're not sending in any planes what now that means you're with the nation that we pull out and leave the libyans to what could essentially be a bloody thing for war is a bloody civil war that's what happens in civil wars it isn't the point the reason that you have the word war involved in civil war is it's called civil negotiation it is a fight and in the end i expect the rebels they will win but they don't need to win risking our blood and our money what if now that the international community has irreparably for them that with him he actually stays in power and yeah well first of all i don't care about the international community and secondly that happened but you know they don't like him but there's lots of people they don't like i mean why they. actor why don't they go in while you're at libya

over lockerbie killing our people on the ground and killing people for america there was a justification to do what i suspect russia might have done under the same circumstances which you said right we're coming in we're taking you out we're bombing the hell out of the place and then there will be a change of regime and that will be more justifiable than this but libyan rebels did get off the cuff to intervene they also may say it's meant to be injury not therefore have a duty to go in and help the maps that we don't want you to do we owe it to a saw aides in a revolution who is trying to grab power to decide what the outcome of that war is going to be i say we have no duty while we are out there wondering around the desert there was a justification it was lockerbie there's no justification i prefer the russian position i prefer the chinese position i prefer the german position all of which is the same as we wish you well and we're not thought any guns away not sending in any planes what now that means you're with lucian that we put out an evening pins to what could essentially be a bloo

. >> reporter: lockerbie was just one of several devastating acts of terror blamed on his regime. from the attack on the 1972 munich olympics, to the bombing of a berlin disco packed with american soldiers in 1986. >> this mad dog of the middle east -- >> reporter: in retaliation for the berlin attack, president reagan ordered an air strike on gadhafi's compound, killing his 15-month-old daughter. two years later, he struck back by taking down pan am 103. but after 9/11 and the invasion of iraq, a dramatic about-face, gadhafi accepted r rponsibility for lockerbie and gave up his chemical and nuclear weapons programs. he did not give up his many eccentricities, his elaborate outfits, fears of flying over water, and a slew of female bodyguards. at the u.n. in 2009, he called president obama "my son." some couldn't help but laugh. and neither could he. with abc's c cistine amanpour in february, laughing at the idea of fleeing libya. >> leaders are calling on you to step down, to leave libya, to leave your position of power. will you do that? [ laughs ] [ speaking in foreign language

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but wait, he sang a different tune about the lockerbie bomber who's hiding out in libya. >> you thinkm over to whom? >> the united states of america would be my first choice. we would try him here and see that justice is done. this is a person responsible for the lives of hundreds of people. >> in 2007, romney didn't want terrorists on u.s. soil. but now the u.s. is the first choice to try a terrorist who blew up an airplane killing hundreds of people. romney tried to weasel out of his flip-flop with the following statement. should the law change and allow other forms to be used, governor romney would explore those options as well. pretty weak stuff, don't you think? for a guy who wants to be president of the united states? the bottom line is, if the american justice system is strong enough to try a lockerbie bomber, it's strong enough to try the terrorists being held in gitmo, don't you think. and after saying president obama was naive for wanting to try them on american soil, is pretty sleazy psycho talk. >>> democrats all across the country running on economic issues and workers ri

he gave up the lockerbie bombing suspects for trial and after the u.s. invaded iraq, he surprised the world by agreeing to destroy all of his chemical nuclear and biological weapons. gadhafi soon welcomed western oil companies like bp and total into libya. but questions linkered about whether some western oil contracts were traded for scotland's release of one of the convicted lockerbie bombers. and he didn't give up the bizarre behavior. on a 2009 visit to italy he invited 200 models to his ambassador' house, paying each $75 to listen to lectures on islam and giving each a copy of the koran. back home, patience was running thin. after more than 40 years, rebellion bubbled up in the eastern part of the country, quickly spreading across libya. as his government disintegrated he stayed in the same house bombed in 1986. >> translator: this is my country, the country of my grandfather. >> reporter: he vowed to die a martyr in libya. >> now, earlier on cnn, becky anderson sat down with the man to helped to guide and govern libya before gadhafi. he shares his

just five days after mccain's visit, the alleged master bind of the lockerbie bombing was given a heroselcome in libya. well, today, wikileaks released a u.s. diplomatic cable about mccain's visit with the gadhafis. it says quote senator mccain assured gadhafi's son that the u.s. wanted to provide libya with equipment it needs for its security program. and pledged to see what he could do to move things forward in congress. and that mccain's meetings with the gadhafis were positive, highlighting that progress that has been made in the bilateral relati relationship. so it is interesting that man who was so committed to giving gadhafi u.s. military equipment, now turns around and says this. >> we will be rid after guy that has the blood of americans on his hands. we will be rid after guy who has practiced the worst kind of brutality. >> reminds me of another republican who likes to pal around with dictators when it was convenient. that's former defense secretary donald rumsfeld. having a cozy meet and greet with saddam hussein in 1983. 20 years before spear-heading the invasion of iraq. jo

lot of americans and people around the world watching this, they can't help but think about the lockerbier released on compassionate grounds and went back to libya because he was dying of cancer who has now lived well beyond the doctors expectations of when he was going the die. do you think there's going to be some type of re-examination of whether or not he should be returned to jail? >> interesting question. actually, just yesterday, thomas, the top white house official samantha power, very involved in the crafting libya policy had a conference call with the families of the lockerbie victims, that's something this white house has attempted to do for quite some time. and it was an interesting moment because it was just element exactly two years ago that the convicted lockerbie bomber was released from prison. a main point that came up on the phone call was by the family members seek iing white house commitment to try to find him. if not necessarily to retry him, to question him about what higher-ups were involved in ordered that terror attack. >> michael, thank you for joining me. anyon

. >>> plus, in libya the family of the only man convicted for the pan am lockerbie bombing tells nbc news he is now at death's door. >>> good afternoon, i'm savannah guthrie in for andrea mitchell. we begin with the impact of irene. here is the latest. the storm has been linked to at least 28 deaths across the northeast and new england. damage estimated at $7 billion. and the situation could get worse. multiple rivers will at or near flood stage in vermont, new jersey and new york. at the same time, crews are working to restore power to more than four million people. a job that may take days ark week or perhaps longer. virginia was hardest hit. at one point 2.5 million people were in the dark. the second largest outage in that state's history. and all of this of course is making it tough to get around today. hundreds of roads remain closed, bridges have been washed out in some places and train service in new jersey, new york and connecticut has been suspended. and one of those effects still playing out today of course, is air travel. at one point as many as a million passengers were

. >>> and the man convicted of blowing up the plane over lockerbie, scotland. he was found under the care of his family in tripoli. the son says he could die anytime. the bombing of the jet liner killed 177 people. he was released and returned to libya on compassionate grounds. much more on nic robertson's exclusive story when he joins us from tripoli at 2:30 eastern time. >>> and then all the astronauts could leave the space station soon. they could run out of supplies. the spacecraft carrying tons of supplies crashed after launch last week. there are two crafts already at the station that would be used for the evacuation. >>> we're just getting word that polygamist leader warren jeffs is in critical condition. he was hospitalized after refusing to eat. as you know jeffs was convicted of abusing underaged followers of his sect. >>> we heard from gary tuchman several moments ago. now we have the governor on the line. how are things going? >> we're making progress. truly irene -- hurricane irene really whacked us hard. we're in for a long haul. we have had one l

convicted in the bombing of pan am 103 over lockerbie scotland. the majority of them americans was headed to new york. they were allkied. megrahi was released from a scottish prison two years ago and returned to libya. it was believed he had only months to live. there was international outrage over his release. now nic robertson, covering the war in libya, found him, in a comby, being fed through a tube with no professional help and possibly on his death bed. that exclusive from nic this hour. >>> first, let's get our headlines from zain verjee in london. good morning, zain. >> good morning to you, kyra. the daily telegraph, this is what it says. while gadhafi is free, libya cannot move on. it goes on to say this, the ntc, the national transitional council, faces the daunting task of disarming a country awash with guns and of integrating those militia members who want to continue bearing arms into a national army. and this is from the sydney herald. libya after gadhafi. the various groups comprising the rebels were unified mainly in their common d

at least some senators are calling that he be returned to justice. >> the lockerbie bomber.ch a bizarre and unpredictable player on the world scene for so many years, i can't imagine this is not going to end in just as bizarre e fashion as he was a leader for all these years. >> it seems he definitely has a few tricks up his sleeve still. >> the ending is still to be written. we'll see of course. >> aolutely. we'll be following. >>> all right. in other news, a stunning turn of events in the sex case that captured the attention of the world. new york city prosecutors have decided to drop all charges against dominique strauss-kahn, the former head of the imf, who was once the front-runner to be france's next president. prosecutors say they no longer believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault is telling the truth, andndhey say if they don't believe it how can they ask a jury to? >>> and now we turn to a disturbing story out of san diego. police there are trying to piece together what happened aftfter two bodies werere found inside of

the return of the lockerbie bomber, do you think that will happen? >> there is no way. this guy is with qaddafi right now somewhere. he is on a beach. this guy is on the beach and has had plastic surgery. he takes the mask off and he looks like bill. i think this guy is with him. >> really? that's an interesting theory. i disagree. when qaddafi is captured or killed, will you miss his amazing fashion sense? >> not really, or the tents he wants to pitch by the u.n building in new york city. no, i think the world will be much better with him gone. obviously with a lot of other regimes like him that have been falling by the way side. i do like looking at his weirdly fat face that has had a lot of plastic surgery. i can't quite figure it out. >> he is like cargoes santana about 10 years from now. maybe if he is lucky. >> life transitioning. >> paul, you are our resident middle east expert. i want you to ram bell about your thoughts on this issue. i want to know everything that is in that brain. >> you cut me down like i don't have any credibility from the get go. first of a

lockerbie bomber reportedly comatosed.ll of the reports say he is bed ridden and in a coma as opposed to up and about and in a coma? just say in a coma. >> well, i don't know. what if he fell into a coma while sitting up, and you don't want to move him? you could be reclining. >> or what if they put him on a crate and took him downtown to greet the well wishers. he is moving even though he is still in a coma. use your brain. >> these people are weird. these people are weird. >> joe i think he made that saying like six months ago on the show. >> i did. i am lazy. >> you never know. you could be performing for a new crowd right now. >> it is true. >> it was legitimate. >> and still a good point. >> and andy is one of those guys. >> the guy is still alive. i think my joke stands on its own merit. >> it is better now because he is still alive. >> and getting better with time. >> easy will do it next week. just watch me. >> margaret, you said nothing would be better than if the libyan rebels killed al mac grough -- al mac groug

listen to this. >> the lockerbie case is over. he came back to libya because of a decision from the scottish justice minister. he is a sick man. martha: all right. joined now by john bolton, former ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. good morning, ambassador bolton. you know, i guess you can't blame his brother for saying that, the family would like this to be over, they have their family member back home, and you know, it's understandable that that's their perspective, but a lot of people believe that since qaddafi's regime has fallen that maybe we get another crack at al megrahi and getting him back where he belongs. >> well, technically he's still a scottish prisoner. he's basically out on parole, compassionate release, they call it, but you know, the terms of the deal under which he was tried under scottish law ten years ago really were violated by qaddafi through and through. he didn't cooperate with the investigation. so i think it's perfectly legitimate to look at another trial of megrahi if we can do it before

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. >> the requirement is that free water heater in the tab for of lockerbie in -- or bottled water be available. they do not have plumbing for it, so that is the issue. they have water coolers, but i have a question i wanted to ask about this, and it has more to do with something that is a little out zero left-field near a good -- left field. the issue of of the washing hands is related to a healthy gain the issue of washing hands is related to healthy eating, but it has gone to the wayside. we are either taking not for making them functional, and i would like somebody to tell us about that. it is related to when we are going to talk about screen cleaning products. there are a lot of hand cleansers' people use that are not the best environmentally, so sometimes we have to get to that. >> thank you. any other comments? [calling codevotes] >> thank you superior -- thank you. the next item was moved and seconded on june 14 as well. a report from the budget committee. goo>> they gave it a positive recommendation. >> the resolution in? >> i am trying to figure out how long it is. i am just

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the lockerbie bomber is libya. telling neal cavuto on monday, the united states of america would be my first choice. we would try him here. now that of course is a big deal, because most conservatives don't want terrorism suspects tried in america. so, you know, hey, mitt romney, surprisingly moderate stance on that. a stance that lasted for three days. the bomber standing trial here? that was monday's position from mitt romney. today's position is this. >> i mean, guantanamo always serves a useful purpose in settings like this. >> maybe when he said bring him here on monday, maybe mentally he was in cuba. i don't know. back in december 2007, mitt romney told a crowd in college station, texas, quote, i saw my father march with martin luther king. a few days later, he had to take it back to "the new york times" saying, quote, i did not see it with my own eyes. in 2002, mitt romney was pro stem cell research. i will work and fight for stem cell research. a few years later, against stem cell research. in the end, i wa

. >> i want to follow up on your exclusive yesterday about the lockerbie bomber. you discovered him apparently in a coma. what are the rebels saying today about the possibility of extraditing him back to scotland? >> they're saying they're not going to do it. which is very interesting because the reason that they're giving publicly is because they're saying there's no extradition treaty with these countries and therefore, that's why they won't go ahead. but another dimension, political dimension. the tribe is hugely important for this government, they need to get them on their side away from gadhafi so he can build this interim government and send gadhafi outside of the country would send a signal to this tribe, a negative signal. so they want to send a positive signal. get the tribe on their side, help firm up their leadership here. >> local politics. thanks so much, nic robertson. >>> gadhafi's grown son hannibal is among the members who entered algeria today. dan rivers discovered, he left behind evidence his family behaved like animals. a quick word of caution

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ronald reagan was the president during the lockerbie incident and george bush sr., if you recall, he's the guy that gave gadhafi a free pass on those murders when george bush sr. came into office. every single one of the serious republican candidates, if can you call them serious republican candidates, have been wining like schoolchildren when obama didn't do what george bush did which was to lie his way into the scam. the weapons of mass destruction scam. instead, we had obama go to the united nations, build a real coalition, not a coalition with albania and latvia and uzbekistan as george bush did, a comic book coalition. this president delivered everything he said he was going to do. >> and back in april, sarah palin jumped all over the president at the particular time and she said this, "simply put, what are we doing there? you've put us in a strategic no-man's land." and, of course, rick perry is out there getting after it today as well, not giving any credit to the president whatsoever. is it all about politics and the war on terror are they ever going to give credit to president

he tracked down that lockerbie bomber apparently on his deathbed. reports about the convicted child rapist warren jeffs. he fell ill, he was rushed to the hospital. tell you why he's now in a coma. he looks very different. a very different looking warren jeffs than we saw a couple of weeks ago. even behind bars, his followers, however, remain faithful. >> warren jeffs may be in prison for the rest of his life, but in the border towns of colorado city and hillandale, utah, where thousands of jeffs' followers live, he is still the prophet. >> do you believe the evidence they showed the jury? >> i believe the evidence is ill gotten and manufactured. that's what i have to go by. >> so you believe that -- >> i know that the government can do that. >> gary tuchman's report tonight. also at 10:00 p.m. and all that at the top of the hour. >> thanks so much, anderson. we'll be watching. and a new cnn poll confirms a new front runner in the republican presidential race. who that is in a minute. i'm going to ask james carville if it's bad news for the democrat