and matthew, it is so great to see you right now.e been talking to you throughout the last couple of hours now in front of the cameras and just describe for us -- i know -- you've got a big crowd behind you. what's going on? >> yeah, they're celebrating their freedom. they're not celebrating my freedom, they're celebrating libya's freedom, obviously. but i've been given loads of flowers. i don't think they realize we've gone through this ordeal of being held captive in the hotel and it's only now we've come out to speak to you on this because we've been essentially set free. it's amazing. the whole country, the whole city is celebrating its freedom. and you know, i feel sort of a connection with them. i feel a connection with them because i'm celebrating mine, as well. >> matthew, you look great. you know, give us a sense of where you are, how you got there. have you had a chance to talk to your family? >> reporter: yeah, no. i haven't yet. i haven't had a chance. my foreign desk -- my foreign desk in atlanta has spoken to my family.

>> to matthew?> yes. >> well, i'm so glad that he's better than just okay because we had all kind of thought what he was going through, certainly didn't know if he was i guess treated fairly other than not having anyone to talk to or any interaction with anyone over those months. and he needs to come home and spend time with lauren. it's been a rough road for her, too. >> yes. it's been a rough road. >> we're just glad to know that he's safe and we know he'll be home. but neither one of us ever thought that he was a casualty of the war. we both always believed that he was somewhere and okay and would get back to the states. >> well, sharon van dyke joining us there on the line from baltimore. we are all so very happy for your very good news, you and your entire family, that that wru is indeed safe. thank you for joining us. we're going to continue to check in with you as to when he makes it home safely. thank you. >> certainly. thank you so much. >>> well, the other huge development out of tripoli w

matthew chance is there. what is happening this hour, matthew?> reporter: it's still very intensive firefights on the street of tripoli around this hotel and other areas of the city as well. we're hearing gun shots and grenade explosions coming from all corners in the distance and some very close as well. we have the multiple reports and rumors that are circulating about the fate of colonel gadhafi and why armed forces have not come out on the street. all we can tell you from this vantage point here and obviously our movements are very restricted by government minders and by the terrible security situation outside. the government is vowing they will fight in. gadhafi loyalists saying they have tens of thousands of professional troops that are committed to defending the city within the past few minutes colonel gadhafi has again appeared on state television here in libya calling on his count countrymen to march on tripoli to defend the capital. no indication in any of the public statements that colonel gadhafi's forces are surrendering or any other

and that is a big change from just a few months ago as matthew suggested. the challenge for the other candidates, again if perry launches strong, in terms of financial resources and in terms of an ability to be in the conversation every day, at's going to be very difficult for anyone but maybe michele bachmann to play at that level. because the debates will be focused on romney and perry and perhaps bachmann. the profile, the investigative reporting for better or for worse, all of that is really i think going to focus on romney and perry. and we'll see if the field does win out. if you do see people dropping out after ames. alough i am not sure that is actlly going to happen given certain results. we may not see people drop out. but the debates which going to become more regular as we move into the fall, they could play a role, particularly for perry who one of the ways he does nee to prove himself is can he perform well in a national debate with national scrutiny on international issues that he's not dealt with before as a politician. >> rose: speak of int

do we still have matthew in tripoli? matthew, that is a question. because we were discussing earli earlier, does this all seem a bit too easy for the rebels? >> it does, doesn't it? i mean it's remarkable. we were all expecting -- i think perhaps if we're honest -- the gadhafi regime was eventually going to crumble but we didn't really expect that it was going to crumble at this rapid pace. and yes, i mean colonel gadhafi is sort of -- i think the suspicion is that he may have something up his sleeve. they've said repeatedly that they have tens of thousands of armed professional soldiers. 65,000, i was told today in fact. a very precise number. those troops according to government officials just earlier today saying that they're committed to defending this country, they're committed to defending this city. we haven't really seen that much of them, have we? and so either it was bluster or, as you say, those soldiers have decided not to fight or something's going to be coming up in the hours ahead. >> time and time again, too, we would come across the

matthew, did we lose the connection? okay, we did.tty remarkable, you and i both, just looking at the last pictures we got from our matthew chance and the more than 30 other journalists that were trapped inside this hotel, one of the last places where gadhafi reporters were able to say hey, we have control, has now fallen. they have been released. >> look, kyra, it's stressful enough being in a hotel where you're constantly under the watchful eye of government minders, we've all been there, but something especially traumatizing about being there when fighting all around you, you can hear gunshots and explosions, i cannot imagine psychologically what these journalists and others -- they are not all journalists, some diplomats what they went through. >> just to let our viewers know who have not been watching this from the beginning. they were running out of food, they were running out of water, electricity was sporadic, we were talking to matthew and his batteries were dying, we had to let him go so he'd have some type of communication

what's interesting about matthew chance and this hotel, matthew chance is a human shield.. he's captured by a dying regime and where gadhafi is, of course we don't know. he's looking for a spider hole. he's looking for a spider hole. and howling that he says calling on the tribes to rebel, all this is meaningless. the regime has fallen and the regime was just the house of gadhafi. >> people are wondering where he is and i'm sure the opposition would like to parade moammar gadhafi through the streets. arwa damon reported she saw reinforced mercedes speeding towards the airport and the airport has come under fire. so, she's saying it's possible they're trying to carve out an escape route for moammar gadhafi. would it be possible he could get out of the country? >> he could be at the algerian border. take a look at neighborhood of this new libya, free libya, which is what it is, a free libya, it has favorable boarders, tunisia on one side, egypt on the other, but the algerians are committed to moammar gadhafi, they're corrupt like him. he has options. he could go to chad wher

matthew chance from the rix is hotel in tripoli. five days now. matthew and 34 journalist colleagues guarded by pro gadhafi forces. >>> we'll continue to cover the very tense events throughout the course of this very program as cnn continues with this coverage for the battle of the future of like yeah. >>> also coming up, his name has been dragged through the mud for months. since rape allegations first surfaced against dominique strauss-kahn in may, he's lost his job and reputation. now the charges have been dropped. we have an exclusive interview with his lawyers just ahead. from tuesday. these are excited opposition fighters who have just gained access to colonel moammar gadhafi's private compound in tripoli. >>> investors think the end of the conflict will will mean the return of oil to the markets. that has spent prices mostly lower. right now brent crude, which is particularly sensitive to what's happening in libya, down 62 cents a barrel trading at $108.86. there hasn't been any great surge down on the back of what looks to be an outcome in

>> matthew, we wish you and your crew well. please stay as safe as you can. very dicey situation for matthew chance and all those others trapped right now in the rixos hotel. you can follow me on twitter at anderson cooper. i'll be tweeting tonight if i can throughout the live hour. up next, two experts here to talk about how to track down gadhafi and assess the opposition's performance so far. let's check in with isha sesay. >> new aftershocks in the quakes that took the washington, d.c. area bli surprise. it was felt as far north as montreal. we have the details on that and a very big, dangerous hurricanea heading to the eastern seaboard when 360 continues. right into my desktop. launch my watchlist -- a popping stock catches my eye. pull up the price chart. see what the analysts say. as i jump back, streaming video news confirms what i thought. pull the trigger -- done. i can even do most of this on my smartphone. really, it's incredible. like nothing i've ever experienced. unleash your investing and trade free for 60 days with e-trade. [ jim ] i need to p

. >> joining me matthew dowd, rynea lizza and mark halperin. mark, tell me why this straw poll is important? >> well, this whole weekend is important. the race has been going on for obviously many months. but any of our colleagues on the ground here will tell you there's an intensity to this weekend because of the straw poll, the debate on thursday night, and then both the unexpected arrival into this narrative of both sarah palin and rick perry. i think the straw poll's most important to say whether tim pawlenty will have the ca passit ot go forward as a real force in the race or a force in the race. and if michele bachman wins the spa poll handily which i don't rule out, she will put herself somewhere where rick perry will have to condition tend with here in iowa because she will have a big head start. >> ros what would you add to that, matthew? >> the only thing i will add to that i totally agree with mark it is a big weekend for all those reasons. the straw vote usually never picks the winner but it usually always picks the losers. so out o

can you hear me okay, matthew? can you tell what your situation is and if you're still hunkered down in the hotel? use yeah, we are still in the rixos hotel. journalists are still in the basement of this hotel as well for the most part, because all around the building here and close to the compound of colonel gadhafi which is a short distance away from the rixos hotel, there have been these ferocious battles rage, presumably, between the control of this area between the gadhafi loyalists still holed up very much in this part of tripoli, and the rebels who, you know, are controlling some areas of the capital as well. there are heavy machine gunfire and all of the journalists in the hotel have their body armor on and helmets because one of the things that happened a few moments ago was that there was what was said to be a sniper firing a round into the hotel. it's not clear from which direction that bullet came. but, obviously, it was another, you know, kind of, you know, decks to which the experience of being in thi

also cnn's matthew chance. he, his crew and other reporters right now trapped inside a hotel in tripoli, not far from where sara sidner was earlier at gadhafi's compound, being kept there by gadhafi loyalists who are armed and in the lobby and patrolling the hotel. the situation is growing more tense by the minute. all of that ahead. but first a quick wrap-up of what was a truly memorable day. >> reporter: in the streets of tripoli today cries of victory barely audible over the non-stop rattle of celebratory gunfire. opposition forces fighting ferociously this morning with remnants of the government army still defending moammar gadhafi's compound. after a siege lasting for hours, the opposition forces break through. >> reporter: this is a historic day! psychologically speaking, this is an important day especially for the rebels who gadhafi said would never be able to break his spirit, would never be able to take the city. but they have taken gadhafi's compound. and you can see now some of the press coming out.

our office got called right away and we attempted to find matthew.ast time that he was seen was right around the time that the coalition started to get involved in the battle with gadhafi. we didn't hear -- i was concerned that he might have been killed. as it turned out, we finally -- he was finally identified and the hungarian government has been our liaison and nefs a poli he was in a prison. we know there are a lot of people in prisons, there's been one where there's been a prison break, but that's still a very unstable situation and we want to make sure go whatever we can to bring an american back to the united states who has been in a prison. he went over there as a journalist. but the good news is that we know that he's alive and he's been identified being in prison in libya. >> i want to thank you so much congressman. we appreciate your time. hope to talk to you again. >> okay, candy. >>> we are keeping a close eye on libya. cnn has word that another moammar gadhafi son who was supposed to be under arrest has been seen at a hotel in tripoli.

that is our own matthew chance in tripoli. bring him up we will give you an update of what is happening there. >> we are exploring who will take charge in libya. we will look at those possibilities up next. ♪ [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. >>> if rebels succeed and drive moammar gadhafi from power, they are halfway to their goal. some discuss putting together a democratic government, and that's going to be the hard part. we have jill at the state department. and they have rivals and competing goals, and do we think they can work together to form a democratic society? >> that is going to be the ultd mitt question. when the fight something over, and even now you can say the transition has gubegun. they being the national transitional counsel, the ntc, does have a series of detailed plans we're told by u.s. officials in place for what will happen next, when gadhafi goes. now, essentially what they are trying to do is make su

matthew slaughter, dr. christina romer, we thank you both. >> warner: still to come on the "newshour": the crackdown on rioters in britain; a nationally watched election over budget cuts and union rights in wisconsin; the next poet laureate of the united states and schools known as drop-out factories in new york. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. budget deficit is now officially over $1 trillion for the third year in a row. the treasury department announced the latest totals today. with two months left in the federal fiscal year, the red ink is on pace to exceed last year's deficit of nearly $1.3 trillion. the record was more than $1.4 trillion in 2009. international forces have killed the taliban militants who shot down a u.s. helcopter on saturday. 38 u.s. and afghan troops died in that attack. today, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan marine general john allen said the insurgents died in an air strike on monday. >> we tracked them, as we would in t

we're trying to establish communication with matthew chance. and he his crew and other reporters, trapped inside a hotel. being kept there by gadhafi loyalists, still in control of the area. the situation growing more tense by the minute. all of that ahead. a quick wrapup of an extraordinarily memorable day. >> reporter: in the streets of tripoli today, cries of victory, barely audible over the nonstop rattle of celebratory gunfire. opposition forces fighting ferociously this morning with remnants of the government army, still defending moammar gadhafi's compound. after a siege lasting for hours, opposition forces break through. >> this is an historic day. psychologically speaking this is an important day, especially for the rebels who gadhafi said would never be able to break his spirit, would never be able to take the city. but they have taken gadhafi's compound and you can see now some of the press coming out, so clearly they had it. clearly they have taken this over and clearly there is extreme excitement here in tripoli. >> gadhafi's compo

stay safe. >> thank you, david. >> matthew price tonight. and obviously matthew unable to look at the hotel windows, unable to see what's happening. as all of this plays out, as jeffrey reported, no firm word tonight on colonel ga daffy's whereabouts or status. as you might remember, it was christiane amanpour, the only american reporter to speak with ga gafdhafi since this began. gadhafi telling her he would never leave libya. >> reporter: colonel gadhafi, the president of the united states, the leaders of britain and other leaders are calling on you to step down, to leave libya, to leave your position of power. will you do that? >> translator: who would leave his homeland? why do i leave my homeland? why do i leave libya? >>>>eporter: they say that they've done it because you have ordered force against your people, shooting of protesters -- >> translator: this is lying. 100%. >> colonel gadhafi with christiane amanpour last february. >>> tonight, president obama is monitoring events as they come in. he's on martha's vineyard vacations with

matthew chance joins us now. matthew it is so nice to see you out of that hotel. so many people here and all around the world were concerned about all of you trapped in that hotel. as you look back on it now, what was the most difficult moment? and i know you can speak more freely now. what was the most difficult moment? >> reporter: well, first of all, we're really grateful, all of us, all the journalists here, me and jamanah and all the journalists held against our will. grateful for the support we were getting on twitter and all the other messages that have come to us. it's been absolutely fantastic. really means a lot to us. it's difficult, anderson, to say which was the worst time. i think it was probably because there are so many of them. we were lying on our bellies at one point, hoping the shells that were coming into the compound weren't going to hit us. there were snipers firing into the hotel at various point during the fight, basically we were kept there against our will. but i think the worst time was when we realized quite early on in the situation w

we have matthew now live. matthew chance if you can hear me, obviously another very tense day for you and the journalists in there. you had this extraordinary encounter we are saif gadhafi. tell me what happened. >> it was very strange, indeed, piers. -- >> local time and we're told he was going to give us a briefing which would have been surprising, obviously. but he didn't turn up. he was a no-show so we all kind of assumed it was spin on the part of the gadhafi regime and he really was in custody but they insisted he wasn't. a few hours later, 1:30 local time, a couple hours ago, all this fuss in the lobby of the hotel. i was woken up in my room and everyone was pointing at this white armored land cruiser and they're saying saif is in there. i walked up and knocked on the door, he was about to drive off. i knocked on the door. and it opened up and i said, saif, i want to see you with my own eyes. they turned on the lights in the back seat of the land cruiser. there he was. i took a photograph of him and ask

we meet newsweek's moscow bureau chief matthews who first came to the russian capital to find out the truth about his grandfather who died in stalin's prison camps but he quickly became fascinated by the country and its people that's next. hello again and welcome to spotlight the end of the show on r.t. prime algor no ventilation my guest is matthew years the book he dedicated to his family called stolen children three generations of love and war has become a bestseller and britain and was translated into several languages recently it was published in russia today is the guest of spotlight to tell us about the fascinating story of his parents. the newsweek bureau chief in moscow and when matthews has been roaming around the world searching for great stories but he found his best story in moscow trying to track his family tree born in london to a russian modern welsh father he became a journalist and arrived in moscow to plunge into work and break away on his own instead he stumbled upon his roots and started searching for more he dug through the k.g.b. archives until he found a tragic

matthew chance joins us now. matthew it is so nice to see you out of that hotel. so many people here and all around the world were concerned about all of you trapped in that hotel. as you look back on it now, what was the most difficult moment? and i know you can speak more freely now. what was the most difficult moment? >> reporter: well, first of all, we're really grateful, all of us, all the journalists here, me and jamanah and all the journalists held against our will. grateful for the support we were getting on twitter and all the other messages that have come to us. it's been absolutely fantastic. really means a lot to us. it's difficult, anderson, to say which was the worst time. i think it was probably because there are so many of them. we were lying on our bellies at one point, hoping the shells that were coming into the compound weren't going to hit us. there were snipers firing into the hotel at various point during the fight, basically we were kept there against our will. but i think the worst time was when we realized quite early on in the situation w

. >> stay safe, matthew!ress briefing on the war. let's listen to that. >> ability to a point that they come in and control capabilities are severely affected that they have severely -- mobility capabilities because of control many access within the country and they have a lot of senior leaders who have either defected or have been captured. so, basically, let be clear here. despite the noise that could be making today in tripoli, the regime has passed the tipping point and is going done -- down, sorry. so for us it's more a matter of when than if it's indeed, the ca case. >> i would still like to understand. i understand you are protecting civilians but i still would like to know how you are doing it now in tripoli, where there are, i think, many people around this bunker where gadhafi is supposed to be and what are the military charges nato can have if so many people around? what are you doing there? >> as i mentioned, i command current operation as we are conducting them now, but what i could tell you is t

what is new is that matthew has been given a portable pump. it is not like -- 7 kilograms. it does mean we can get out and about. this animation shows the plastic heart, here beating in slow- motion, doing the job of a real one. but it is not meant to be permanent. the surgeon who fitted the heart in the hospital says -- says the aim is to buy time. for matthew green and his family, the little back powering his new heart offers a new lease on life. his big hope -- to go for a bike ride. bbc news, near cambridge. >> iraq needs to decide soon if it wants american forces to stay beyond december. that was the message from admiral mike mullen as he wraps up his last trip to visit troops in iraq and afghanistan. the outgoing chairman of the joint steep -- joint chiefs has been in the post since 2007 and is set to retire this october. we were given rare access to the trip and said this report from afghanistan. >> the admiral knows the drill. he has made this trip many times. but every detail is sorted, even where he stands when he takes the first questions from the small group of

meanwhile we're sitting here with chris matthews.ed now by robin wright, the veteran author, journalist, scholar who has a new book "rock the cause baa" could not be more timely. rave reviews. thank you for joining us today. first of all, afghanistan, the tragedy over the weekend. this does again show that the taliban are more deeply rooted than any effort to negotiate with the taliban are going to be that much harder. it does raise questions about the pace of withdrawal. >> it raises questions about the pace. it raises a lot of question about what we do in the aftermath of our withdrawal. we are relying on iraq and afghanistan increasingly on operations. they are the men who are critical in identifying, finding and bringing to justice back to be heard in both countries. this is a real set back. the timing couldn't be worse. it's such a huge tragedy as well. >> and as we talk about that also the crackdown in syria. the u.s. and other countries have seemed feckless with their statements and condemnation. assad ignoring it. the big cha

i know he's okay. >> matthew chance, thanks so much for that.e so glad that you're safe and we do want to hear more about this ordeal, and i'm sure we'll get an opportunity to hear from you again. thank you. >>> jack cafferty now "the cafferty file." >> that's a special breed of cat for people like matthew chance. whatever awards for people like those that perform like matthew chance, they ought to stack them in front of his door and others like him. >>> in an election where the republican candidate stands a chance in front of a weakened incumbent president so far it's a couple of intellectual lightweight lightweigh lightweights who won the show. two have been sucking up the media's attention mostly for saying stupid stuff. like bachmann's bringing gasoline down to $2 a gallon or rick perry saying ben bernanke's actions were treasonous or the former governor of alaska sarah palin will join the race as well. palin's people are pushing back against the speculation saying that anyone who claims to know about her plans is misleading the american peo

the part owned by the iowa gop matthew strong got a new coach. >> mike honzy. >> isn't he the former coach the chicago rush where he took them to victory in arena bowl 20. >> the very same and he hopes to bring that championship attitude to the barn stormers. >> stephen: thanks, john. turning to our top story the iowa gop's refusal to release the straw poll ballots is causing a storm of controversy. speaking of storms let's check with chief meteorologist brad edwards certified in central iowa's most accurate meteorologist for five years and counting. brad, how is it looking for the weekend. >> i tell you what, stephen, it's stormy out there right now and i think will stay stormy through saturday. tomorrow night will be the opening night of high school school football and a warm one, 86 degrees. >> stephen: the start of high school football season, walters, i think you buried the lead there. >> my bad. now let's go back to amanda krenz with the latest on the rick parry write in scandal amanda. >> well, stephen, abc 5 contacted the head of the iowa gop matthew strong who said they are

matthew chance in tripoli. impossible to say when he will go, but it is clear he will go. is that wishful thinking? >> reporter: to some extent, it is. although colonel gadhafi is watching his control shrink rapidly. especially in the last three weeks. that firefight that sara is seeing is a key battle. there is still fierce fighting east of the town between gadhafi loyalists and rebels backed by nato war planes over libya. that will be a decisive battle. it is already having an effect of cutting the main supply route into tripoli and along with the other rebel advances in the south and east of the capital. it has had an effect of circling tripoli and cutting it off from any flow of supplies. that is having a real impact psychologically on the residents of the town that is putting pressure on the regime. who knows what will happen in the days and weeks ahead. >> matthew, i know you are limited in where you can go. severely limited and you are watched by government minders. you are confined in large part at that

. >> stay safe, matthew. it's a very chaotic scene and we'll come back to you tomorrow. >>> tomorrow, more with my exclusive interview with jon huntsman. some surprising revelations fro exclusive interview with john huntsman. revelations from the man himself. >>> it's 10:00 a.m. in tripoli, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4 p.m. in long tongue. i'm charles hodson in london. >> i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. you're watching continuing coverage of the battle for tripoli. >>> in libya, rebels claim to control most of the capital but gun battles continue in some parts of tripoli. an evacuation boat arrived there today for stranded migrants. the vessel was sent by the international organization for migration and can carry 300 people. to the west of tripoli, renewed fighting is reported near za ware and nato says three surfaces to surface missiles were fired on monday night near moammar gadhafi's hometown. nato is not aware of casualties or damage. the foreign minister is to fly to benghazi today to meet officials of the

hopefully now they're going to get in those cars and they're going to take us -- bye, matthew.ck. >> good luck. >> reporter: bye, guys. good luck. hello? hello? breaking news situation here. we have now left the compound of the rixos hotel. all of the 36 journalists that were kept inside essentially against their will in what we all considered all along to be a hostage crisis, have now been a -- a hostage situation, rather, have now been allowed to go out. it's been a very complicated, a very frightening, a very, you know, emotional roller coaster of the past five days. some of the arabic-speaking journalists among our colleagues managed to negotiate with them, to convince them that, you know, the world has changed outside. >> bye. >> reporter: one of the most difficult things for me was speaking the language, you know, speaking arabic, i was involved in most of the negotiations between those guys who were holding us there and also trying to talk to people on the outside, trying to secure a safe passage for us at least or getting us out like we did today. it was a team effort.

matthew joins us to bring us up to date. how dangerous is it where you are?unfights outside the hotel et cetera. what is situation? >> the situation now is pretty calm. there have been some ferocious gun battles over the course of the past 24 hours around this hotel in the center of tripoli, a short distance away is colonel gadhafi's compound. the ferocious battle between the rebels and the gadhafi loyalists as well. but as we speak now the situation has calmed somewhat. i think it shows that the government do have firm control, at least over this area of tripoli. just to pick up on something you said, one of the points that's safe gadhafi made is he was never in detention. he was never picked up by the rebels. that was what he called -- a lie put out by them. >> obviously we don't know who's really lying here, do we? all we know is what you've seen with your own eyes. he's clearly a free man and that in itself is a propaganda victory for the gadhafi family right now. >> it is. it's a huge

the newsweek bureau chief in moscow and when matthews has been roaming around the world searching for great stories but he found his best story in moscow trying to track his family tree born in london to a russian modern welsh father he became a journalist and arrived in moscow to plunge into work and break away on his own instead he stumbled upon his roots and started searching for more he dug through the k.g.b. archives until he found a tragic story of his grandfather who died at the hands of stalin cyclical leagues and will became fascinated by russia and says despite his relatives having to escape from this country they still carry something a bit inside themselves to explain more on his dramatic family story on matthew's joins us today on spotlight. welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. and well first of all you. spent quite a while in russia you speak fluent russian you have you're from the russian family in a sense so they you consider yourself to be russian at least half russian or you prefer to observe like as a foreigner like that from a distance well i'

cnn's senior international correspondent matthew chance joins us now from tripoli. you have been staying at that hotel. give me an idea what you and other journalists are feeling about your safety with the gunfire surrounding the hotel. >> reporter: we're holed up on to one of the upper floors at the hotel. the gunfire, fredricka, isn't just outside the perimeter of the hotel. it's all over the city. the whole city is in a kind of mayhem as armed groups, rebels, gadhafi loyalists battle it out on the streets of the capital for control of this city. we've heard from government officials that 376 people were killed in the 24 hours up until a few hours ago. obviously with those fierce gun battles still raging and areas of the capital now confirmed to be in the hands of the rebels and anti-government control, we're expecting that death toll to rise much higher. this fight for tripoli is a very intensive one. it's by no means over or even close to being over at this point, fredricka. >> and is it difficult, matthew, to tell who's side anyone is on? >> reporter: from our

i'm al gore no my guest is zero when matthew the book he dedicated to his family called stolen children three generations of love and war has become a bestseller and britain and was translated into several languages recently it was published in russia today is the guest of spotlight to tell us about the fascinating story of his parents. newsweek bureau chief in moscow when matthews has been roaming around the world so she put great stories but he found his best story in moscow trying to track his family tree born in london to russian modern or well strother he became a journalist and arrived in moscow to plunge into work and break away on his own instead and stumbled upon his roots and started searching for more dogs in the cage of the archives until he found the tragic story of his grandfather died at the hands of stalin cyclical leaks and will became fascinated by russia and says despite his relatives having to escape from this country they still carry something a bit inside themselves to explain more on his dramatic them a story on matthew's joins us today on spotlight. it's a show t