president jacob zuma arrived to this eccentric pomp and clamber signature of the regime of colonel moammar qaddafi. this peace mission is seen as a last-ditch effort to find a diplomatic exit for the libyan dictator. the crowds chanted "we want qaddafi" but the man himself was nowhere insight and zuma was whisked away in a convoy surrounded by south african soldiers and police. hours later, the two men strolled into an ornate hall believed to be part of the much- attacked compound known as bab al-azizia. it was the first time that qaddafi has been seen since may 11. that's not least because nato warplanes have picked up the pace of air strikes and british planes are being armed with powerful bunker-busting bombs that prompted nato's secretary general to predict that what he called "qaddafi's reign of terror" would end soon. to add to qaddafi's woes eight libyan army officers-- including five generals-- told a press conference in rome that they were joining the libyan rebels and that 120 officers and soldiers had defected in recent days. and now it seems the peace mission has fallen flat. zuma told

, the reports out of libya this morning are that nato air strikes struck the house of one of moammar qaddafi's sons. the associated press is quoting members of qaddafi's government as saying that qaddafi's son and three of qaddafi's grandchildren were killed. joining us to talk about that is one of the key members of the senate armed services committee, john mccain, who is just back from libya. number one, do you have confirmation yet, senator, that indeed one of qaddafi's sons was killed? >> we do not. i'm not sure exactly what the situation was or what the outcome. but it is obviously an attempt to remove qaddafi's command-and- control. we regret any loss of innocent life. >> schieffer: is nato going after qaddafi and his family? >> i think if you view qaddafi himself as part of the command- and-control, i think you could argue that, if he was in one of those places, then it would be part of it. but, bob, we tried many times to kill leaders. remember when we were going to kill saddam hussein at the beginning of the last war in iraq, we tried to kill osama bin laden on several occasions. it's

i want very much to know exactly when the last time any one saw moammar qaddafi alive was and with alle outrage we have not the grand and grand dad through his surrogates so it will be fascinating to see what it is that has transpired. we have no idea i don't want to you take it as gospel that what the president will be talking about will be libya. this is a big bad world. we have trouble spots every where. afghanistan obviously. iraq also. it could be almost anywhere. w with all of the action and focus on libya right now and with this profoundly powerful attack really right where the libyan dictator or assumingly where he and his wife were living the night of the attack even the libyans. okay. who is on the telephone? wally ferris mideast expert. waleed, i am assuming, and again jennifer griffin, intel officials this is our pentagon correspondent jennifer griffin. she is reporting intelligence officials have been called to order operations ops center for a meeting at 10:30 p.m. to so inside with the president's address is to the nation. it's not clear that it is but if they are callin

moammar qaddafi was con speubg ooh lust lee absent . we have not seen or heard from the leader since the air strikes took place. they say even though he was in the home that was struck by nato he is, and i'm quoting now in good health. jenna: pakistan's president speaking out about the death of usama bin laden for the very first time. the world apartments most wanted terrorist found yards from a major pakistani university. we'll tell you what he has to say about that now. jon: new problems for sony. turns out hackers might have accessed personal information from millions more users than the company original lee origin. what is that all about. jenna: and explosions, take a listen. well believe it or not, that is meant to ease flooding. is it working? mike tobin is live with this story. >> reporter: well, jenna one thing the people here are glad to see is the sun trying to come out. all eyes are on the sky right now and of course these rising floodwaters as the people in the middle of the country are trying to stay dry. that is coming up.

lapd today. >>> anti-government rebels in libya have rejected a record truce offer from colonel moammar qaddafi to south africa president jacob zuma who meted with qaddafi in trip -- who met with qaddafi in tripoli. he says they are ready to accept a cease-fire with conditions that ended previous cease-fire efforts. meanwhile a rebel leader says an offensive against qaddafi will be launched soon. this comes after eight top army officers have defected from qaddafi's military. >>> another world-renowned financial expert has been arrested accused of sexually abusing a maid at a new york hotel. police say mahmoud abdel-salam omar was arrested at manhattan's premier hotel yesterday morning. the 74-year-old businessman is the former chairman of one of egypt's major banks. he is accused of sexually abusing the maid and holding her against her will inside his hotel room. this comes just weeks after the arrest of the then imf chief on similar allegations. >>> the house of representatives votes today on a bill to raise the debt ceiling. the $2.4 trillion bill is not expected to pass. that is because all

crackdown against rebels. >> the office was able to gather direct evidence about orders issued by moammar qaddafi himself. the evidence shows that qaddafi relied on his inner circle to implement a system atic policy of suppressing any challenge to his authority. >> sreenivasan: the other warrants are for one of qaddafi's sons, seif al-islam gadhafi, and his intelligence chief. a bomb blast in southern afghanistan today killed four american troops. the alliance gave no details on the attack. a total of 16 nato soldiers have been killed so far in may. the chinese artist aieiir c detention. his wife met with him sunday. she said he was red-eyed and tense, but that he assured her he was physicallfih the world economy and the politics of france. dominique strauss kahn was being escorted into court before dawn in new york today. he was supposed to be in brussels at a crucial meeting on european debt. >> charged with a criminal.... >> ifill: the director of the international monetary fund looking haggard and unshaven appeared instead before a new york state judge in lower manhattan, charged with sexual

seats of power, slaughter yemeni people, and cut their heads. >> suarez: meanwhile, in libya, moammar qaddafi insisted he's still very much in control. the italian foreign minister, franco frattini, had said the roman catholic bishop in tripoli now believes qaddafi might be wounded and might have left the city. in an audio statement on state tv, qaddafi did not directly address those claims, but he did taunt nato. >> ( translated ): i tell the coward crusaders-- i live in a place where you can't get to me. i live in the hearts of millions. >> suarez: the libyan leader also condemned air strikes this week on his compound in tripoli. farther east in rebel-held benghazi, thousands of anti- qaddafi libyans insisted they would outlast the dictator. >> ( translated ): this is the third month of our struggle, but they feel like only three days, and for qaddafi, it must feel like 30 years. >> suarez: in washington, a rebel delegation from libya met with top white house officials today. mahmoud jebril, head of the rebel council, appealed thursday for the u.s. to let the rebels use frozen libyan assets

they also demanded, again, that libyan leader moammar qaddafi step down. security forces in syria killed at least eight more protesters. and the death toll from the tornado in joplin, missouri, rose to 132. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: ray has a video dispatch from rome on "the rundown" blog. and science correspondent miles o'brien offers a final goodbye to the mars rover "spirit." nasa made its final attempt at contact with the craft this week. it's been radio silent for more than a year. plus on "art beat," jeff talks to "washington post" film critic ann hornaday about the cannes film festival and summer movies. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at what's behind the recent incidents of violent weather around the country. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice

. >>> in libya word that leader moammar qaddafi has been wounded in nato air strikes and has fled theapital. that's according to sources who spoke to italy's foreign minister. however, libyan government spokesman is denying the report. >>> the scandal against a dirty police commander is growing even bigger now. a woman who was arrested for prostitution telling investigators norman wielsch hired her to work at his brothel in pleasant hill. he already face charges for selling drugs confiscated by his officers. neighbors of the alleged brothel say their complaints were referred to the task force that was led by norman wielsch. >> this is the kind of thing that we don't want in our communities. if you would have law enforcement ignore it or actually take advantage of it is -- is a shameful thing. >> wielsch's attorney denies the client was running a brothel. >>> the race is on to get everything set and ready to go for san francisco's 100th bay to breakers. >> just a couple of days. thousands of people will pack the streets here in san francisco and anne makovec is at the starting line wit

overseas, libyan leader moammar qaddafi appeared on state tv tonight. it's the first time we've seen him since a nato airstrike killed his youngest son 11 days ago. qa shown greeting tribal leaders. in the fight for control of libya, rebels claim they've taken over the airport in misurata. in the west, seizing weapons and ammunition. pro-qaddafi forces have used the air force base to attack the city. meanwhile in syria, new amateur video is believed to show army tanks moving a city which is a hot bed of antigovernment protests. the army has reportedly been firing shells into residential neighborhoods there. back in this country, evangelist billy graham is in a hospital in ashville, north carolina, near his home. he's being treated for pneumonia. graham, who is 92, is said to be resting comfortably. and coming up next here on the cbs evening news, it's her job to protect americans from terrorism. so what keeps her up at night? and later, getting america back to work. a company that's training laid off autoworkers for a new career. >> couric: among the ev

he said they'd stopped a massacre of libyan people by moammar qaddafi. coming up next, the road back. new life for a factory and a town. ,,,, >> smith: earlier this year, general motors announced expansion plans that would create or save about 4,000 jobs around the country. today, g.m. said 2,500 of them will be at a plant in the detroit area. all the this is part of g.m.'s comeback. seth doane, who visited a plant in lordstown, ohio as workers were being laid off there two years ago returned to find thousands were being hired back. >> reporter: this is the sound of an entire town being jolted back to life by 4,000 pounds of steel. >> my heart could burst that i'm just that excited to be here. >> reporter: just to have a job? >> just to have a job. >> reporter: bobby marsh had been unemployed for a year and a half. we first met her back in january 2009 one month after being laid off, like 2,200 others, when g.m. cut production of the now- defunct cobalt. >> i want to be able to provide on my own. >> reporter: it's tough. >> very tough. >> reporter: she t

a libyan government spokesperson says moammar qaddafi's youngest sonni has been killed by a nato missile strike on one of qaddafi's homes. three of qaddafi's grandchildren are also reported dead. qaddafi himself was also in the home but the spokesperson says he was unharmed. here's wha here is what else is happening. the white house is defending itself of charges of hypocrisy from republicans in the wake of a new campaign contribution controversy. >> folks in washington have made our condition go from bad to worse... >> reporter: limitless political contributions from secret donors, the kind that fund nasty attack ads, is a practice president obama has repeatedly railed against. >> just flooding the airwaves with negative ads, and they don't have the courage to stand up and disclose the identity of the donors. >> reporter: but two former obama white house aides are now trying to "level the playing field." their goal: $100 million. they've created priorities u.s.a., a democratic group that will raise money from unnamed sources. >> the extreme right is aptly named. >> reporter: their attac

in february, pro-democracy groups began an uprising against moammar qaddafi in libya and protests alsoang up in morocco and bahrain. by march, demonstrators had hit the streets of saudi arabia and syria too. president obama has faced criticism that his response to the revolts is uneven, taking military action, for example in libya, but not in yemen, syria or bahrain. and while he issued sanctions yesterday against syria's president bashar al assad, mr. obama today offered assad one more chance. >> the syrian people have shown their courage in demanding a transition to democracy. president assad now has a choice: he can lead that transition, or get out of the way. >> woodruff: the president also had words for bahrain-- a strategic partner and home of the u.s. fifth fleet. he urged the gulf nation's leaders to end their mass arrests and violent crackdown on demonstrators. >> the only way forward is for the government and opposition to engage in a dialogue, and you cant have a real dialogue when parts of the peaceful opposition are in jail. >> woodruff: there was no reference to saudi ara

well, as you reported, moammar qaddafi is apparently still alive. he's gone underground, you don't see him anymore and he's feeling increasingly isolate. most of his attacks are focused on the city of misurata which is a horrible scene where the people are clustered in a small enclave in the center of the city. most of misurata will probably have to be completely destroyed and rebuilt and the rebels are trying to organize. there are some advisors on the ground now that are giving them tactical advice. but going back to the global war on terrorism and what this all means, even the mission here in libya has been impacteded i think directly by the events of the last ten years. the united states and nato-- but particularly president obama-- didn't want to go in big into libya partly because it had gotten burned in iraq. the idea was if you go in and you take charge in the occupation and take charge in the topple of a regime then you're stuck with rebuilding it. and that's cost a tremendous amount of money and peres teng. we're still dealing with it in i

nato is trying to protect rebels who have been trying to oust long-time leader moammar qaddafi. he is currently while the rebels control part of the country. >>> 4:34. huge relief in memphis. the mississippi river has crested just shy of 48 feet. hundreds of people were formed from their homes but experts say the levees will hold so now attention is shifting downstream to louisiana and the mississippi delta. a spillway is opened to relieve pressure on levees near new orleans. that is really scary to think that they could have a another levee break. >> you're from that neck of the woods. did you experience some of that years ago? >> well, just watching that and after being down there for hurricane katrina you just don't want anybody to have that flooding again. and the fact is they are actually watching it come downstream. >> that's the worst. >> so no such problems around here. 4:35. let's check traffic and weather around the bay area. kristy? >> the warmest day of the week. it will be cooler later on in the week. pinpoint forecast showing us we are in the clear now. the low bri

. >>> in libya anti-government rebels have rejected a truce offer from libyan leader moammar qaddafi according to the south african president who met with qaddafi yesterday. he says qaddafi is ready to accept an african initiative for a cease-fire but with conditions that have ended previous cease-fire efforts. a rebel leader says an offensive against qaddafi will be launched soon. this comes after eight top army officers have defected from qaddafi's military. >>> it is 4:40 now. another world-renowned financial expert has been arrested accused of raping a made at a new york hotel. police say mahmoud abdel omar was arrested at manhattan's pierre hotel yesterday morning. the 74-year-old businessman is the former chairman of one of egypt's major banks. he is accused of sexually abusing the made and holding her against her will inside his room. this comes of course weeks after they arrested the chief of the imf dominique strauss- kahn on similar allegations. >>> time now 4:40. will she or won't she? what sarah palin said when she was asked point-blank, are you running for president? >>

turning to libya, international war crimes prosecutor is seeking an arrest warrant for moammar qaddafi accusing him of killing civilians in libya. nato kept up the pressure on qaddafi's forces today with new air strikes in tripoli. in a "60 minutes" interview i spoke with defense secretary robert gates about the u.s. role in libya. are we at war with libya? >> the way i like to put it is in a standpoint with the united states we're involved in a limited kinetic action. if i were qaddafi's shoes i would think i was in a war. >> couric: why the semantics? >> well, i think that war connotes what is we've done in iraq and afghanistan. our role right now is actually very limited. it's basically a support role. >> couric: can you foresee any situation in which there will be u.s. boots on the ground in libya? >> no, the president has been very, very clear about that. >> couric: the regime in syria is killing civilians as well. should we have a no-fly zone over syria? >> no, i think you have to make these decisions on a case-by- case basis. i don't think the united states ought to be militaril

because moammar qaddafi is trying to shut us up," he says, aman and the other volunteers in his unitill on the front line tonight, hoping to finish the fight soon and get back to the lives this revolution has put on hold. mandy clark, cbs news, benghazi. >> mitchell: back in this country, there is still no official cause of death. but today the family of n.h.l. player derek boogaard said they have given his brain to boston university medical school as part of its study into head trauma among athletes. the 28-year-old known as the toughest guy in the league missed most of last season after suffering a concussion in a fight. he was found dead at home in minneapolis on friday. just ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", whiz kids, why making science cool could be the formula for keeping america great. hinking. "leather-trimmed command center, "almost 300 horsepower, "infiniti surround sound, "seating for seven -- wait. this is a minivan?" makes you almost want to have kids. [ child screams ] [ male announcer ] almost. the new 2011 dodge grand caravan. now get $2,000 cash allowance or 0%

it was a test the got buried under the barrage of breaking news libyan leader moammar qaddafi twenty nine year old son and three grandchildren were reportedly killed by need to airstrike on saturday night all children were said to be under twelve years old but within twenty four hours the us president announced the death of the world's number one terrorist the news which overshadowed anything coming from the idea of extra judicial assassinations just days after nato has attempted to assassinate a good offer and ended up killing his son and grandchildren once again we see another type of extra judicial assassination going on which of course is an international war crime but in this case it's ok because it's the beginning and everyone loves to hate. the coalition commanders have protested they are in full compliance with the u.n. security council resolution on libya and only target military objects insisting they're not targeting any one person in particular this despite two recent airstrikes targeting known whereabouts of khadafi this was an attack on us a few years structure this was

nato is keeping up the pressure on moammar qaddafi to step down. it has been four straight nights now of air strikes on tripoli. and the british confirmed today they're sending apache helicopters to libya to attack qaddafi's military. here in this country, the deadly tornadoes, round after round of storms, have brought 218 of them since sunday. the overall death toll now stands at 143. nearly all of those deaths were in the city of joplin, missouri. officials there put out a list this morning of 232 people still thought to be missing. ben tracy is in joplin with more. ben, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. it's been about four days now since the tornado basically turned this town upside down, and, as you mentioned, those missing people, the search for them is getting increasingly desperate. as you can see, the wreckage here stretches for miles, and while some families are still looking through it, others now have a reason to stop. for more than three days, michelle hare has been searching for something she can not replace: her 16-year

following the departure or ousting who knows if any of that will ever happen of libyan leader moammar qaddafi so far coming out of the meeting . we've heard the u.s. looking to take some of libya's frozen assets to fund the rebels but is stalemate graps libya and here spokesman says the use of ground troops may be the only way to move the situation forward artie's daniel bushell reports. the real bombardments of libya has reached a dead in according to nato libya's leader colonel gadhafi is dug in defensive positions meanwhile civilian casualties from allied bombing continue to mount nato spokesman review this solution sending ground troops. u.n. security council should adopt a new resolution on libya was aleutian one thousand seven hundred three there's not invisible man operations we need a new resolution western forces plan that all along says a leading u.s. law professor clearly what we're seeing unfold here in libya is a pre existing war plan by laid out by the british by the french by the americans with air moved everything now is for you know forty five years which is why i believe tha

nato helped defend the city against moammar qaddafi's forces fighting to clear a path straight through to the rebel stronghold of benghazi. we are getting new reports qaddhafi forces are shelling the rebel held town of misrata. the battle goes on there. jenna: syrian tanks on the movement witnesses say they are on a damascus road heading north, this comes as the country charges hundreds of detained protestors with ma lining the state. it car rest a three year prison sentence and comes ahead of the muslim day of prayer on friday. jon: you've heard of the long search for peace in the middle east. there may be a bit of detante. it's between hamas and fatah. they are signing a reconciliation packet this morning. it ends a bitter four year rift between the two groups. but it could spell trouble for the mideast peace process. leland vittert live in jerusalem for us. >> reporter: the prime minister of israel called this agreement a victory for 0 terrorism, basically saying the israeli government is not going to negotiate with this new palestinian unity government. 50% of it is involved whose

and their interests were wrapped up in moammar qaddafi's libya and assad's sia. it was easy for erdogan to call for hosni mubarak to go. there were... have not been good relations between ankara and cairo. ankara does not have extensive economic interests in egypt but it does have extensive interests inoth bya andyrias well as in syria and particular a certain amount of prestige invested in the assad regime. >> rose: okay but... go aad. >> just to wrap up, in essence thturks have looked not as masters of the region but as i said befuddled and mall adroit in dealing with the demandsover millions of arabs who live in more open and free societies. >> in other words some have suggested they're on the wrong side of history in certain instances. >> that's precisely the case. after all, a.k.p. is supposed to be this democratic muslim society but nevertheless they've lined up essentially-- at least in the beginning-- with qaddafi and dragged their feet on libya and theyeep looking for solutions in sere war that include assad himself just as he is, in fact, using tanks to

. >>> libya ruler moammar qaddafi might be using patients as human shields. word from british diplomats to the guardian, is that qaddafi is moving from hospital to hospital. he is said to be fearing for his life as allied forces continue to search for regime leaders. meanwhile, at the g8 meeting the president of france says that allies want to intensify military intervention in libya. >>> 6:12. more than 8 months later san bruno explosion victims will finally get their questions answered. how a single judge plans to handle all 74 lawsuits against pg&e. >> and say it ain't so. a serious injury posing a problem for the giants. why things might change for major league baseball. >>> a quick check of your travel forecast. we have been cleared for take- off out of sfo. expecting some partly cloudy skies there and about 62 degrees. could get a little rough across the country midsection some storms in the northern plains. chicago though partly cloudy and should be about 54 degrees as we head in toward the afternoon. if you are going to new york, watch out. we have 83