one of them made it quite clear what he would do if he found muammar gadhafi.ed out his bayonet and dragged it across his throat. and that's a very good possibility if in the heat of battle they come across muammar gadhafi. i don't think they'll be getting out the law books, anderson? >> ben wedeman, stay safe to you and your crew. >>> still ahead tonight, crime and punishment. an openly gay teen shot dead in his classroom. a high school student. why his alleged gunman could go free despite a confession >>> and the 9/11 attacks ten years later. drew griffin takes us back to that tragic day with a secret service agent who suddenly found himself a potential target. >> so you're basically counting down the plane coming overhead? >> we knew there were two coming. at that point we know they're come together washington, d.c. area but we don't know where they're coming to. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer.

i also asked him specifically, do you know where muammar gadhafi is right now? and he said he believed that he was somewhere between the towns of ben knee walid and sirte beni walid -- clearly didn't give me a pinpoint accuracy location. and i still get the impression from a military commanders here on the rebels' side they just don't know exactly where he is right now, candy. >> nic, you began to answer i think one of my other questions for you tonight, and that is we know that there are rebel leaders meeting in paris with other nations, talking about how they're going to put together a government in libya. are there signs on the ground that a government is beginning to take over there? >> reporter: i think what we're seeing on the ground is sort of, if you will, the reverse process of a government. normally you think of a government starting, forming at the top, cabinet government and then trickles down. but we're seeing here when we go to the foreign ministry, principal hotel, when we go to former offices and buildings belonging to the regime or go to the por

state-owned firms offered to sell arms to the libyan government in the final weeks of colonel muammar gadhafi's rule but no sales took place. reported on sunday that three chinese couples tried to sell $200 million worth of weapons that gadhafi government officials. they say the information was uncovered in documents found in the capital tripoli. the memo says rocket launchers and portable surface to air missiles were included in the sales offer. it also said the companies apparently suggested that delivery be made through third countries in africa. there was a sales meeting in beijing in mid-july when the gadhafi government was on the verge of collapse. the meeting was held after the u.n. adopted a resolution in february. the resolution including an arms embargo on libya. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has admitted that chinese companies contacted officials. but the chinese government was unaware of the offer and that a deal was not concluded. >> translator: the chinese companies did not sign arms trade contracts. nor did they export military items to libya. >>> now to our special serie

when you need us most. >>> 11 days after opposition forces stormed the capital and captured muammar gadhafi's're poised 60 miles outside sirt. they've given the city until saturday to surrender or face attack. gadhafi's whereabouts remain a mystery. two of gadhafi's sons are speaking out. one defiantly and some may see delusionally. he told a syrian tv station, we'll have victory soon. he said he was speaking from a suburb of tripoli. he didn't reveal where his father is but listen to what he did say. >> translator: we are fighting and we're drinking tea and coffee and we're sitting with our families and we are fighting. >> they called for libyans to rise up against the gangsters, rats, mercenaries attempted to get control of his country. wherever you see the enemy attack them, they are weak they have suffered lots of losses and they are now licking their wounds. he predicted loyalist forces would keep control of sirt and keep loyalist square. his brother's comments were a bit more restrained but suggested there's room to negotiate with opposition forces. nic robertson joins me now from tripo

you still do have muammar gadhafi on the loose. it's hard to know where he is.in a tribal area that's supportive of him. is he in the city where he's from. that more than threatening the new government it's a distraction. there's always the risk of an uninsurgentsy forming around him if this new government doesn't get control of the country and begin to move it in the right direction as we saw in iraq something very similar happened. it's not a stable country. as you said, in paris the international community's meeting. they're freeing up money that they've frozen. the libyan assets that they've frozen. hope to get some of that money back to them to begin quickly rebuilding and demonstrating to the people that this six months of really difficult fighting was worthwhile. >> so it feels like we're moving on two tracks. we have money being unfrozen the government setting themselves up. the other tlak is the search for gadhafi. how much -- i don't want to draw a too fast comparison, how much is this like what we saw in iraq where many people didn't feel a sense of c

opportunity in motion. >>> 11 days after opposition forces stormed the capital and captured muammar gadhafi'sund they're poised 60 miles outside sirt. they've given the city until saturday to surrender or face attack. gadhafi's whereabouts remain a mystery. two of gadhafi's sons are speaking out. one defiantly and some may see delusionally. he told a syrian tv station, we'll have victory soon. he said he was speaking from a suburb of tripoli. he didn't reveal where his father is but listen to what he did say. >> translator: we are fighting and we're drinking tea and coffee and we're sitting with our families and we are fighting. >> they called for libyans to rise up against the gangsters, rats, mercenaries attempted to get control of his country. wherever you see the enemy attack them, they are weak they have suffered lots of losses and they are now licking their wounds. he predicted loyalist forces would keep control of sirt and keep loyalist square. his brother's comments were a bit more restrained but suggested there's room to negotiate with opposition forces. nic robertson joins me now fr

people of libya the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of muammar gadhafi the president met with rebel leaders today at the united nations ahead of i had speech. mr. obama heralded the bravery of the libyan people who stood up to gadhafi to put an end to his repressive regime. >> the president: it was libyans from countries around the world, including my own, who rushed home to help, even though they too risked brutality and death. it was libyan blood that was spilled, and libya's sons and daughters who give their lives. >> mr. obama said to announce the u.s. ambassador to libya will be heading back to tripoli to head a new american embassy. gadhafi continues to try to rally his supporters. in an audio recording today he says his regime is still alive. >>> if you are looking for work there's plenty of time to get to the job fair in south san francisco co-sponsored by abc 7. employers include local and national firms as well as the federal government. david? >> reporter: we often hear the bay area economy is ahead of the rest of the state in terms of job cre

. >>> interpol has issued the arrest for muammar gadhafi and other people z wanted for crimes against gadhafi. now on the alert to capture gadhafi and his son and al-senussi. interpol said its warrants will be a powerful tool in helping to apprehend them. a message by gadhafi was aired on thursday. he denied rumors that he fled libya and urged his followers to keep fighting. >>> one of libya's interim leaders has appealed for national unity in his first press conference in the capital of tripoli. he spoke as efforts were underway to negotiate a surrender by forces loyal to gadhafi. mahmoud jalil said gadhafi loyalists are still putting up proest tests. forces are surrounding gadhafi strongholds including his hometown of sirte. they're trying to negotiate a surrender by loyalists. the traditional council are trying to unite the people after months of deadly fighting. there have been reports of loyalists being attacked and even killed after surrendering. >>> north korean leader kim jong il marked the 63rd anniversary of the country's founding by watching a military parade with his son.

people of libya the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of muammar gadhafi the president met with rebel leaders today at the united nations ahead of i had speech. mr. obama heralded the bravery of the libyan people who stood up to gadhafi to put an end to his repressive regime. >> the president: it was libyans from countries around the world, including my own, who rushed home to help, even though they too risked brutality and death. it was libyan blood that was spilled, and libya's sons and daughters who give their lives. >> mr. obama said to announce the u.s. ambassador to libya will be heading back to tripoli to head a new american embassy. gadhafi continues to try to rally his supporters. in an audio recording today he says his regime is still alive. >>> if you are looking for work there's plenty of time to get to the job fair in south san francisco co-sponsored by abc 7. employers include local and national firms as well as the federal government. david? >> reporter: we often hear the bay area economy is ahead of the rest of the state in terms of job cre

this segment with you i listened both to the syrian attorney general from hama and of course to muammar gadhafi. i was shocked by gadhafi. i mean, it was another reminder of the cruelty of the man, of the illiteracy of the man. i had never really focused on how ignorant he is and how underett kated gadhafi is. it was almost like a werewolf baying at the moon and calling on people to join him in a revolution against nato and revolution against cologne yallism. there is something about gadhafi, this incredible moment of unbelievable incoherence. and you know, he's going to make these tapes. and thanks to the syrians he's going to send them. no one will believe him or listen to him. >> anthony, pro gadhafi loyalists have given another extension on the deadline to surrender. he promises to fight. does he have enough force in his few remaining strongholds to make good on that promise? >> i don't think he himself has enough strength to do anything. i think he wants to show himself as some kind of insurgent leader. that's not going to happen. but i think the unresolved questions in the country are, wh

. >> the libyan rebels claim they have muammar gadhafi trapped within a 40-mile radius or also known,trapped. it's like 80 miles -- you've nowhere to go but four other states. >> tonight, jimmy welcomes parenthood actress warren graham, and musical guest pearl jam, late night there. 12:35, 11:35 central time on your local nbc station. bill, stop trying to make me laugh. >>> time for the first look at entertainment news after a relatively quiet but long run for one film as box office champ. this weekend, a new king will be crowned. "contagion." reviews have been good and it e's all star cast includes jude law, and gwyneth paltrow. the pg-13 thriller is the sure thing to take top spot. bring your purell. fast approaching, $140 million overall. good news for the debuting warrior is nick nolte and tom hardy have earned great reviews, apparently. but bad news is about two brothers facing off in a mixed martial arts tournament. max potential is about 8 million. and helen mirren surprise thriller, "the dead". >> you want to see a con the age i don't know. but you won't go to the theater beca

times" reports a top official of libya's new government says rebels believe they have cornered muammar gadhafi in a desert town south of tripoli. one of gadhafi's sons denies that, however, and promises to fight on day and night. >>> condoleezza rice is disputing claims that former vice president dick cheney's memoir in a reuters interview. the former secretary of state rejects his statement that she tearfully admitted the bush administration should not have apologized for a claim of iraq's supposed search for uranium. she said, "it certainly doesn't sound like me, now does it?" >>> 140 elementary schools in acapulco, mexico, closed this week due to teacher fears over extortion threats and kidnapping by drug gangs. two teachers and at least four of their piers have been kidnapped outside acapulco recently. >>> a babysitter service would force those who hire domestic employees, such as nannies and housekeepers, to give them mandatory lunch breaks and time cards and provide workers compensation. >>> and the streets of spain were painted red for the annual tomatina festival. participants joined i

. >>> libyan rebels are now moving in on one of the few remaining strong holds of muammar gadhafi.rime minister of turkey is the latest world leader to meet with the new leaders in tripoli. >>> mitt romney is making a fundraising swing through california today. that includes a stop in silicon valley. he will attend a $500 per person fun raiser lunch at a private home in attar ton. he will attend fundraisers today in san diego county and pebble beach. he will not be appearing at the state republican convention in los angeles this weekend. four of his owe upon thes will be at the c even including michele bachmann who is the keynote speaker there. she attended bay area fundraisers yesterday. she told reporters in san rafael tea party activists are getting a bad rap. >> to state the notion that the tea party are right wing radical fringe, red, white and blue all the time and come down from the hills of appalachia. >> might be must be said as president she would repeal president barack obama's health care program, reinforcement federal tax code, and shrink the federal government. >>> it

then muammar gadhafi saw what we had done to saddam and he surrendered his nuclear materials and bomb-makingook down the network that supplied gadhafi. and also dealt with the north koreans. those were all success stories. the one we did not succeed -- two really, one was iran. the other was north korea. north korea has been a difficult assignment. it was during the clinton administration. i'm sure as well for the obama people. what they did on our watch was they tested their first nuclear device in '06. they built a nuclear reactor, plutonium reactor for producing reprocessed plutonium, same kind of reactor they have in north korea, they built one in syria. that was destroyed eventually by the israelis, they took it out. uranium enrich capability, different kind of technology that gets you to the same end when they swore up and down they hadn't. i think the -- what i layout in the book are rules that think need to be followed when we try to deal with these situations. consequences. if you are going to lay down a marker and say don't proliferate nuclear weapons technology to the terror spons

. >> muammar gadhafi, maybe jamie is obsessed or something, but that's a strange pair.tening to rush limbaugh saying, you can't let the president come over and address the joint session of the congress. mike, this is a first. what does it say about boehner? >> what it says is nobody is in charge. back in my day at the university of florida, the best parties we had on campus was at a fraternity house where nobody was in charge. there was no leadership structure, there was no supervision by adults, the parties were fun, but you always knew there was this blue kind of john be lush i character who was going to burn the damn house down. that's what's going on with the gop. right now there is no adult supervision, so you have people like cantor, this oddballman child, you have people like boehner who are always delivering a message that the republicans haven't really agreed to, it's sua sponte. it's like what can i say today, and then the next day they're having to play catch-up and apologizing. that happens when you don't have adultç supervision. this is a party that is in

presence with a concern about where is muammar gadhafi and will he be brought to justice quickly. the ground and talking to aides. they went it a hospital and a prison in addition meeting with the officials. to give you a sense of what it means to the senators and why it's important, here's what john mccain had to say to cameras earlier today. >> they inspired the world. they turned cynics into supporters and paid an enormous price for freedom and sacrifice of the libyan people delivered the great nation to the shores of the new world full of new hope, a chance for all libyans to know lasting peace and dignity and justice. >> one of the great challenges for countries struggling with the spring and the movements of revolution that brought about a big change is what happens next when all of the jubilation in the square ends. that's part of what the delegation wants to try to show as an ongoing support from the united states. always controversies and how much it should be and how much support should go through nato to help this country as it tries to kind of reset itself. this is a w

the freeze on assets of individuals including deposed leader muammar al gadhafi and his family as well as a ban on their visits to europe remain effective. >> what we are trying to achieve is to give whatever support we can to the transitional national council in their efforts to rebuild economy, to start economy going, to start not only the transition but also the rebuilding of libya for the future for the good future of the libyan people. >> libya's national transitional council welcomed the decision. >> we need to get access to our frozen funds everyone where. we need international community to support us with lifting sanctions on our vital functions. we do basically plea to the international committee to help us out on this. >>> the march 11th disaster. the september 11th attacks. two anniversaries, one source for in-depth coverage. join nhk world for "japan: six months on" and "9/11: defining a decade." beginning september 5th. then on sunday, september 11th we'll mark the anniversaries. 2:30 p.m. japan time for the 3/11 disaster. 9:40 p.m. for the 9/11 attacks. >>> we want to tak

. >> less than a week before the united nations, they held over the seat by muammar gadhafi's governmentrebel forces are bearing down on one of two strong holes held by gadhafi loyalists. one is the town of sert, gadhafi's hometown. we are following the developments from tripoli. >> how are you. if you hear the gunfire in the course of the support, it's celebratory gunfire. tripoli itself has been peaceful since gadhafi was driven out, but on green square adjacent to the town where we are, they have been celebrating. that's the gunfire you might hear. gunfire had to say in his hometown of se rta long the tort, and in both instances, they have been waiting two weeks. either a negotiated surrender or to move in. they tried to move in. they tried to move in. they did go into the towns and met with heavy resistance. mostly sniper fire and machine gunfire and rockets for advancing vehicles that drove them back out and they have fallen back, the forces have. sert was worse. they took the airport about 10 miles south of town. when they tried to move in, they were roadside bombs and one detonate

interim rulers have taken control of a town that was a stronghold for loyalists of ousted leader muammar al gadhafi. a senior official of the national transitional council says leaders in bani walid agreed. the town is 150 kilometers southeast of the capital tripoli. the ntc said gadhafi may have been holding out there. thousands of anti-gadhafi forces have advanced near the town. there are now only a few areas still controlled by gadhafi loyalists including his hometown of sirte. meanwhile, the ntc says it has confirmed that a convoy of more than 200 pro-gadhafi vehicles crossed the border in niger monday night. it's not clear if it included gadhafi. but the news quoted a military source as saying that gadhafi might join the convoy in route. the country has offered him asylum. >>> the swiss national bank has set a ceiling on the franc. the bank announced on tuesday that it set a rate target of 1.2 francs to the euro. it will make limitations in the market if it exceeds the ceiling. they stressed the current evaluation of the franc poses a threat o the economy. following this move, it dropped again

. >>> libyan rebels are vowing to carry on the fight against muammar gadhafi's regime. have been in negotiations in end the stand off against one of the final gadhafi strongholds. but those talks broke off sunday. in the meantime nato bombings continued overnight. milita military bay racks were targeted. the post office says it may be forced to shut down. the postmaster general says it may default on a $5.5 billion payment due at the end of the month if congress does not intervene. the agency could run out of money to pay employees and fuel delivery trucks. >>> overseas shares fell sharmly amid fears over the euro zone debt crisis and friday's dismal job report. european stocks lost 3% of their value on monday. the euro sank against the dollar. stock markets are closed in observance of the holiday. >>> the amanda knox trial is underway. with knox and her family hoping an independent forensic study holds the key to her release. the report said key elements in the dna evidence was not credible. is that enough to get the murder conviction overturned. prosecutors are going

officials there insist that muammar gadhafi is not in that group. >>> an australian man is in policee walked into a law office with his 12-year-old daughter and claimed he had a bomb in his backpack. the daughter was released after a 12-hour stand off. she was not hurt. >>> back here gas prices increased nearly six cents last week. the average is now $3.67. >>> our nbc news "the wall street journal" poll shows that more americans may be giving up hope on a president who entered the white house on a wave of hope. according to the poll 54% think president the facing a long-term set back. "time" is reporting how the president's re-election team is facing the challenge. what is team obama's strategy right now as you understand it? >> the immediate strategy is to pooift out of the summer. he's gone through a bruising several weeks as the poll reflects. he's got to convince the american people first that he has a plan to fix the economy going forward which they don't see right now. second he's got to get some forward momentum going by next spring. at that point he's going to pivot to makin

breaking news in the mystery of muammar gadhafi's whereabouts. two of gadhafi's sons surfaced today with different messages. a few hours ago, alri tv broadcast a defiant audio message from saif gadhafi saying his father and closest followers are hiding in tripoli suburbs and their morale is high. listen. >> the leadership is fine. the leader is fine. and we are fighting and we are drinking tea and coffee and we are sitting with our families. >> saif gadhafi also had a message for people he calls his brethren in tripoli and alibya. >> reporter: we're saying to everyone move now. everyone has to move now to attack all these gangsters of the rats. >> the people he's calling rats are the rebels who drove the gadhafis from power. just a few hours before that fire and brim stone message, another of gadhafi's sons contacted cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson. nic joins us now from tripoli, a city, by the way, dangerously close to run out of water. nic, first, what was the message from the other gadhafi son? >> reporter: he was saying

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. >> eric: jamie, muammar gadhafi still on the run. rage today in libya for control of two cities that are still held by his loyalists. we are getting word from the ground rebels are facing fierce resistance before declaring libya is completely liberated. david what is the latest? >> reporter: yes, those rebel fighters are still struggling to take those two gadhafi strongholds in his hometown of sirte, we understand from the sources they've got as far as gadhafi's palace there. but they are facing fierce resistance by well disciplined troops that support gadhafi this time the rebels said they lost 20 fighters overnight. they are still trying to hold their positions. rebel commanders say now they are trying to open two other fronts to get the troops into that town. they say it could be a few days yet before they have control of gadhafi's hometown. nato continues to hit armored or miss carriers they see this that town. they -- missile carriers they see in that town. they hit 11 targets overnight. spokesman came today in a telephone inter

they are bombarding muammar gadhafi hometown of sirte.s on -- rages on, life in other areas getting back to normal. david? >> reporter: hi, despite an ongoing fight elsewhere in the country the capital tripoli has been peaceful since the rebels took it over a month ago. the u.s. embassy has been reopened after being attacked, during gadhafi's rule. new start for u.s.-libyan relations. the temporary embassy in libya is the ambassador's official residence after gadhafi rethugs burned the last one down. he's pleasantly surprised after being forced to leave. >> i think to be back and experience talking to libyans on the street, i've only been back for 24 hours and i had so many say i don't want to eat, i don't want to drink, i just want to feel free. >> reporter: people are expressing their freedom in different ways. people flock daily to the renamed martyr square where gadhafi used to stage his rallies. good business to be had in selling rebel memorabilia. there's been some grim news today in tripoli. libyan authorities have announced they f

and there's no doubt that a muammar gadhafi along with his sons, the most dangerous of the lot, having them continue to be free anywhere in libya much less outside of libya posed a danger to whatever efforts the tnc was going to make in terms of establishing a new government and a new way forward for this new libyan country. so for their part i think at the paris meeting some themes were common among all the different presentations made. number one, there was a further calling on nights to -- nations to recognize the tnc as a legal representative of the libyan people. and up-to-date i think we have approximately 65 nations now that have formally recognized the tnc including several african nations that just came onboard in the last few days. um, there was a, certainly, a sense of pride in talking to the leadership of the tnc, the international community was simply amazed at the courage that the libyan people had shown over these past months in taking, you know, taking to the streets and actually fighting this dictator who had, you know, suffocated them for the past 42 years. there was

gadhafi seems to be always 1 step ahead. >> and with the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 around the corner a new warning. what the feds are asking pilots to look out for. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, dictator muammar qaddafi. qaddafi. they surrounded one of qaddafi's ngholds today but >>> tonight libyan rebels are still trying to track down libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. >> they surrounded one of gadhafi's strong holds today, but he is nowhere to be found. barry on how he is eluding capture. >> reporter: the hunt started august 23rd, his tripoli compound taken but he was gone. he showed up at a firefight at a military base, then further south, near bani wal limit d. >> reporter: where do you think he went. >> he is an american trained rebel on the hunt for gadhafi. >> he is an expert on trying to hide. by not using telephones, by not using computers. >> reporter: tonight he is believed to be in the southern city of sabha or at the border with mijere or al gear yeah. >> i betcha he is scared. okay, if you have 10,000 people looking for you you are scared and the whole world is looking for him. >> reporter: he has left behind more than a legacy of tyranny. here is a legacy of war. stockpiles of sc

muammar gaddafi might be closer than you think. >> a lot of fog of san francisco tonight. >> new documents show that cia agents had a close relationship with members of the gadhafi's regime. a common enemy brought them together, al-qaeda. we spoke gaddafi's son. >> this is details a cooperation program that began in 2004 when libya relinquished its weapons of mass destruction. the united states, for instance, is handing over prisoners, suspected terrorists to the libyan authorities. the libyan authorities in turn are given questions by the cia to put to these people. therefore, the program is extraordinary renditions. the question is, why did they have to give them to the libyans? this program was obviously something to allow the libyans to use their methods of interrogation with these prisoners which often times involved in torture. what emerges a was a fairly intimate correspondence between senior cia officials and the head of libya's external intelligence service. among other things cia officials are thinking hem for oranges and sending his best wishes at christmas. it is the details of the level of intimacy between libya and american intelligence services. depending

. >> supporters of muammar gaddafi, this could be the last stand until this weekend. rebels are now controlling one of gadhafi'sast strongholds in libya. the new leaders have given khaddafi forces until saturday to either surrender or face military force. they are hoping that they can do this transition peacefully. in the meantime each of ousted president mubarak is in court for his trial on charges of corruption and the killing of protesters during the uprising that ended his role. four policemen will take the stand to testify against mubarak. egyptian people cannot watch the proceedings on television because the judge said that there would be no more cameras after the last hearing. the sons of the bar also appear in today's session, charged with corruption. it >> some scary moments on passengers about to land in ottawa on sunday. just yesterday. take a look at this. it is a commercial jet. united airlines arriving from chicago. it skidded off the runway at the ottawa airport. it is laying right there on the grass. fire crews were there on the scene. publishing on the plane was damaged but everyone got out saf