he may be the only person alive who knows who ordered the bombing of the pan am flight.was looking for megrahi in tripoli yesterday. he found him. >> we found his villa in an upper part of town. at least six security cameras and flood lights outside. >> this is megrahi's house. this is where he's been living for the last couple of years. we're going to knock on the door, see if we can get any answer. [ knocking ] hello? for 15 minutes or so, nothing. >> i'm not sure if they've heard me, so we'll try the last-ditch means which is shouting over the wall. >> hello? >> all of a sudden someone comes. nothing prepares me for what i see. megrahi apparently in a coma. his aging mother at his side. >> we just give him oxygen and nobody give us the advice. and some food by injection. if you see, his body is weak. >> he had been expected to die almost two years ago. but convicted pan am 103 bomber megrahi lives, only just this wasn't the way he looked when he was released from a scottish jail two years ago. he came home to a hero's welcome freed on compassionate grounds because doc

abdel baset al megrahi, the man convicted of the pan am 103 bombing. he will not be extradited.y libyan citizen to the west. megrahi may be one of the last men alive knowing who precisely in the libyan government authorized that bombing. cnn's nic robertson managed to track him down. >> reporter: we found abdul bassett al megrahi's villa in town. flood lights outside. this is his house, where he's been living for the last couple of years. we're going to knock on the door, see if we can get any answer. hello! for 15 minutes or so, nothing. i'm not sure if they've heard me so let's try the last-ditch means which is just shout over the wall. hello! hello! hello! then all of a sudden, someone comes. nothing prepares me for what i see. megrahi apparently in a coma. his aging mother at his side. he had been expected to die almost two years ago but convicted pan am 103 bomber abdul bassett al megrahi lives. this wasn't the way he look when he was released from a scottish jail two years ago. he came home to a hero's welcome, freed on compassionate ground because doctors said he would be

the man convicted in pan am flight 93.o the west, unquote. megrahi may be the last man alive who knows precisely who in the libyan government authorized the bombing. nic robertson tracked him down and joins us with this exclusive report. nic? >> reporter: it was relatively easy to find him. we had a photograph of his house. we went to the neighborhood where we thought he was, asked store keepers and found it. we found his villa in an up market part of town. at least six security cameras and flood lights outside. this is where he's been living for the last couple of years. let's knock on the door, see if we can get an answer. hello? for 15 minutes or so, nothing. i'm not sure they have heard me so let's try the last ditch means. that's just shout into the wall. hello? then all of the sudden someone comes. nothing prepares me for what i see. megrahi apparently in a coma, his aging mother at his side. >> we just give him oxygen. nobody gives us advice. and some food by injection. >> reporter: mm-hmm. >> if you see, his body i

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

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there were 189 americans killed on pan am 103. would bring him to this country. >> greta: when he was tried in scotland, did we make any agreements where we would go after gadhafi on this or after him if he got out? any impediment to us getting justice? >> i don't think so. i think we made a lot of concessions agreeing he be tried under scottish law we gave up the death penalty. the secretary general of the united nations sent a letter to gadhafi counter signed by representatives of britain and the united states that the scott tick investigation and here's the key phrase, would not -- scottish investigation and here's the key phrase would not undermined the government of libya. how outrageous the order had to have come from gadhafi. no double jeopardy problem there. before gadhafi gets tried by the libyans or the international criminal court, we ought to have him sent to the united states too. >> greta: ambassador, i don't think we have the whole story on this the fact he was released by scotland for compassion reasons, saying he

one of the families of pan am flight 103 joins us now.ons you've been feeling over the last several days that you've been watching this. >> frankly, i'm elated to see the progress the libyan people have made in the last six months to hold gadhafi accountable for decades of his brutal vitality and to seek justice for the mass murder of innocent civilians. this is something that none of the world's superpowers has been able to achieve in 22 years. >> when the dust settles and people start evaluating what's taking place in libya, do you think it's important to re-evaluate al-maghrahi. he was returned to libya because he was dying of cancer, but he's seemed to outlive any doctor's declaration of his death. >> al-megrahi did not leave alone. nothing could have been execute government has never issued indictments against gadhafi or his brutal regime. they never tried to prosecute him or seek justice or accountability for the mass murder of american citizens. actually conversely, the u.s. government rewarded gadhafi when he turned over the two i

won loyal supporters stayed behind. , groggy, the only man -- al- the only man convicted of the pan am bombing, has stepped -- has stayed behind in tripoli. >> this is a luxury, where the man convicted of killing 270 people lives. last week, the lockerbie bomb art's family said he left the city. but it appears he has not. these pictures show al-megrahi close to death. his son demands that he returned to prison in britain. >> i am pretty sure that's megrahi and members of his family looking after him are in neihaus. let's see if anyone opens the door. [doorbell] a few minutes later abdul nassar al-megrahi emerges. he tells me that his brother is in a,. the man is struggling between life and death, he told me. he should be allowed to die with his family instead of overseas. >> megrahi was found guilty of blowing up pan am flight ma 3 in 1988. he was released when it was thought he had three months to live. he returned to a hero's welcome two years ago. scottish authorities have dismissed the democratic assembly -- the event criticism. >> it has been ventilated by too many people too ofte

among those found in libya is the pan am bomber. recovering from irene. the east coast shakes off the water and picks up the pieces after being hit by a deadly storm. >> welcome to our viewers in pbs in america. there are concerns that key members of colonel gaddafi's family have arrived in algeria. gaddafi is still at large and they are now within 20 miles or so of the last stronghold, his hometown of certain. we have this report. >> after many days of deadlock on the road to surge, the rebels are now searching ahead. behind them? towns and people getting their first taste of freedom in a generation. he remembers the bad food, the beatings, the murders of other prisoners. >> you know, i did not see my kids, my wife. you cannot imagine it. can you? >> his son died fighting for the revolution of the days ago. a high price, but necessary, he says. and officers medellin uniform discarded by gaddafi loyalists in flight. it is not complete. colonel gaddafi is still at large and places like circuit are still loyal to him. -- like cirte are still loyal. there ha

the convicted pan am bomber lives, only just. way he looked when he was released from a scottish jail almost two years ago. he came home to a hero's welcome, freed on compassionate grounds because doctors said he would be dead in three months. almost immediately he began renovating this palatial house. money no object. it doesn't take long walking around this building and looking at the marble here, to realize that megrahi was being paid offhand somely for all those years he stayed in jail. >> since the two decades since the pan am explosion over lockerbie that killed over 200 passengers, crew and townspeople, it seemed the secrets of the attack would die with the bombers. megrahi always maintained he was then. just a month ago, moammar gadhafi had him literally wheeled out for a pro-government rally. i'm seeing him now for the first time in two years. he appears to be just a shell of the man he was, far sicker than he appeared before. has he been able to see a doctor? >> no, there is no doctor. and there is nobody to ask. we don

he has the blood of americans on his hands as a result of pan am 103.o over time would -- if he were able to succeed would clearly train terrorists and export terrorism. >> my friends, that was republican senator, john mccain, on monday night. not the first time he said gadhafi has the blood of americans on his hands. in fact he said it on every major network. he said it the night before on cbs, and abc in june, and he said it to nbc's matt lauer back in march. >> the blood of americans are on gadhafi's hands because we know he was responsible for pan am 103. he should be removed from power. >> the bombing of flight 103 took place in december of 1988 of the 259 people onboard who died, most were american citizens. the now ex-leader of libya was allegedly the mastermind of that attack. so mccain is not wrong about the immorability of his regime. mccain was not just going after gadhafi, but he wanted to attack obama for the military action. one of the most passive aggressive documents i have seen, and it reads in part, we regret the success was so long in

megyn: stan, you lost your daughter diane on pan am flight 103. being here today, and we remember her today as well. >> thank you for asking me. megyn: all the best. >>> well, from fans to fanatics in a flash. unnecessary roughness in the stands at a football game, but what happened outside of this event may have been even more disturbing. >>> and up next, three men accused of brutally murdering three young cub scouts. walked into court on friday and pleaded guilty to the crime, then they were set free. how exactly did that work? a powerful kelly's court next. >> i don't think it will take away a minute of the 18 years that these three young men served. >> this was not just, you know? in the beginning we told them we were innocent, and they sent us to prison for the rest of our lives. [ male announcer ] it's a fact: your nutritional needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. three out of four doctors recommend the ensure brand for extra nutrition. ensure clinical strength has revigor a

two years later, he struck back by taking down pan am 103. but after 9/11 and the invasion of iraq, a dramatic about-face, gadhafi accepted r rponsibility for lockerbie and gave up his chemical and nuclear weapons programs. he did not give up his many eccentricities, his elaborate outfits, fears of flying over water, and a slew of female bodyguards. at the u.n. in 2009, he called president obama "my son." some couldn't help but laugh. and neither could he. with abc's c cistine amanpour in february, laughing at the idea of fleeing libya. >> leaders are calling on you to step down, to leave libya, to leave your position of power. will you do that? [ laughs ] [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: who would leave his homeland? >> repororr: is a part of you able to smile a little bit more today? >> well, what makes me smile about today is that thererare people who are willing to stand up and do the right thing, even when it cost them their lives. >> reporter: jim sciutto, abc news, washington. >> and if you doubt how quickly things can c

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nic robertson locating the pan am 103 bomber. the only person held responsible for the bombing of that plane and for all those deaths. stayed alive for two years after beg released from prison. you will hear what his family has to say about libya. and self-proclaimed prophet and child rapist warren jeffs. the latest on his condition. we'll tell you why he's now in a coma and he looks different than he did at trial. and whether the state can keep him alive against his will. >> new reports tonight in the disappearance of robin gardener who vanished in aruba. reports the man she went with made what sounds like a stunning admission. see what we found out and what authorities are doing about it. that and more when "360" continues. anananananannouncer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most

and certainly families of the passengers on board pan am 103 are upset that he's here.travesty of justice that he is still here. they're upset. they want him extradited. what we learned from his family is he's in a coma. they also say that they don't have the medicine that they need for him. he's at home and they say their house was looted. we went to that house. it's a jn upscale gated community. there's no graffiti on the walls. there's no stuff in the street, stuff you see all around tripoli. a pretty well protected place. we saw no evidence of looting. it's a little unclear exactly what his condition is. they say he is on his deathbed. >> stephanie with the headlines out of libya and tripoli today. thank you. >>> what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next. >>> but first, sicily's mt. etna erupted with huge lava plumes today and spewed ash along the southeast slope of the mountain. the italian peak is one of the most active and has been showing bursts all year. [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morning begins with arthritis pain. th

but convicted pan am 103 bomber abdel bassett al megrahi lives, only just.t the way he looked when he was released from a scottish jail two years ago. he came home to a hero's welcome, freed on compassionate grounds because doctors said he would be dead in three months. almost immediately, he began renovating this palatial house. money, no object. it doesn't take long walking around this building before you begin to realize and looking at the marble here, these expensive fittings, to realize it appears megrahi was being paid off handsomely for all those years he spent in jail. in the two decades since the bomb exploded on board pan am 103 over lockerbie, killing 270 passengers, crew and towns people, it seemed the secrets of the attack would die with the bombers. megrahi always maintained he was innocent. just a month ago, in a rare public sighting, moammar gadhafi had him literally wheeled out for a pro-government rally. i'm seeing him now for the first time in two years. he appears to be just a shelf the man he was, far sicker than he appeared before. has

i have no doubt that gadhafi gave the word to blow up pan am 103. we ae at it, why don't we ask them to send us gadhafi so we can try him first flash flood the rebels want a complete break with the gadhafi era what better way to show that than to turn megrahi over to us. >> greta: i don't know who these rebels are. why even issue a statement or make a statement? >> apparently they've contradicted themselves i'm not sure what their position is. if they want to demonstrate a little gratitude to the united states for having over thrown gadhafi this would be a good way to do it. and to show they've renounced the practices of that regime. >> greta: what happens with megrahi, if he dies he dieses? the families just suffer the indignity of what the scots did? >> this is outrageous interest start to finish. the scots didn't have the does shun to do what they did. i think our statement department dropped the ball. -- >> greta: they were careless or complicit? >> i think complicit. i'm go that far. i think if they had jumped up and down and said under no circ

al megrahi was convicted of the 1988 lockerbie bombing of pan am flight 103.im two years ago on compassionate ground claiming at that time he had only months to live. when nic found him he was barely conscious and appeared to be on death's door. last hour i asked bert ammerman who lost a brother in the bombing knowing how he felt knowing megrahi was close to death. >> i'm happy that megrahi, as far as i'm concerned can't die soon enough. whether he dies in libya or comes back to the united states or scotland, at this point is irrelevant. >> the fact that the ntc says they will not extradite him, does that bother now? >> no. this all changed, martin, a couple of weeks ago. as i have been saying over and over when people asked me, the big fish is gadhafi and his sons. as long as gadhafi and his sons are eliminated or arrested we could try gadhafi for the bombing of pan am 103 p. we have to stay focused and have gadhafi and his sons eliminated. if we do, my brother and the other 269 people didn't die in vain. >> the downfall of moammar gadhafi revealed his family

max farland family. >>> 270 people killed during the 1998 pan am bombing, 189 were americans. it's been more than 20 years mo maqaddafi has never admitted to ordering that attack. we're going to be talking to the brother of one of those victims and ask him what he thinks should happen to the libyan leader. >> martha: plus democratic congresswoman maxine waters has been speaking out quite forcefully lately. first she lashed out at president obama, said she was going to unleash on him, now he's turned her fire on the tea party, saying they can go straight to hell. gregg fox news alert, police announcing another death in the wake of that horrific stage collapse at the indiana state fair back on august 13th. the 24-year-old woman died from her injuries late last night. it is still unclear what exactly caused -- annd you're looking at footage of it -- of the stage to collapse to begin with. we know that strong winds were initially blamed but there is an investigation underway of the wreck yalg itself. martha: congresswoman maxine waters fired up again, this time lashing out at the

up next, a cnn exclusive, nic robertson locating the pan am bomber, the only person held responsible for the bombing of that plane after those deaths. stayed alive for two years after getting out of prison. he appears to be in rough shape right now. you'll hear from his family about the outlook and what's happening in libya. >>> convicted sex offender and child rapist warren jeffs. the latest on his condition, and his condition has taken a turn for the worse. we'll tell you why he is now in a coma. he looks completely different than he did a few weeks ago in trial. >> new reports tonight in the disappearance of robyn gardner who disappeared in aruba. a man made what sound like a stunning admission, and we'll see what authorities are doing about it in crime and punishment. that and more when we return. an] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the

his body is weak. >> reporter: he had been expect it had die almost two years ago, but convicted pan am3 bomber abdel baset al megrahi lives. and this isn't how he looked when he released from a scottish jail two years ago. he came home to a hero's welcome, freed on compassionate grounds because doctors said he'd be dead in three months. almost immediately he began renovating this palatial house, money no object. it doesn't take long walking around this building before you begin to realize, and looking at the marble here on these expensive fittings, to realize that it appears megrahi was being paid off handsomely for all those years he spent in jail. in the two decades since the bomb exploded on board pan am flight 103 over lockerbie killing 270 passengers, crew and townspeople, it seemed the secret of the attack would die with the bombers. megrahi always maintained he was innocent. just a month ago in a rare public sighting moammar gadhafi had him literally wheeled out for a pro-government rally. i'm seeing him now for the first time in two years. he appears to be just a shell of the m

up next, a cnn exclusive, nic robertson locating the pan am 103 bomber, the one who was let out of prison to die. the only person held responsible for the bombing of that plane for all those deaths. stayed alive for two years after getting out of prison. he appears to be in pretty rough shape right now. you'll hear from his family about the outlook and what's happening in libya. >>> self-proclaimed prophet and convicted sex offender and child rapist warren jeffs. the latest on his condition, and his condition has taken a turn for the worse. we'll tell you why he is now in a coma. he looks completely different than he did just a few weeks ago in trial. whether the state can keep him alive against his will. isha? >> new reports tonight in the disappearance of robyn gardner who disappeared in aruba. reports that the man she went there with made what sounds like a stunning admission and we'll see what authorities are doing about it in crime and punishment. that and more when "360" continues. anananananananannounc] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive th

he has cancer and is reported to be near death. 270 people died when the pan am flight blew up over lockerbie, scotland. >>> a cross-country motorcycle trip is underway at this hour to honor those who died on flight 93 during the september 11th attacks. family members and friends began their 11-day ride near the san francisco airport where the plane was headed flight 93 but never arrived. the riders are headed to the pennsylvania field but the plane crashed after passengers overcame the hijackers. it was the reversal from the ride in 2009 that mirrored the flight path from new ark, new jersey, to -- newark, new jersey to san francisco. >> we decided to retrace the track the other way, to reach out to more people, tell the story about flight 93, hopefully raise a little bit of money and bring as money people as we can to the dedication of the memorial. >> the field in shanksville, pennsylvania, is also the site of the national memorial. a dedication will be held for the first phase of the memorial on the 10th anniversary of the attacks in just a couple of weeks. >>> a bill designed to crackdow

i covered the bombing of pan am flight 103 over scotland.e hague and covered the trials to get libyans involved. and the heartbreak that i heard at the time from many of the families of the victims, american victims and the british victims, was so heartwrenching. to sort of pause and catch our breathes here and look back at these momentous events today, assuming it is true that this is the fall of gadhafi, what are your thoughts? >> i guess i've been interviewing him for so long. part of me says it is not possible to imagine libya without him. because with all of his eccentric, bizarreness with the tents, taking the mobile tent wherever he went, there was a dreamy aspect to the guy, when he went committing terrorism. that was the amazing thing about muammar gadhafi. the ability to swerve between a pan am 103, to do that and kill over200 people, most americans, in cold blood. and then be the man who after america invaded iraq saying whoa, i the message, i'm giving up my wmd programs. all of a sudden he became america's great friend. the examp

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few minutes ago, in this country, ambassador, we remember, december 1988 when 270 people died on a pan am flight that colonel gaddafi ordered to be bombed. there are a lot of people watching tonight as this unfolds and maybe with a little vindication. >> right, well 189 americans were killed in that act of terrorism and you know, we've heard the international criminal court say they've indicted gaddafi, they've indicted his son and they want to try his son who is now apparently in captivity and i would say with respect to muammar gaddafi before the international criminal court gets a hold of it and he's got a date in a measured american court. even when we negotiated the end ever his nuclear weapons program in 2003 and 2004, and granted recognition, i don't think americans ever forgot that act of terrorism and many others that he committed. it's one reason people were so outraged when the actual terrorist,al megrahi was released by the scotts and in tripoli now. >> harris: there's talk about where gaddafi is and where he could go. is there anybody out there, you have a host of experience

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abdel baset al-megrahi, the convicted bomber of pan am flight 103, his family says he is in and out of a coma and near death. he was released from a scottish prison two years ago when he was said to be suffering from terminal cancer. not even a hurricane could stop colin powell from getting to the set of "face the nation." he had something he wanted to tell bob schieffer, and that story is next. ,,,, >> pelley: former vice president dick cheney takes aim at some of his colleagues in the george w. bush administration in a new book coming out tomorrow. he's critical of former secretary of state colin powell. on sunday's "face the nation" powell responded, objecting in particular to the words cheney is using in promoting the book. >> what really sort of got my attention was this way in which he characterized it. "it going to cause heads to explode." that's quite a visual. and in fact, it's the kind of headline i would expect to come out of a gossip columnist or the kind of headline you might see one of the supermarket tabloids write. it's not the kind of headline i would have expected to

i want my life alone my life to be my life till the day we leave this earth for membership in the pan am member being handcuffed. to most embarrassing moments of my life. balance not is not only physical you know it's verbal emotional i got arrested spend fourteen hours in jail never been in trouble with the law. and you know system you experienced said that i didn't know. what my relationship status was today at least my family and i was the biggest thing to me . what happens to my family it's what my life is about balance my family and i did nothing. this violence is a way of obtaining power and control this violence is usually accompanied by jealousy also a fear of losing power and control it is accompanied by verbal abuse and putdowns again as a way to obtain power and control as you see it's only perfectly ordinary house and he really does wreck their house and that's when the minute the worker in this this is there at the master bedroom and he went right above the bed i mean you can see homer baby killer and everything else where they divorced at the time they were really separated

. >> reporter: the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie scotland killed almost 300. gadhafi denied involvement for years but finally accepted responsibility and he paid out billions of dollars in compensation. tom ammerman died in the crash, today's news a huge relief for his brother bert. >> i never thought i would live to see the day that this killer, this coward, would be removed from power. >> reporter: just a few years ago, gadhafi was being embraced by western leaders, the alleged terrorist has abandoned his weapons of mass destruction. but the thaw ended when the arab spring spread through libya. gadhafi's response? more brutal repression. jim maceda, nbc news, london. >>> now we turn to a developing story in this country with millions of americans stretched along the east coast on summer vacation, we have a hurricane to tell you about tonight, hurricane irene. its heading towards the bahamas and then later this week targeting the united states. late this afternoon, the international space station took some photos of irene as it moved off puerto rico. weather

strengthened in his image of himself as a heroic defender for the week against the strong. 270 died when a pan am jet on route to new york was bomb over lockerbie. the investigation led to two libyan agents. the gaddafi refused to hand them over. but in 1999 he began a process that would change his relationship with the outside world. first, he says -- he surrendered the lockerbie suspects for trial third, he announced he was dismantling its weapons of mass destruction to become an ally in the war on terror. western countries embraced him. >> if he was to say we want to give up chemical and nuclear weapons, seize our ties with terrorist groups, then we should be willing to open up to that. >> this required a diplomatic blind eye to his continuing brutality at home, where his -- he and his family were feared and reviled. a popular uprising began in february, and nato intervened in march. still, he believed in his impregnable hold on power. tonight, his personal fate remains undecided. but his 42-year regime, his ability to rein through terror, it is surely now over. >> gergel and increasingly ecce

now the end game. >> we haven't talked much about pan am flight 103. 189 americans among 270 dead.lies today. >> i don't know. we refer to the word compensation, you know, compensated them. how do you compensate them for the loss of a son or daughter? how do you do that? >> some people think it's hypercritical he was off the terrorist watch in '07 and then we are involved in a military project now that's turned out the way it's turned out. it should be remembered that this military mission was hastened by, was caused by the imminent killing of thousands of libyans. >> right. >> gadhafi was about to kill many more thousands of libyans than we could even imagine. nato put a stop to it. the difficulty came the next day because we were in a mission that was no longer protective but protective, but clearly supportive of the rebels. but part of that, all of that was because gadhafi refused to stand down. he went on trying to steez city after city. so i think when you're saying that president obama deserves some credit, this is part of where his patience and his looking past the you new c

pan am flight 103 was blown out of the sky over scotland in 1988 killing 270 people. libyan abdel basset al megrahi was released from a scottish prison and returned to libya in 2009. it was believed he'd soon die of cancer. now new york's two senators are calling on the new libyan government to put al megrahi back in jail. >>> hurricane irene, now the storm is gaining strength much quicker than expected and could reach the southeast coast of the u.s. by the end of the week. irene is currently a category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 100 miles an hour and gaining strength. fueled by the warm waters of the ocean, irene pummeled the virgin islands and puerto rico yesterday. power was cut to more than a million people. irene is currently northeast of the dominican republic and expected to move to the bahamas later today. the hurricane is gaining strength and could hit the u.s. east coast as a category 3 storm. folks in florida are getting ready. >> flash lights, your lanterns, your charcoal. >> and then at the end we have water and gas cans for your generators and s

two years later, in what many believe was gadhafi's response, a bomb blew up pan am 103 over lockerbie, scotland, killing 270 people. gadhafi denied ordering the bombing. >> translator: as i stated, we had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: but he later paid compensation to the families of the american victims and provided a libyan suspect, abdel baset al megrahi, and perhaps the image of what happened to another middle eastern strongman who hung on for too long, saddam hussein, had changed from ally to pariah, he shut down his nuclear research program, he granted western oil companies lucrative contracts, but he never lost his act for the theatrical, showing up in italy wearing a picture of libyan heroes hung by italians in the colonial period, showing up at the united nations to tear up the u.n.'s charter during a 90-minute rant and called the security council the terrorist council. when his people, oppressed for so long, finally rose up against him, he seemed unable to comprehend that his time had come. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >>> more of the days news right after this. we

i do know that he has american blood on his hands because of pan am flight 103.sponsible for other acts of terror in the region, and i think that people who worry about what comes after gadhafi, i think we would be well served if we make sure that there is not an extremist takeover or hijacking of this revolution, and the ones that i met of the transition council are very fine people. >> one final question, senator, before i let you go. what do you say to those republicans, include some republican presidential candidates like michele bachmann or ron paul who say the u.s. has no business getting involved in these countries? there's plenty to do here. just stay away from countries like libya. what do you say to these republicans? >> i say that the united states of america is a unique experiment in history. i believe in american exceptionalism. i wasn't for sending ground forces into libya. it would have been counterproductive, but we are an inspiration to these people. i know because i've looked them in the eyes and they looked at me. they look to america for inspi

he was found guilty of bombing pan am 103.ut two years ago he was released from a scottish prison with terminal cancer and supposedly had only weeks to live. >>> al qaeda's new second in command has been killed by a u.s. drone missile strike. they say he was killed in northwest pakistan a week ago. he was a close associate to osama bin laden. >>> former vice president dick cheney has a new book. the memoir ends my time is being published tomorrow. in it he criticizes several fellow members of the bush administration. >> do you think president bush will feel betrayed that you've revealed these private conversations? >> i don't know why he should. >> you don't think so. >> no. >> you have always said that you believe the president deserves to be able to trust the people around him. >> right. >> by revealing these differences, you don't think you're betraying that trust. >> no. >> cheney claims that former secretary of state colin powell tried to undermine the president. on cbs "face the nation," colin powell disagrees. >> i hope

joining us now is victoria who lost her husband on pan am flight 103. you so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. we don't know where qaddafi is. his son for what it's worth says he's still alive and in tripoli but at this point, obviously we don't have any confirmation of that. what does qaddafi represent to you? >> well, qaddafi is really the face of evil and a mass murderer and he has reigned for over 40 years, a brutal -- with brutality and force, we experienced that brutality for one day in our lives but, you know, the libyan people have for the last 42 years lived under his oppression. you know, what we have seen over the last six months has been something that the family members related with. here, we have the average libyan person that has come together to try to hold qaddafi accountable in their search for freedom. and it's really been more than our country or any other country has done to try to hold qaddafi accountable for his actions. >> and you actually have been working. i mean, you have been working effortlessly to try to get him

he is the only man convicted for the bombing on pan am 84 that killed 183 people. magrahi was released from a scotish prison two years ago when it was thought he was just months away from death. there's been calling that magrahi be returned to england or extradited to the u.s. >>> much needed international aid arrived in tripoli today. the international red cross brought hospital supplieses as well as water. the provisional government stays it appears gadhafi's forces turned off thousandsover water pumps. it hopes to restart production at two oil fields within the next several weeks. >>> in other news of the world tonight, in iraq a suicide bombing in a large sunni mosque killed a dozen people. the bombing came as a u.s. diplomat asked whether the u.s. would leave authorities. >>> a slow moving typhoon triggered flooding that left at least 10 people dead. the typhoon bathered the sinan provinces. many of the dead were children. the water and landslides displayed 50,000 people. >>> in iran about 100 prisoners who were arrested during the 2009 election were pardoned

links to several terror attacks, including the death of 189 americans in the 1988 midair bombing of pan am flight 103. >> qaddafi's regime has murdered scores of american citizens in acts of terror in the past. today, we remember the lives of those who were taken in those acts of terror, and stand in solidarity with their families. >> reporter: the defeat of qaddafi took longer than the administration predicted. but for a president who was first criticized for being too aggressive in libya, and later criticized for relying too much on nato, in the end, scott, the approach seems to have worked. >> pelley: thanks, wyatt. when qaddafi goes, he will be the third dictator to fall in what's been called the arab spring. it all started last december with street protests in tunisia. within a month, the tunisian president was gone. days later, protests erupted in egypt, and in a month, president hosni mubarak was gone. and that same week, the libyan protests began. the first atlantic hurricane of the season is now headed for the u.s. the crew of the international space station gave us this remarkabl

two years later, pan am flight 103 blew up over a tiny village, raining debris and taking 270 lives. 11 years as an international outcast, gadhafi cut a deal. he gave up the suspects for trial and after the u.s. invaded iraq, he surprised the world by agreeing to destroy chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. he didn't kbif up the bizarre behavior. on a 2009 visit to italy he invited 200 models to his ambassador's house, paying $75 to listen to lectures on islam and giving each a copy of the koran. back home, patience was running thin. after more than 40 years, rebelian bubbled up, quickly spreading across libya. he addressed the nation from the same house bombed in 1986. >> this is my country, the country of my grandfathers. >> he vowed to die a martyr in libya. >> as time runs out, one ponlt is exile in a neighboring country. the international criminal court wants him to answer for crimes. more than one he plans to die in libya. >> i once had a chance to meet and interview gadhafi. oi had a chance to talk to our own nick robinson who has spent time in libya himself. sort of a ri

two years later, pan am flight 103 blew up over the tiny village.ris and taking 270 lives. investigators traced the attack to libya. leaving the country isolated and increasingly destitute. he gave up the suspects for trial and after the u.s. invaded iraq, he surprised the world by agreeing to destroy all of his chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. he welcomed oil kpaeps into libya but questions linger about some western loyal contracts were traded for scotland's release of one of the convicted bombers. and he kint give up the bizarre behavior. >> back home patience was running thin. after more than 40 years, rebelian bubbled up quickly spreading across libya. as his government disintegrated he adresed the nation from the same house bombed by the u.s. in 1986. >> this is my country, the country of my grandfather's. >> he vowed to die a martyr in libya. >> rebel news tightens around tripoli. gadhafi's options are growing increasingly limited. one possibility for him is exile. a spokesman said that gadhafi has go ahead the governments of neighbor

the lockerbie bomber back on his death bed, the man convicted of bombing pan am plight 103. find out what his brother had to say to a team of reporters. the price tag for hurricane irene expected to be in the billions. in three minutes what that means for the u.s. economy. >> it was still dark, i was downstairs and i heard the tremendous crash and my first thought was for my wife who was just maybe 15 feet away from where the tree came down. [ male announcer ] at e-trade, investing means taking action with professional-grade research. and some of the most powerful, yet easy to use trading tools on the planet. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed. megyn: fox news alert new information on the fate of the interest national space station. nasa announcing astronauts may need to evacuate the space outpost in the next few weeks. trace gallagher following the latest developments live from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: imagine for the first time ever the international space station could be unmanned. there could be nobody ther

. >> there is new video of the libyan man convicted in the 1988 pan am bombing over lockerbie, scotland. he is now in a coma near death. he may be one of the last man alive who knows who authorize that had bombing. >> we found his villa in an upmarket part of town. at least six security cameras and flood lights outside. he apparently in a coma, is aging mother at his side thchl wasn't the way he looked when he was released from a scottish jail two years ago. he came home to a hero's welcome. freed on compassionate grounds because doctors said he would be dead in three months. almost immediately, he began renovating this house. and money no object. >> it appears he was being paid off for years spent in jail. >> in two decades since the bomb exploded in lockerbie killing 270 passengers, crew and towns people it seems secrets of the attack died with the bombers. he maintained he was innocent. just a month ago in a rare public sighting muammar gaddafi had him wheeled out for a pro-government rally. i'm seeing him now for the first time in two years. he appears to be just a shell of the man

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