we all want qaddafi out alive or dead. but the immediate consequence of missing him and killing his kid and his grand kids if that really is what happened maybe could strengthen qaddafi's hand against his followers. while rebels in benghazi celebrated following the news. in tripoli angry pro qaddafi mobs burned a the italian and britain embassy. in spiteful revenge of the attack qaddafi's forces unleashed new hell on the embattled strong old of maz rat taw. artillery barrages killing at least a dozen civilians. david lee miller inspected the scene of the missile strike. he joins us live to tell us whether the death of qaddafi's son and grandchildren are concerned and about his supposed vow of revenge. david, what do we know? >> there is speculation this is a hoax. many of the rebels in benghazi do not believe he is dead. they do not believe anything this regime has to say. they say it has no credibility. consider this a few days ago a deputy foreign minister said there was no shelling in miss rad dau. there was repeated sh

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 not as easy as you think. so, we should be taking out his command and control. and if he is killed or injure

and south africa's president, jacob zuma, says colonel qaddafi ready for a truce. let's get more on our top story. the state senator of south australia is calling on his country's football federation to try to recover money spent on the 2022 bid and for the bid to be reopened. he joins me on the line now. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. how will you go about recalling the money? >> well, this is something -- australia spent $46 million on the bid. at that stage, we were aware of allegations made in the house of commons, parliamentary committee, in terms of lord trison's allegations of corruption in regards to the bid. we now have further information that's come to light where the secretary general of fifa expressed concerns about the bid, as well. i think australia is entitled to ask for its money back as should other countries and i also think that the 2022 bid ought to be reopened given the serious allegations made. >> forgive me, though, i'm wondering how you would go about betting hold of that money given that we're in a situation where an inves

and in tripoli, qaddafi himself appeared on t.v. for the first time in weeks to welcome a delegation offering him one last chance to escape. allen pizzey is there. >> reporter: south african 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 w

this they said was qaddafi's son, saif al arab. the corpses wrapped in green shrouds were said to include a friend and one of the three grandchildren reportedly killed. looking at this destruction, it's hard to believe that anyone could have escaped. but libyan officials say qaddafi and his wife made it out unharmed. the regime is playing this for maximum effect. >> the western nato crusader aggression against the libyan nation continues and proves again that it has no moral foundation, no legal foundation and no political foundation. >> reporter: but britain's prime minister insisted qaddafi was not the target of the air strike. >> and it is about preventing the loss of civilian life by targeting qaddafi's war-making machines. >> reporter: there were scenes of wild celebration in benghazi last night. but today a very different mood. people here in the rebel stronghold don't believe anything they hear from the libyan government. and there are lots of conspiracy theories that this is just an attempt to win sympathy for the qaddafi r

russia joins the stand against colonel qaddafi. president medvedev said it's time for the libyan leader to go. fifa's president sepp blatter is to face his organization's own ethics committee after allegations of wrongdoing. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast on pbs around america and also around the globe. coming up later, the polish end to president obama's european tour. there are dumplings and missiles on the menu. manchester united preparing to take on barcelona in the final this wednesday at wemiblely. some 300 million are expected to watch. welcome once again. serbia's president has told the bbc he believes ratko mladic will be extradited to the hague to face charges of war crimes. a court in belgrade has ruled mr. mladic is fit to be tried in the netherlands. however, mr. mladic's son said his father's first needs hospital treatment. from belgrade, here's our europe editor, gavin hewitt. >> this is the first image of 69-year-old ratko mladic in custody. for 16 years he was the most wanted man in europe, accused of master

qaddafi wasn't being threatened. so you're right. as the president zig-zags as an analyst i was trying to respond to the moment that he zig-zag, but i think the policy has been a failure. if you're assad watching qaddafi, why do you care what the president of the united states says? because the president of the united states has been remarkably ineffective in libya. and i was responding to each stage to what the president said. now i believe in the beginning what i said on february 22 which is don't get directly involved. don't put our prestige on the line. help the people who are rebeling. use local allies like the egyptians or the iraqis and have people who speak arabic doing that. but the president changed the rules. with no planning, with no preparation on march 3 he staked the position of the united states that qaddafi must go and then did nothing to make sure that ka doofy went except wasted a lot of money and had americans fecklessly running around not being effective and they haven't been effective up until now. >> schieffer:

russia takes a stand against colonel qaddafi. president medvedev tells other leaders it's time for the libyan leader to stand down. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said the relationship between her country and pakistan has reached a turning point. mrs. clinton was speaking during a visit to islamabad, her first since relations with pakistan deteriorated sharply in the wake of the killing by u.s. forces of osama bin laden. we report from islamabad. >> the americans knew killing osama bin laden without first informing the pakistanis had its risks. it did leave the leadership here feeling humiliated and angry. >> good afternoon. >> hillary clinton assured them they weren't,ing cornered. >> there is absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest levels of the pakistani government knew that osama bin laden was living just miles from where we are today. and we know that al qaeda has been a source of great pain and suffering to the leadership that has been in every way attempting to eradicate the threat that's posed. >> s

prosecutors have also issued warrants for qaddafi's son and the intelligence chief on charges againsthumanity. >> we want to strengthen the rule of law. you can't say whether an arrest warrant will mean a leader like this will actually end up in court. >> the i.c.c. prosecutor says that if the court issues the arrest warrant against qaddafi, seen here in file footage, it would be up to libyans to implement it, not the international community. the unrest in syria is continuing. journalists aren't allowed in the country but refugees are reporting heavy bombing by government troops. they say the situation is very serious and that there's a stench of decaying bodies in the town. in dara, residents have discovered a mass grave with at least 13 bodies of people who have been apparently executed. human rights groups say more than 800 people have been killed in syria since the violence erupted in mid march. and with news of market mergers from new york, here's ariana. >> there's been a lot of back and forth on this one but the bidding war for the new york stock exchange appears to be over. on

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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? >> some heavyweight help for the victims of the joplin tornado. how the circus is lending muscle power and why it is causing so much controversy. >>> and layoffs avoided. what police and firefighters one bay area city are sacrificing to avoid some major cuts. that and much more coming u

according to south africa president jacob zuma who meted with qaddafi in trip -- who met with qaddafii. 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 republicans are poised to vote against it. the house speaker has insisted that any increase in the deb

i've been over on the other side to tripoli and seen qaddafi's forces.t either a professional force of... that has been trained and is well equipped. better equipped certainly but not well trained. these are basically a very rag tag group. and so they get their weapons any way that they can essentially. when the east was liberated, there were huge weapon stores that had been sort of liberated along with that. and so they basically are still using those but a lot of the equipment is very old. '70s, '80s. some from world war ii. and it's not really up to standard. i've seen so many of these young guys holding rocket- propelleded grenades. some of them don't have the pieces that are supposed to be there. some of the guys don't know how to use them. i mean it's very, very slap dash. >> suarez: well, you've been in a country where the front is constantly been shifting. where captured towns get to be uncaptured and then recaptured. you talk to people who by the very act of talking to you might be risking their lives. are you aware of that when you're doing it?

finally they are safe from qaddafi's rockets. >> it was really bad. a lot of shooting and shelling.here was not one minute of peace. >> if anything, the african migrants have had it even worse. camping out in the open court while they survived shellings. thrst four were killed. drive south, and you will find the burned-out remains of qaddafi's army littering the roadside. >> the nato air strakes that did this have been extremely successful at presenting qaddafi's armored troops from advancing. but at the same time, the rebels don't seem to have any capacity to come back up this road and take on qaddafi's forces, and that is a problem for nato. this front line has been stuck here for had nearly a month. there doesn't seem to be any strategy for how to break this deadlock. further on we see a an ambulance. the doctor inside confirms. >> what is the situation down there there? >> up to now the situation is peaceful. there is no fighting. there are all these different lines. >> the ambulance leaves, military jeeps come racing toward us. they are not happy at our presence so far forward.

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 attack ads, already playing online, hop

colonel qaddafi has lost all legitimacy, it says, he must go. that's significant, because even russia has signed up to it. >> now there are signs that the momentum against qaddafi is really building. so it's right that we are ratcheting up the military, the economic and the political pressure on the qaddafi regime so that we can enforce resolution 1973. >> but it's the scale of the g8 ambitions to help north africa that may be what the summit is remembered for, whether they'll be able to deliver given the extent of the challenge is a test that's still to come. at the g8 summit in deauville, in france. >> next week, leaders from the world's 40 biggest cities will meet in sao paolo, brazil, to talk about climate change. chairing the gathering will be new york mayor michael bloomberg. nearly 70% of global co-2 emissions come from cities and as governments fail to step up to the task, it's cities that are really tackling global warming. mayor bloomberg has been trying to turn new york city into the big green apple in 2007, for example, pledging to m

nato insisted that qaddafi himself was not the target. raids are now focusing on his command-and-control facilities. in an interview with the bbc this morning, british prime minister david cameron said all nato strikes comply with the u.n. resolution authorizing the no fly zone. >> it is about preventing a loss of civilian life by targeting qaddafi's war-making machine. >> reporter: in the coming days all eyes will be on state tv for an appearance by qaddafi and beyond that any evidence that he's losing his grip on power. with the front line static, nato and rebels are hoping that qaddafi's inner circle will start to doubt the wisdom of staying by his side. mandy clark, cbs news, benghazi. >> osgood: in the south the search for victims goes on four days after tornadoes tore through the region. the number of dead now stands at 350 with hundreds remaining unaccounted for. correspondent dean reynolds has more on all this in just a few minutes. an overloaded levy along the ohio river has forced the evacuation of an entire town in illinois. th

an imam for preaching against qaddafi. a libyan british doctor for helping an al jazeera team. so there was a real mixture of people who were being held by this regime. >> suarez: well, you got to watch this civil war from a very strange vantage point. what did you make about the libyans, the tenacity of the regime, whether they'll be able to hold on for the long term. >> well, all i can say is, you know, if people who i talked to and the small views of tripoli i got through the sides of the paddy wagon from underneath my blindfold but there certainly was a sense in most of the political prisoners that qaddafi had shot his own people and that they would not accept any compromise by which any of his sons would share power or transition power. there was a strong sense we're willing to stay in prison until this regime is dead but there was, in a sense, a revenge. many of these people had been tortured and severely tortured but they wanted to bring qaddafi to a court and they wanted to bring these men who tortured them into some kind of legal process so there was some hope that the

ron paul tried to kill muammar al-qaddafi in the 80s. he missed him -- not by much. president reagan was right in that regard. i called for the establishment or the threat of the no-fly zone, i think one of the first national voices to do so on march 7. had the president been decisive in that moment, the rebel his taken over most of the country geogreaivegally, they had the momentum, they had muammar al-qaddafi on the ropes. he was talking about leaving voluntarily. and we could have shoved him out at that moment. now what the president does is wait the better part of a month, he waited for the arab league to give him permission. he waited for the united nations to pass a resolution and then he said, by the way, american policy is to make khadafy go, but his hands are tied by the united nations and a subordinated our decision-making and options to that pathetic organization in many respects -- i would never put the united states in that untenable position. if the president says president khadafy must go, he must go. >> u.s. and european intelligence is saying there i

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

and in libya, the drama surrounding moammar qaddafi took a new turn. ray suarez has our coverage of the day's events. >> suarez: across syria, thousands of people again risked death to demand that president bashar al assad step down in rallies captured on cell-phone video. activists said demonstrators in damascus and homs came under fire after friday prayers. security forces also shot into crowds outside the city of daraa and in the town of mayadeen. the deaths added to estimates of up to 850 protesters killed since the uprising there began. that's already prompted president recep tayyip erdogan in neighboring turkey to denounce the killings. and in istanbul today, protesters marched to the syrian consulate, where they burned photos of assad. >> the regime killed more than 1,000 people in syria, and they blockade a lot of cities. almost all the cities in syria are blockaded. >> suarez: there were also huge new protests today in yemen, and troops there killed at least three more people in ibb, a city south of sanaa. embattled president ali abdullah sale

rebels insist qaddafi must quit before a truce can be agreed upon. taliban suicide bombers killed five afghans on monday in the western city her ott. it is a joke to the nofingse security there. the area around has been labletted safe enough for the government to take control from nato but it seems that thinking may be premature. on monday international troops paid tribute to soldiers killed in another attack over the weekend. >> the germanyen soldiers in afghanistan observed a moment of silence for their fallen comrades. led about a single drummer, a guard of honor accompanied the soldiers' coffins to a plane for transport back to germany. american, norwegian and hung gar yain troops saluted as the soldier gansz their final germany. the german foreign minister is visiting india. he said the killings underscored the dangers the troops are exposed to. translator: i'm very concerned about the safety of our women and men who are serving in afghanistan. i'm also very worried because the incident shows there's still a lot of work ahead of us to complete t

one of the members was in qaddafi's prison for 31 years. these are not al qaeda. they're people who wanted to rise up against a brutal and oppressive dictator. finally, i went to a hospital in benghazi. a ship had come from misrata with wounded.

. >> rose: with mubarak, qaddafi, assad? >> not only with... especiay the neighbors. >> rose: t crown prince of... >> with the neighbors. the crown prince, king of saudi arabia monarchy of iraq and also with other neighbors. but at the same time we had excellent relations with the masses of these people, of these countries and the masses of these countries in the eyes of the mass of these countries we had a great level of populity. our prime minister in that sense had the same level of popularity in the street of damascus, cairo or beirut. >> rose: why was your prime minister and turkey popular with those people that you just outlined? >> our prime minister and turkey's popular in the streets of skopje or... (inaudible) and even our prime minister was very popular in turkey and popar in israel before israel attacked gaza, before the time when we were negotiatingetween israel and syria we had good relations with israel and syria at the same time. so it's not because of this, it is more because of our policy regionally and principally under e pol