france, italy, and spain had recognized the national transitional council, now germany followed suit. for us, the national transitional council is the legitimate representative of the libyan people. >> in early august, the rebels entered tripoli and the battle for the capital began. hundreds were killed. two days later, they establish control over the capital but there was no sign of gaddafi himself. troopers -- rumors were many. some say he had fled abroad but there was no confirmation. some fighters remained loyal to gaddafi and they kept the resistance in the strong walls of bonnie bought lead and his hometown. they lost a major offensive and it developed into a bloody battle street by street. there were rumors that two of gaddafi's sons were holed up in sirte. the rebels denied reports that they had caught gaddafi. october 17th, after weeks of fighting, bonnie while wheat fell to the rebels. supporters of the former leader continue to hold out. it was the final battleground. the struggle would not go on for much longer. on october 20th, the rebels secured sirte and killed muammar

official to bring support to the national transitional council. she received assurances from libya poses new leaders of their desire to move towards democracy quickly. that process begins now. there are several challenges to its move towards democracy. the first is from radical islamists who may not want western-style political parties. they gained strength of the longer the fighting went on. another challenge is from the armed militias now and control path of the major cities, providing jobs and a return to normal life for them should not be hard in a country with enormous oil wells. but the gunmen have seen their friends die and now they are potential threat to return to civility. the new administration faces a particular challenge from gunman who did the hardest fighting for tripoli coming from their homes in the mountains southwest of the capital. political leadership from benghazi in the east does not command support right across the country. there are other tribal divisions as well. that was intensified during the long months of warfare and i

that's the hope for the national transitional council for libyan people who suffered for decades underncil on one hand, the national transitional council on another. there is no unity among the post gadhafi government. will the battles be only political or will we see civil conflict in this country? is that a right concern, a real fear? >> you know the middle east as well as i do. i'm not being patronizing at all. we have been presented a romantic view of the libyan uprising. for a variety of reasons gadhafi did a great deal of harm. we have hoped that the rebels will rise up to the occasion. but at the end of the day we're talking about politics, the politicians of libya does not differ very much from the politics of yemen. you have regional differences we're just talking about benghazi, about tripoli, about cert. the fighting have exposed some major tribal and regional cleavages they do not bode well for libya. so far i'm not convinced with my hopes for libya, i'm not convinced not only there's not a unity government, i fear that the political cleavages and the reej federal cleavages

the national transitional council is claiming victory in sirte. we have seen fighters celebrating in the city. it's often the case throughout the conflict that there's no guarantee the city is clear entirely of pro-gaddafi loyalists. our correspondent is in sirte at the moment. what is your impression? >> there's huge amounts of a celebratory gunfire going on. to my right, there's a pickup truck with a man who has clearly been captured. the rebels believe he is a gaddafi fighters. these people believe they have made huge headway. earlier today, we were told there had been a mass breakout by pro-gaddafi fighters in this small center of the town, where they have been holding out for a number of days. as the morning progressed, we saw the numbers of pickup trucks bearing what looked like captured pro-gaddafi loyalists towards the hospital a little way down the road. i have to say that the largest celebration so far this morning has come from a report that i must emphasize is utterly unconfirmed -- going around on fighters radios that they have capture

still has a role here i mean as a result of the united nations security council nine hundred seventy three it chose to side in a civil war the national transitional council do you think that if the national transition council in its current form gets in trouble that nato will continue to support it against the factions that could rise up in the next two weeks or months in libya because like we've all agreed this country is awash with weapons and there's a lot to fight for and one of them is oil. well you know i don't think so i don't actually think there's a nato role there and i think would be a mistake of nato thought there was one but i do think there's a role for libya's neighbors and for nations in the area i live is going to need to lots of help there's no question that this country is rich and it has the resources to provide. excellent living in a fine economy for its people but that's not going to happen overnight and it's going to be fundamentally important for other arab nations and european nations and america frankly to be there and be able to provide the kind of everything from technical support as you get oil fields running again to

>> freedom. >> freedom means the national transitional council keeping its promise to hold elections within two years. yet another march was held in the square today, remembering the dead. highly controversial. democracy means learning how to disagree peacefully and libya has no tradition of that. the walls of colonel gaddafi's compound are being razed. building in the country can be painful and difficult. a lot of egyptians and to nations are worried that even though they got -- tunisians are worried that even if they got rid of the man at the top, those factions can still be powerful. colonel gaddafi, maybe members of his own family have either been killed, exiled, or are on the run. the old regime has been smashed. this really is a new beginning. libya has properly govern that these citizens. but first, they have to get over the past. >> the middle east editor reporting there. nato has announced that it is winding down its military position to protect civilians in libya. she said she was proud of what they were achieved. >> in the meantime, i will consult closely with the united na

the national transitional council maintained he was killed in the crossfire, but the evidence is pointing ever more insistently towards summary execution. >> events in libya are expected to move rapidly over the next few days. the national transitional council will declare the liberation of libya this weekend. the and it will signal the start of the process of forming a new entrant in -- a new interim government. >> of libya used to have a lot of rules. it was a police state. for the young fighters letting off steam in the old compound, they must feel that there aren't any now. they have beaten the dictator they have brought up to fear. but building a new country will take rules, discipline, and security. the compound is guarded by fighters that say proudly that they are from a rebel town and have armed militias. if they don't expands, it is a recipe for a failed state. they're forming a national security force. they believe their town led the fight, a domestic together during the tough times that are inevitable? no one wants to think too hard about that yet. this city has barely started

the. national transitional council and. their forces with nato i think it's at least a possibility assuming that gadhafi actually makes it out of this weekend alive because of course we have to wonder how he's going to be treated in custody and there have been a lot of reports of the types of atrocities that have been be being committed by the transitional council forces in sirte and and people who have been opposing them so we have to wonder whether he will over the world make it even out of this weekend alive but assuming that it was. to come to pass that he was actually taken to the hague i don't think he's a one term chances for survival would be any better per se i think the obvious analogy here would be slaughtered and the rich circa two thousand and six when he turned up and mysteriously appeared in his cell just a few months before they were about to deliver the verdict on him and there were times lot of questions of the times about the toxicology reports and a lot of questions about he himself saying he was being p

only imagine that that there will be much of a rallying point for for any opposition to the national transitional council if if gadhafi really has been taken he's one of the cause for war crimes at the hague the libyans and likely really that had them over if he's been captured alive. well given the extent of the involvement of the the national transitional council and. their forces with nato i think it at least a possibility assuming that gadhafi actually makes it out of this weekend alive because of course we have to wonder how he's going to be treated in custody and there have been a lot of reports of of the types of atrocities that have been be being committed by the transitional council forces in sirte and people who have been opposing them so that we have to wonder whether he will make it even out of this weekend alive but assuming that it was to come to pass that he was actually taken to the hague i don't think his long term chances for survival would be any any better per se i think the obvious analogy here would be slobodan milosevic circa two thousand and six when he turned up in the seriously

it made a preliminary decision to end the mission last week after the national transitional council announced gadhafi's death and the liberation of the whole country. the national transitional council wanted nato to continue the mission until at least the end of the year. but the u.n. security council voted on thursday to end nato's mandate at the end of this month. nato says it's ready to help maintain security in libya, if asked. >> the world stands with them. and nato stands ready to help, if needed and requested. to help libyans reform the security and defense institutions that all democracies need to remain free and safe. >> thailand's crisis is entering >>> china is waiting whether they decide whether to invest in a bailout fund. they decided to boost the size of the facility and find financial resources outside europe. the chief of the european financial stability facility visited beijing on friday and asked for china's help in expanding the scope of the fund. he said after meeting chinese government officials that no decision had been made. >> no conclusion certainly today during our

for more on the situation in libya, we spoke earlier with a senior member of the national transitional council in tripoli. our first question focused on the controversy over gadhafi's burial site. >> translator: we're afraid that some people might dig up gadhafi's grave to take revenge on his body. we want to protect his remains in line with the precepts of islam. we believe that the best solution is to prevent people from knowing the location of his grave. the government will be formed within a period of 30 days. the transitional government will then cooperate with the ntc to prepare the election of a general assembly, that will consist of about 200 members. the transitional period will not exceed eight months. and it will be managed with the help of the united nations. a supreme security committee has been set up bringing together several members of the ntc. its responsibilities will include restoring peace on the streets, convincing policemen to return to work and insuring the restart of state institutions. we expect to cooperate with japan in many areas. we need japan's assistance and expe

can only imagine that there will be much of a rallying point for for any opposition to the national transitional council but if gadhafi really has been taken well given the extent of the involvement of the the national transitional council and there are other forces with nato i think it's at least a possibility assuming that gadhafi actually makes it out of this weekend alive because of course we have to wonder how he's going to be treated in custody and there have been a lot of reports of of the types of atrocities that are going to be being committed by the transitional council forces in sirte and and people who have been opposing them so we have to wonder whether he will lower will make it even out of this weekend alive but certainly i think this would be a critical time for for him i suppose in his personal safety but i think in the broader context of all of this it raises an number of issues and i think his survival might even be more problematic in some ways for for the people who are trying to i suppose bring him to justice because one has to to look at the case that was brought against him by th

it mattered well yes to some degree but what i got was going to say said the transitional national national transitional council it would show that because of the ruling sharon would barely have heard in the old sort of theory those fighters . it's more of perhaps would indicate that in these instance i mean the advance of . it was just control and the rebels who were there to place you know on time it was decent people doubt that you know they acted freely. to conceal all. these people there would be capture that would be killed so it shows that the building have the control over these traitors one can only hope the later on once things settle down they might be able to exercise they don't know about the united nations intervention well they can say yes. you know what are they going to do if they really should but people who kill their field say well you know it was at the moment it was a friend see. i don't think there is nobody is going to be condemned unit that's my ok thanks very much indeed for your thoughts on that from the us political analyst thanks very much indeed for your time thank you thank you. t

of the libyan political and economic institutions for the benefit of those who brought the national transition council to power it will be for the benefit of the united states oil companies for the benefit of the british and the french and perhaps the italian oil companies are the big winners here in the meantime western leaders are celebrating league it's transition to democracy putting a single u.s. service member on the ground we achieved our objectives but the us president did not mention in his celebrated maurice speech was scores of league unskilled the needle strikes widespread violations of human rights are reported in today's libya there is no water. there is no. medication and even oxygen in the hospital they don't have the situation in sort of. because i see that i can assure you. if you send. through through the city it's it's it's disaster it's a catastrophe. we've year is now brimming with weapons experts sakes premiss of most likely gotten their hands on the vast armories left on tended as for levy a transition to democracy the people who are now in power there have not been chosen by t

ambassador to the united states to discuss the most urgent humanitarian crisis that the national transitional council faces that is from war veterans and wounded. there are tens of thousands of civilians and others not received adequate medical care. the hospitals are overloaded. they need prosthetic devices and in a personal capacity, i was helping to around some government -- not governmental assistance and the most important thing will be consolidation as general mccaffrey said of reconciliation rernlg than retribution to make sure the government seizes control over all of these areas of the country. and finally, most importantly, to show it can begin providing this urgent services that are necessary before people begin complaining enough to cause dissension within the national transitional council. >> you mentioned medical care, ayman, the every day libyan, what this means after 42 years, only new one way. generations only thinking of moammar gadhafi, the colonel there ruling their country. remind frus your extensive reporting what it is like in the average libyans and the questions that must be

forces they pretty much run their own show here and don't refer much to orders from the national transitional council ok well thanks very much for that too mr dan williams from human rights watch talking to us from the libyan city of misrata thank you. alright well live going back to our top story well i agree says a second bailout has been delayed by eurozone finance ministers are investigators in the country who are assessing the economic situation of the country well let's now talk to patrick meant for the. nomics professor of cardiff business school mr man for at first a greece was saying that it can only pay its bills until october this was apparently a problem for inspectors but now it can last until mid november so i realistically speaking how long do you think that's going to really stave off a default. well i don't really know and i don't think anybody does because their accounts are very problematic really knows what the truth is so i think there will be a default and soon a really that it happens the better for everybody but at the moment playing this game of not giving greece the money bu

the national transitional council says they will not defeat the within a couple of days. it is still far from over. >> i do not know if the blue angels canceled the show, but we certainly did not have the spectacular sights like we saw on saturday. it is pretty clear outside, we have some clouds approaching from a weather system that is headed our way for tomorrow. right now, '50s and '60s. the clouds are increasing on the north coast one forecast model brings in the rain for tomorrow morning. another one says tomorrow afternoon. he i think it will definitely have rain in the afternoon, with slight chance before the hour. we will seek showers through the early morning on tuesday. at the that it should be done by tuesday morning commute, with more sunshine late tuesday in and into the middle of this week. >> on the east shore look for periods of rain in the afternoon. for san francisco, wet weather during evening hours. low seventies in san mateo and redwood city. the north bay is where we will have the best tennis of grain throughout the day toman. here is >>vicki: apple

the members of the national transitional council who have been here in tripoli, they have flown back benghazi ahead of that formal declaration. there'll be more celebrations across the country. then what will happen is that the ntc leadership will move to tripoli and began their interim it administration. they then have a lot of work, a lot of challenges ahead to pave the way from turning libya from a dictatorship into a democracy. a lot of work to do on forming a new constitution, then holding a referendum on the constitution. then free and fair elections in the year 2013. a look ahead for what is coming for libya. >> tripoli is quite, in place is almost deserted. it is far from subdued. the atmosphere is extraordinary. optimistic, generous, open, relaxed. it is as though a curse has been listed. but the hard work of transforming libya begins. >> the big change from dictatorship to a democratic country to a free country. this does not happen overnight, it takes a lot of time to train the people, teach the people, to upgrade the society. >> within 30 days from now, the ntc has put as

the transitional national government. so potentially we have here a very key moment in the conflict in libya and perhaps in the reemergence, the effort to rebuild the country under the auspices of the national transitional council. there's plenty more no doubt to come from sirte. let's go on now to -- we'll call it a minor row. it's broken out over how the australian prime minister greeted queen elizabeth. the queen on her 16th visit to australia, and the prime minister, julia gillard, who's been a republican, was there to greet her as she landed. the issue is this, the curtsy, or rather, the lack of it, more of a gentle bow there. but she didn't curtsy. some people in the australian press describing that as disrespectful to her majesty. the prime minister has defended her greeting, saying it was entirely within protocol. >> the advice to was very clear, that in terms of dealing with the royal family, whether you want to curtsy, whether you want to bow is a question for you that they, you know, are happy with what people art are -- the people are comfortable with. as i greeted the queen, she extended her hook, and i shook her hand and bowed my head. >> our correspondent is duncan kennedy. he gave me a flavor of

the visit of the head of the national transitional council yesterday was to the southern suburbs, but the city center itself is still being defended by pro-gaddafi fighters. there's a lot of heavy shelling going into the town. it almost appears they're trying to pummel those pro-gaddafi fighters into submission. the units that we're following at the minute of fighters from misrata loyal to the new government, they've been stuck here for a couple of days now, and most of the fighting is happening about a kilometer down the road from here, which is the main television station, and that is another kilometer back from the center of the city. so, i think any suggestion of the fighting is about to finish, again, as i say, is rather premature. it's going in one direction because of the superior firepower enjoyed by the new government forces. but there's a lot of fighting still to be done. >> wyrie davis in a very active sirte, at least on the outskirts. this could threaten the premier league, in terms of power. >> absolutely. liverpool's managing director basically has called for the breakup

that report coming from the leader of the military council for the rebels. national transitional gadhafi was captured and shot in sir, his hometown. rebels had been pursuing him there for several months. the latest from jeffrey kaufman in london. >> reporter: good morning. this if true is huge news. libya tv reporting that former dictator muammar gadhafi is dead. they say he was killed by rebel soldiers, according to libyan tv he pleaded don't shoot, don't shoot, but they shot him. the announcement made in dramatic fashion by an anchor draped in the rebel flag that green, black and red flag that we've seen so much. we need to emphasize there is still no independent confirmation of this. there is celebration underway across libya. an official with the interim rebel government told al-jazeera that gadhafi was shot in both legs. they say that he died of those wounds. and they going to make an official statement in a matter of hours. we still to emphasize there is no independent confirmation of this. we do know this morning anti-gadhafi rebels finally took control of gadhafi's hometo

monday night but the regime it helped into power now faces a nationwide gun problem the national transitional council must take control over the leftover arms in the country and international observers say infighting between former rebels are now split over their agendas is already going on marty's and he said now reports from libya. the war is over but the weapons are fully loaded. human rights watch has expressed grave concern about leftover are in libya their number one fear warehouses thought to hold ground to air missiles which could in the wrong hands take down passenger aircraft but it's through made so i made two allies in the region which these weapons have been flooding libya and also libya is quite well on country anyway the population has has quite a lot of light weapons in its possession and those white my pins are becoming a heavy burden on the national transitional council now relying on an army of former rebels for security we try to control the bends and we check if there is somebody has work and we ask him if he has a thursday show for this we are not. checkpoints have been sent out

the gadhafi regime. and you see now a r t tripoli. libya's national transitional council which was never elected to power is now running the country some of its members are exit off the loyalists and many of its fighters are said to have links to al qaeda middle east expert and commentator call shero thinks libya has turned into a volatile country. people have way too much faith in the n t c which is quite obviously not in control of the situation on the ground in libya at the moment and in fact you can see the tension between the n.t. sea command and some of the more islamist led groups on the ground and in fact if you see some of the fighters on the ground they have the characteristics of islamic fighters had a long criminal history from afghanistan on wards so this is. a house full control on the ground is not actually correct and i would say that events that we are seeing them could be personal events that could be their normal run of wars but maybe another party in libya could have prevented that evolutionary explanation as to delegitimize aspirations for change bett

that and much more coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, libyan transitional national council spokesperson told reuters by phone that the hd >>> we have breaking news. the senior libyan transition national council spokesman told reuters by phone that the head of qaddafi's armed forces has been killed during the capture. moammar qaddafi has been killed according to reuters. details are still coming in at this hour but reuters and libyan television is reporting that qaddafi was captured in sirte and was wounded this is legs. and we are getting unconfirmed reports that he has passed away. this is unconfirmed by the united states and the pentagon. >>> it was referred to as a celebration of life. this is a chance for apple employees to bid farewell to the company's late co-founder steve jobs. it was a large but private memorial. it was held for jobs yesterday at the company's world headquarters in cupertino. apple employees from around the world jammed the courtyard as you can see with speakers including current ceo tim cook and former u.s. vice president al gore also an apple board member. attendees say the event was faithi

so, we're waiting to hear confirmation from the national transitional council erica, but the people of tripoli believe that colonel gadhafi is caught and this is the moment they have all been waiting for. >> we want to bring in cbs news national security analyst juan who joins us from washington. there are these images that have come out, not just the still images that we have been showing at cbs new news, but arab chann showing. walk us through the symbolism here. if gadhafi has been killed, what does this do, not only for libya, but for the rest of the world? >> it's a great question, erica. i think the images are psychologically symbolically quite powerful. not just within libya where the rebels have been fighting for the toppling of the regime or killing or capturing of gadhafi, but also in the region where he has been a symbol for four decades. in arab world, in africa, he has been seen as a pillar of power and now with him apparently lying in the street either wounded or killed, that's a powerful message that the people have taken over in libya. >> and a lot of importance, too, w

been taken alive with serious injuries to both his legs the latest we're hearing from the national transitional council is that the colonel has died from his wounds to a bit off and sons have also reportedly been killed in sirte including the influential saif al islam who was poised to succeed the colonel of the m.d.c. had served at the fall of search would spell the liberation of libya after nine months of civil war all more market off he ruled libya for nearly forty two years before he was ousted in august and ortiz bitter all over takes a look back at the role of one of the world's most controversial leaders. hunted through the streets of his own smoldering campus or a far cry from when he assumed power in a bloodless coup in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine shunning the west duffy equipped his army with soviet military technology all paid for with money from libya's huge oil reserves during the cold war he opened up libya as a safe haven for the west and terror groups in one nine hundred eighty six bombing of la belle nightclub in west berlin targeted u.s. servicemen and resulted in president r