gadhafi's war making machines. >> reporter: moammar gadhafi could be a casualty of that policy. >> we should be taking out his command and control and if he is killed or injured because of that, that's fine. >> reporter: the u.n. pulled its staff out of tripoli. uncrest is spreading. -- unwrest is spreading. >> reporter: there will be new questions today as they intensify efforts to remove moammar gadhafi from power. >>> russia criticized the air strike. they said it costs out that nato forces are not trying to kill moammar gadhafi. one of the major factors driving up gas prices, most agree we are headed to an all- time high. >> reporter: gas prices have already passed $4 a gal drivers just don't like it. >> ridiculous. >> it kills my budget. >> reporter: the increase is frustrating for some drivers. >> they are ripping us off and they are making money off of us. >> reporter: some are calling on congress to help. >> big oil is taking us to the cleaners. every day. we have to stand up to them. >> reporter: many opponents and experts argue they will pass on their loss to customers at th

moammar gadhafi reportedly escaped unharmed along with his wife. nato cannot confirm if one of gadhafi's sons and grandchildren were killed. richard, good sunday morning to you. let's get the read on reaction from the rebels. what has that been like? >> reporter: the reaction was one of great excitement here in benghazi. people were firing guns, and what sounded like tank fire into the small hours of the evening. people thought, well, this is what gadhafi deserves. he brought this upon himself and hope that gadhafi will be next. but in this excitement, there was a great deal of skepticism. people are looking at the source of the information, the libyan government spokeman, and very little that this government spokeman says turns out to be true, and people here are wondering if this is another tactic by gadhafi, to make himself look like a victim to try and evoke some sort of sympathy from the international community. you can see the excite, and people firing in the air, and also curiosity and skepticism, because they learned not to trust moammar ga

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maybe it involves moammar gadhafi. as you know, his son, his youngest son, was reported killed yesterday in an air strike. three grandchildren were killed. a lot of speculation. what about gadhafi? i'm told definitively it is not anything to deal with libya, not anything to deal with gadhafi. it's something else. now, what that could be, whether it involves something elsewhere in the middle east, whether it involves something in another part of the world remains unclear. and as i say, i have my suspicions. i suspect i know what's going on, but i don't want to speculate at this point until i'm 100% sure because it certainly is not something we want to do. so we'll know soon enough, probably within the next 10 or 15 minutes once the president makes this dramatic announcement. full cameras, network pool kwam ra cameras in the east room, they're getting ready for this statement. >> wolf, it would indicate that you're probably correct about that because when this strike hit moammar gadhafi's son and three of his grandchildr

missile strike hits close to home for moammar gadhafi. will this latest attack change the equation of war. >>> a spectacular show in rome. at least 1 million people fill st. peter's square to view another step in the path towards sainthood for a pope. >>> honeymoon mystery. new reports on why the newly minted royal couple decided not to take a vacation right after the wedding. >>> what really happened in roswell and where are biggy and tupac? >> comic in chief, president obama delivers a string of one-liners but he saved his best zingers for one person in the audience who was none too pleased. >>> good morning, live this morning from washington, d.c., so welcome to "msnbc sunday." we begin in libya, a nato missile strike apparently killed moammar gadhafi's youngest son and three of gadhafi's grandchildren happening in the capital of tripoli. gadhafi and his life were allegedly inside that same compound but they escaped unharmed. >> the attack resulted in the martyrdom of brother saif gadhafi, 29 years old and three of the leader's grandch

moammar gadhafi escapes a nato missile strike, does it signal a new approach? >>> journey toward saint hud. the faithful witnessed the beatification of pope john paul ii. >>> a new possible reason the newly weds are staying put for now. >>> a big-time laugh-in, where seth mire played the trump card. >> donnell trumped is saying he's running as, which is surprising. >> just wait until you hear how president obama ribs the donald. >>> good morning, i'm alex witt. we are just is past 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. in the west. >>> a live look now at the vatican. hundreds of thousands of tireless pilgrims streaming past the casket of pope john paul ii. he is now just one formal step away from potentially being declared a saint. msnbc's chris jansing is live in rome. with another good morning to you, chris, let's talk about what you are seeing and hearing right now. >> well, it's remarkable. people don't want to leave. this ceremony has been over for hours now. as you said, thousands, if not tens of thousands of people still getting in line, if you can call it th

zuma says he will meet with moammar gadhafi on monday. we have the details. >> reporter: it will be interesting to see what, if anything, the president of south africa, jacob zuma will be able to achieve in libya on monday. he was there in april and many argue he achieved absolutely nothing. now a lot has changed. the first thing is that moammar gadhafi now has an icc arrest warrant hanging over his head. so if the african union that mr. zuma will be representing during these talks with moammar gadhafi wants to negotiate some kind of exit strategy, it's going to be very, very difficult and very limited. gadhafi will want to know if he will be protected from prosecution and i don't think any of the african countries, 31 of them, who are signaturet tci signatory signatories. moammar gadhafi is kudz by the south african government of lying to them when they inquired about the whereabouts of photo journalists anton hamill. hamill disappeared in april and now the south african government has been told by journalists that were with him that he

questions persist over whether a nato bomb killed moammar gadhafi's son and grandchildren. next, the new video that libya says is proof of that attack. beer and wine, and cupcakes. i was doing the corporate grind, like everyone else. but to be successful, i knew i had to be different. ink, ink, ink, ink, ink... i mean i love that card. it does things differently too. great customer service, going above and beyond to help me out as a small business. it's accepted in twice as many places around the world as american express, and if i ever need to give my employees ink cards, they're free. announcer: make your mark with ink. chase what matters. go to chase.com/ink. >>> new this hour, libyan state television today showed several covered bodies claiming they were the son and grandchild of libyan leader moammar gadhafi killed in that nato strike. libya maintains that they were killed last night. let's bring in our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. nato does not deny the actual strike. but still in dispute whether those deaths of gadhafi's family members actually happened. >>

. >>> the libyan government says moammar gadhafi and his wife are safe after a nato air strike, but a spokesperson says the leader's youngest son and grandchildren under the age of 12 were all killed in that strike. nato confirmed it hit a government building but cannot confirm the deaths so far. joining me is the director of the heritage foundations margaret thatcher center for freedom. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and clearly the last couple nights, colonel gadhafi has been the target. my recollection of the outset that it was a humanitarian mission, and political leaders, including our president, saying he must go. >> the revolution is very wide ranging, and it gives a great latitude for the alliance to take whatever action is necessary to prevent the regime from killing civilians. certainly, nato commanders have taken that interpretation to justify strikes directly against gadhafi himself. and gadhafi's family controls the regime, and gadhafi's six sons are intracutally involved in the killing of members of libyan civilians. nato is taking action against gadhafi and

. >>> and nato keeps up the pressure on moammar gadhafi. tripoli comes in for more bombing. >>> we begin in london where the u.s. president is kicking off day two of his state visit to britain. right now barack obama is at 10 downing street for talks with british prime minister david cameron. they've got lot on their plates, the talks mark a shift in tone for the president. tuesday was mostly about pageantry, meeting the royal family and getting the vip treatment over at buckingham palace. today it is all about politics. and washington's close ties with the uk, that's really going to be at the heart of mr. obama's address to parliament today. he's expected to say american relations with the uk and nato are essential to global security. >>> to number 10 downing street and to our white house correspondent, brianna keeler. what is president obama's message going to be to david cameron? >> we're just a short distance away from 10 downing street for this hour. one of the big things, in fact the biggest item on the agenda today is going to be lib

and nato of targeting moammar gadhafi we'll explore the issue of mission creep in libya. and if the fortieth anniversary of the biggest mass arrests in u.s. history when you're lead to ten thousand vietnam war protesters ended up behind bars but with several wars and a faltering economy topping the agenda today why aren't more people taking their message to the streets. let's say ten years the. freest. environment for the press in the world so i mean well does it now why don't you tell that's of the journalists arrested for exercising a very right to free speech as the globe celebrates world press freedom day we'll look into some of the obstacles facing reporters here in the states. good evening it's tuesday may third eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy cough enough and you're watching our t.v. . and bin laden is dead the man whose actions had a significant impact on u.s. foreign policy and domestic policy over the past decade is now gone what comes next what is bin laden's death mean for the increasingly unpopular war in afghanistan or the seemingly endless war on

among them libya, the government is claiming that moammar gadhafi narrowly escaped a nato air strike. >> this was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country. >> a direct hit by nato air strikes and the libyan government is outraged, claiming that mechanics of gadhafi's family were dleliberately kille, among them, reportedly one of his sons and a couple of his grandchildren. nato is disputing that claim. we'll give you much more in a moment. >>> also a major story and amazing pictures out of the vatican. pope john paul ii is now the blessed john paul ii, the former pope now moved a step closer to sainthood in a ceremony that started a couple of hours ago at the vatican and continues right now. we'll take you there live in a moment. >>> also in this country in the south being declared a day of prayer in alabama, a response to that massive damage and loss of life from tornadoes that tore through the south just a few days ago. right now, 339 people are confirmed dead. many more still unaccounted for. crews are digging through the rubble looking for survivors and victims

raw rebel recruits getting the skills to overthrow moammar gadhafi. none are as close to libya's capital as these. the town is tiny. at the eastern end of the finger mountain reaching back to the border. resources are tight, bullets counted out. every volunteer is needed. this training can't come soon enough. gadhafi forces are as close as ten kilometers, six miles from this town. they are afraid some of nearby villages and towns are about to fall to his forces. some of these young fighters here have already been in the front line, even though they haven't finished their training. >> it was encouragement for us. really it was good. >> reporter: in this, the only rebel holdout in western libya, training takes a backseat to battling. this day no exception. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> reporter: what's that we're listening to? >> i think it is gadhafi regime. they shoot the city by heavy weapons. we hear it now. >> reporter: so what we're hearing, heavy explosions employing off in the distance. it's hard to see where. two days ago the explosions

it is well known that osama bin laden detested moammar gadhafi. the officials are saying they would have thought he would have spoken to that, trying to, you know, give his support to some of those that are participating in the uprising against gadhafi. but these specifically address only tunisia and egypt. they also recovered some written material that suggests osama bin laden wanted to target president obama for an assassination. >> chris lawrence, thank you. >>> pakistani tamm ban say twin sow side attacks were revenge for the death of bin laden. the bombings killed at least 80 people at a military training facility in northwest pakistan. cnn's stan grant has more. >> reporter: ever since the killing of osama bin laden this is day that people here have feared would come. just when would the militants strike in revenge, what would be the target. those questions were answered today in spectacular and a violent way. the taliban did this? that one word, enough to strike terror into people here. the militants claiming responsibility for this carnage

gadhafi's son and three of his grandchildren. libya is claiming that yesterday's attack was an assassination attempt on gadhafi. he was inside the building that was bombed yesterday with his wife. they both escaped death. nato insisting their intention was not to kill the libyan leader. brian moore starts us off from capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: libyan officials say one of moammar gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren were killed when nato miss sills rained down on this residence. they claim the libyan leader was the target. >> this was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country. this is not permitted by international law. >> reporter: nato officials insist they are not trying to kill gadhafi. just trying to eliminate his war machine. >> if he is killed or injured because of that, that's fine, but we ought -- >> reporter: but senator john mccain is not fine with president obama's decision to let nato do the fighting. >> we should be leading. we should not be following. we should not be behind. >> r

this morning breaking news, a nato air strike reportedly kills moammar gadhafi's youngest son and three of his grandchildren while the libyan leader himself barely escapes with his life. is he now a target? >>> ground zero. for the first time this morning we're going to show you one small town hit so hard by the fiercest tornado in years. a rare ef-5, the strongest there is. meanwhile, throughout the american south this morning, how faith and the faithful are playing such an enormous role in the recovery efforts. >>> royal staycation. prince william and princess catherine postpone their honeymoon for a private weekend getaway. and this morning we have new details from inside the reception. just what did prince harry say in his best man speech? >> and d.c. comics, hollywood hits washington as the stars rub shoulders with politicians at the white house correspondents dinner. the main target of the evening, donald trump. >> about mr. trump, he certainly would bring some change to the white house. see what we got up there. see what we got up there. >> good morning, america. i'm bianna golod

so it would also be moammar gadhafi, his son, and brother-in-law. if the arrest warrant was granted, who would arrest him? >> reporter: well, all tll is a conversation that is being had, whether under the u.n. resolution as it stands, whether nato and those in the international community are supporting the action, whether they would have an actual obligation to carry out this warrant. but to be honest with you at the moment this is the least of his problems. at the same day that the warrant came out, we've had another direct hit. this is the second daylight strike that we've seen in a row. so there is a sense, as far as the libyan government is concerned, that is something that is a little way in the future because the prosecutors still has to wait to come back and okay his request for an arrest warrant. they might come back and ask for more evidence. but for the libyan government right here, right now, they are dealing with an intensified nato strike and that's really what is foremost on their minds here, brooke. >> but if additional received put f

a government spokesman says moammar gadhafi's son, saif al arab, was killed. at the time of the air strike on saturday night, gadhafi and his wife were also reportedly in the compound for a family gathering. >> he's in good health. he wasn't harmed. his wife also is in good health. she wasn't harmed. >> reporter: in rebel controlled benghazi, eastern libya, there were celebrations of the news that the strikes had killed members of gadhafi's family. there are also doubts expressed that gadhafi's son was actually killed. nato's commander said all targets were military in nature. that nato had no independent confirmation of casualties or of the identity of any casualties. in fact, though, the air strike was the third in a week that reportedly came close to taking out gadhafi himself. one attack while he was giving a televised speech about a proposed cease-fire with nato. but even with the bombs falling reportedly so near to where gadhafi was speaking, his offer to negotiate with nato did not include even a hint he might surrender power. instead he said, i am not

. >>> prosecutor for international criminal court is seeking an arrest for moammar gadhafi and two others on charges of crime against humanity. >> the prosecution has a plan to for number one for the issuance of arrest warrants against moammar gadhafi. >> luis moreno-ocampo made the request to the hague-based court monday. he asked that gadhafi, his second son, siaif al islam gadhafi, and the chief of the intelligence service be indicted. they're accused of organized killings of unarmed civilians in libya during the recent uprisings. he told reporters his fice has evidence that gadhafi ordered the attacks against demonstrators. it would be the second such warrant issued against a head of state following the one for sudanese president omar al bashir. the request is likely to further isolate gadhafi from the international community while the stalemate continues between the government and the opposition. >>> the u.s. space shuttle endeavour has been launched and is on its final mission headed to the international space station. >> three, two, one. zero. and liftoff. for the final launch of e

the president heads to -- libyan's leader, moammar gadhafi. the president heads on to his knicks site and then goes on to -- next site and then goes on to poland after that. >>> john edwards is under investigation about whether he used campaign funds to help hide his mistress. reel hunter worked as a video yographer on his campaign. >>> the giant oil company is hosting their annual shareholders meeting there today and they want chevron to take responsibility for what they say chevron has cause with their oil drilling and explorations. on monday, protesters hung from the san rafael bridge with a banner targeting chpka chevron. >>> the epa has been promising an announcement. we have no details, except it will directly affect the bay area. officials say that's why they are holding the meeting at tesla motorcycles in northern california. it's reported that california will gain 236,000 new jobs under tougher fuel standards. that's because those stricter rules will put more hybrids and rules on california roads. >>> drivers around the bay area may b

check it out on cnn.com. >>> moammar gadhafi accused of war crimes. a live report from the hague on the evidence and the action that's being taken against the libyan dictator. 2011, at&t is , building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. >>> an arrest warrant is expected for libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. the national criminal court in the hague is accusing gadhafi of crimes against humanity. his son and brother-in-law are also accused. our cnn international correspondent nic robertson joining us live from the hague. nic, good to see you. tell us what you the evidence is in this case, against gadhafi, as well as the regime. >> reporter: well, what the chief prosecutor is saying that gadhafi has the absolute power

three of moammar gadhafi's grandchildren were also killed. the libyan leader was also in the house but was not hurt. >>> these high gasoline prices we've been seeing here at home for some time show no signs of easing. aaa reported today that the average price of a gallon of regular is now at $3.93, up eight cents from one week ago. and gas prices are becoming a growing political issue. nbc's mike viqueira reports. >> you had enough of barack obama? >> reporter: from the campaign trail in new hampshire, tough talk from republican presidential hopefuls. seeking political gain from voter pain at the pump. >> we're going to have to hang the obama misery index around his neck. we're going to hang him with that -- so to speak, metaphorically, with -- you have to be careful these days. i learned that. >> reporter: today in his weekly address the president called for repeal of the $4 billion in subsidies oil companies get each year. >> these tax giveaways aren't right. they aren't smart. and we need to end them. >> reporter: mr. obama's push comes as

>>> right now at 5:00 -- in libya, one of moammar gadhafi's sons was reportedly killed in nato air strikes today. we'll have the latest coming up. >>> plus, hundreds of people are missing in alabama tonight after this week's deadly storms. search and rescue crews are working against the clock tonight hoping to find more survivors. and thousands of volunteers across the bay area rolled up their sleeves today and helped fix up homes and community centers for those who need the help. we'll have a live report on rebuilding together straight ahead. the news at 5:00 starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. we begin overseas where sources say moammar gadhafi survived a nato missile strike today but the strike did reportedly kill one of his sons. a libyan spokesman says gadhafi and his wife were in a house in tripoli belonging to his 29-year-old son when a missile hit it. gadhafi and his wife reportedly survifrd but his son and three grandchildren were killed in that strike. this information, by the way is coming from libyan officials and has not been confirmed by the united states. li

big defections from moammar gadhafi's military. loud explosions were heard tonight in tripoli hours after he met with the president of south africa. >>> and there are allegations that gadhafi's troops are using rape as a weapon of war. we'll hear spr some of his former soldiers. >>> also ahead, hackers broke into the website of pbs and posted a phony story about rapper tupac shakur. we'll tell you just what they claimed about him. [ male announcer ] this is james. the morning after the big move starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now... and maybe up to 4 in a day. or, choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. smart move. ♪ >>> i want to bring you up to date now on the situation in libya. the italian government says that eight libyan generals and more than 100 soldiers have defected to italy. and the head of nato said today that moammar gadhafi's four-decade rule is coming to an end. and to punctuate that statement, two large explosions heard in tripoli tonight as jets flew overhead. today the embattled libyan

much more on the event ahead here on cnn. >>> breaking news yesterday about moammar gadhafi. he's firing back. libyan forces opened fire on miss a ta today in the heaviest shelling scene in weeks. in tripoli groups described as organized mobs ransacked empty embassies belonging to the u.s. and several other countries. the attacks followed word that nato air strikes killed a son of gadhafi and three of the libyan leader's grandchildren. the libyan government says saif al arab gadhafi died in the blast. moammar data fee was in the same building but survived. nato says they do not target individuals. >>> here's a firstland hook at the scene of the bombing now in tripoli. >> there's a demonstration of several dozen women here at this compound where, of course, the libyan government said that saif al arab was killed in a demonstration saturday night. this is purely a residential compound. and this had no military significance whatsoever. they also say that moammar gadhafi himself was in this compound together with his wife when the bomb struck. obviously, ga a fee escaped unhurt.

for the issuance of warrants against moammar gadhafi. >>> the request was made to the hague-based court on monday. he asked that gadhafi, his second son and the chief of the intelligence service be indicted. they are accused of organized killings of unarmed civilians in libya during the recent uprisings. he told reporters his office has evidence that gadhafi ordered the attacks against demonstrators. it would be the second such warrant issued against a head of state following the one for the sudanese president bashir. the stalemate continues between the government and the opposition there. >>> 14 muslims are suing japanese authorities in connection with a leak of their personal information in police documents. the plaintiffs filed suit with the tokyo district court on monday against the tokyo metropolitan government and the national government. the group is demanding about $.1 million in damages. they say the police gathered information on privacy without their consent and that they have been forced to live in fear since the data was released on the internet. tokyo police acknowledged t

, the wife of moammar gadhafi, and joining me is the woman who conducted the interview, nima elbagir, and in terms of the phone call, itself, it involved a elaborate setup to make it happen, and how did you pull this off? >> well, you know the last few times that we spoke, you asked me where is moammar gadhafi, and this time we really got an insight into the incredible security paranoia that is now surrounding him and his family. we were told that a face-to-face interview was completely out of the question, and even in terms of the phone interview itself we were not allowed to use our own phone. her office manager came to us, and then they dialed in. to that phone so that it could not be tracked. we were allowed to confirm that it was a libyan number that was called, because libyan numbers cannot roam so we had an understanding that the person we were speaking to is inside of libya. the office manager is known to us to be sophia gadhafi's office manager and other people confirmed this, but we cannot be 100% shurna the person on the line is sophia gadhafi, but this came through the hig

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

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gadhafi later on tuesday with an offer to broker a cease fire in the country representatives of the rebel group from benghazi were also due in the russian capital on wednesday for a separate meeting but that visit was postponed for what's described as technical reasons are just caterina's arba has more or she has always explained its position on the ongoing conflict in libya very carefully and clearly it's always been against the violence it's always. in against the coalition intervention lot of course by the united states and several european members of the north atlantic treaty organization it's called for an immediate cease fire and frequently and repeatedly asked both sides both participants of the conflict to lay down their arms and sit down to a negotiating table in an attempt to find a peaceful resolution to the ongoing and very bloody conflict in libya russia has now stepped up the offer to become a mediator in the process of negotiations the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that russia does believe it could be effective in bringing about some sort of a resoluti

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youngest of the seven sons of moammar gadhafi. he, according to a spokesman, was killed along with three of colonel gadhafi's grandchildren, all said to be 12 years old or younger. now it was said to us by a government spokesman this was a direct attack to try to assassinate the leader of the country. it is said they do not target families. there was an air strike at that location, he could not independently confirm any casualties or the identity of those casualties but now the story from the libyan government is that the youngest son of moammar gadhafi and three of the grandchildren have been killed. gadhafi himself, by the way, has almost been killed three times this week in air strikes that came quite close to where he was. earlier yesterday in a long rambling speech on state television, he reiterated his defiance. he said i'm not going to leave my country. no one can force me to leave my country. now, though, the youngest of seven sons and three grandchildren reportedly killed. jenna? >>> mike taibbi in tripoli, thanks. david

gadhafi's sons, and people thought it had to do with moammar gadhafi, and people were floored it had to do with osama bin laden. so how is the reaction playing out there in libya? >> well, it thomas, it is interesting to hear the reaction, because we just returned from saif al arab who was reportedly killed in the nato air raid, at his funeral. of course, there were calling for revenge, and i was getting translations of the remarks of osama bin laden lives on and on, and i spoke to a businessman about 30 years old and he made a speech to me that while he is not defending gadhafi necessarily and it is wrong for a sovereign nation to send people into another country, excuse me, and assassinate anybody, and let him have the say. i asked him what he thought about the killing of osama bin laden. he didn't know about it. he asked about the details, and he didn't know about it. i told him, and he said, that's good. when i talked to a spokesman at the hotel about that conversation he was not surprised at all. he went on the say blank bin laden. and he said, we didn't like it and we didn't wa

they believe this is a trick, another trick by moammar gadhafi and is making this up to win international support to divide the coalition, they simply want to see those bodies, whether or not it makes a difference will depend on what colonel gadhafi and his troops do. >> is there any sense beyond this attack that the rebels are getting any more organized or any more weapons that they can take advantage of the help that nato is giving them? >> a lot of wings and nods here, there are indications that they are arming up. there's been some reporting on that front, but the rebels are being very shy about it. there are reports that they are rebels, but we haven't seen any ef sense of that. the other thing the rebels say about this is that the predator drones were a huge boost to them and they believe the u.s., they hope, will take even a greater role in leading operations here in libya. christiane. >> miguel, thank you so much. and later in the show, we'll get an expert's take on whether this attack on gadhafi will be a turning point on what has become a stalemate for the united states and its

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russia offered to meditate moammar gadhafi's exit from power and france said that allied forces want to step you the nay-doe operation -- nato- led operation. this is the new prime minister of egypt's being welcomed by french president, flick co list sar cosy -- nicholas nicolas sarkozy. >>> a new study finds that the san franciscoune fid school district has -- unifeed school district was studyied and san francisco received a "d" for the overall minority students. statewide, most district received a "c" or d." overall -- the jut tises rejected challenges that -- just tises rejected the challenges -- justices rerejected these challenges. >> some pea woke with said they are not -- some people we spoke with say they are not worried about this because they don't think this will pass in southern california. >>> a strange story. we'll tell you where some moms are creating public safety concerns. we'll explain. >>> a truly amazing story from the tornado disaster zone. it involves a lost dog and his now happy owner. >>> good morning. northbound 280 traffic looks a little bit slow at 17. but

. >>> in libya, crowds danced and cheered in the streets of tripoli in support of moammar gadhafi. it was in response to state tv reports that libyan rebels are losing stronghold in benghazi. but cnn journalists there say they haven't seen a sign of a counterrevolution. libya is answering questions about possible defections within gadhafi's family as well. reuters reporting the country's foreign minister denying gadhafi's wife and daughter have fled to neighboring tunisia. this, as president obama had some very harsh words for the libyan regime had. >> the most extreme example is libya, where moammar gadhafi launched a war against his own people, promising to hunt them down like rats. as i said when the united states joined an international coalition to intervene, we cannot prevent every injustice perpetrated by a regime against its people. and we have learned from our experience in iraq just how costly and difficult it is to try to impose regime change by force, no matter how well-intentioned it may be. but in libya, we saw the prospect of imminent massacre. we had a mandate for a

they blamed the journalists for fuel shortages in territories still controlled by the moammar gadhafi government. >>> in syria this amateur video shows a funeral procession today where it shows six people were killed by syrian security forces as thousands of mourners carried eight people slain to a military. as many as 900 people have been killed in syria in two months of protests against the regime of syrian president asadd. >>> and in iceland, the island's most active volcano is erupting spewing dust and ash high into the atmosphere creating a 2100-mile no-fly zone around the area. it is not interrupting major international air travel. scientists don't believe it will be as powerful as last year's eruption of a nearby value cay know that spread -- volcano that spread across europe grounding air travel for weeks. >> slam prime minister seemed to be in damage control mode as he spoke about agreements between the u.s. and palestinian. he said the disagreement was blown way out of proportion. the prime minister had criticized president barack obama for suggesting israel should base futu

the government says nato air strikes have killed the youngest son of libyan leader, moammar gadhafi. gadhafi himself survived the attack on a single story house. the people of libya are reacting. >> reporter: fireworks lit up the night sky in the libyan city of banghazi. his son was killed by a nato air strike and gadhafi himself survived the attack. >> the leader himself is in good health. he wasn't harmed. his wife also is in good health. >> three of gadhafi's grandchildren were reportedly killed in the strike on a one story house in tripoli. nato says its missions are aimed at libyan command centers and do not target gadhafi. the leader appeared on libyan state tv earlier on saturday calling for a cease fire and negotiations, but he refused once again to step down. rebel commanders quickly rejected the offer, saying time for compromise has passed. he was gadhafi's sixth son. in recent years, he studied in germany. cbs news, new york. >>> so far, there has been no comment or confirmation from nato on the death of gadhafi's son. >>> gas prices are at an all- time high. tonight, sena

in libya, a nato attack kills moammar gadhafi's son and his three grandchildren. the dictator escaped the operation. we'll have a live report from tripoli. >>> plus the step to sainthood for pope john paul ii. look at this extraordinary sight at the vatican as more than 1 million gather for the beatification mass for the late pontiff. we'll take you there live. >>> and meet the comedian in chief. president obama was going for laughs at the white house correspondents dinner last night, making donald trump his punch line with joke after joke. if you didn't stay up to see it last night on c-span, we'll bring you the highlights. those stories and much more when lester and i see you a bit later on "today." kimberly and aaron, back to you guys. >> thank you, jenna. >>> 55 degrees outside at this early hour, chuck. you okay? >> yeah. >> the look you were giving. i'm sorry. i was a little disstrathed. >> what was the look? >> she was beaming. i thought she was going to say something really -- >> did she look mad? >> no, not mad. >> you sure? >> you told her she said the h

. >>> the international criminal court is expected to issue an arrest warrant for moammar gadhafi. the warrant is expected to charge him with crimes against humanity. and we could soon be learning what brought down the flight off brazil in june 2009. investigators have recovered the information if the flight data recorder. 228 people were killed. >>> one day, dominique strauss-kahn is a high pro file head of the international monetary fund and potential french presidential candidate and the next moment, a suspect in a sexual assault case. this morning, strauss-kahn is expected to plead not guilty to assaulting a hotel maid in his $3,000 a night new york hotel suite. the maid telling police when she went into his suite, strauss-kahn emerged from a room naked and ran after her and pulling her into a bedroom and attacking her. richard, what kind of legal battle does he face? >> reporter: well, this is the beginning of the legal process in effect here at a manhattan new york state court. strauss-kahn expected to appear for his arraignment, his attorneys deny the charges. strauss-kahn,

heavy air strikes pounding moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli. cnn crews on the ground there reporting seeing smoke and hearing blasts in quick succession. a reporter is live in tripoli right now. give us the latest. >> reporter: this is definitely the most intensive strike we've had here in tripoli. within half an hour we had over 12 explosions in quick succession. the libyan government is telling us that they believe it was the auxiliary center very close to the gadhafi compound that's being hit. we're still hearing jets overhead. anti-aircraft fire. it's not clear whether this strike is yet over but casualty toll so far is three killed and 150 injured. >> those are certainly significant numbers. any word from nato about what the intended target might have been and can you in fact validate or verify what the gadhafi regime is telling but where these strikes have occurred? >> reporter: we are very close. our hotel is close to the gadhafi compound. we very much felt those strikes. we heard them. we can see the black, thick smoke coming out from v