i asked him about gadhafi's sons claims to have 20,000 fighters in sirte, the place where gadhafi has now said in this latest speech is now the center of the resistance. he said he doubts that very much. but he's not under any illusion, the military commander here, that gadhafi's message will have some people still listening to it. i also asked him specifically, do you know where muammar gadhafi is right now? and he said he believed that he was somewhere between the towns of ben knee walid and sirte beni walid -- clearly didn't give me a pinpoint accuracy location. and i still get the impression from a military commanders here on the rebels' side they just don't know exactly where he is right now, candy. >> nic, you began to answer i think one of my other questions for you tonight, and that is we know that there are rebel leaders meeting in paris with other nations, talking about how they're going to put together a government in libya. are there signs on the ground that a government is beginning to take over there? >> reporter: i think what we're seeing on the ground is sort of, if yo

for colonel gadhafi. we are probably not the ones who are best able to answer the question about mr gadhafi and his future it would be better addressed to the libyan justice system and to international tribunals mr gadhafi has lost his legitimacy as a ruler and his right to be called the leader of his people when he ordered airstrikes on unarmed civilians who were rallying to express political protest we stopped regarding mr gadhafi as a partner in negotiations when that happened i would say mr gadhafi will now determine his own future he chose the hardest both i would even say a suicidal perth he chose to make his supporters shed blood on his behalf until the last moment while he remained in hiding we do not know where he is presently it could be libya it could be another country regardless of this the position he chose is not one of a politician who thinks about the future at the position of a politician who is trying to save his own life if mr good after years on the run people will look for him and th

is cousin gadhafi. who spoke strongly against mr gadhafi his policy of suppressing popular protests by force they would also have to deal with the various factions within me and sing sing which is not a uniform organization but rather a colorful. collection of various people and political groups each with its own beliefs and interests there are representatives of the tribal elite which i think will be needed if national unity is to be established there are also representatives of the intelligence of culture workers i can't mention any unions or similar institutions since over the past forty years gadhafi regime has succeeded in destroying anything that could be called a democratic institution by civilized standards there are no institutions about sort of libya and they will have to be created from scratch correct the n.c.c. stresses the importance of establishing political harmony between those numerous groups will this issue be result of the groups put aside old grudges. the libyans are apparently in a

kevin zero in with the top stories for you tonight and despite a heavy offensive from libyan forces gadhafi loyalists are still putting up a strong resistance this is the country's interim leaders struggle to form a cohesive cabinet while their forces remain locked in a battle with supporters of the fugitive colonel where the loyalists of making the last stand in several cities were civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meantime the rest of libya is reeling from months of civil war with some estimating the death toll in the tens of thousands ongoing nato airstrikes have also reportedly killed a number of civilians and some western leaders now facing possible legal action over their military campaign you may find some of the images coming up or down the bushes report disturbing. for injects foreign minister roland to morse's he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to point the comal first libya's deposed leader is it hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin model

instead of saying, gadhafi, gadhafi, all the time. especially to avoid attracting attention from local libyans, between ourselves, we called him daddy. daddy gave us jobs, money a good life. >> details there. meanwhile, we are taking you inside tripoli during the moments the capital fell to rebels. that is gunshots. weren't of our own reporters risking her life to bring you the story as it's happening. hey can i play with the toys ? sure, but let me get a little information first. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run around. at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lay on one of those, if you want a soft bed you can lay

this is a see you could call it ticking for colonel gadhafi and his supporters to accept an extended deadline to pursue around the malala studies prove this is the end of that leader's underground city one of the hogs on his escape route from tripoli. turkey expelled the israeli ambassador over the jewish state's refusal to apologize for last year's raid on the goals of around a fertility left knowing its citizens dead from the kamal for a new u.n. investigation sound be a time as unacceptable. international war crimes tribunal turns to on t.v. for assistance in the trial of former both me and general iraq came to doubt it i ask you to provide a unique interview with the genocide suspect in that interview not it g.q. is the u.n. peacekeepers the smuggler known as the default and they were in the one nine hundred ninety s. . one needs to just thirty minutes time right now though time to debate shape crosstalk. hungry for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers on the potty. you can. still. listen to the king live. location welc

gadhafi is still in control. then we saw green flags flown by gadhafi loyal lifts in what was supposed to be a rebel area. we stopped at a deserted checkpoint to do some filming. this is an area of shifting tribal loyalties where gadhafi still has support. that green flag -- >> we go, we go. >> no, we go. >> a passing gadhafi loyalist armed with a 9-millimeter pistol took our tape deck gunpoint. then, as we ran for our van he aimed and fired three rounds. >> we're just now in a hurry trying to get away from an area where a ga daf loyalist shot at us. >> he pursued us but in a mile or two he gave up. we discovered later that one of his three shots hit the car's tail light. the others missed. proof, if needed, that gadhafi has beamed ready to fight on and to encourage nehme sent out a new audio tape played on arab satellite television. "we won't surrender again," he says. "we aren't women, we'll keep fighting" and no one knows how many will keep filing for a dictator still on the loose. the desert in libya is huge

for colonel gadhafi. we are probably not the ones who are best able to answer the question about mr gadhafi and his future it would be better addressed to the libyan justice system and to international tribunals mr gadhafi has lost his legitimacy as a ruler and his right to be called the leader of his people when he would air strikes on unarmed civilians who were rallying to express political protest we stopped for regarding mr gadhafi as a partner in negotiations when that happened i would say mr gadhafi will now determine his own future he chose the hardest path i would even say a suicidal path if you chose to make his supporters shed blood on his behalf until the last moment while he remains in hiding we do not know where he is presently it could be libya it could be another country regardless of this the position he chose is not one of a politician who thinks about the future it's the position of a politician who is trying to save his own life if mr good after years on the run people will look for him

is cousin gadhafi who spoke strongly against mr gadhafi his policy of suppressing popular protests by force they would also have to deal with the various factions within the m.t.c. which is not a uniform organization but rather a colorful. collection of various people and political groups each with its own beliefs and interests there are representatives of the tribe elite which i think will be needed if national unity is to be established there are also representatives of the intelligentsia and cultural workers i can't mention any unions or similar institutions since over the past forty years gadhafi regime has succeeded in destroying anything that could be called democratic institutions by civilized standards there are no institutions of that sort of libya and they will have to be created from scratch correct the n.c.c. stresses the importance of establishing political harmony between those numerous groups all this issue the result but the groups put aside old grudges. the libyans are apparently in a more favorable position compared to those who would come through the complicated mul

libya's transitional council as the functioning of already but says nato is approach to bring down gadhafi violated international norms the more the so-called friends of libya conference is held in paris to discuss the country's future. alarm bells ring across the eurozone as the bailout saddled greek government declares its economy is out of control even as portugal announce a draconian you'll sturdy measures to deal with its own debt. u.k. police pressure the media to hand over all footage of august riots vowing court action if broadcasters don't comply. and russia commemorates the painful seventh anniversary of the person and school siege that shocked the country and the world more than three hundred people were killed mostly children. while friends of libya a group comprised of sixty countries is due to meet in paris to discuss the future of the country pushed kidnapping and ahead of the gathering moscow special envoy talked exclusively to r.t. about what may be in store for the country after gadhafi is reign and the future of its relations with russia our interview with mccullum i get

a proud award may be in store for the country after gadhafi his reign and the future of its relations with russia. coming up next. will war to end in libya what's the chances facing the new libyan authorities what role can russia play and is it going to help the new libya we're joined by russian senate sammy. the russian president's special envoy fabric and chairman of the federation council's foreign affairs committee. mr margelov some complain that russia's foreign policy is heavily influenced by their east factis whereas progressive countries straight away supported the revolutionary forces of the opposition the transitional council etc how would you respond to this criticism and nash presence in. our approach has never been to wait and see ever since the world leaders approached president medvedev in de ville and asked him to help establish a political dialogue between the different parties in the libyan conflict our approach has never been to just wait and see of course unlike many of the progressive regimes you mentioned we've had enough of revolution in our own history we prefe

just the last hour, a television station friendly to gadhafi aired a message that said it was from gadhafi himself, and gave no hints about where he was. >> translator: we are not cowards. the libyan people will have themselves. the libyans will govern themselves by themselves, and they are free people. we have sacrifice and we become marters. yes, people will die. >> libyan rebels who have gadhafi forces surrounded had given fighters until saturday to surrender, and they exstenedded that deadline to september 10th. >>> venice williams is dropping out of the u.s. open after playing one match. williams said she has been diagnosed with an audio immune disease that causes fatigue. >> i lost a lot of feel. like i would miss shots by feet, and i could not feel my hands and my hands would hurt when i was playing and i had swelling and numbness and fatigue. it's not that you don't have energy, it's that you feel beat up. >> we wish the very best for venus. >> and maybe engineers at apple should watch out. iphone 5 turned up at a bar. same thing happened last year before iphone 4 came out. they th

even though supporters of gadhafi continue to resist in some parts of libya. the nato operation was launched at a security council resolution in march. he emphasized that the nato-led coalition does not aim to detain or kill gadhafi. the organization will decide when the mission is concluded after considering all the factors in libya. he said it needs to see if gadhafi loyalists stop their attacks and whether the traditional council can maintain security. china has confirmed that state-owned firms offered to sell arms to the libyan government in the final weeks of colonel muammar gadhafi's rule but no sales took place. reported on sunday that three chinese couples tried to sell $200 million worth of weapons that gadhafi government officials. they say the information was uncovered in documents found in the capital tripoli. the memo says rocket launchers and portable surface to air missiles were included in the sales offer. it also said the companies apparently suggested that delivery be made through third countries in africa. there was a sales meeting in beijin

ben, the rebels have claimed to be on gadhafi's close trail before. do we view credibly these indications tonight from their spokesman that they have gadhafi surrounded? >> reporter: i'm approaching these claims with a certain amount of skepticism. we've heard them before. we've heard a variety of officials with the national transitional council making these claims and then it sort of comes to nothing. i think we really have to wait until they can really come forward with some solid evidence they actually know where he is. this is a vast, a huge, country. and there's a lot of territory in which to hide. moammar gadhafi is known for his like of road trips, being able to move around the country. he doesn't like to fly. he prefers to drive, and he may be doing a lot of driving. the rebels don't have a lot in the way of surveillance equipment to know where moammar gadhafi is. it's all rumors and hearsay really. so, i think we can hold off on concluding that they actually know where he is just yet, john? >> we will continue to press for more details and ev

for the latest from the front line in the hunt for colonel gadhafi loyalists remain determined to the end. to israel now and to allow our security forces to shoot at palestinian protesters who are preparing to march in support of their bid for statehood at the u.n. later this month claims it's trying to prevent bloodshed and arming settlers in the west bank for self-defense. is across developments there. in some quarters there is talk of a intifada that some will say will be as bloody and as violent as the first two seculars of whom there are some four hundred thousand living in the land that has some two and a half million palestinians in the west bank operating themselves for violence as is the israeli army and the israeli police not for several months the israeli army has been preparing in an operation it calls operation some a c's and it's now in the final stages of putting the finishing touches in place to this end we're being told that they have demarcated a line around every settlement in the west bank and what this means is that palestinians who approach beyond that red line w

is cousin gadhafi. and spoke strongly against mr gadhafi is policy of suppressing popular protests by force they would also have to deal with the various factions within the entity singing which is not a uniform organization but rather a colorful. collection of various people and political groups each with its own beliefs and interests there are representatives of the tribal eat which i think will be needed if national unity is to be established there are also representatives of the intelligentsia and cultural workers i can't mention any unions or similar institutions since over the past forty years gadhafi regime has succeeded in destroying anything that could be called a democratic institution by civilized standards there are no institutions of that sort of libya and they will have to be created from scratch carex the a.t.c. stresses the importance of establishing political homily between those numerous groups all this issue the result fairly well the groups put aside old grudges which the libyans are

one of gadhafi's son saif al islam claims sirte is being defended by 20,000 gadhafi supporters. is it a bluff in the transitional leaders are hoping to avoid bloodshed there. let's go to cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson in the capital city of tripoli. nic, gadhafi has all but been written off there, but keeping in mind saddam hussein what, we saw in iraq, can gadhafi cause the kind of trouble, you know, fighting month to month, town to town like he's threatening today? >> reporter: it seems to be a lot of rhetoric and a lot of bluff. yesterday saif al islam in a speech about this time said that this is the moment to attack, attack, attack and then nothing happened. there was no big attack from the gadhafi loyalists. so if the audience he's speaking to doesn't seem to be acting on his words. however, what's interesting is the former foreign minister here turned himself in to the national transitional council overnight, and he has told them that he believes, and this former foreign minister was living here in the city and called two national transitional coun

colonel gadhafi. but was there we are probably not the ones who are best able to answer the question about mr gadhafi and his future it would be better addressed to the libyan justice system and to international tribunals mr gadhafi has lost his legitimacy as a ruler and his right to be called the leader of his people when he would air strikes on unarmed civilians who are rallying to express political protest we stopped for regarding mr gadhafi as a partner in negotiations when that happened i would say mr gadhafi will now determine his own future he chose the hardest of i would even say a suicidal person who chose to make his supporters shed blood on his behalf until the last moment while he remained in hiding we do not know where he is presently it could be libya or it could be another country regardless of the position he chose it is not one of a politician who thinks about the future it's the position of a politician who is trying to save his own life if mr gadhafi is on the run people will look f

no this is a problem this is a homegrown problem that cameron has been absolutely you're right gadhafi is a person who is who support freedom fighters against the west before an unconventional means before across the world and he may do. i would do so again in terms of equalizing the conflict that's the only option that gadhafi really has no rights or cash thank you very much indeed took out a child and spokesman for political into peace in libya thank you thank you. well r.t. spoke to russia's envoy to the u.n. he says the libyan experience is helping determine position on syria and you can see the interview in full in twenty minutes from now but in the meantime here's a brief preview for me. if you want to put up experience the worst thing your dog is the civil war and this is what happened let's face it concern is that any sanctions resolution. on syria in the security council might be seen by the structure of elements of syrian opposition as sort of encouragement. that something similar to what happened in libya may be happening in syria. that clearly extremely destructive conseque

the former rebels in a new resolution easing the sanctions imposed during gadhafi regime provision was also made for financial assistance from the un for rebuilding the country artie's girl if she can has the details. one of the things that the new resolution invasions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what diplomats insist is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implement the previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a full scale civil war w

with the collapse of the gadhafi regime we now see gadhafi hardly kept any part of that agreement. he hoarded massive stocks of chemical weapons continually to brutalize and ignore human rights. doesn't the prime minister think it is rather odd the last government knew that all along and for the eight years continued to increase cooperation with the libyans? >> well, i think my old friend makes an important point. we now hopefully with a new government in libya will be able to see how much of the agreement over weapons of mass destruction was kept. when it is concerning that there are still large supplies of unweaponized mustard gas that have to be kept a very close eye on by the international community and now by the ntc. as i say, when the new government gets its feet under the table perhaps we'll find out more. >> my constituents who in the process of completing a contract with the libyan oil industry, when the uprising started, now the failure of that contract to come to completion will cause significant financial problems for them. it's taken me over two months to get the depa

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

seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels will nevertheless represent their . country at the u.n. general assembly next week as with the arms embargo imposed on libya there are uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave go to protect u.n. person personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extremely worrying more more could be left behind brimming with weapons and the rebels have helped themselves those weapons may very well wind up in the hands of people who have other

when the latest twist of the libyan revolted submerge that colonel gadhafi could escape from tripoli a month ago in a state of the art armored vehicle got. reports in britain's daily mail newspaper the mercedes four by four was reportedly provided by the french government with nicolas sarkozy giving the green light for the deal back in two thousand and eight an interesting twist this one let's talk about it more than should we with author of the article journalist and political analysts nabila ramdani securities on the line would be from london but will a thanks for being on our team international's could see tonight just tell us more about this is it seems been so cozy provided colonel gadhafi if what i'm saying is true this very well get away car i mean that number i look at is quite ironic given that france given all the other nato nations wants to see him captured the most. well absolutely it's quite an extraordinary twist in this rebellion and indeed a huge embarrassment for the french government as it emerges that president sarkozy saw in two thousand and eight a three point fi

in favor of gadhafi who can kill us and arrest us of course money or in the future. the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for make in critical statements about a new regime ironically we're talking just a kilometer away from one of the dark is top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu sleen though it may be the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with the killings to intimidate through fear their hearts are covered in blogs and list international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being felt by some here that more his in-store. r t tripoli libya. for the discuss this further i'm now joined by john last line from the remark we see in cooperation in a paris not many thanks for joining us now as we just heard in that report from maria from both sides of the conflict are accused of human rights abuses now when gadhafi and ghazi for example

a cnn exclusive as rebels close in on moammar gadhafi. the whereabouts of the leader are still unknown. one of his sons, saadi is speaking exclusively to cnn. he is considered a relative moderate compared to his brother and family. he called nic robertson on the phone to talk about the family's dwindling options. nic describes it. >> specifically where his father was, where his brother, heir apparent to moammar gadhafi were, he said he hadn't seen them in two months. i asked him where was he, he told me he was a little outside bani walid. he said he had been moving around a lot, hadn't been able to watch television very much, that he was relatively safe, but still in a dangerous situation. he told me then that he has been negotiating with national transitional council, rebel military commanders. they also confirmed this. they have been negotiating to get a ceasefire for the town of bani walid. however, he said on thursday when his brother gave what he described as an aggressive speech on television, urging his supporters to keep fighting,

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

let's get right to our top story in libya and gadhafi forces have resumed their attack on the besieged town of bani walid just a day after they were repelled by loyalists troops fighting has also flared in the home city of syria meanwhile i could off the spokesman accused nato of backing the rebels and providing them with ammunition. said at least three hundred fifty civilians have been killed and seven hundred injured in the overnight shelling of sere within the alliance denying the accusations from the recent visits of new leaders to the war stricken country assistance in protecting the population. reports europe's top brass have a different agenda on their minds. david cameron and nick the survey that handiwork the most senior leaders to visit tripoli since that country's began the intervention in libya they say is not yet. until a billion. he's right civilians are still being killed but now that gadhafi is virtually powerless the people increasingly doing the killing the national transitional council forces together with nato as they attack bani walid and all that gadhafi stronghol

and speaking of libya -- >> instead of saying gadhafi, gadhafi all of the time, especially to avoid attracting attention between the local libyans, between ourselves we called him daddy. >> one of moammar gadhafi's former nurses shares details about her life with the deposed leader only to cnn, and this. >> if there is something anti-mexican about what i said, then i apologize for the anti-mexicanness of it. >> was that an apology? comedian cat williams trying to explain his rant targeting mexicans. i'm susan hendricks at cnn world headquarters in atlanta in for don lemon. great to see you. you are in the "cnn newsroom." >> wow. look at that. this is tropical storm lee as it slams into the mississippi coast. a group of people trying to keep that boat from being battered to pieces against the pier. it was a no-go losing battle. the waves were too rough, too big and by morning the vessel looked like this, upside down with huge holes in the bottom, but the men are okay, the men who tried to save the boat. tropical storm lee is slightly weaker tonight, and topping winds of 50 miles an hour. it is

live in rebels close in on gadhafi the last remaining stronghold with the colonel himself a man on the run and explore one of his secrets bunkers revealing that the fugitives escape route could stretch way beyond the rebels' reach. and starving the regime a new round of sanctions against syria is agreed by the e.u. targeting the country's oil exports which accounts for twenty five percent of its entire income and critics say the book's only doing it now because it feels void by the success in securing libya's vast oil reserves. for more news from me in just minutes from now but now it's time for pete involves the great show crosstalk where his guests discuss life in libya after the death. live. live. can. blow him away welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle reasons for optimism for more uncertainty and violence with the end of the khadafi regime one of the possible futures of libya can the country move from civil war to stable and democratic society or will it fall down the path of another afghanistan or iraq libya can. start. to cross-talk libya after gadhafi i'm joined by lindsey ge

those loyal to gadhafi will run away. the national transition council, the rebels have said their key aim is to catch moammar gadhafi. it's beginning to look like had could take some time. it's beginning to look like an iraq-type scenario where the iraqis and u.s. forces were chasing saddam hussein for a long time. it hasn't quite come to that yet but the next few days in bani walid will give us an indication. is that what lies ahead in libya right now, a long chase for moammar gadhafi? >>> we have dramatic video to show you. it's from 9/11 but it is just now surfacing nearly ten years after the fact. it was taken just minutes after united airlines flight 93 crashed into a pennsylvania field by a man who lived just a few miles away. what you're about to hear is the voice of that man calmly narrating what he saw. >> the remains of an airplane crash over on lambertsville road. and probably a terrorist bomb on board that blew up. don't know anything more than that. that's what i heard on the scanner. i just saw the smoke com

which officially recognized the former rebels in a new resolution easing the sanctions imposed year and gadhafi is regime provision was also made for financial assistance from the u.n. for rebuilding the country he's going to teach you can has got the details for you . one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what they claim it insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implemented the previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians th

sirte, gadhafi's hometown, the rebel ares issued the deadline for two of the pro-gadhafi support ez to surrender. the deadlines have come and gone. phil black is live from that scene. where exactly are you? and what do you see there? >> reporter: brooke, we're just on the outskirts of sirte, throughout the day we've been inside the city. we were there with rebels. they advanced in big numbers into the city in what they thought would be a few easy hours fighting. they thought by the end of the day gadhafi's hometown would be theirs. it didn't turn out that way at all. they made rapid progress through the outskirts of the city, but when they got into the city, they came up against some fierce resistance. the locals there had dug in and they fought back and they fought back hard. the rebels say -- and they admit quite openly -- it turned into a street fight. they didn't want one, they weren't expecting one. they just weren't prepared for it. something else didn't happen as well. they thought that the locals of the town would rise up in support of them. they didn't. so, as a result, it boi

from the heart of moscow this is are certainly glad to have you with us on to our top story in libya gadhafi forces have resumed their attack on the besieged town of bani walid just a day after they were repelled by a loyalist troops fighting has also flared in the city of syria meanwhile a spokesman accused nato of backing the rebels and providing them with ammunition. three hundred fifty civilians have been killed and seven hundred injured in an overnight showing of syria with the alliance denying the accusations this comes amid the recent visits of leaders to the war stricken country going assistance in protecting the population but reports europe's top brass have a different agenda on their minds. david cameron and nick. handy work the most senior leaders to visit tripoli since that country's began the invention in libya they say is not yet. and. he's right civilians are still being killed but now that gadhafi is virtually powerless the people increasingly doing the killing are national transitional council forces together with nato as they attack bani walid and all that gadhafi strongho

which officially recognize the former rebels in a new resolution easing the sanctions imposed during gadhafi regime provision was also made for financial assistance from the un for rebuilding the country r.t. is going to future can reports. one of the things that the new resolution invasions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what diplomats insist is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's the u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implement the previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a ful

. >>> in libya, forces are making another push into gadhafi's hometown of certificate to rout out gadhafi loyalists. the new leaders are promising to announce an interim government in the coming week and as the search for gadhafi himself continues. we're getting a rare look at one of the symbols of gadhafi's high-flying lifestyle. we get our report tonight from nbc's mike taibbi in tripoli. >> reporter: there were signs of life at tripoli's airport today, shut down since february, first by the war itself and then by nato's no-fly zone. domestic flights are set to resume this weekend. and some international flights perhaps within a week. but of all the immobilized aircraft on the tarmac, the one we wanted to see was sticking out of a hangar in a deserted part of the airfield, the one deserved for moammar gadhafi. the new man in charge at the airport agreed to give us a tour. it was hit by some bullets, he told us. we followed him out to the hangar and after a mechanic opened the hatch, we were allowed a brief look. it is plush, of course. what you'd expect. if you look over here, a nice li

the gadhafi family has left. but a short time later, further down the road to bani walid, a different story. despite the commanders' assurances that a deal has been struck, we've been stopped here just over 40 miles from the city. we're told it's too unsafe to go any further, and they keep adding to this roadblock. another commander claimed that gadhafi's son, saif, is in the city and he's armed 80 mercenaries. yet another says actually the number of armed loyalists is closer to 600. "we will enter bani walid with great force," he says. "we will attack from all sides." and late today, word that talks collapsed, and the fight seems likely. with rebel forces still battling gadhafi, questions are being raised about one of their top commanders, abdul hakim belhag. human rights watch found and released documents suggesting that in 2004 the cia helped in the capture and return of belhag to libya. at the time he was wanted as a terror suspect. the rebel leader said he's renounced extremism and like the fighters at the d

there is no formal structure to replace gadhafi's forces. you have aç hodgepodge of different elements. all this potentially conflicting agendas and some may try and seize the opportunity to bolster their own case, and that's where the west especially france and britain, are going have to play a more direct role in ensuring that they don't stray from the platform of commitment to democracy and ensuring stability and an effective security apparatus. >> thank you both for joining me today to illuminate mistakes as we look at libyas 2350u67 future. stakes are high in the middle east but in the u.s. as well. fighting a debt crisis, struggling to create jobs for americans but you wouldn't know it because d.c. is playing a game of telephone over speech dates. the date of the speech matters much less than the president's new agenda actually is on jobs, but appearances, including the appearance of competence in the white house matters. especially for a president whose public confidence is at all-time lows. why everyone at this hour in the politica

the gadhafi rule is over. the gadhafi dynasty is over. >> reporter: where could gadhafi be? he might be holed up in tripoli, a city of two million. or in his hometown of sirte. another possibility, another gadhafi tribal stronghold. analysts suggest more likely, it's that gadhafi has fled to central or southern libya. it has pockets of loyalists and is difficult terrain. few roads, vast deserts, oasis, caves and canyons. the region is also closer to the borders of algeria, niger, chad and sudan, giving gadhafi more options to escape the country. rebels say if gadhafi is caught he will be executed by a firing squad. >> richard engel reporting. secretary of state hillary clinton says the u.s. will release more than $700 million of the more than $1.5 billion in unfrozen funds. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm veronica de la cruz. always good to see you. up next, "andrea mitchell reports" and my colleague, chuck todd, in the anchor chair today. we're centurylink...a new kind of broadband company committed to providing honest, personal service from real people... 5-year price-lock

which officially recognized the former rebels in a new resolution easing the sanctions imposed during gadhafi regime provision is also made for financial assistance from the u.n. for rebuilding the country he's going to if you can has the details. one of the things that the new resolution inventions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help inward diplomats insist is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would cause a trade on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national recalls alleviation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and great a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that russia's and went to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implemented the previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found i

cross talk libya after gadhafi i'm joined by lindsey german in london she is a national conveyor of stop the war coalition in denver we crossed again you're wagner he is c.e.o. of country wrists aleutians and in toronto we go to eric margolis he is an award winning journalist and author of war at the top of the world the struggle for afghanistan and asia all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at some of the challenges facing the new libya. following six months of a rocky battle that gripped the world's attention the arab spring has produced another significant outcome the toppling of libya's comes out they may have come as a surprise to almost everyone not the least of which were the rebels who fought the forty two year regime. but as the victory fanfare settles libyans are facing a far more trying challenge that is proving they can create an alternative to could south israel when the standoff we walking the institution for civil society is so well starting from. or. in this situation the country's

cameron and sarkozy were quick to condemn gadhafi for killing innocent libyans in the lead up to nato is no fly zone being imposed but no such rhetorics being aimed at the empty sea in fact it's quite the opposite britain sponsored a draft u.n. resolution to ease sanctions against libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again your emmett's altie london. for liberty and independence faces a tough test next week as palestinian leaders prepare to go in their bid for u.n. recognition. although a yes vote is by no. certain israel is already cracking down on less than dedicated settlers as it looks to solidify a position occupied territory. one thousand miles from the north pole. the ark is taking you on a trip to spitzbergen on go. twenty years after the collapse of life is still going strong. in the world. presides over and goes. to so it. has become a tourist site for those overcome by the cold war in the style of. the special edition. kosovan police assisted by e.u. forces have taken over two border crossings with serbia in the north of the b

and gadhafi spokesman moussa ibrahim tells syrian tv that moammar gadhafi is still prepared to defend libya as his the south korean government says it plans to ask other countries not to invest in north korea's mt. geumgang tourism resort... in response to pyeongyang's unilateral decision to clear out seoul's assets from the resort. this is the result of tuesday's meeting of south korean officials in seoul. the meeting comes just days after north korea launched a trial tourism program to attract investors from other countries. angry over seoul's suspension of tours after the shooting death of a south korean tourist in 2008,... pyeongyang demanded that seoul either participate in the new international tourism operation... or liquidate its properties and facilities there. the head of a north korean firm in charge of attracting foreign capital... has proposed a meeting with south korea's hyundai asan... to discuss property at the mt. geumgang resort in the north, where the north and south used to operate tours together. he said that it is up to the south korean company to operate, lease,

seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels will nevertheless represent their . country at the u.n. general assembly next week as with the arms embargo imposed on libya there are uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave you to protect u.s. personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extremely worrying more production is far on the left behind brimming with weapons and the rebels have helped themselves those weapons mean very well wind up in the hands of people who have

gadhafi is home town of sirte one of the last loyalists bastions several thousand opposition fighters backed by tanks and heavy weapons have reportedly launched an offensive on the city. as in the libyan capital for us right now. the new authorities asserting an increasing level of control over the country piling pressure on gadhafi supporters but peace is still a long way off his nose. says the writer is indeed what we're hearing here in the capital tripoli from the national security from the national transitional council business your thoughts he's that it's troops have apparently entered the city of saved some five hundred for the first east of the capital put up his hometown and one of the colonels last strongholds the city was first attacked by nato planes on the second day of the major operation here in libya in march them to see reports that thousands of its fighters from misrata have apparently advanced into the center of the city of said put a face in heavy resistance from gadhafi. troops gadhafi is elite troops apparently armed with a two or three and a long range drug me st

and another development, a split in the gadhafi family itself. their comments are contradictory and bizarre from his two sons. >> well, everybody has seen the one as the aparent. and saide said, and he has given indications over the past few months that he perhaps wanted to leave the country, that he was not particularly, perhaps not in line with everything that his father and saife was saying. however, he said he was giving them his support. now when he speaks out and said something different that he wants to negotiate to bring about a cease-fire with the transitional council that are rejengting having any dealings of any member with gadhafi's family, it means there are splits right now in the gadhafi family. part of its strength has been in the unity. you can see it breaking apart. some of the family members we now know have fled to algeria. we are seeing brothers that stood side by side splitting in how they want to handle the country. the gadhafi family, we're beginning to see the end is coming right now. >> that report from cnn's nic roberts

a bug was about gadhafi but you can say about the boat was about to be like of what they are talking about democracy this is not democracy a crime says libya didn't get rid of a dictatorship but only fell into another one of the rebels weapons in a city where the gun has become a common accessory just like a cell phone and where one can only cross the town's numerous checkpoints with an obligatory our large bar to the winners this is a reality not hard to believe. know everybody we are happy we are free don't go there feels good run away this is not true believe me because they are free to war for return back to tripoli you see the same people same people same person i think they are supporting a revolution can bring much hope but what comes after war is often different. those who drove egypt's revolt this year was too on the streets this weekend seven months after toppling president mubarak angry at a lot of trowbridge on the reforms libya's future too is still far from clear the post gadhafi libyan capital has been the scene of euphoria with celebrating the gunfire and singing hear

the very men responsible for gadhafi's family and his security. is gadhafi with them? state department says no although it is urging nijer to detain member of the regime. ben, two separate con voice have passed from libya into niger. but muammar gadhafi wasn't with them, right? >> reporter: all indications are he was not with them. but where he is nobody really knows. we've seen this reuters report this evening that he's somewhere near the border of either chad or niger. but you have to keep in mind that there's an effort ongoing by the national transitional council, the new rulers of libya, to convince those cities and towns that are still loyal to muammar gadhafi to surrender, to give up. and they've sent out this message day after day that they know where gadhafi is, that they're going to catch him soon. and this is really part of a psychological effort to undermine the resolve of those towns and cities that are still holding out. we've heard i don't know how many times officials here say they know where he is. but all indications are they don't know where he is. he