what are you seeing in misrata? >> we're seeing the entire city -- i have to correct myself, rather hearing. we're set up on a roof top here. we can here gunfire and cars honking. when we drove through the city there were an unbelievable amount of women and children, a sight i haven't seen -- certainly not this number, just cheering -- >> are you there? adrienne was arriving from sirte. she then moved, redirected to misrata where we heard reports that the body of moammar gadhafi was being moved to. she just arrived there moments ago. she had spoken to us 30 minutes ago, sharing with us how the celebrations in the streets were evident, militia men from rebel forces coming over to show her pictures as she made her way to misrata, just arriving and hearing more gunfire in the air. we're going to try to get her back on the phone. we lost contact for a second. if we can, we'll have her here on msnbc as we continue to watch the developments coming out of libya. luck? i don't trade on luck. i trade on fundamentals. analysi

in misrata, life is beginning to get back to normal. people are changing back into civilian clothes. "the real revolution starts here, this man told me, after the death of gaddafi. this is a peaceful revolution. the scale of the task is daunting. reconstruction, reconciliation, and the rebuilding of a political system from scratch. the road ahead will be a long one. >> today, president obama was asked about the death of colonel gaddafi after an appearance on "the tonight show." he said that the former leader was given ample opportunity to leave power and his staff sends a strong message. >> we don't want to see anyone come to the and that he did that this sends a strong message around the world to dictators that people long to be free and they need to respect the human rights and the universal aspirations of people. >> president obama commenting on the death of colonel gaddafi. turning to tunisia where the arabs bring uprising began. the islamic party ennahda is holding coalition talks with two secular parties as the official results ar

we are on a roof top here in misrata. we hear children on the street shouting and cheering. >> live in misrata, thank you very much for the live report on the ground. let's bring in republican congressman peter king of new york. the chairman of the house homeland security committee. he is one of just eight republicans who voted to authorize u.s. operations in libya. congressman, thank you for your time. >> you are welcome. thank you. >> let me get your reaction to the news. >> this is outstanding news. gadhafi has met the end he deserves. he was a vicious murderer and psychopath. this to me is a day of victory for the people of libya and the entire world. now the challenge is to ensure that the new government coming in will have a moderate base to it. >> the president had critics on both sides saying he was overreaching and needed congressional approval for the air strikes. as as i pointed out one of eight republicans who voted to authorize the strikes. i will ask you this. is this vindication for the president and those

the fact that misrata appears like a break away city. what it is really going to boil down to right now is exactly what sort of sacrifices are the libyan people willing to make. are these various groups willing to make for the sake of their country. >> nick, the white house just released the statement, president obama just completed a video conference call with chancellor merkel of germany, sarkozy of france, cameron of the united kingdom and at the end, they say they welcome the end of the gadhafi regime and agreed it is an extraordinary day for the nato-led coalition and above all, for the libyan people. this nato-led mission, which was successful in libya, is it a precursor for what could happen elsewhere in the region? specifically referring to syria. >> no. i frankly don't think it is. there are a lot of places where governments try to massacre their own people. i think it's going to be rare that the conditions come together as they did in libya, that are going to allow an international coalition to intervene in this way. in syria,

adrienne mong is in misrata again tonight. adrienne? [ singing ] >> reporter: good evening, kate. as you can see and most definitely hear behind me, people here on freedom square in misrata celebrating day one of a post gadhafi libya. it was another day of remarkable scenes here with the libyan people viewing the body of the former dictator. hundreds of libyans, mostly men rushed to a former shopping mall to view the corpse of the man they had feared for decades. why did you come here? >> to see this man. very bad man. >> reporter: rebel forces laid his badly wounded body on the floor of a commercial freezer. as we saw firsthand they kept the crowd moving. questions remain about exactly how he died shortly after he was captured, wounded but alive. today the interim government's prime minister came to misrata to see the body for himself and declared that an autopsy had been completed. and officials now say gadhafi's burial, originally planned for today in keeping with islamic custom, would be delayed. nato launched the air strike to stop the convoy in its tracks yesterday and said

there are rumors and speculation that misrata rebels have captured colonel gaddafi. they claim that the "curly haired one" has been captured. that's. quote from gabriel gatehouse. i must stress this is rumor and speculation at the moment. the wild speculations we had earlier -- there were two points. one was that colonel gaddafi has been captured, and also that gaddafi loyalists have been driven out of the last stronghold of sirte. as we gain some confirmation, we will bring you that news as it arrives. let's focus on the world of business. we have had an emergency meeting -- another one. this one is in frankfurt. >> the road ran speculation, again, about what these -- the rumor and speculation, again about what they're going to do about the crisis. there are massive problems to sort out. at the heart is the european stability fund. how big to make that and who will step up with the money? there's some talk that the ecb should be the guarantor. there are reluctant people of that. it would undermine its independence. it would boil down to the german taxpayer, essentia

from there, to misrata. somewhere along the journey, colonel gaddafi died, bringing a final end to his 42 years in power. the reaction is jubilant and ecstatic as the news of his capture hits home. the sight of his own personal cold and impersonal -- pistol was all the evidence they needed. the men who were there when he was taken are already becoming legends in their lifetime, revered by their comrades. this is where the fighters say they found colonel gaddafi hiding. they dragged him out of here. one fighter said to me, the former libyan dictator, what have i done to you? fighters poured into the ditch to see the place where muammar gaddafi spent his last moments as a free man, crawled into a sewage pipe running under a main road on the upper town. the site has become an instant photo opportunity. >> bye bye, muammar gaddafi. you will go to hell. >> amid the celebration, arguments erupted over who had been the one to actually captured the former dictator. this man said it was he. the blood on his shirt fro

misrata is putting forward their own candidate for prime minister. as the arguments begin, they're not giving up their weapons just yet. >> it is t o early. no one would like to give up their weapons until there is a united government. >> in tripoli, there is no national government. this will not happen until gaddafi's hometown falls. this is where libya's tribal leaders use to meet, deciding who gets what shares of the spoils of power will not be easy. they are not about to descend into infighting. after 42 years of dictatorship, there is a sense of solidarity. people want this revolution to work. they are determined to build a new democracy. the problem is they have chased away gaddafi and left behind in libya where no one knows how to share power, even when they are hungry for it. >> a civilian court in bahrain has ordered the retrial of 20 medical staff sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. they were found guilty last week on charges that included in fighting and provoking sectarian hatred. india has launched what they have called the world's ch

his body is being taken to misrata. probably during the course of this battle against khaddafy, misrata is where his forces committed the greatest atrocities. >> bobby, if you're asad right now in syria, if you're sali in yemen and you're seeing what's happening in libya and you're seeing the commitment -- how concerned are you today about your future. >> that's an excellent question. you have to think to yourself there are three ways to go. there is the tunisian dictator who now looks like he escaped unharmed. there is the mubarak way to go where you go to jail and have a trial or there is the khaddafy way to go. i think one thing that is clear that emerges from libya hopefully for dictators every where is that if you turn your guns on your own people, they are never going to forgive you. that's not the way to put down a revolution. a revolution continues whether or not you turn your weapons on your own people. >> all right. how about same question. what does it say to the protesters and potential revolutioners in syri

misrata is putting forward their own candidate for prime minister. as the arguments begin, they're not giving up their weapons just yet. >> it is t o early. no one would like to give up their weapons until there is a united government. >> in tripoli, there is no national government. this will not happen until gaddafi's hometown falls. this is where libya's tribal leaders use to meet, deciding who gets what shares of the spoils of power will not be easy. they are not about to descend into infighting. after 42 years of dictatorship, there is a sense of solidarity. people want this revolution to work. they are determined to build a new democracy. the problem is they have chased away gaddafi and left behind in libya where no one knows how to share power, even when they are hungry for it. >> a civilian court in bahrain has ordered the retrial of 20 medical staff sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. they were found guilty last week on charges that included in fighting and provoking sectarian hatred. india has launched what they have called the world's ch

>> reporter: brian, gadhafi's body was brought here to misrata. he'll be buried tomorrow according to islamic law in likely an unmarked grave. his death was announced by a smiling flag-draped anchor. in misrata tonight an autopsy was performed and rebels posed with the body, taking pictures on their cell phones. meanwhile on the streets of misrata, crowds celebrated by dancing, honking horns, firing guns into the air. as to questions about who killed gadhafi or exactly how he died, one person we spoke to laughed and said, "god killed him." this saturday, the interim government will formally announce the liberation of libya. as one member told us, we are now back in the civilized world. brian? >> adrienne mong, thanks. >>> president obama went before cameras in the rose garden at 2:00 p.m. and pronounced gadhafi's death the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya. >> there will be difficult days ahead. but the united states together with the international community is committed to the libyan people. you have won your revolution. >

now it has been brought back here to misrata as a sign of their achievement. colonel gaddafi's body is the ultimate war trophy of all, and the five days of wrangling over its burial was a sign of the intensive political positioning that is now going on behind the scenes. >> the defeated loyalists are getting used to a new reality. this man is now a prisoner. he was one of those who prepared muammar gaddafi body for burial. he said the colonel's followers have only one option now. >> everything was clear. now the end of gaddafi means a new life. >> but it is not going to be easy. in misrata, very slowly, life is beginning to get back to normal, as people change from their military fatigues back to civilian clothes. the real revolution starts here, this man told me, after the death of gaddafi. this was a peaceful revolution we started back in february. the scale of the task is daunting. reconstruction, reconciliation, and the rebuilding of a political system from scratch. libya has a mountain to climb. >> today president obama was asked about the death of colone

as his corpse lay in misrata for a third day an autopsy confirmed he died from a bullet to the head. no other details have been released. the u.s. and other nations are urging thorough investigation. >> i think it's important that this new government, this effort to have a democratic libya start with the rule of law, start with accountability. >> fighters from the unit that found gadhafi in a drain pipe in his hometown on thursday said they don't care about how or when he died. the important thing, they said is that he was caught. towards the end, the eccentric former leader was said to be growing impatient with life on the run. the fighters who seized him said he refused to believe his time was up. in misrata which put up some of the fiercest fighting against gadhafi's troops earlier this year, thousands of people again crowded into the recently renamed freedom square. many of them said they wanted to look forward, not backwards. >> now we have to look about future. >> reporter: today's declaration of liberation sets in motion a process that will ultimately end in the nation's first

his body is in reportedly in one of mosques in misrata.

regardless, the transitional government now has custody of gadhafi's body in misrata. celebrations breaking out almost immediately in tripoli and across libya. >> just this beautiful moment right now, i thought a dream just came through. >> we killed everyone like the gadhafi. >> all the world is suffering because he's doing -- because he was doing terrorist operations. and now we are happy. >> now comes the not-so-easy task of building a new country. three now, we have seen, go to this transitional state. but first, of course, the rebels have to stop being rebels, easier said than done, frequently, and start acting like a government, which we all know, is easier said than done. it won't be easy, after eight months of continuous fighting, there are multiple armed groups throughout libya who are certain to demand a significant stake in whatever the new government is. it's something secretary of state hillary clinton is raising a red flag over. >> they have to try to unify the country, unify all the militias under a unitary command, they have to disarm a lot of people wh

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he died in crossfire his body is currently being kept in the chill of room in a shopping center in misrata one of the goals of the revolution to oust him hundreds of even have been queuing for photo opportunities with their bloodied body and failure to carry out burial within twenty four hours is a blatant contravention of islamic the now the interim government says it may be coop's to conduct this extended family all season he said. the n.t.s.b. is saying that gadhafi was killed by a bullet wounds also conflicting reports as to where exactly those shots were in his stomach in the right side of his head in the left side of his head it's looking very shady and then this brutal video that went viral the mainstream media showing it more than twenty four hours constantly of gadhafi whether or not he was dead or alive very unclear at first in the first couple of shots that you didn't hear is that he's alive he actually goes and touch the head wipe some blood away and then there's a time and it seems that he was clearly dead in those later pictures the same thing with one of his sons that was ca

they are happy in misrata, happy across the country. for the third night running since the death of moammar gadhafi, people have been celebrating, shooting guns off into the air, squealing their cars up and down the street. this on the eve, rick, of what they call a day of national liberation. tomorrow, sunday, that will declare hostilities completely over here. more or less in libya with the death of moammar gadhafi, most people saying that the majority of fighting will be over and paving the way for a new post-gadhafi libya. the highlight of that, of course, will be democracy, elections coming to this land. it has seen 4 # years of dictatorial rule by gadhafi. here in misrata, they are seeing a little bit of truth of the death of gadhafi and inn a strange way. we were in on this. we saw, along with folks here in the population of misrata the body of moammar gadhafi and his son laid out in a meat storage locker, a cold storage room, a warehouse on the outskirts of this town. people coming in and not just men, but women, children, and e

good morning to you in misrata. what's the latest as we approach the official declaration of liberation? >> reporter: well, that's right. the official declaration is about to take place any time soon in the next hour we expect in benghazi which is where the up rising first started. there are many celebrations, lots of people streaming into the city on the eastern coast. but here in misrata, it seems fairly quiet for the time being. of course, gadhafi's body is still here. the next step, when he will be buried still remains up in the air. the national transitional council still seems divide bd what to do with the body. we've been hearing conflicting reports today about whether it will be handed over to the tribe, his tribe from sirte for burial. we did speak to a senior member of the transitional council this morning who says, yes, yes, it will be buried in a private ceremony in an undisclosed location. in the meantime, we spoke to some of the fighters from the unit that found gadhafi. they're having a quiet celebrat

it is being brought back here to misrata as a sign of their achievement. colonel gaddafi's body is the ultimate war trophy of all. the five days of wrangling over its burial were signs of the intensive political positioning that is now going on behind the scenes. as the victors argue over the spoils, defeated loyalists are getting used to a new reality. this man was a trusted cleric under the deposed regime. now a prisoner, he was amongst those who prepared the body for burial. gaddafi's followers only have one option. >> everything is clear. the end of gaddafi means a new life. >> it is not going to be easy. very slowly, life is beginning to get back to normal. people change from their military fatigues back into civilian clothes. the real revolution starts here, this man told me. after the death of colonel gaddafi. this was a peaceful revolution that we started back in february. the skill of the task is daunting. reconstruction, reconciliation, and the rebuilding of a political system from scratch. the road ahead will be a long one. >> less than a year a

the misrata brigade is make sure they won't be able to go home, either. alan pizzey, cbs news, tawarga. >> contribution say iran will be cheering the loudest when u.s. troops leave iraq. on friday, president obama announced plans to have them out of the country and back home by year's end. wyatt andrews has the latest. >> reporter: the war in iraq may be over but the politics of happening have begun. after the president called the withdrawal of all u.s. forces a success, his republican opponents reacted with scorn, with texas governor rick perry suggesting the announcement itself could endanger the troops. >> the last thing that you want to do is put those men and women's lives in peril, and i think that's what the president's done by making a political statement to his base that he's going to be out of iraq on a date certain. >> reporter: the date certain for leaving iraq, however, was not set by president obama. the commitment to withdraw this december was signed by former president george w. bush three years ago, and was formalized on the day an iraqi

we have this report from misrata. >> friday morning is usually a quiet time in misrata. not today. this defiant city fought hard and at great cost to oust current gaddafi's forces. the dictators body has been brought here by those that conquered him. this site is becoming a huge attraction now. hundreds of men, women, and children flocking here to see for themselves. for these people, the questions about how exactly from gaddafi and his sons matters less than the fact that seems to be true. >> today, new footage immerse of gaddafi's final moments. here he is seen being led away on foot. there are voices that can be heard arguing on whether they should kill him. several hours later, he is announced dead. no one knows who fired the shot that killed him. nato had its part to play. the french planes fired missiles into colonel gaddafi's convoy as he tried to escape the town. this rebel fighter said that he and a select group knew that the former dictator was holed up in his hometown. they kept the information secret. >> if we had revealed the secret, anything could have happened. gadda

the governor of this prison in misrata thinks that amounted to justice. there was no mercy for foreign mercenaries this shaikh says. the nearly 500 prisoners he holds seem well treated but this man said that in another prison, he had been brutalized. they just assumed you were pro gadhafi and beat you up? >> yes. >> reporter: how badly were you hurt? >> very bad. very bad. you know? no humanity. >> reporter: no humanity? >> yes. >> reporter: libya's new rulers are at risk of being accused of the same kind of abuses they fought to overthrow. allen pizzey, cbs news, misrata. >>> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather. and in sports, cardinals manager mea culpa from monday's big loss. or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may be living with chronic migraine. but knowing that this thing you're going through has a name, means knowing you can find treatments that are right for you. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. welcome mi amiga, an adventure awaits. ♪ a celebration

one and a half thousand of misrata's people died fighting. misrata is putting forward their own candidate for prime minister. as the arguments began, they are not giving up their weapons just yet. it is too early. no one wants to give up their weapons until there is a united government and one national army. >> in tripoli, there is no national government. this will not be formed until sirte false.n of sur this is where the leaders used to meet. the factions are not about to descend into infighting. after 42 years of dictatorship, there is an incredible sense of solidarity here. people wantl this revolution to work. they are determined to build a new democracy. the problem is that they have chased away good coffee and left behind a libya where no one knows how to share power even when they are hungry for it. >> the authorities say that they uncovered a plot to kill the country's president, hamid karzai. six people have been arrested including one of the president's bodyguard. this comes 10 years after the nato led invasion of afghanistan and m

we have a report from misrata. >> today is a big day. celebrations all across the country, but especially in benghazi which is where the uprising in libya first began. the national transitional council which is the interim government here announcing the formal liberation of libya. meanwhile here in misrata, it's been a little bit quiet, still concerns about what the next step is for gaddafi's body. the coroner's report initially found that gaddafi did die from a stray bullet wound, but the details still remain a little bit murky about when that actually happened. we have spoke to some of the fighters from the unit that actually found gaddafi in that drain pipe on thursday in his hometown of sirte and they said he was already wounded when they caught him. they subsequently said that the crowds took over and they don't know exactly what happened next. for many of these men, what was important was not so much how he died or when he died, but the fact that he had been captured, that they saw him with their very own eyes. that means the end o

in misrata, which put up some of the fiercest fighting against troops earlier this year, thousands of people again crowded into the recently renamed freedom square. many of them said they wanted to look forward, not backwards. >> now we have to look about the future. >> reporter: already there's a sign of what a new free libya will look like. transition leaders say sharia law will form the basis of all legislation. >>> as president obama's jobs bill remains road blocked in congress, he's economic initiative aimed as helping americans hold on to their homes as well as cash-strapped students. brian mooar joins us with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. later today we expect president obama to reveal a new battle cry -- we can't wait. it's aimed at congressional republicans who have bottled up his jobs bill in the senate. the idea here is the turn up the heat, turn the public against congress and finally get them moving. also today, the president is expected to be in las vegas, the epicenter of the housing bust where he is expected to announce new rules for federally guara

i can tell you, we are joined by a guest originally from sirt e and now lives in misrata. thank you very much for joining me. could you tell me your emotions now that it is reported that colonel gaddafi is dead? >> i did not quite get your question. >> can you tell me how you feel now and your experience now that colonel gaddafi has died? >> i am a very happy for what happened, even though a little bit of said that he is dead. i wish that he would be staying alive so we can try him and taken to justice and the least of find the unanswered questions of what and why he did what he did during his time in power. then i could understand that frustration, never knowing his reasons behind his actions. but what is next now for libya? are you optimistic about the future of the country? >> i am very optimistic about i know it will take a long, long time, because we are beginning from ground zero, below zero. there are a lot of things missing in our country because of mr. burqa gaddafi. >> what do you expect, what are your expectations of the national transitional council? >> i hope

local media say his body has been sent to misrata. ntc leaders are expected to give a news conference shortly. gadhafi is in his 60s, he ruled libya for 42 years and has been on the run for a couple of months. ntc forces took control of libyan capital on august 23rd. gadhafi and his troops kept fighting back. prime minister of poland, donald tusk, currently the eu's leader said the news of gadhafi's death is not confirmed. >>> japan's nuclear safety watchdog has proposed people living within 30 kilometers of a nuclear power plant take steps to be fully prepared in the event of a nuclear accident. currently such precautions are advised for people living within a 10-kilometer radius. a working group at the nuclear safety commission drew up the draft plan in response to the march accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. the plant calls for designating areas within the radius of approximately 30 kilometers of the nuclear plants as urgent protective action planning zones or upz. municipalities within the zones will be require

i know you will be going to misrata as well. thanks for a much for joining us. ok. the fighting part of this revolution effectively over. president obama today said there is still a long and winding road ahead for libya. >> for four decades, the gaddafi regime ruled the libyan people with an iron fist. human rights were denied, innocent civilians were detained, beaten come and killed, and libby's wealth was squandered. the enormous potential of the libyan people was held back in terror was used as a political weapon. today, we can definitively say that the gaddafi regime has come to an end. the last major regime's stronghold has fallen. the new government is consolidating the control over the country. one of the world's longest- serving dictators is no more. >> president obama speaking at the white house. one of the americans who pushed hardest for the u.s. to get involved in the nato mission in libya was florida's senator mark o. rubio. he recently returned. i spoke to him a short time ago. thank you for joining me. you have been an advocate of the bank commission.

the body has been taken to misrata, and you will be going up there as well. thank you for joining us. this day has been decades in the making. colonel gaddafi first seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969. he soon became one of the most ruthless dictators in the world. he tortured thousands of his own people. in the west, he was condemned for mass acts of terrorism. john simpson looks back at his rule. >> i cannot leave the honorable soul of my country. i will die a martyr at the end. >> many people doubted it, but he did not try to escape. he died as he said he would. it is hard to remember how glamorous he once seemed to be. in september 1969, when he seized power, he looked like a symbol of revolutionary chic. during those early years, libyan living standards rose sevenfold, thanks to the newly discovered oil. but gaddafi's weird ideas started to do real damage. he decided that shops were nests of exploiters, and abolished them in favor of monster regional supermarkets. it was a disaster. people went hungry. he claimed he was a figurehead and the libyan p