caught on film. these are the last minutes of the man who terror as libya for 42 years. he was shot dead during crossfire between his supporters and government fighters. >> we shot him. >> what now for the international mission? nato will meet on friday to decide how to end the military campaign. welcome to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. he called the rebels rats. in the end, he was the one trapped in a dream. muammar gaddafi, who ruled the deal with an iron fist for 42 years, is dead. he was killed by rebel fighters in his hometown of sirte. bloody images were shown on libyan television. libyans took to the streets to celebrate. our correspondent reports now from tripoli. >> he is finished. the only lived through a fraction of his 42-year rule. not too young for celebration. as news emerged of the death of the fugitive leader, the capital erupted in an explosion of relief and joy. civilians, young and old, all headed out harm to the streets. >> we have done what we have to do. gaddafi is finished. gaddafi is dead. >> we killed gaddafi. we kill the criminal. >> with these

shapes people of el asks his guests what kind of country libya will become post gadhafi following that they too. wealthy british style. markets why not scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our t.v. . if you. follow you know welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in auspicious beginnings libya's national transitional council has announced the country's liberation from the gadhafi dictatorship what kind of country libya will now become is anything but clear will it be ruled under islamic law and will the rule of law prevail in the wake of gadhafi is killing and is national unity an illusion with so many factions vying for power. and. crosstalk libya's future i'm joined by daniel serwer in washington he's a professor lecturer at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies also in washington we have paul coring he is a foreign correspondent for the globe and mail and in new york we go to ted rall he is a journalist political cartoonist and author of the anti-american manifesto all right gentlemen this is cross talk that mean

now, breaking news. the death of gadhafi sparking wild celebrations in libya. a joyous victory in a bloody revolution. cameras were rolling at the secretary of state, hillary clinton, learned of gadhafi's fate. you're going to see her reaction to this stunning news. and what's next for libya now that gadhafi is dead? we'll hear from senators john mccain, lindsey graham and more. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> >>> gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. we're following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. >> one year ago, the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up. and demanded their rights. and when gadhafi and his forces started going city to city, town by town to brutalize men, women and children,

weekly updates. a blood stained end to an era in libya with allegations colonel gadhafi was executed by the interim government's troops. breaking points this week violent clashes erupted in greece as people waited with more stare at the measures point e.u. leaders up against the clock me to try and resolve the debt crisis. battle over barricades nato forces fail to remove row blocks of the disputed said because of a border is ethnic serbs got the blockade to stop the peacekeepers advance. but a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on t.v. but first we begin with breaking news story that fascination attempts on the president of russia's republic of english well now get the latest from auntie's medina question of if she is in russia's north caucasus and do you know what details can you give us at this stage. well very seriously have the results ration at plates right in the capital of e.o. republic roper english uk e.-x. and. and all our man open fire we're going to be a bodyguard so we probably have a one bodyguard was learned it the

what's going on in libya. rebel commanders claim khaddafy has been killed. at this time those reports have not been confirmed by either the state department or the white house. senior u.s. officials are waiting. some visual confirmation of khaddafy's capture or death. until officials get that confirmation, either with an actual photograph or firstand report from a u.s. asset they will not confirm anything. there are celebrations in the city of sirte this morning. it has been quite the last six months if you think about when all this started. i want to bring in two people here that are great experts on this stuff. steve clemmens and robin wright, from the woodrow wilson center. rob robin, you have sat face to face with moamar khaddafy. you were telling me you remember interviewing him back in 1980. this is a man who took power when richard nixon was president of the united states. i note the a.p. report, past reports, proven incorrect. nobody wants to jump to conclusion here, but. >> well he was forced out of power in tripoli. getting him was a long process of liberating libya. this is

of libya, who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. >> warner: plus, we analyze president obama's approach to intervening in libya in a supporting, but not leading role in the nato mission. >> brown: then, science correspondent miles o'brien looks at the elusive search for accurate predictions of where and when earthquakes will strike. >> using japan's uniquely dense network of seismometers, researchers have created a detailed map of previous earthquakes. it is a very clear view in the rear view mirror, but not a crystal ball. >> warner: and betty ann bowser reports on the questions raised about a routine test for prostate cancer. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's very surprising where you find it. soon, computing intelligence in unexpected places will change our lives in truly profound ways. technology can provide customized experiences, tailored to individual consumer preferences, igniting a

man who terrorized libya for 42 years. celebrations erupt across the country after gaddafi is shot dead by revolutionary forces. the images are broadcast around the world. >> gaddafi has been killed at the hands of the revolutionaries. his tyrannies and dictatorships have been ended. this chapter has been closed for libya and all the world. >> what now for the international mission? nato will meet tomorrow to decide when to end its military campaign. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america. he called the rebels' "rats," but he was the one captured in a brain. gaddafi, the man who ruled libya with an iron fist, was killed by rebel fighters in his hometown of sirte. gruesome images of a bloodstained man believed to be gaddafi were shown on television. as news spread, libyans took to the streets to celebrate. this report is from tripoli, and contains graphic images of viewers may find distressing. >> it was the moment they had been fighting for so long, khaddafi critically wounded, flung into the back of a truck. jubilation among forces loyal to the new authorities, who have paid a h

hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter a little you know spacious beginnings libya's national transitional council has announced the country's liberation from the good daffy dictatorship what kind of country libya will now become is anything but clear we will be ruled under islamic law and will the rule of law prevail in the wake of gadhafi is killing and his national unity illusion with so many factions vying for power. to cross the globe is future i'm joined by daniel serwer in washington he's a professor a real lecturer at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies also in washington we have paul coring he is a foreign correspondent for the globe and mail and in new york we go to ted rall he is a journalist political cartoonist and author of the anti-american manifesto all right gentlemen this is crossfire that means you can jump in anytime you want to me very much encouraging but first what are libya's prospects moving forward well you know as you mentioned in the beginning the road ahead of libya is anything but clear and i dare say it is all because of deploy

those who champion democratic justice. people in libya today have an even greater chance of to this news of building themselves a strong and democratic future i'm proud of the role that britain has played in helping them to bring that about and i pay tribute to the bravery of the libyans who've helped to liberate their country we will help them we will work with them a long way from cameron's insistence that deathy be put on trial and t.c. fighters were even dissuaded from the shoot to kill policy agreeing in august they'll take in the law and i don't think you've got a particularly fair trial. in any case but i mean nevertheless the what is basically i guess a kind of summary execution of what may well have been a summary execution is a kind of fairly barbaric into what i believe was a very barbaric operation from the start and as a site you know this was not this was never supposed to be about regime change this night of operation but that's that's really what's been the outcome of it the backslapping has been fuelled by this gruesome footage of god that his body splashed across h

merger with libya, egypt and syria in 1972. that merger plan fell apart. a later merger attempt with tu knee is a disintegrated. wherever he went he made a point of emfa sizing his roots, sleeping in tents, protected by an eye-catching female security detail. his speeches were legendary for both length and bombast. this 2009 speech at the u.n. was typical. >> translator: we are not committed to obey the rules or resolutions of the councils with this information because it is undemocratic -- >> reporter: what was supposed to be a 15-minute talk ram balanced on more than 90 minutes. but while he sometimes appeared a clown on the world stage, his actions were often deadly. in the mid-80s he funneled money and weapons to support the palestine liberation organization's fight against israel. the irish republican army's efforts to defeat british rule in northern ireland. and he viciously targeted americans. in 1986, libyan agents were accused of bombing a berlin nightclub killing two americans and a turk. u.s. president ronald reagan responded by bombing tripoli, targeting gadhafi's house. the

in libya. we here in the united states hope it is a democratic one. that does it for us. thank you so much. breaking news coverage continues with kyra phillips. >>> thank you so much. i'm kyra phillips. >> this morning you have been following breaking news out of libya with the unconfirmed reports that the dictator moammar gadhafi is dead. >>> as you can hear, tripoli erupted in celebration with what appears to be a pretty brutal or an end to a brutal era. 42 years of terror seemingly ended just hours ago and now you're about to see a photo that is said to be gadhafi badly wounded and in custody and we warn you, it's pretty gruesome. >> all right, well, he has either badly wounded in this cell phone video or dead. it's a cell phone image obtained somehow by our colleagues at the french press agency. we'll point out that cnn can't independently confirm its authenticity. now, rebel leaders were excited, but a little coy when the news broke. this is what the information minister for libya's national transitional council said. >> as a big day, a big day for the libyan people. i think i

-- >> the man rolled with an iron fist for 42 years is killed. what does the future hold for libya? nato's mission in the country. it is 4:00 a.m. here in london, broadcasting to viewers around the world. this is "news de." -- "newsday." hello and welcome once again. jubilant crowds of taken to the streets in many parts of libya, celebrating the death of muammar gaddafi. he was found cowering in a storm drain. it was a humiliating and for the dictator who had ruled libya for 42 years. the first oft us our report. you might find some of the graphic images disturbing. >> it must have been a painful, bewildering, terrifying and for the man who had in self rule libya through fear and force for more than four decades. these pictures come a film on the mobile phones of the more men who captured him, showed a former libyan leader still alive in the ditch on the outskirts of the city. after that, we're told he was taken by ambulance to a hospital. 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 e

closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc [ gunfire ] >>> rebels in libya are celebrating the death of their former leader gadhafi today. he was attacked and killed by his own countrymen in his hometown of sirte. good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. president obama could speak at any moment. amy hollyfield joins us from fremont where she just talked to a family from libya. >> reporter: the family was proudly -- proudly has the libyan flag on display. family members stayed home from work they are too distracted, happy and overjoyed. they cannot stop watching the footage about gadhafi's death. the libyan exile didn't believe it until he saw the picture of gadhafi's bloodied body. that's when he really realized the nightmare was finally over. >> it with was a big relief. it has been overdue for 42 years. that's you know not a short time. it is a life. >> reporter: he came to the united states for college in 1974. once he graduated he wanted to return home but realized he couldn't because of gadhafi's rule. his family is still there. during his reign gadh

. >> today government of libya announced the death of moammar gadhafi. this marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of libya. who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. >> no details from the president as to exactly how gadhafi died. there are clearly many, many questions about that. i want you to take a look at that. this footage shot today in gadhafi's home town. sirte. it appears to show gadhafi in custody and still alive up against that truck. it is jumpy, hard to follow. we do see this man purportedly gadhafi, in this semi upright position. clearly under duress. quite possibly mortally wounded. the most detailed account we have thus far at cnn. detailed but unconfirmed, is that he was wound asked captured in his home town of sirte. that his captors were determined to put him in a car, drive him to misrata. there are hospitals there. and that gadhafi died in transport. and cautioned, a lot of questions here as this story comes down. dan rivers live for us now in the libyan capital of tripoli as night has fallen there

alliance's mission, libyans await a declaration of freedom. >> freedom. freedom libya. freedom libya. >> the empire shot down and fenced off. we have a special report from america's newest ghost town. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. in libya, people are still celebrating their first full day of freedom following the death of colonel gaddafi. those celebrations are set to continue over the weekend as the new government formally declares the nation liberated from 40 years of dictatorship, but the day has not been without controversy. the united nations wants an investigation into the circumstances of the duffy's death amid claims that he was executed -- the circumstances of gaddafi's death amid claims that was -- that he was executed. the report does contain some strong images. >> friday morning is usually a quiet time in misratah, but today, it was not. the defiant city fought at great cost to oust colonel gaddafi's forces earlier this year. now, the deposed dictator's body has been brought here by the fighters who captured him. the body of hi

supporters and government forces. welcome to "gmt." also on the program -- we ask what next for libya. how quickly can the country establish a stable democracy? the debate continues over how to save the eurozone. germany and france are at loggerheads. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington and 1:00 p.m. in libya where colonel gaddafi's life meant a brutal and. the national transitional council says the body of colonel gaddafi is expected to be buried in a secret location. this shows the former leader bloodied but alive after his capture in his hometown of si rte. and now there are questions being asked about what happened to colonel gaddafi after that. the interim government denied he was executed. celebrations of his death continued across libya late into the night and there have also been celebrations across north africa. but what does gaddafi's death mean for the region? we will analyze the fallout and two in in -- egypt is trying to establish a democracy. caroline is in the capital. of course, celebrations over the past 24 hours, but there are still rumors we are hearing

, the state department and overseas, we're already getting video that looks like this from libya: incredible sounds from the streets, we saw people on their knees, praying moments ago, the rebel fighters celebrating the demise of the dick at that timor that ruled with an iron fist over these people for 42 years. bill: we start to start with tripoli, david piper has been there for six weeks, reporting on all the developments and the latest developments now. david. >> reporter: well, bill, from what we're hearing from the information minister, from the national transitional council, he's going on the record to say qaddafi is dead, and libyan tv is now broadcasting a picture of someone who looks like qaddafi, blooded. the report we've got over the past hour suggest from different sources that he was wounded during the fight for sirte, his home town which has now fallen this morning and a convoy was leaving, perhaps 100 vehicles, trying to escape the city, and there are reports that there was a nato strike on that convoy, and some revolutionaries on the ground say that he was wounded

talk exclusively to the man that could take over and what it means for libya, the u.s., and the world. >> and it's also going to send a powerful message around not only the arab world but frankly to dictators everywhere about the dangers of hanging on for too long. >> this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." you're looking at dramatic video at the end of moammar gadhafi's life. the content is graphic. [ speaking foreign language] >> as you can see, it's been an extraordinary and dramatic day in libya. here's what we know. the day begins with a bloody battle. rebels finally hit the dictator's hometown of sirte. moammar gadhafi makes a run for it in a convoy and is reportedly spotted by a u.s. drone and it's fed to french air force jets. they spotted him in a ditch on the side of the road. he crawls into a drain pipe, his last desperate hiding place. they spray paint the entrance, gadhafi was here, they write. they take his golden gun as a momento. there are conflicting reports of what happened next. gadhafi is still alive, roughed up by the rebels, called a rat, he dies on

news story from libya where government officials have confirmed the death of colonel gadhafi the news comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been overrun by government forces and we have been looking at images of the fuel for the last few hours and it appears to be footage of the wounded colonel being taken captive officials say get off he had serious injuries to both his legs but the latest we've heard from the national transitional council is that the colonel has died from his wounds and one of gadhafi sons has also reportedly been killed in sirte the influential saif al islam his eldest son has reportedly been captured alive and again still details trickling through to us and while my doctor has ruled libya for nearly forty two years before he was ousted in august artie's peter all over takes a look back at the role of one of the world's most controversial leaders. hunted through the streets of his own smoldering capital a far cry from when he assumed power in a bloodless coup in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine shiling the west duffy equipped his army with sovi

celebration over the death of a dictator as libya considers life without colonel gaddafi. the toddler at the center of an outrage in china after she was run over twice and ignored by passers-by has now died in the hospital. welcome to "bbc world news." i am david eeads. the basque separatist group data calls a permanent end to its separatist activity. studies show mobile phones do not increase the risk of cancer. thanks for being with us. gaddafi is dead. celebrations have lasted through the night and across the country as libyans rejoice in their freedom. many questions remain unanswered over the death of gaddafi and questions about where he will be buried and when. humphrey now on the death of dictator. there are a graphic images in this report. >> colonel gaddafi is thought to live been in this convoy of vehicles that came under attack in a nato airstrike trying to escape from his hometown of certificati -- of sirte. he seems to have taken refuge with some of his bodyguards in a drainage tunnel. he was captured alive in a chaotic scene. some shouted,m" "we need him alive." these are t

challenges ahead for libya while people here are certainly basking in the celebration of the john sees as few of them in scenes scenes are really thinking about what that means for the future of libya because of liberation are loud and clear. it looks like a state of euphoria here but everybody is happy. you know. even though there is no formal you know law and order but are they ignoring the price paid for freedom in libya some thirty thousand civilians are said to have been killed with four thousand still missing this house was one of nato's misses a single family lost five people including children during the meeting and they told joists all governments but no one sauce who is going to rebuild my house who will compensate honest follows much of the country's infrastructure has been destroyed finding water is now a serious challenge in the capital and we don't have running supplies and try to collect what they can. have a family with six kids we would have to leave them to come here again and get water is very difficult. because they'd bombed the electric station and then rowly

prime minister moammar gadhafi. -- moammar gadhafi is dead. that's the word from libya's acting interim prime minister. we have extensive coverage for our viewers here in the united states and around the world. >> all right. wolf blitzer is in washington. i'm in atlanta. we want to welcome our international viewers around the globe. >> i'm as wfl confirmed just moments ago that gadhafi has been killed. al jazeera has given us access to video of what appears to be his body. we want to warn you the pictures are very graphic. and you can see there that this is one a video showing a bloodied body of a man believed to be gadhafi. reports of his capture and killing came soon after the rebel forces had announced that they had taken control of sirte, his hometown. the gunfire there libyans didn't wait any time for confirmation of gadhafi's death to start celebrating there in sirte. libyan rebels fired into the air as you can see a great deal of celebration there and excitement. the burst of gunfire echoing through tripoli as well as people are filling the streets. i want to bring in our

news begins anew, in libya's government reports the man who calls himself brother leader and the leaders of the revolution, colonel muammar qaddafi is dead. the latest reports on who it all went down. and there are big questions about the stockpiles of dangerous weapons said to be to libya. but there is word that some of his deadly arsenal may already be in the wrong hands. plus, we will hear from a man who says he worked for muammar qaddafi for nine years and who can offer insight into the dictator's life. that is coming up unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." i am here for shepard smith, first from fox at 3:00, the long time libyan dictator vowed he with fight to the death and, today, it appears he has. we are about do show you some graphic video of what may have been his final moments alive. officials say the dictator died after two months on the run at the hands of revolution fighters but u.s. officials have not confirmed that but these are believed images showing muammar qaddafi bloody and struggling up against the front of a truck. it is not exact cl

brave pilots have flown in libya's skies. our sailors provided support off libya's shores. and our leadership at nato has helped guide our coalition. without putting a single u.s. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives, and our nato mission will soon come to an end. >> i'm john king in washington. we'd like to welcome viewers not only here in the united states but around the world. we consider the fallout of the breaking news, death of moammar gadhafi. there are many important unanswered questions tonight, including just how did gadhafi die. did his ruthless son saif die with him? the impact on the fast changing middle east in north africa. consider this, wildly popular online, across the arab world. red xs crossing out deposed dictators of tunisia, egypt. saleh waiting his turn. after two months on the run, what we know about his final minutes. we must warn you, again, some of these images are gruesome. footage aired on al arabiya shows a wounded but live gadhafi being dragged around by his hometown by armed men. gadhafi's corpse, a gunshot wound to the side of t

, president barack obama's words to the people of libya. muammar gaddafi was trying to escape rebel forces besieging his hometown. the images which we are about to show you and our report might be disturbing. >> shortly after the announcement that sirte had falling -- had fallen, rumors circulated that gaddafi had been killed. the final downfall had come. then came the first reports that he and his sons had been killed this video is said to have been shot by a rebel on his mobile phone. it reports to show gaddafi's body although no independent confirmation is available. the new libyan government can now start rebuilding the country. >> gaddafi is dead. >> we have waited a long time for this historic moment. >> information on how the former leader was killed is sketchy. in one version, he was attempting to flee the city by vehicle heading west. his convoy came under attack. reportedly, jets were involved. the defense ministry confirmed that one of the planes had stopped his convoy. the end conformed reports say that his attempt was to hide in these water pipes but died from wounds received

going back to our breaking news story from libya where government officials say colonel gadhafi has been killed well the news comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been overrun by government forces although let's have a look at some pictures now this is in sirte where government forces are celebrating officials first said gadhafi had been taken alive with serious injuries to both his legs well the latest that we're hearing from the national transitional council is that the colonel has died from his wounds one of get off the sons has also reportedly been killed in syria and the m.d.c. had said that the fall of sirte would spell the liberation of libya after nine months of civil war let's get some more analysis from base political scientist dr not. dr hashmi we've been looking at footage of a man who appears to be colonel gadhafi but how long do you think it will take to actually confirm that he's been killed that would erase any doubt. well from what we see right now i mean it's definitely the gadhafi and we see him dead now first of all let me congratulate the libyans fo

>>> this morning, celebrations in the streets of libya as a violent dictator meets a violent end. good morning, everybody. thanks for being with us. i'm mara tellez. >> i'm jon kelley. this morning, moammar gadhafi, one of the longest serving dictators in the world is now dead, killed in his hometown after months in hiding. >> the news confirmed by libya's prime minister is changing the landscape of the country and impacting politics throughout the world. we are waiting for a special report any minute from the nation's capital, but first, nbc bay area's steve handles it man is live in washington, d.c. this morning with the latest on the capture and death of gadhafi. >> marla, and jon. good day to you. here in washington, any moment now, president obama will come out into the rose garden at the white house, no doubt to not only confirm that the u.s. government now officially is saying that moammar gadhafi is dead, but to comment on it because in the view of many worldwide, the dictator is gone because of what barack obama did, and there's satisfaction here in washington today beca

captured a couple of times. >> in the words of libya's prime minister, no hesitation. only we have been waiting for this moment for a long time. for more, let's bring in two experts on the region. with us one of the world's most distinguished war correspond epts, janine digiovanni. joining us from paris and the "new york times" columnist nick christoff. good afternoon to both of you. nick, a 42-year dictatorship broad to a bloody end. were you surprised at how gadhafi met his fate? >> well, it looked for a while as he might indeed be in sirte and seen that it was going to fall at some point. so in that sense it seemed more a matter of time, but it certainly is -- nobody wants to see his grave or anybody's grave, but it's a relief to everybody who has watched everything unfold. >> you watched the visit to libya and you describe a country haunted by the ghosts of gadhafi's reign of terror. is the widespread celebration a mark of how he terrorized his people? >> reporter: martin, i think we have to remember for 40 years, people were deeply traumatized by gadhafi. they lived in a world

discovered two bullet holes in the colonel's body elections and out due to be held in libya within eight months followed by the formation of a new government or the drafting of a constitution however the post khadafi future looks on. making tribal divisions emerge among libyans once united in revolution and then this nato which is winding down its military intervention on its members rushed to secure lucrative oil deals with the new libyan authorities any tsunamis in tripoli. not so long ago it was handshakes and hugs now it's his head. and his family and a lot of tales to tell about just foreign involvements and the fact that though he was always been treated as a great goal he also played a lot of fun c.n.n. keeping with the western. graphic gruesome footage of goods after he went viral as news of his death spread after months of being number one nato hit list five hundred a banner humanitarian mission oh we came we saw he died. i mean you can do directly or visit. libya's and t.c. claims he was killed in crossfire but edited livio begs to differ that show here clearly wiping one from

colonel's body elections analogy to be held in libya within eight months followed by the formation of a new government in the drafting of a constitution for the post gadhafi future looks uncertain as ethnic and tribal divisions among libyans once united in revolution. and then there's nato which is winding down its military intervention while its members rush to secure lucrative oil deals with the new media. is in tripoli with. not so long ago it was handshakes and hugs now it's his head. and his family and a lot of tales to tell about foreign involvements and fact that though he was always portrayed as a great guy who you also played a lot of banking with the western powers. graphic gruesome footage of gadhafi went viral as news of his death spread after months of being number one on nato is hit list under the banner humanitarian mission. we came we saw he died. have anything to do with your visit. libya's and t.c. claims he was killed in crossfire but edited video begs to differ shown here clearly wiping blunt from his head then clearly dead look at the footage shown on t.v. proves th

minutes. he will reference reports that the white house has heard from officials in libya about the fact that gadhafi has been killed. he will also reference the fact that they have been in contact with source there is on the ground. they are diplomatic sources and they have confidence in the reporting they are geting for libya. the white house proceeded with an abundance of caution. they didn't want to make a comment until they knew 100% the reports that gadhafi had been killed were accurate. the reason is if you remember back to this summer when tripoli had fallen, we had gotten a number of reports that gadhafi's sons had been captured or killed and several hours later we learned that that wasn't the case. the white house really proceeding with an abundance of caution this morning. vice president joe biden just spoke about the possibility that gadhafi had been killed. he did not confirm the death. here's what he had to say a short while ago in new hampshire. take a listen. >> one way or another he's gone. whether he is is a live or dead, he's gone. the people of libya have gotten rid o

that throughout africa but you notice it in libya, one of the first examples where china got their own people out of the country, so many chinese people when the revolution began. thanks so much for joining us. tomorrow, bull we will talk about the 999 plan, herman cain going to defend it tomorrow morning, going to break it down and also going to pakistan. we met some young men there who could >>> tonight, the final moments of a desperate dictator. what really happened? the amazing inside story of how they finally got moammar gadhafi hiding in a sewer pipe. killed in a ferocious and bloody fight. up to 42 brutal years in power. in the end, the bloody dictator was stripped of his golden gun by one of the men that he had labeled brats. we'll talk exclusively to the man that could take over and what it means for libya, the u.s., and the world. >> and it's also going to send a powerful message around not only the arab world but frankly to dictators everywhere about the dangers of hanging on for too long. >> this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." you're looking at dramatic

-time dictator, moammar gadhafi, is sparking celebration across libya tonight. but the nation now faces a challenge of setting up a new democratic government. >>> the national transitional council or ntc is conducting dna tests to confirm his death, in the capital, tripoli, the atmosphere was jubilant. large crowds were expected to celebrate the end of gadhafi's 42-year rule. >> translator: i can't find words to express my happiness. we finally got rid of our dictator. and now, libya is a free country. >> ntc chairman is due to declare the nation fully liberated on saturday. he's also expected to pledge the early launch of a new interim government. however, the ruling council is already marred by deep divisions and rivalries between islamic and secular groups. the transition to democracy is likely to be a major hurdle for the new libya, which under gadhafi had neither a constitution nor a parliament. for more on the situation in libya, we spoke earlier with a senior member of the national transitional council in tripoli. our first question focused on the controversy over gadhafi's

. . the u.n. security council voted unanimously to lift the no fly zone over libya effectively meaning to and nato operations there nato has been operating all this time under the u.n. security council mandate for march now with russia's initiative the council has voted to and that mandate and complete nato operations by the end of october as we heard from marcia's and voyage to the united nations and nato is expected to fully comply with the resolution we expect the nato council to act in accordance with this decision of the security council of the united nations and to suspend its operation at midnight. so we're told that indeed a new chapter is being opened in libya. and the libyan people will be able to take advantage of the new situation to build a new libya they desire the vote comes at a time when the head of libya's transitional government asks nato to prolong its air missions through this ember and add military advisers on the ground the nato ministers had been scheduled to meet on wednesday in brussels to finalize the termination date of the operations but they abrupt