gadhafi's sons on state television urging people to join what he called a jihad against the infidels invasion of the country. this is the rhetoric being used here. so it's not surprising to hear the government is portraying civilian casualties in these strikes. >> where are you now, nic? are you out on the street? >> reporter: we are in the presidential -- moammar gadhafi's palace compound. it's a network of rings upon rings upon rings of security that's very, very large paul as compound area. there was an expectation moammar gadhafi would come and talk to people here, but i can see the crowds are drifting away and that idea certainly seems to have gone away. perhaps the reason that people are leaving is because they're hearing moammar gadhafi won't be coming and perhaps the reason may be we're hearing about these