you are our brothers. so don't be afraid. you will be safe. we will carry you for any place you want. >> nic, from your vantage point in tripoli, what impact is all this having on the people around gadhafi, on his forces, can you tell? >> reporter: as much as we can tell, it really is an opaque system, it's very hard to penetrate here. those around him are still loyal to him. the circle around him is a pretty tight circle. the military offices that we talked to today essentially said that they were in support of him. but i don't think we would get anyone on camera or even away from camera these days to tell us that they would like to see him overthrown. i think for me today, perhaps