libya. we had not seen moammar gadhafi in 12 days until he reappeared couple hours after this show yesterday, thursday, libya time. we saw this video of him released to state tv what is the reaction in tripoli to the video? >> reporter: the hotel that i'm standing in right now, libyan authorities told us he came into the hotel where the entire press corps is staying and came to out without any of us seeing him. you know, obviously, we are asking a lot of questions why weren't we there, if he wanted to prove this happened, but i don't really feel we were their target audience. as far as they are concerned, they proved to the libyan people, the pro-gadhafi libyan people that he is still alive and that is really the most important thing for them. and you know, i was listen when that involves a being shown on state tv and we can hear the cheers coming up from the government officials and minders in the lobby, so as far as that concerned, it seems to be quite