heading home for christmas. ka muammar al-qaddafi handed over abdel basset al-megrahi for trial. he was convicted. but two co-defendants were acquitted. qaddafi admitted responsibility but not guilt. and the families received $2.7 billion in compensation. the national transitional council, which rules libya, has said it would work with the scottish government over the possible involvement of others in the attack. abdel basset al-megrahi was 60 years old. there has been plenty of controversy. for some, this will close a partial chapter. reporter: partially. thank you, steve. [cheering] after weeks of uncertainty and years of imprisonment in china, blind activist chen guangcheng has arrived in the u.s. he sought refuge in the embass nebeijing. he has been jailed and under house arrest for protesting forced abortions in china.
that he would pull all of his troops out 2 years earlier than expected. a short while ago, the nato secretary general tried to downplay, saying, look, france will still be contributing to the mission, whether it s with supplies or other things, even if their troops are leaving 2 years before president obama and the allies want to see that. in addition to that tension, obviously, the other big issue, hanging over nato sumit and the g-8 summit yesterday at camp david, the european debt crisis is not just weighing down europe, it s weighing on the u.s. economy a bit. the president, to give you an idea of how intense the discussion was, we are told by an aide, the president was leading the discussion and it went an hour and 20 minutes longer than expected. then he had a surprise one on one with german chancellor. the significance there, obviously, she s been pushing for tough austerity measures to help europe dig out of the crisis. meanwhile, other leaders like the french preside
killing all on board and 11 people on the ground in lockerbie, scotland. it was one of the deadliest terror attacks in modern history. many of the passengers were american, many of them college students. muammar al-qaddafi gave him over for trial. two co-defendants were acquitted. qaddafi normalized international relations after he was handed over. abdel basset al-megrahi was a libyan intelligence agent in qaddafi s rule. and the national transitional council, which rules libya says it will work with the scottish government over the possible involvement of others in the attack, as they scramble to distance themselves from the bombing. eric: thank you. as you heard in steve s report, the death bringing back memories for the families of those who were killed on pan am flight 103 bert amerman will join us with his outspoken view, later on in this program. jamie: another story that is developing this hour. take a look at the live pictures. these are the streets of chicago, wh
washington. we begin with ed henry, traveling with the president, live in chicago. hi,ing ed. reporter: obviously, as you say, the city on high alert, already because of a terror threat, et cetera. but the president s got other major international security issues on his mind at this hour. he will be sitting down for a one on one with hamidkarzai of afghanistan, a critical too many in the relationship and the afghan mission, which has been frayed, part of the alliance has been frayed. but given the high-from file incidents like the unintentionally burning of the koran, some months ago, that enflamed the situation. there are a lotted of big issues on the table right now, as well as the fact that the new french president had a campaign promise that he would pull all of his troops out 2 years earlier than expected. a short while ago, the nato secretary general tried to downplay, saying, look, france will still be contributing to the mission, whether it s with supplies or other
from jail in scotland, only to receive the hero s welcome in libya. this caused heartache and outrage. the brother of one man who died in that crash, reacted this way. i m very pleased. you were talking to me back in 2009, when he was released by the scottish government, that was the most angry i have been in this 24-year saga. no matter what we do, no matter what the families receive in compensation, it will never compensate for the loss and the way that these innocent people had their lives taken away from them. reporter: that flight went down in december of 1988, killing all on board and 11 people on the ground in lockerbie, scotland. it was one of the deadliest terror attacks in modern history. many of the passengers were american, many of them college students. muammar al-qaddafi gave him over for trial. two co-defendants were acquitted. qaddafi normalized international relations after he was handed over. abdel basset al-megrahi was a libyan intelligence agent in qad