a.m. in london, 4:00 p.m. in hong kong. hello, i m andrew stevens. i m charles hodson, you re watching cnn s continuing coverage of the uprising in libya. history is unfolding today in libya as colonel moammar gadhafi s 42-year grip on power appears to be coming to an end. here now the latest. anti-gadhafi forces say they re in control of most parts of tripoli. the rebels caution there are still some pockets of resistance in the capital. colonel gadhafi s own whereabouts are unknown now, but there have been sporadic gunfire and explosions near his al aziz la compound in tripoli. rebels say they have now capt e captured three of gadhafi s surviving sons. prosecutors for the international criminal court say they hope to put saif gadhafi on trial, but a spokesman said the libyan people should decide whether to handover the sons to the icc. we ve been able to speak with some libyans who say they are ready for change. one young woman says the country has been put through 42 ye
awaken to elton john, first singing and then delivering a message of personal thanks. rupert murdoch built a media empire on the power of selling a scandal but now it s his mighty news corporation that is under siege from london to washington. a prominent u.s. senator jay rockefeller wants to know if u.s. citizens fell victim to sleazy or illegal news gathering so he is calling for an investigation amid reports that victims of the 9/11 attacks are among the nearly 4,000 people who had their phones hacked. the outrage is crushing. over the past week, the media giant has lost nearly $7 billion in market value. and the political damage is mounting. today, britain s prime minister meets with the family of a murdered little girl after a murdoch newspaper allegedly hacked her cell phone to gain an edge on that story. actor hugh grant who is both a vocal critic of murdoch and a frequent target of him explains why all of us in the u.s. should even care. rupert murdoch does own an
the jewelry district, and it s popularly known as the diamond district. it s made up as narrow lanes and alley ways, and usually very, very crowded. especially at rush hour. and at the scene right now, there are lots of police personnel over here, and lots of journalis journalists, and curious on lookers. the police are trying to clear the area and get everybody away. we have seen shattered glass on the ground. and the police have covered some cars at the moment, and a few are addressing the journalists at the moment. it s a chaotic scene. can you walk us through the targeted areas and give us a brief idea of why those areas are so significant? reporter: sure. all three areas are really crowded, congested areas. let me tell you about the first area in the north which is the area of sadr. it s very close to an important railway station. remember, mumbai is a city that defends on its workforce. you have millions of people who commute into the city on local trains every sing
this has an impact on every american who has travel plans into europe. we got the story cover for you like no other network from both sides of the pond. nic robertson with more. first, though, we go to homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve live for us in washington. just explain the latest news and also what they re telling people to do about it. kiran and ali, the mistake is not telling them don t go to europe, it is urging them to take caution. u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling. it was issued in response, of course, to the high volume of intelligence about possible terror attacks in europe including information that al qaeda and its affiliates may be planning synchronized attacks against multiple targets like those in mumbai. although officials do not have specific information about the timing, mode, or location of possible attacks.
heard reports not long ago that al-qaeda was going to target ow ow they were looking to target sort of a left, you know, news worth less news worthy sites, that they were going to stress smaller target, maybe with more frequency, not make such a big al-qaeda footprint, if you will, with sort of all the bells and whistles but be more narrow in their approach. is this part of that? absolutely. in fact we had heard from intelligence officials earlier this week that they v vnoted a marked change in strategy, that al-qaeda is not going for the big spectacular attacks of taking down a world trade center. they have opted now because it s become more difficult to move around and to carry out those kind of spectacular attacks which they were attracted to a decade ago, they are now moving towards the low impact use of low technology like they did in india with those attacks. they saw how they crippled india and mumbai for, you know, quite some time, using just simple low level