the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. we ll share some of those stories throughout the morning. let s get right to our poppy harleararlo harlow, though. she is at holmes apartment, at that apartment complex for us this morning. poppy, what is the activity taking place there this hour? reporter: good morning, randi. it s really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex, that is james holmes apartment on the third floor. i want to play you some video now that we just shot. what i can tell you is that the denver bomb squad has arrived in the past half hour. the arapahoe county bomb squad, as well as the adams county bomb squad, all local here around denver, just arrived, as well as atf. i just spoke with one of the atf members. we re going to the try to get someone on camera right after this. they have just arrived as well, so they re preparing to assess th
what they was a taped message from the dictator. in it he vowed martyrdom or victory. he said the repeat from his compound was in his words a tactical move. his spokesman promising to turn libya into volcanics and fire. he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all happen. reporter: we re having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it s getting it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go all the way into the compound. it s definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let s go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we re seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we ve got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. c
he said the retreat from his compound was a tactical move. just breaking right now over the computer wires, we re seeing from reuters, mousi ibrahim, the government spokesperson, who was in the hotel with other journalists, but fled yesterday. he is saying to reuters, now the mission is to just liberate tripoli gradually, our men are assuring me, it will only get easier them are trying to turn libya into the next iraq. central tripoli under the influence of gangs. they have been using them to describe the opposition fighters. clashes this morning in tripoli. some of our men died, but for the rebel side, tens died. 65 just from this morning. our armed forces will regain control of the area. he claims nato is trying to terrorize and occupy the country. he has been backing up gadhafi s statements, basically many of them outright lies for a long time, saying all of these opposition fighters were influenced by drugs, all high, young people, that they were on some sort of pharmaceu
or victory. the words he said were it was a tactical move. he also claims that tribes, loyal to gadhafi are making their way toward tripoli to liberate the city. that claim has been made before. at the gadhafi compound as the sun went down, there was new fighting. loyalists, gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. sara sidner was there when it all happened. let s go. come on, sara. come on, sara. having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside o the compound. it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go into the compound. there s definitely from the outside of the compound firing towards us. [ gunfire ] just got a gunfire incoming over our head. it s behind you. we re seeing the tracers and hitting the water tank and the area. we got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. contrast that with scenes from earlier today as fighters poured in firing shots in celebration c
in it he vowed martyrdom or victory. he said the repeat from his compound was in his words a tactical move. his spokesman promising to turn libya into volcanics and fire. he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all. reporter: we re having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it s getting it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go all the way into the compound. it s definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let s go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we re seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we ve got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. contrast that from earlier scenes this evening as fighter