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
since 2001, they re getting extending these tax breaks that they have given to millionaires and billionaires, and i guarantee you i always talk about what people say when the camera lights are off. you talk to most republicans, most republicans, most republicans, conservatives will tell you, yeah, tax cuts for the millionaireless over a couple years, it s mott going to create meet the press yesterday, john kerry as well. here is the republican leader saying the deal can be done. we keep kind of doing the same thing over and over and over again, voting once again on the tax issue, it could have been dealt with at any point during the course of the year. here we are at the end of the year. i think it s pretty clear now taxes are not going up on anybody in the middle of this recession. where are we? are you close to a deal with the president on taxes? let s put it this way. we ve had more conversations in
tube, it will be cooler as they make their way up. the mines in america, you get down there, it s 55, 60 degrees. it s not cold down where they are. they re closer to the center of the earth. they re down by the magma almost so they re in the 80, 90-degree air. as it goes up it will get better and better. the shades on. that s important too because even if it s in the evening, nighttime in chile, you still don t want that difference in light and camera lights or whatever else is going on. i would be surprise fundamental they didn t limit the number of camera lights as they come out. appreciate it. thank you. you can get in there. no. back in a moment.
the rest of the worlds to watch this unprecedented rescue hopefully take place and take place very successful, shepard. as we are down here right now we can see families holding flags and people have come in literally from countries all across south america to basically hold vigil with some of these families. right now there is bonfires and people are watching and waiting and very hopeful. at the same time, it s very tense, shepard. shepard: i have been watching from i would call it a high cam or spy cam. do we have the night tent city there. i want to show the viewers this full screen if we could. picture of this media camp building over the past weeks or months. and adam, it just looks like a series of little pop-up tents and camera lights underneath. my understanding as many as a thousand of you are there? yeah. you know, we have seen some massive media presence before, shepard, on some of the stories we have covered from wars to michael jackson. it s a situation like that.
happened yesterday is your question, ed. there are 37 states around this country that have said we should leave it to the tenth amendment. those powers not specifically delineated in the constitution we should allow that power and abilities to the state. i think it has never, ever been attempted by a congress, democrat or republican, to say an american has to purchase a particular goodened service. that has never happened. you think they withstand the legal test here? i do. i read the constitution again this afternoon. i don t see anywhere in the constitution this government and our founders specifically called on americans to particularly guy a gooder service. jennifer, is this whining politics or going to play in a lot of places? i think actually here is where ron, i agree that there s a point that is going to elongate this debate. more than the repeal process. more than what s going to happen. excuse me. my eyes are watering with these camera lights. more than what we re goi