don t want the salmon in there marinating for too long. but stock it with lots of water. plenty of canned food. the nonperishable stuff for sure. you ll need it when the power goes out. and it will go out. stay with abc news all day long, as we follow hurricane irene. look for more live coverage on america this morning and extensive reporting on good morning america. and now, we turn to libya, where rebels are moving their interim government in to tripoli, where there s still heavy fighting this morning. in a new audio message, a defiant moammar gadhafi is urging supporters to not let tripoli fall into the hands of those he calls the rats. abc s john hendren has the latest. good morning, john. reporter: as rebels continue to seek the location of moammar gadhafi, we got a look at the tunnels beneath his compound. and a look at around intriguing obsession with an american official. if moammar gadhafi escaped his compound, he most certainly left through here. a labyrinth o
the outside world. nobody can come in here. but now, we are free. we can do everything. reporter: reuters reports, intense battles continue between about a thousand rebels surrounding ten buildings filled with gadhafi loyalists, possibly even gadhafi himself. libyans ransacking the leader s compound made a surprising discovery in one of the buildings. a photo album, with an apparent obsession of former u.s. secretary of state condoleezza rice. it doesn t surprise me. it s deeply bizarre and deeply creepy. reporter: perhaps gadhafi did escape. here he is in his latest television appearance, saying libya is yours. calling the rebels foreigners and traitors. the state department believes that gadhafi s nuclear and chemical materials are secure. the biggest threat, they say, are portable anti-aircraft weapons. those could end up on the black market. rob and tanya? john hendren, thank you. now, a major development this morning from japan where the prime minister announced he
threatening hurricane. look for more live reporting on america this morning, abc s sam champion leads our coverage on good morning america. switching gears a little bit now. a defiant moammar gadhafi has issued a new audio message urging his supporters to destroy the rebels he calls, quote, the rats. a spokesman insists gadhafi is safely in hiding and still firmly in charge of his forces. the leader continues to elude the rebels. they believe he got away using an elaborate series of tunnels underneath his compound in tripoli. corrections offifirs in florida say casey anthony has begun her one-year probation for check fraud. they say she was polite and cooperative during a meeting with her probation officer and promised to meet all the conditions they set for her. as for where she is serving her probation, that will stay secret because of death threats being made against her. in western new york, a police helicopter pulled off a dramatic rescue of a construction crew. the work
death trap as moammar gadhafi is nowhere to be found. what is the next chapter? what happens next, andrea. finding the fugitive gadhafi. finding him because he remains a symbol for the final resistors. asserting civilian control. the rebel leaders are trying to head to tripoli to put their stamp on the capital city. it s an important symbolic moment. the u.n. and u.s. treasury. as we found in 2006 when there was a brief moment, i was there with bill richardson, the envoy. they were trying to rip the sanctions to spur a possible reengagement. it s difficult. once they are in place, legally it s very difficult to take the steps, to agree to release
we missed out on so much. it s something we ve all been dreaming of forever. and the sexual assault case that made headlines everywhere. and dominique strauss-khan is free. this case was treated as a time when it was not. and more of my exclusive interview with jon huntsman, the only presidential candidate that can do this. [ speaking foreign language ] this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. an extraordinary day of news around the world. in this country, an earthquake stuns millions up and down the east coast. and new york cell service, airports, and train travel disrupted. on the other side of the world, libya, rebels stormed gadhafi s compound. the question remains, who will rule the new libya? and my exclusive interview with the attorneys of dominique strauss-khan. they talk about my client and his family. and how he felt about what they call a nightmare. i start with wolf blitzer, covering the earthquake and the breaking news in libya. wolf. today s mag