that may be much bigger. what we see, the last three, four, five years is that there is emerged between the jihadi radical world and between the criminal world. lots of jihadists meet with criminals in prison. prison. i think with these young people it s like a mental detonation mechanism. so some of them are hard core jihadists socialized in this branch of islam since they were young. but some of them are not that muslim at all. that appears to be the case for the man who operated this bar. ibrahim abdeslam was known as a petty criminal here. the bar he ran shut down just a week before the paris attacks because of drugs and other illicit activity. family fraends say his involvement in radical islam came as a shock.
just one of the bizarre twists in the case now known as the west memphis three and it s not over yet. we have 30 seconds. you tell us you are ready for us to have this conversation. why congresswoman maxine waters is ready to unleash on the president and why the president s new promise to promote diversity has anything to do with her comments. we ask. camera three. it is right here, right now on cnn. good evening, we start with breaking news out of libya tonight. rebel forces say they have begun their offensive on the capital. the libyan government denies it. moammar gadhafi went on tv tonight to rally supporters and urge them to fight. straight now to senior international correspondent matthew chance who is joining us from tripoli. what s the latest? reporter: it got a lot quieter outside over the past hour or so, don. we have been hearing these intensive burst of gun fire, clashes between these rebels and the armed forces, the gadhafi loyalists that have been