prominent figures, like lawyers, doctors, activists, they call themselves a transitional government and they too at this point appear to have the same objective. the main objective of the national council, it is the main objective of the libyan people, it is that of gadhafi and his regime. reporter: with the rebels pushing west, gaining momentum in territory, a libya without gadhafi appears more likely by the day, whether democracy will follow is far from clear. libya has long been a patch work of tribes in rival sects, kept largely in tact in view of gadhafi s auto cat regime. two of the opposition s leaders have already criticized each other. the difference is normal. this is what we like. for 42 years we have unified
that the president may have signed a secret order, a secret finding authorizing covert action to assist the rebels who are fighting gadhafi s forces. if in fact that s true, and we re checking it out, as you know, brooke, if in fact that s true i wonder how the nato allies, some of them the more concerned nato allies are going to respond, germany and turkey, for example. the former nato supreme allied commander general jalwan is here and also senator lindsey graham, one of the top republicans on the armed services committee. he s got strong views about what s going on in libya. lots of what s going on in libya. and according to this report the president signed this two, maybe three weeks ago. look for that on the situation room. and you know how we were talking, got on the subject of snowboarding, you don t snowboard and ski and just really like to walk. yes. apparently our friends, i guess they are our friends over at jibjab, jibjabbers who do
to talk about what happened. reporter: moammar gadhafi s loyalists taking her away despite the cries for help. translator: i m not afraid of gadhafi. if i were to see his face, i would strangle him. reporter: like much of the world, isha ibadi saw her daughter on television. translator: i could not eat or sleep. reporter: this is where she raised her family. in a two-story home in the coastal town of tibrik. this was college graduation day. she studies law in tripoli. she went there to have a better life with dreams of having a
striking development in the libya crisis today. reuters reporting he had aid to the rebels fighting gadhafi. britain saying that he has shown up in london say nounsing he s resigned and libya s rebels have been in full retreat over the past 48 hours. they are being pressed very, very hard right now by gadhafi s forces. a lot of discuss with republican senator lindsay graham of south carolina. he s a key member of the armed services committee. he s just emerged from a briefing, a closed-door briefing that top obama administration officials had on what s going on. let s go through the points, senator. a lot to digest. first, the report that the u.s. is now secretly aiding rebels. what can you tell us about this? well, if it s true, it s a secret from me. fwu idea of aiding the rebels pleases me. providing arms is something i m
woman. family held a vigil in front of the town mosque. a message to the regime that ibadi s honor is unbroken and so is the call for justice against gadhafi and the regime. translator: when we go all the way to tripoli, we will cut his head off and bring it here. reporter: reza sayah, tripoli. the turmoil in the middle east. the crisis in japan and concerns about nuclear safety. events overseas are raising questions about future energy needs here at home. we are waiting for a speech by president obama. he will raise for one-third oil production. he wants to increase the amount of clean energy to 80%.