even get back to it. it s moving probably 8, 10 miles an hour across the ground. so, you know, god help us. that s all. that s all we can do right now. [ sirens ] a whole different story in the east. remnants of tropical storm lee sweeping through the area. the storm left one person dead in mississippi, knocking out power to thousands all across the south. stocks deep in the red. the dow fell more than 250 points just after the opening bell. right now still hanging down. new concerns about europe s debt cries and the global economy weighing on investors. u.s. stocks plunged friday after a disappointing report showed no growth in jobs in august. two convoys of libyans allegedly loyal to gadhafi have fled to niger. a source says six high-ranking libyan officials were in one of those convoys. still no sign of gadhafi themselves. nato officials say it s to keep the libyan people safe an not to target the regime leaders. it s the first dahl day of the new job for general pet
commander in charge of this. not clear at this moment which one in particular, over the way that would be an extremely heavy blow to gadhafi. no doubt another nail very much in what looks like is going to be his definitive coffin this very night. increasingly so as we hear the rebels are two miles from the center of the city. overrunning it now. we are hearing from the al-jazeera news network that the personal security brigade in charge of gadhafi s security has surrendered to the rebels. that means the people protecting gadhafi have surrendered. where does that leave gadhafi himself? we don t know. we were speaking to one of the rebel leaders likian rebel in tunisia said the rebels got word in the early hours of friday morning a 15 car convoy of land cruisers crossed the border in the south of tunisia.
make libya into a country where al qaeda could gain a foothold would be to to right a long-term stalemate of a civil war. so the best way to keep al qaeda out is for gadhafi to go and the libyan people to have a an to ectthr ngornnt eemfihts, the opposition to gadhafi have chosen to lead them and they re very reputable and i think trustworthy people. do we know everything about everybody in the opposition to gadhafi, no, we don t. but i thought that secretary clinton was right to the point just now when she said, we don t have any evidence of al qaeda or such groups actively being involved in the opposition of libya. and i tell you, my feeling is gadhafi s got to go and there s only one alternative to gadhafi, that s the opposition, the free libya movement. and it is that group that we should be supporting right now,
we ll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, march 4th. speaker john boehner going there on entitlements saying he is willing to take the political hit to reform those big dollar programs. and rahm emanuel meets face to face with the man behind the really, really fake rahm twitter handle. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. moammar gadhafi s regime is expected to face a key test today as opposition leaders call for mass protests in tripoli following friday prays. ahead of the demonstrations there are reports that secret police loyal to gadhafi have swept through the capital arresting hundreds of protesters. there is also word that libyan warplanes are bombing a military base held by rebels in an eastern town. for the first time president obama is publicly calling on