to be gadhafi. reports of his capture and killing came soon after the rebel forces had announced that they had taken control of sirte, his hometown. the gunfire there libyans didn t wait any time for confirmation of gadhafi s death to start celebrating there in sirte. libyan rebels fired into the air as you can see a great deal of celebration there and excitement. the burst of gunfire echoing through tripoli as well as people are filling the streets. i want to bring in our own barbara starr who s live at the pentagon for the latest there. barbara, give us a sense of what we know. what the u.s. role was in this as well as nato. we ve been talking earlier this morning there was a nato air strike on a convoy moving around sirte. at the time the nato officials said they had no reason to believe gadhafi was inside. now they are looking at that possibility that this all began when he was in a convoy moving around the city of sirte. we will find out in the coming hours more detail
democracy a new government and start )billing this country. there is of course, rebuilding this country. there is of course, one more gadhafi stronghold, two hours drive down south from here holding out perhaps they will be moving the guns to take that place on. once that is cleared, libya will be in effect, liberated. heather: you have followed this from the beginning, thank you so much for your coverage.ç gregg: the country is mourning the passing of one of the greatest innovators of all time. new warning the united states might be losing other great minds. is there a brain drain in america? heather: incredible video this is a shootout in houston guns blazing at a gas station workers fight itç out with the suspects. dramatic conclusion, coming up. make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken,
they ve taken the convention center, which was gadhafi s strong hold, a command and control center. also, they took the university, which is also used in that capacity it now there seems to be just a few more strong holds. gadhafi s palace in the center green square where there s heavy fighting at this time. also concerns about civilians perhaps thousands remain inside sirte. the revolution command says they are trying to take care of them as much as possible. at this time, it does seem we are moving into an end game. heather: isç that what happens next? what happens next an end game? reporter: if they take sirte, libya s new transitional authority says they will declare libya liberated. that means they ve got control of all the major ports. they will push towards
another straw poll victory. the president the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. i don t believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is there some are there some elements of racism? yes. it gets back to if we don t grow this economy, that is a ripple effect for every economic level and because blacks are more disproportionately unemployed they get hit the worse when economic policies don t work. that s where it starts. grow this economy and it s going to help everybody to get jobs and get back into the work force. cain and his rival republican candidate hold a debate at dar mouth college in new hampshire on tuesday. the voices
heart of the town and they are expanding and digging in because they re still facing some fierce resistance from gadhafi s followers there. one of the rebel commanders said they made the push now because they re concerned that many of the families of the fighters, many from misa at that from making town are still there hiding in basements and they really want to get those people out before they get hurt. also there has been some message s intercepted in sirte, rebel commander said, which allegedly came from senior figures in the gadhafi regime. they didn t say who they were, but there were reports earlier in the week that one of gadhafi s sons had been sighted in that town. 90 miles southeast of here, there has been fighting, but they haven t been able to break their way into that gadhafi