and two of gadhafi supporters on the streets of tripoli, and watching from afar, exiled opposition leaders hoping for gadhafi s downfall. we hope that this sacrifice, and this courage and bravery that they showed in facing mercenaries and gadhafi security forces, these sacrifices will lead will path the road for freedom for our people and proclaiming our country from this tyrant regime. i have no doubt about this. reporter: despite internet services down in much of the country saturday, uploaded pictures, reportedly from two towns in the benghazi area, show these two bodies. they are foreign mercenaries brought in to fight for one of
being held in a hotel by gadhafi supporters. these journalists are being held against their will, and earlier today there was reports of some gunfire around the hotel, but we haven t heard any specific information of shooting in the hotel complex itself. richard engle, nbc news in green square, libya. because of issues going on this morning in libya, we had richard file that report earlier. the breaking news we got at the top of the hour, the juournaliss have been freed. experts say aftershocks are possible after the biggest earthquake to hit the northeast in 67 years. it rattled nerves all up and down the east coast. the 5.8 quake affected a lot of people from virginia to new york and the closing of ten nuclear plants. in virginia, a startling ripple effect radiating across 28 states. those who felt it startled
over, ransacked by rebels. today they were just picking through, taking away furniture and whatever else they could find from within gadhafi s compound, but on the streets no one is really in charge. rebels are setting up checkpoints, but they are also firing in the air and looking for gadhafi loyalists. and whenever they find them, or whenever they think they find them, the rebels start firing, and often there have been exchanges of gunfire between rebel factions. it is a very chaotic and to a degree very dangerous situation on the ground. gadhafi, while his whereabouts remain unknown, he released an audio statement with a voice that sounded like gadhafi, difficult to authenticate these kinds of audio recordings, the voice called on gadhafi supporters to come out into the streets, to fight against the rebels, the saboteurs. by them he s clearly referring
you up to speed for monday, march 7th. moammar gadhafi says that the african union will investigate reports that he is killing his own people. in a new interview with french tv gadhafi says the investigation will show that such claims are, the question, 100% lies. he blames libya s violence on al qaeda. gadhafi s jets bombed rebels holding the town of ras lanu and bin jawad. mao this is youtube video where rebels say they turned back gadhafi supporters in misrata. ban ki-moon is the former foreign minister. he ll go to tripoli for what the u.n. calls urgent consultations. and defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan today to gauge progress in the war and try to calm anger at the united