minutes of moammar gadhafi s life. libya s rebel government said the former dictator was cornered by insurgents in his hometown of sirte and shot and killed. word of his death triggered jubilant celebrations in the streets of tripoli. reporter: and caution at the white house. we are under no illusions. libya will travel a long, winding road to full democracy. there will be difficult days ahead. reporter: gadhafi seized power in libya in 1969 and soon became one of the world s most fervent anti-americans. a ruthless dictator at home, gadhafi funneled oil revenues to terrorists. his agents targeted a berlin disco popular with american soldiers. president reagan ordered an air strike on gadhafi s compound. two years later, gadhafi retaliated by blowing up pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. 190 americans were among those killed.
libyan americans gathered to mark the death of gadhafi. pictures right there. they waved the libyan flag, danced and chanted, no more fears, no more tears after more than 40 years. with more on the death of the libyan leader, here is abc s christiane amanpour. reporter: gadhafi s final hours began when revolutionary fighters stormed his last stronghold sirte. soon after, a convoy of 80 vehicles was seen fleeing the town. when from the sky nato attacked. the french and the u.s., are both claiming to have fired on a convoy but could not say it was gadhafi s. at first, the bbc s gabrielle gatehouse reporting from sirte said that he heard the rebels had found the former dictator hiding in a drainpipe. they say they discovered him here just before 12:00 they pulled him out of the hole. and one fighter told me, that moammar gadhafi said to him, what did i do to you? reporter: another report
greta: fox news alert. colonel gadhafi is not in the custody of libyan rebels. earlier today rebels announced they had gadhafi surrounded, it want true. this video shows what did happen today. rebels first shot off heavy gunfire at gadhafi s compound. rebels torched dozens of buildings and burnt three down. wasn t there or he escaped. at gadhafi s spokesman is insistinging that the brutal dictator is safe and still in power. the pentagon tells fox all intelligence shows gadhafi is still in tripoli. rebels are uping the ante increasing the y to two million dollars for gadhafi s capture. what about jobs, where are they? president obama says he has the answer. maybe this new grim report will inspire him to let us in on secret. claims for unemployment unexpectedly rose last week to a whooping 417,000.
not prosecuting it. and i think that s a very dangerous thing to do. he has a book coming out very soon, which you are going to want to read. thank you for joining me tonight. i appreciate it. great to be with us, chris. coming up, the governor of florida believes people on welfare are more likely to use drugs, so he s testing them. and he s not getting the answer he wants. you are going to be stunned by these numbers. and rebels found a really amazing stash of stuff in gadhafi s compound. including a very personal photo album full of pictures of his favorite former diplomat. seriously. that s next.
and i think that s a very dangerous thing to do. he has a book coming out very soon, which you are going to want to read. thank you for joining me tonight. i appreciate it. great to be with us, chris. coming up, the governor of florida believes people on welfare are more likely to use drugs, so hey s testing them. and he s not getting the answer he wants. you are going to be stunned by these numbers. and rebels found a really amazing stash of stuff in gadhafi s compound. including a very personal photo album full of pictures of his favorite former diplomat. seriously. that s next. i