libya. we had not seen moammar gadhafi in 12 days until he reappeared couple hours after this show yesterday, thursday, libya time. we saw this video of him released to state tv what is the reaction in tripoli to the video? reporter: the hotel that i m standing in right now, libyan authorities told us he came into the hotel where the entire press corps is staying and came to out without any of us seeing him. you know, obviously, we are asking a lot of questions why weren t we there, if he wanted to prove this happened, but i don t really feel we were their target audience. as far as they are concerned, they proved to the libyan people, the pro-gadhafi libyan people that he is still alive and that is really the most important thing for them. and you know, i was listen when that involves a being shown on state tv and we can hear the cheers coming up from the government officials and minders in the lobby, so as far as that concerned, it seems to be quite
make sure to look for the white check. hey what s going on? doing the shipping. man, it would be a lot easier if we didn t have to weigh em all. if those boxes are under 70 lbs. you don t have to weigh em. with these priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. no weigh? nope. no way. yeah. no weigh? sure. no way! uh-uh. no way. yes way, no weigh. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.95, only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. from libya, word of an immediate cease-fire, it comes from libya s army spokesperson, he said it was set to take effect just about 30 minutes ago. which was 9:00 libya time. no idea if that word has actually reached all forces
translator: whoever cooperates with foreign countries in order to instigate war against libya, the punishment will be execution. whoever tampers with the country is also punished by execution. there are americans trying to get out right now. and they are running out of time to do so. state department has set up as you re seeing here in the map. that s where the americans are trying to go. they have about two hours now to get to the port in tripoli, that s the capital, they need to get there with their i.d.s if they want to leave. there are some 5,000 u.s. citizens there. a ferry going to be leaving at 3:00 libya time. again, that is in two hours eastern time. 8:00 a.m. eastern time. and they re going to take them to malta to safety. this conflict, also, another side effect, it s driving oil prices to a 2 1/2 year high. international oil companies like shell, bp have shut down their libya operations and have flown their crews to safety, as well. we re going to be talking to the fo
and good morning to you. thanks so much for being with us. 7:00 a.m. here on the east coast. the it s 2:00 in the afternoon in libya. that s where the news is being made wednesday, february 23rd. welcome to american morning, i m kiran chetry. i m t.j. holmes. in just about an hour, a ferry with americans onboard is scheduled to leave tripoli. this is happening right now. the state department is evacuating u.s. citizens to the mediterranean island of malta. there are up to 5,000 citizens in libya who are trying to get out as this situation continues to get more and more dangerous. also, moammar gadhafi is now vowing a new crackdown on violence promising new violence as it spreads. he s losing his 40-year grip on absolute power in libya telling people to attack protesters in their homes saying rats and agents of foreign intelligence services are behind the unrest
demonstrators throwing rocks and police firing back with tear gas. thousands of people are marching through the streets toward parliament. businesses also throughout the country are shut down. there is a live picture right now of athens. they are furious with the government program that cuts salaries and pensions while hiking taxes and, again, they are showing their displeasure with this march to parliament to protest against the pretty bad measures but, in the meantime, it turning violent sometimes with the protesters hurling bottles and stones and the police firing back trying to disperse the crowd with tear gas. right now in libya, americans are scheduled to be leaving. a ferry was scheduled to leave right now which is 3:00 local time there in tripoli to take the americans over to the island nation of malta. americans were told to start gathering there in tripoli at this port to be taken over but