in it, saif claims to still be inside libya alive and free and now he is vowing revenge. the libyans meanwhile, paid it no mind. they were too busy celebrating their official liberation day. abc s jeffrey kaufmann reports now from tripoli. reporter: libya is free. libya libya libya reporter: the outlawed national anthem is back, and some with passion, as the interim leader declared this liberation day. translator: we have become united brothers as we have not been in the past. reporter: this is celebration. but it is also relief. relief that gadhafi is gone. no for fear. reporter: others flocked to city to view a gruesome spectacle. the bodies of the dead dictator
all while libyans are rejoicing that the colonel is finally gone. abc s jeffrey kaufmann reports from tripoli. reporter: libya is free after decades of tyranny and months of bloody revolution, sunday afternoon thiscountry has declared itself liberated. incredible moment. the electric the atmosphere. people telling us they never thought they would live to see libya without gadhafi. but of course all that is possible now that gadhafi loyalists have been vanquished and gadhafi himself is dead. just how he died and how he is being treated in death is a source of comb controversy internationally. but there is no controversy here. people are going to visit his body in a refrigerated meat storage facility in the city. they re not going to pay their respects, they told us, they re going to see with their own eyes that he really is dead. now, with a declaration of liberation, the move towards democracy steps in gear.
when they find out their bank statements were mixed up and sent to someone else s house. good morning you to, happy, happy friday, it s october 21. i m carol costello joining you live from new york. wild jubilation among libyan in their homeland and around the world on the death of moammar gadhafi. gadhafi was captured alive yesterday, pulled from a drainage pope in his hometown in sitter. his final moment in sirte. his final moments were bloody. the transitional government said gadhafi was killed in crossfire after his arrest by rebel sources. one senior international correspondent, dan rivers, is in libya with more. we want to report you, though, his report includes some graphic image. reporter: this was how it all ended for moammar gadhafi cornered and injured. the former dictator was apparently trying to escape sirte. he appears bloody but alive here, but died soon afterwards according to ntc official. his golden gun brandished in wild excitement by ntc troops w
ended just hours ago and now you re about to see a photo that is said to be gadhafi badly wounded and in custody and we warn you, it s pretty gruesome. all right, well, he has either badly wounded in this cell phone video or dead. it s a cell phone image obtained somehow by our colleagues at the french press agency. we ll point out that cnn can t independently confirm its authenticity. now, rebel leaders were excited, but a little coy when the news broke. this is what the information minister for libya s national transitional council said. as a big day, a big day for the libyan people. i think it s a great victory for libyan people, great victory for revolution and we know now from our sources that we have a big fish. i don t know how big the fish is you don t know who has been captured. just a senior figure. yes. misrata radio confirmed the big figure as moammar gadhafi himself. we re waiting for a statement from benghazi. and to think is the one and then to see pe
we missed out on so much. it s something we ve all been dreaming of forever. and the sexual assault case that made headlines everywhere. and dominique strauss-khan is free. this case was treated as a time when it was not. and more of my exclusive interview with jon huntsman, the only presidential candidate that can do this. [ speaking foreign language ] this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. an extraordinary day of news around the world. in this country, an earthquake stuns millions up and down the east coast. and new york cell service, airports, and train travel disrupted. on the other side of the world, libya, rebels stormed gadhafi s compound. the question remains, who will rule the new libya? and my exclusive interview with the attorneys of dominique strauss-khan. they talk about my client and his family. and how he felt about what they call a nightmare. i start with wolf blitzer, covering the earthquake and the breaking news in libya. wolf. today s mag