new this hour, libyan state television today showed several covered bodies claiming they were the son and grandchild of libyan leader moammar gadhafi killed in that nato strike. libya maintains that they were killed last night. let s bring in our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. nato does not deny the actual strike. but still in dispute whether those deaths of gadhafi s family members actually happened. you know, still, fred, even with this video now showing draped bodies, nato officials, obama administration officials say they have not seen specific evidence that it is the son of moammar gadhafi and the grandchildren. you know, that said, nato did announce that it struck a target in tripoli last night, that they are very aware of the reports that there were civilian casualties there. they say this was not just a house. when you look at the aftermath of the strike you see that this was a building that was heavily
there was considerable celebration in rebel-held territories such as benghazi. but now, shannon, there is a lot of skepticism. a number of people, increasing number of people do not believe that saif al-arab was killed. a spokesman for the transitional national council told fox news that they do not believe that saif al-arab was killed and will not believe it until they actually see a body. that said, a short time ago, libyan state television broadcast images, videos of three covered bodies. one they said was saif al-arab, the son of muammar gaddafi. another body they said was a friend of saif al-arab. this was the first time we heard mention of the fact that a friend of his died in the blast. the third body we are told belonged to a child. so now it appears at least the story line is changing about who was killed in that explosion early last night. also, worth noting, shannon, quickly. it s muslim custom that a funeral takes place within 24
killed in benghazi. in the rebel stronghold, they are calling it a hoax and demanding they see the bodies of those who were killed. towards that end, libyan state television broadcast images from a morgue here in tripoli. it shows three christian leaders in that morgue looking at bodies that were draped with green flag of the libyan regime. top catholic clergyman in the country he did see one of bodies, but he said it was so disfigured he could not make a positive i.d. and at you mentioned, there has been more fighting in the port city of misruta. they are targeting specifically the port that is lifeline for the city because it remains
does not believe qaddafi s son was killed last night. they believe that this is a propaganda effort and they say they will not believe he is dead until his remains are produced. a short time ago, libyan state television broadcast three covered bodies. one they said was that of the son and the other they say was a friend of his who was in the house and what is significant here is this is the first time that we heard a report that a friend was killed. the third body they said was a child in the home, presumably one of the three grand children that was reportedly killed. and nato is saying that its target here was a command and control facility, a military facility. they say that they do not target individuals. libyan officials shannon have said repeatedly and stated again last night over and over that they believe what happened was a failed assassination attempt to kill the man here that they refer to as the leader.
[ chanting ] this is what libyan state television is broadcasting live. they are saying these are large demonstrations going on now at moammar gadhafi s compound because of the breaking news we are hearing that one of moammar gadhafi s sons, his youngest son, was killed along with three of his grandchildren. we have a live report from tripoli to talk about this coming up after the break. more breaking news on cnn. everything you need to stretch out on long trips. residence inn. everything you need to stay balanced on long trips.