safe gadhafi who was as early as this evening denying any air strikes on libyan cities. as for the 84 killed he cited. he was low balling the death toll. even as rebellion grows and the gadhafi regime appears to grow desperate, you re not seeing any of it on television. you re only seeing tributes to the great colonel. just surreal. libyan state television s version of reality tv tonight. the lack of credibility spikes for itself. as for the other video from youtube that we ve been showing and will be showing throughout the night, we cannot verify it or vouch for each one as if we ve taken them ourselves. there have been many protests and harsh government protesters. ben wedeman made his way with great difficulty inside libya. he joins us now. what are you seeing there now?
we can t independently confirm that s what this video shows. if this is true, a remarkable act of courage where even a minor act of dissent has been punished by death. some fighters and choppers were much luckier when they took their chance at rebellion. they flew away to the island of malta rather than take orders to fire on women and children. late today he showed up on libyan state television in a bizarre television moment. i want to have some rest, because i was talking to the young men at the green square, and i want to stay the night with them, but then start raining. i want to show them i m in tripoli not venezuela. don t believe those dogs in the media. he wanted to stay in the square, but then it started to rain and that s what made him leave?
executed and he said that he intends to die in libya, in his words, as a martyr. listen. translator: i have paid the price of my remaining here, my grandfather has fell martyr in the war before i am it s not possible that i leave this pl e place. i will be a martyr at the end. now, after gadhafi s speech today, we saw these scenes. take a look chblt these are the scenes playing out on libyan state television, crowds of people shoud shouting, chanting in support of their leader, waving green flags. elsewhere, though, the united nations security council met today behind closed doors. subject? libya and what to do about it. same with the arab league. people we ve talked to in tripoli say food is in short supply, the sound of gunfire
backwards there and landed into the third floor. there s a guy on the second floor that was like covered to his waist in concrete and stuff. and oh, god, i just have never seen anything like it in my life. and i don t even want to again to be fair. did everything crash down on you? what happened? yeah. at least two aftershocks of 5.5 or higher have struck since then making the rescue effort even more difficult. we turn now to the crisis in libya where moammar gadhafi says he s still in charge and he s still in tripoli. you re seeing him here after he went on libyan state television to dispel any rumors he d fled the country saying don t believe the dogs in the media. meanwhile, reports and witnesses saying that the libyan military, war planes, and helicopters
you re only seeing tributes to the great colonel. just surreal. libyan state television s version of reality tv tonight. the lack of credibility spikes for itself. as for the other video from youtube that we ve been showing and will be showing throughout the night, we cannot verify it or vouch for each one as if we ve taken them ourselves. there have been many protests and harsh government protesters. ben wedeman made his way with great difficulty inside libya. he joins us now. what are you seeing there now? well, i m seeing, anderson, at least in the eastern part of the country, there is no government authority, there is no army, no police on the border, there were no customs or passport officials. it appears that at least the eastern part of the country is firmly in the hands of the anti-gadhafi forces. i spoke with one leader of the so-called resistance who told me