uniforms in the streets. and a stunning sight, an anchor on libyan state television waving a gun as the rebels reportedly close in and wait until you hear what she is saying there as she holds that gun. fox & friends hour two for a monday starts now. one of those days where you re going to get right to the news because we are in a fox news alert because libyan rebels now have, as we just mentioned, control of 95% of the capital but there s no word of where muammar qaddafi is or if he s even alive. his two eldest sons captured. and another major victory for the rebels, now tunisia is recognizing the rebels as the legitimate representatives of the country. interesting. dominique is live in tunisia with the very latest. good day to you, sir, what can you tell us?
moammar gadhafi s grip on libya appears to be ending. rebels say they control 80% of the libyan capital today, pockets of gadhafi fighters are holding out. they still control this hotel that s home base for foreign journalists. gadhafi s whereabouts are unknown. his loyalists continue to defend his compound. rebels keep rolling with no major resistance. they pour into the street to celebrate after they have taken much of tripoli. we were outside the windows screaming. everyone realized no one wants him. no one wants the dictator. most of us had our homes closed because there was fear, but there s no more fear. the end, game over. rebels stay three of gadhafi s sons are in custody today, including the son groomed to succeed his father. fighters grabbed another early this morning. he was on the phone at the time for a live interview with the al jazeera. you can hear him talking as rebels approach. translator: i m standing outside my house. i m being attacked right now. th
gadhafi s last stronghold, reaching the heart of tripoli, celebrating on his turf and cnn was on the back of the truck to witness it all. amazing. i m carol costello. president obama telling moammar gadhafi to face the facts and give it up. the white house already hoping the rebels are ready to lead out on this american morning. all right. good morning, carol. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 22nd. this is american morning. i m christine romans. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us. ali has the morning off. a lot going on. let s get to it. that s right. up first, breaking news, new explosions overnight coming from moammar gadhafi s tripoli compound. three of his sons are in custody but gadhafi s whereabouts are still unknown as history continues to unfold in libya this morning. quite a sight. rebel forces say they control most of the capital and gadhafi s forces in one tripoli neighborhood are negotiating their surrender. listen. talk about
resistance from pro-gadhafi forces. correspondents are reporting on the ground. cnn s sarah sidner is hunkered down in green square and matthew chance is in the city s hotel, the same hotel where senior libyan officials just fled moments ago. our first correspondent in tripoli, nic robertson, he is in our washington bureau and national security contributor, fran townsend is in new york and zain verjee is following international reaction from left knee done. dan lothian is with the president on martha s vineyard and barbara starr has the military perspective from the pentagon. all right. let s get to tripoli where all the action is right now. we ve been telling you about the fighting in and around green square. it s been a big symbol for the gadhafi regime. in fact, until recently, they ve been using it for big pro-government demonstrations. cnn s sarah sidner has been watching the rebel invasion and pretty heavy fighting as well. she fired this report before the rebels pull
time a few days after she made these comments, she was also on libyan state television criticizing a number of things about the united states, including president obama s own policies, the state of this country, the state of the people in this country. bill: sticking um for qaddafi, right? it was a pro-qaddafi television network, television station and while she was speaking, apparently they were airing like pro-qaddafi forces and rallies behind it. bill: we can t find out who is behind this. she is obviously not paying her air fare to these countries. to get into them is not an easy deal. to get to tripoli is not easy. to get to tehran is not easy. somebody is behind this but we don t know yet. potentially nongovernment organizations. this conference in tehran, for example, was sponsored by the islamic world peace forum. the university of tehran and other. bill: islamic world peace forum. the irony of a country that is a state that sponsors terrorism. somebody paid her t