look at them. gregg: that s saif al-islam, his father, mo maqaddafi s whereabouts, still unknown. the battle for libya is raising brand new questions about the future of the arab nation, what will it look like, could terrorists gain control. coming up, we re going to be talking with former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, he ll weigh in on this crisis, and what happens if moammar qaddafi refuses to step down from power. martha: libya, of course, just one of the breaking stories at this hour. there are a number of developing stories we want to get to as well, including the first big hurricane of the season and it could be a monster, the serious threat that irene is now posing to the united states, and intense new fighting as we have been showing you in libya this morning, mo maqaddafi refusing to let go of power. we ll find out what the white house thinks about the new developments today, and also, some new polls that are certainly being matched
regrouping with loyalists, he could be calling on instructions from the compound that is under fire, but his son at large, after reports of his capture, that does raise serious questions and again, we re very, very worried about all those journalists, including our own, tadek markowski, who are trapped in the crossfire at that hotel. so we re going to try to give you as much information as we possibly can about that. now, despite the reports of his capture, we ve been talking about it, mo maqaddafi s son, saef al-islam was giving tours to reporters in tripp low and according to some, how islam has energized forces loyal to his father. libya s long time leaders speaking to reporters is refusing to step down. take a listen to this: this is our country. this is our country. this is our people. and we live here, and die here. and we are going to win. because the people are with us. that s why we are going to win. look at them.
appears, rebels that are in opposition forces that are storming the qaddafi compound that s where the gunfire is coming from it is not nato air strikes right now on that compound nato is being very careful to differentiate what its role is in determines of following the u.n. mandate which clearly specifies that they re there to protect the civilian population, they are not there s no mention in that mandate of going off colonel mo maqaddafi one thing that the nato deputy spokesman just said is just because qaddafi saef qaddafi showed up at the journalists hotel in libya, that does not suggest that the qaddafi family is still in control of the capitol or has control over the country so this is still an ongoing fight, it s a battle that we are witnessing now right before our eyes, all eyes here on the pentagon and again at nato headquarters on what s happening in tripoli right now martha: jennifer, obviously it s
something for their tenacity. want to be sure. before we go, i want to do a shoutout. the service runs deep in the mcfarland people, lieutenant fiona mcfarland, they were watching us the other day, and if you re there, we thank you for your service and a big shoutout for the people on the u.s.s. blue ridge, for me and for mom! thanks k.t., always good to see you. gregg: we love the whole k.t. max farland family. 270 people killed during the 1998 pan am bombing, 189 were americans. it s been more than 20 years mo maqaddafi has never admitted to ordering that attack. we re going to be talking to the brother of one of those victims and ask him what he thinks should happen to the libyan leader. martha: plus democratic congresswoman maxine waters has been speaking out quite forcefully lately. first she lashed out at
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