anderson? we go now to tripoli with nic robertson standing by there. a close to three-hour speech by moammar gadhafi today. you were there in the room. what was the main thrust of it? i ve read the whole transcript of it. it s a lot of the same stuff we heard, but being in the room, what did you take away from it? reporter: i think there was several things that i take away from it. one, is there s a series of warnings to the international community, a series of criticisms for the international community, the freezing of his assets, which he said they are not his assets, they re the people s assets. he called it laying siege to the country, he called it piracy. in fact, there is a very clear message for the rebels in the east of the country. there s perhaps the biggest thing i would say that you see and hear here, over 2 1/2 hours.
this new-found freedom. the idea that people here are living under a reign of terror is just nonsense. anderson? we go now to tripoli with nic robertson standing by there. nic, a fascinating, close to three-hour speech by moammar gadhafi today. you were there in the room. what was the main thrust of it? i ve read the whole transcript of it. it s a lot of the same stuff we heard, but being in the room, what did you take away from it? reporter: i think there was several things that i take away from it. one is there s a series of warnings to the international community, a series of criticisms of the international community, the u.n. s rush to sanctions, the freezing of his assets, which he said they are not his assets, they re the people s assets. he called it laying siege to the country, he called it piracy.
this new-found freedom. the idea that people here are living under a reign of terror is just nonsense. anderson? we go now to tripoli with nic robertson standing by there. nic, a fascinating, close to three-hour speech by moammar gadhafi today. you were there in the room. what was the main thrust of it? i ve read the whole transcript of it. it s a lot of the same stuff we heard, but being in the room, what did you take away from it? reporter: i think there was several things that i take away from it. one is there s a series of warnings to the international community, a series of criticisms of the international community, the u.n. s rush to sanctions, the freezing of his assets, which he said they are not his assets, they re the people s assets. he called it laying siege to the country, he called it piracy. in fact, there is a very clear message for the rebels in the east of the country.
establishment republicans including sarah palin. for the latest political news and constantly p dated results, go to cnnpolitics.com. american hiker held as a spy now out of an iranian prison and back in her mother s arms free after more than 400 days in custody. sarah shourd hugged her mother in oman following a flight from teheran. pretty joyful moment made possible after the $500,000 bail was paid. but iran is still holding her fiancee and a friend. today s the work that my day begins and all of my efforts starting today are going to go into helping procure the same freedom for my fiancee shane bauer and friend josh fattal. shourd thanked everyone involved in the release from the sultan of oman to the president of iran. nic robertson standing by now in oman. she spent 14 months in the
senior international correspondent nic robertson is in tripoli. arwa damon is in eastern libya. our senior white house correspondent ed henry traveling with president obama in south america right now and atika shubert in london and here in the u.s., barbara starr joins us from los angeles and retired general wesley clark will offer his analysis, as well. let s get straight to nic robertson standing by in tripoli in the thick of wit the gadhafi loyalists. earlier you were talking about loud blasts of anti-aircraft fire. what s the situation right now in tripoli? reporter: it s quite quiet. eerily quiet. we are hearing a few cars driving by on the road. the occasional sound of ma shun gun fire but short and sporadic. we heard several loud explosions followed by intense bursts of heavy anti-aircraf gun fire. and then a couple more explosions.