tripoli. will leader moammar gadhafi flee or stay and fight? a man in new mexico rescues a little girl who is about to be kidnapped. being called a hero, but now he could be deported. take a look in the back of that pickup truck. yes, it s a stroller and there s a baby inside. find out what happened next. but first, let s get to libya and the situation their right now. libyan officials are denying that moammar gadhafi and his family are looking to leave tripoli. that as leaders are closing in on the strong hold. one spoke to our sarah seidner. reporter: how long do you think before you are able to push into tripoli? hopefully in a couple of days. reporter: a couple of days? you think it will be that soon? i think so. we are controlling 80%. now if gadhafi is not leaving, he could be planning a last stand in tripoli. our matthew chance is in the libyan city right now. matthew, gadhafi has been in power for 42 years. is it possible he could leave? reporter: i
quote, he could be planning for a last stand. another saying it could be he could put civilians in the crosshairs. but both officials say they just don t know what form a final offensive might take. recent nato airstrikes are clearly upping the ante. our people there are telling us they are under way again tonight. loud explosions being heard in tripoli within the past hour. opposition forces telling us they re making use of the air attacks to try to make progress on the ground. those forces in zawia, fierce artillery fire could be heard today. opposition fighters telling our reporter they could be moving on the capital within a number of days. that could just be optimistic talk on their part. meantime, the opposition says a former libyan prime minister has defected, fleeing tripoli with his family. no sign his former boss momeamm gadhafi is going anywhere and that s the potential problem, a potentially violent and bloody problem. joining us, sara sidner, and commander wesl
this hour two american hikers are now facing eight years in prison in iran. iranian state run television says josh fattal and shane bauer were sentenced today. the two have been locked up in iran since they were seized near the iraqi-kurdish border while hiking. a dramatic new security cam video of what happens on the streets of england and what happened during the riots in the uk. the footage showed masked, hooded troublemakers firing at unarmed officers. poli here in the u.s., the so-called west memphis three are enjoying their first full day of freedom after 18 years behind bars. the trio were released from prison yesterday after cutting a complicated deal with arkansas prosecutors. the men were convicted for the brutal killings of three cub scouts in 1992, a crime they have long maintained their never committed. an indiana community is saying goodbye to a hero. funeral services are being held for glen goodrich. goodrich died last week at the stage collapse last satu
case from new york. reporter: this is being reported by state run media and specifically a judiciary source talking with them tell iing the that the two hikers that remain in prison now, shane bauer and josh fattal, have been sentenced as you said to eight years. it is five years for spying as they put it, the words, cooperating with the american intelligence service. and three years each for illegally crossing the border into iran. now, this information, according to the lawyer, for the hikers, they have not officially he s not officially been told this yet, so he s still waiting for that and until then is withholding comment. and a third american was arrested with fattal and bauer. she was leased last year due to medical reasons. a military jet crashed to the at an air show in the united kingdom. it was one of the royal air force s precision aerobatic team, the red aeros. they were performing at a big aviation festival on the coast. no word on the pilot s condition.
children inside was swept away. flooding was so bad, rescuers couldn t see the vehicle until the water receded. we were right over top of the vehicle that unfortunately the victims were in and never knew they were there. the bottom of the boat would scrape against the top of the car. another person is still missing. police say 11 people climbed trees to escape rushing water that was nine feet deep in some places. in wisconsin, strong winds flipped cars and big trucks on to their sides. one man died when the roof of his trailer collapsed. the national weather service is sending crews to determine if a tornado touched down. more storms are expected today. we ll check in with jacqui jeras at the half hour. and striking verizon workers head back to work on monday night without a new contract. but the company and unions have agreed to keep negotiating until a new agreement is reached. negotiators say they have made headway on a number of issues holding up the deal. among t