this is benghazi, the rebel strong hold city, where just a week ago, the tanks of omar mo maqaddafi were firing rounds into apartment buildings, there were casualties, it looked as if the city was about to fall, he was going to take his country back from the rebels. now that is not the case. earlier today this square was filled with between five and 6000, maybe more, who went from friday prayer to a vehement antiqaddafi rally, jon. that s why i hear there is word of some peace negotiations, and some negotiations for a ceasefire, but i don t know how you could simply have a negotiated settlement to this conflict with qaddafi staying in power, jon. jon: yeah, i guess that is a demand the protestors saying they would consider a truce, it looks like maybe you re not able to hear me, jeraldo. what i was going to say
the opposition hopes 1 million people will take to the streets pressing for yemen s president to step down now after decades in power. in libya rebels setting conditions for a ceasefire there, saying they will accept a truce if mo mommar qaddafi pulls all troops from city, this as reports of his son saif sent an envoy to londonfor talks on an exit strategy. jeraldo rivera, streaming live from the strong hold of benghazi, jeraldo, what s going on? reporter: hi jon. behind me, a group of a couple hundred kids it looks like have just shown up here at onar square, a square named for a libyan freedom fighter who fought against the italians during the colonial period in libya but now it has great symbolism obviously for the rebels.