we are watching an incredly historic moment unfolding in libya. this is something we have seen over the last several months in what is called the arab spring. now it appears as though the rejaem of moammar gadhafi after 42 years is indeed crumbling. we have heard it from nato and we heard it in a statement from the president. obviously something being closely watched all around the world. milissa along with our translator has been covering the stations within that region. what are you hearing? reporter: coming straight from our translator, he has a few interesting points he has noticed on television. it is worth mentioning that libyan television until a short while ago was showing old footage of pro gadhafi rallies. for the past half hour or so they have been hair airing a soap opera. no kidding. which probably no one is watching right now.
from the west and south. but from the west, at one point, i guess it was around 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon, london time, they were coming under heavy sniper fire. there were reports that pro gadhafi forces positioned snipers on a number of buildings on the western gate. that the rebels then had to back away. it was quiet then far while. there was a possibility they could come in from the south. there are reports they were prepared to come in by sea. so things seemed to quiet down for maybe an hour or two. just in our discussions. the big question was, is this even possible. and the consensus seemed to be, no, no, probably not today. pro gadhafi forces have smiepers. they are backing away. rebels aren t able to continue. it didn t seem possible that from this afternoon until maybe two hours ago, this could be completed. they could make it all the way to tripoli to the point they are celebrated in the streets. of course, you know, what position is the regime in right
dana: i don t know if they claim victory here. it was a nato effort and ground swell of rebellion there the country. tell us what you know about oil. eric: donald makes a good point. the rebels did one thing very smart, left the infrastructure, oil wells intact. remember when saddam hussein was extracted by kuwait? he lit kuwaiti oil on fire and they lost billions of oil. rebels protected that. talk quickly, who is pro pro-gadhafi who is pro-rebel. pro-rebel were brits and french and certain extent italians. they will benefit from this because they re the first ones putting in the oil infrastructure. the ones who weren t so pro rebels were kind of the u.s. a little bit, nato i get it, bob. but also the chinese and the russians. they will be left holding the bag. hey, what about us, guys? unfortunately for them a lot of the oil will head to bern europe rather than eastern
prison in scotland. last night he appeared on libyan tv, there he is right in the middle there with the beard, at the pro-gadhafi rally. amy kellogg joins us live with more on this from london. hi, amy. reporter: hi, martha. a lot of outrage here in the united kingdom as well. the foreign secretary said that seeing the lockerbie bomber out and about two years after he was released from that scottish prison on the grounds that he was just about to die is only likely to further intensify the anger and hurt and outrage of many people, particularly the family members of the victims of those terrorist, of that terrorist attack. now, libyan state television showing al-megrahi at a pro-gadhafi rally in libya. he certainly doesn t look spritely, but he is, in fact, a free man. no video is simply released by chance in libya, this was a provocation.
describes it. we are generally in a stalemate. so with the strikes over time moammar qaddafi s forces are continuing as additional pressure has been brought. reporter: britain is the third nato member to recognize the libyan rebels known as the transitional national council. britain is expelling libya s representatives from the embassy in landon. but the rebels say they would be okay if libyan president qaddafi remains in libya. more salt in the wound for nato. the pan am 103 lockerbie bomber appeared at a pro qaddafi rally tuesday.