isn t willing to do it. bill: your singular question is what were we doing in benghazi in the first place? nobody has asked that question. we went into libya, had a libyan war. got rid of qaddafi. there is no jihadi chaos throughout the entire region. what were those guys doing at the consulate. a consulate is where diplomats work and they issue visas and look for tourist lost luggage. bill: what was your theory. here is the rumor, they were running guns. the qaddafi forces, weapons you
still up in the air, you had issues in saudi arabia that were tampered down, oman was an issue, yemen has fired you and we still don t know what s happening inside syria. this entire region could very well be known as the year that the dictators went down, what kind of a future does it hold, what kind of government takes place here, what kind of policy, how does that affect the u.s. policy in the middle east, these are wide open questions we ll go through throughout the morning as we bring in some terrific guests over the next two hours. martha. martha: bill, thank you. as you know, the u.s. military played a crucial role in bringing about the beginning of the end of qaddafi s regime. jennifer griffin has been following this all along for us, they joins me live from the pentagon. what is the word from the pentagon this morning on all of this, jennifer? reporter: martha, neither u.s. defense officials or intelligence officials at this point can confirm that qaddafi has been either c
forces, they were moving around sirte at the time. it s not clear whether qaddafi was in that convoy or whether it was a nato air strike that, in fact, may have, if he did dry if he did die, kill him. there are conflicting reports from the ntc, the libyan rebel opposition group, the current government, they are saying some reports suggest he was shot as he was trying to flee, that he was shot both in legs, as well as in the head. those were initial reports, but then we heard that nato war planes may have had something to do with it. so the only thing we can confirm at this moment is that nato did strike on two vehicles that were loyal to qaddafi forces. the question is whether qaddafi was in those vehicles. martha: good question. there s been a lot of different people involved in this hunt for qaddafi, and there was one report early this morning that he was found in a hole, very similar to the images that we remember of saddam hussein, when he was finally snuffed out of that rabbit
airplanes have been in action taking out tanks and missile. rebels have board up tanks to help them in the fight. they are taking a heavy casualties. in one instance an amber they lost several fighters and several more were captured by qaddafi forces. meanwhile, 90 miles southeast of here in tripoli pro-qaddafi forces are still holding the town of bani walid. rebels using pickup trucks armed with heavy machine guns to try to force their way into that town. they are also being held up by fierce resistance there by those qaddafi forces. when we went there, government forces said they were facing a well-organized enemy which was dug in. now, hundreds of civilians have managed to escape that town over the past few days. but they are likely to get caught up in the fighting there. as the rebel forces push into that town in the coming days. back to you, shep. shepard: david piper live in
africa that al qaeda could be preparing to use its weapons during weapons it seized during america s not war in libya. meantime the united nations officially recognizing libyans new rebel government giving it the seat that ousted dictator muammar qaddafi once held. the u.n. also easing penalties that it put in place during qaddafi s rule. as for where is qaddafi? the white house today said it believes he is still somewhere in libya which narrows things down significantly. david piper streaming live from libyans capital of tripoli. suffering a bit of a set back. hi, shep. yes, those rebel forces are still trying to force their way into qaddafi s hometown of sirte. but they are facing stiff recess cans from pro-qaddafi forces there. snipers at mosques and other high rise buildings are firing on them and also firefighters fighters are being fired missiles at this hour.