we re told if the negotiations start without that precondition then it will easily achieve his departure at the end of it. he needs to go with respect is what we re told. the regime views and believes it is still strong here, and that s why it thinks it can try and have it have the terms the way it views them. but there is one problem here, and that is that gadhafi himself has yet to convince all the tribes here to support saif al islam, his son, and without that tribal support whatever they try to sell to the international community, the op pog, if it doesn t fly if it doesn t fly with his supporters it s not going to fly at all, anderson. and ben, there s also the question of the opposition and whether they would stand for saif gadhafi taking over because all long they ve always said every member of the gadhafi family would have to step down as well. reporter: we re hearing a fairly unanimous call from the eastern libya, and that is they do not want anybody from the gadhafi f
father to move to one side, saif al gadhafi to take over. what we re being told is that the father won t go at the point of a gun, that if negotiations start out with the precondition for regime change and him leaving it s not going to happen. we re told if the negotiations start without that precondition then it will easily achieve his departure at the end of it. he needs to go with respect is what we re told. the regime views and believes it is still strong here, and that s why it thinks it can try and have it have the terms the way it views them. but there is one problem here, and that is that gadhafi himself has yet to convince all the tribes here to support saif al islam, his son, and without that tribal support whatever they try to sell to the international community, the op pog, if it doesn t fly if it doesn t fly with his supporters it s not going to fly at all, anderson. and ben, there s also the question of the opposition and whether they would stand for saif gadhafi ta
ben wedeman with opposition forces. in tripoli nic robertson. and at the state department jill dougherty. nick, this is a confusing situation. the envoy sent by gadhafi to negotiate with the west is proposing that gadhafi s son saif take over for his father? reporter: that s it. this is sort of an old idea that s been out there for some time. saif gadhafi has been running this country, we re told, on a day-to-day basis for the last couple of years. this was a plan we were told was always in the works, for the father to move to one side, saif al gadhafi to take over. what we re being told is that the father won t go at the point of a gun, that if negotiations start out with the precondition for regime change and him leaving it s not going to happen. we re told if the negotiations start without that precondition then it will easily achieve his departure at the end of it. he needs to go with respect is what we re told. the regime views and believes it is still strong here, and that s wh
dougherty. nick, this is a confusing situation. the envoy sent by gadhafi to negotiate with the west is proposing that gadhafi s son saif take over for his father? reporter: that s it. this is sort of an old idea that s been out there for some time. saif gadhafi has been running this country, we re told, on a day-to-day basis for the last couple of years. this was a plan we were told was always in the works, for the father to move to one side, saif al gadhafi to take over. what we re being told is that the father won t go at the point of a gun, that if negotiations start out with the precondition for regime change and him leaving it s not going to happen. we re told if the negotiations start without that precondition then it will easily achieve his departure at the end of it. he needs to go with respect is what we re told. the regime views and believes it is still strong here, and that s why it thinks it can try and have it have the terms the way it views them. but there is one pro