minutes of moammar gadhafi s life. libya s rebel government said the former dictator was cornered by insurgents in his hometown of sirte and shot and killed. word of his death triggered jubilant celebrations in the streets of tripoli. reporter: and caution at the white house. we are under no illusions. libya will travel a long, winding road to full democracy. there will be difficult days ahead. reporter: gadhafi seized power in libya in 1969 and soon became one of the world s most fervent anti-americans. a ruthless dictator at home, gadhafi funneled oil revenues to terrorists. his agents targeted a berlin disco popular with american soldiers. president reagan ordered an air strike on gadhafi s compound. two years later, gadhafi retaliated by blowing up pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. 190 americans were among those killed.
deserved credit for killing gadhafi. romney answered, quote, yes, absolutely. obama s 2008 presidential rival, john mccain admits the administration deserves great credit and says the world is now a better place. president obama must do much more to impress the american public with his plans to turn around the economy. a new poll shows seven in ten americans believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. 43% said the economy is very poor. that s an all-time high. but 40% believe the plans, the president s plan to turn around unemployment will significantly improve the job market. a government loan program for green technologies is now creating a new controversy, just days after the solyndra scandal. an electric car company that got $500 million loan from the federal government is now building those cars in finland. the sports car was engineered and designed here in the u.s. but the company says no american facility could build it. they have built 40 of the cars and delivere
he thought that he was going to be the king of the arab world. where we did the interview was so interesting to me. it was in his compound in the middle of tripoli. in a tent. even though we did it with an interpreter, he did speak some english. i asked him if he would. this is what he said. can you give any message to the american people in english? i believe that american people doesn t hate me. this people is good people. we must cooperate together, arabs and americans. when i said he was going to be king of the arab world, he dressed like that. this was a very vain man. the head dresses the flowing robes. in all of our interviews, he kept saying they loved me. they loved me. they sure didn t. amazing turn of events. walking with barbara walters. really looking like royalty and