battle to the compound of moammar gadhafi, pushing inside and knocking over statues of the long-time libyan leader. making off with weapons but finding no sign of him or his family. the reuters news agency reports that gadhafi has been heard on a local radio station. now according to reuters in his radio address gadhafi says his withdrawal from the compound was a tactical move. his location is still not known as we ve said. meantime, pockets of fighting remain, including at tripoli s airport. that s where cnn s arwa damon has been reporting. rebels took over the airport monday but it is still a target for loyalist troops. and international journalists are trapped in the rixos hotel in the libyan capital. the journalists including our own matthew chance, remain virtual prisoners being held by troops loyal to gadhafi. cnn s sara sidner was right in the middle of all the the chaos at that gadhafi compound. rebels invited her in as they swept through the complex. the late
in it he vowed martyrdom or victory. he said the repeat from his compound was in his words a tactical move. his spokesman promising to turn libya into volcanics and fire. he claims that tribes loyal gadhafi are making their way to tripoli to liberate the city. at the gadhafi compound loyalist gunmen trying to take it back from the opposition who captured it today. our sara sidner was there when it all. reporter: we re having to run out of the compound now. we see gunfire coming from outside the compound. in and it s getting it s getting too close. so we re leaving. we re not going to go all the way into the compound. it s definitely now from the outside of the compound firing towards us. let s go! go ahead. we just got a gunfire incoming overhead. just saw gunfire. we re seeing all these tracers hitting the water tink, hitting the an iryeah. so we ve got to go. sara sidner outside gadhafi s compound this evening. contrast that from earlier scenes this evening as fighter
but it does have a side that is very dangerous. i remember being in the congo in fire fights and realizing a guy said to me, i was filming close range and he said, did you see the tracers pass between our heads? and i hadn t. you know, later on, i saw the trees behind me shot up and i realized we were very exposed. i m in default, and that can be a funny thing later to understand. what was he like to work with? he and i worked together just briefly in afghanistan. to me he always seemed a few steps ahead and kind of visualizing photographs before they before they actually occurred, he was sort of in the spot to capture the action once it got to that photograph. he was very reassuring working with tim. on the one hand you knew he was this big, strong, capable courageous guy and he would physically get the job done. but he was also he had this mind i don t know what he ate as a kid, but his mind was incredible. he could sort of track he was
later on i come to and it shocks me what i ve done. and that s just something i ve been able to do, and that is perhaps why i continue why i realize i m good at what i do. fire! but it does have a side that is very dangerous, being in the congo and firefights and realizing a guy said to me, i was filming close range and he said, did you see the tracers pass between our heads? and i hadn t. you know, later on, i saw the trees behind me shot up and i realized we were very exposed. i m in default, and that can be a funny thing later to understand. what was he like to work with? he and i worked together just briefly in afghanistan. to me he always seemed a few steps ahead and kind of visualizing photographs before they before they actually occurred, he was sort of in the spot to capture the action once it got to that photograph. he was very reassuring working with tim. on the one hand you knew he was
did you see the tracers pass between our heads? and i hadn t. you know, later on, i saw the trees behind me shot up and i realized we were very exposed. i m in default, and that can be a funny thing later to understand. what was he like to work with? he and i worked together just briefly in afghanistan. to me he always seemed a few steps ahead and kind of visualizing photographs before they before they actually kurd, he was sort of in the spot to capture the action once it got to that photograph. he was very reassuring working with tim. on the one hand you knew he was this big, strong, capable courageous guy and he would physically get the job done. but he was also he had this mind i don t know what he ate as a kid, but his mind was incredible. he could sort of track he was like a brilliant chess player, and he could kind of track