i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew streechbs. you re watching cnn s coverage of the battle for libya s future. opposition leaders claim rebel forces now control 90% of libya. they also say think ooer planning to move some of their power base today from the eastern city of benghazi to the capital tripoli. meantime, the last vestiges of moammar gadhafi s power base appear to be crumbling. after hours of fighting, rebels finally over ran his heavily fortified compound on tuesday, carting out weapons, knocking over statues and raising their flag. there s no sign of colonel gadhafi at the compound nor anywhere else. but libya reportedly heard from its embattled leader in an audio broadcast directed to his supporters. his exact whereabouts remain unknown. residents turned out on tuesday to celebrate the rebel takeover of the gadhafi compound. the gadhafi loyalists still control libya s rixist hotel. they re preventing people from leaving it, incl
as you remember, he was a contender for the socialist party to run for the next president of france against nicolas sarkozy, and that making that extremely difficult for his political career to move forward, megyn. megyn: j.b., thank you, julie banderas, everybody. libyan rebels saying they are now in control of moammar qaddafi s tripoli compound but who is in control of libya s weapons? the defense department is worried it could be christmas for terror groups if they get ahold of shoulder-mounted missiles like this, and there are reportedly thousands floating around libya. the fears, in five minutes. hurricane irene turning into a monster storm and heading towards the east coast of the united states, federal emergency management officials warning that nearly the entire east coast needs to pay attention, that is tens of millions of people who could be affected by this. we will have the latest on the storm s path. from anywhere from mid-august, through the end of september here in
this is first look on more than. we begin with a power struggle. the manhunt for moammar gadhafi continues as libya s rebel forces surround the missing leader s tripoli compound. there is still fierce fighting in the capital. all of this as one of gadhafi s sons thought to have been captured makes a bizarre appearance. nbc s brian mooar has the latest from washington. brian, good morning. reporter: hi, lynn. a spokesman for the rebels says the fight will not be over until they get gadhafi. libyan rebels have overrun gadhafi s seat of power, some with no more than axes, spear guns, and sheer determination. this morning the country and
from celebration to confusion in less than one day. this time yesterday we were reporting how rebels were gaining on tripoli. international leaders talking about a new political era and rebels bragging they had captured gadhafi s son. then saif appeared overnight and said he lured them into a trap. as we look at the live pictures out of tripoli, we still don t know if gadhafi is in his compound or not but nato jets are flying low over his compound. at least one explosion has been reported. nato won t confirm any bombing, however. and rebels are engaged in fierce fighting near the compound as well. as we heard just a moment ago, a rebel official reporting they have actually breached the gates there. we are hitting the story hard with multiple correspondents on the ground. matthew chance in the heart of tripoli. arwa damon reporting from the city s airport and sarah sidener and frederik pleitgen is in ben gaza. state to matthew chance who is caught up in a pretty dangerous situ
gadhafi s last stronghold, reaching the heart of tripoli, celebrating on his turf and cnn was on the back of the truck to witness it all. amazing. i m carol costello. president obama telling moammar gadhafi to face the facts and give it up. the white house already hoping the rebels are ready to lead out on this american morning. all right. good morning, carol. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 22nd. this is american morning. i m christine romans. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us. ali has the morning off. a lot going on. let s get to it. that s right. up first, breaking news, new explosions overnight coming from moammar gadhafi s tripoli compound. three of his sons are in custody but gadhafi s whereabouts are still unknown as history continues to unfold in libya this morning. quite a sight. rebel forces say they control most of the capital and gadhafi s forces in one tripoli neighborhood are negotiating their surrender. listen. talk about