when they find out their bank statements were mixed up and sent to someone else's house. good morning you to, happy, happy friday, it's october 21. i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. wild jubilation among libyan in their homeland and around the world on the death of moammar gadhafi. gadhafi was captured alive yesterday, pulled from a drainage pope in his hometown in sitter. his final moment -- in sirte. his final moments were bloody. the transitional government said gadhafi was killed in crossfire after his arrest by rebel sources. one senior international correspondent, dan rivers, is in libya with more. we want to report you, though, his report includes some graphic image. >> reporter: this was how it all ended for moammar gadhafi -- cornered and injured. the former dictator was apparently trying to escape sirte. he appears bloody but alive here, but died soon afterwards according to ntc official. his golden gun brandished in wild excitement by ntc troops who seized him, a potent symbol of his decadence. the news of his death spread rapidly across the country. disbelief turning into jubilation in tripoli. >> we are very free, and i feel that my birthday is today. really i feel that i'm six hours old. really libya's free without him. >> we are so happy. it's the greatest moment in all my life. and i have my brother who was killed by gadhafi forces on 20th, february. we was so, so, so sad. but now it's a great moment. we are so happy. we are so, so happy. >> reporter: many of the people here have known nothing other than colonel gadhafi's 42-year rule. they cannot believe now that finally he is dead, that sirte has fallen and the war over. just look at the sea of floodgates out here in celebration -- the sea of flags out here in celebration. >> wow. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton learned of her news from her blackberry as she prepared for an interview. >> unconfirmed reports it gadhafi being captured. >> reporter: soon, the white house confirming the momentous news. it didn't take long for the u.s. president to react himself. >> today we can definitively say that the gadhafi regime has come to an end. the last major regime strongholds have fallen. the new government is consolidating the control over the country. and one of the world's longest serving dictators is no more. >> reporter: the arab spring came here on february 17 when a rebellion against copied's ir - again gadhafi's iron rule spread. now the winds of change that are blowing strong across the arab world have claimed yet another victim, and libya is finally free of the man who so brutalized this country. dan rivers, cnn, tripoli. what libya faces now, transforming a revolution into a democratic government. that could prove to be as difficult as ousting gadhafi if not more so. it involves bringing together the various transcribes, militias, and factions who have been at odds with each other for years. differences could easily erupt into new violence. joining us with more on this is ivan watson. ivan, what are the most immediate, pressing problems facing the transitional government now? >> reporter: well, here's one example. in tripoli, a lot of people are without running water. some of the basic services that they had grown accustomed to during gadhafi's rule have been interrupted during this period of upheaval. i just came from, you know, a coffee shop talking to libyans who were all saying "freedom, freedom." it's great that gadhafi's dead. that big question now after the night of the euphoria, after the night of gunfire -- we rolled in down the tunisian road with spent bullet casings of people shooting in celebration all night. now the question is how do we build this country and government next. we asked libyans who is.now, what comes next -- what's important now, what comes next, that's where it's hazy. they're happy their decades have been killed. for the first time in four decades, libyans waking up to a libya without gadhafi. the question of what comes next, that remains to be answered here, carol. >> well, we've all -- you can just take a look egypt to see how difficult it is to build a brand new government. so how does it work? will they come up with a new constitution? i mean, what's the timetable for holding elections, for example? >> reporter: well, you know, it's interesting that just next door to the west in tunisia, the first north african country, arab country to have one of these revolutions, they're about to have an election on sunday, the first election of the arab spring. and perhaps libyans will look to that example to see perhaps a model for themselves. the tunisians are going to write a new constitution, determine the structure of the new government. those are questions for libya because its system of government was this strange creation by gadhafi that was supposed to be direct democracy, a system which a lot of people scratched their heads trying to understand. he claimed that there was direct government by the citizens, though he in fact was the dictator that ruled the place. so libyans have to figure out are they going to have a parliament, are they going to have a president, a prime minister. pig questio big questions in the days, weeks, and months ahead. >> thank you very much. the international community is calling gadhafi's death a victory for the libyan people, but congratulations are being tempered by words of caution over what lies ahead for a country ravaged by months of war. in britain, libyans took to the streets, waving flags in fits of joy. the prime minister urged the world to remember the victims of the gadhafi dictatorship. in washington, scores of lifbians took to the streets dancing and singing. president obama pledged u.s. support saying the libyan people with the help of nato air power lifted the dark shadow of tyranny. in an interview with candy crowley, joe biden said what happened in libya could be a template of what to use in future international conflict. >> this is one bad guy, one tough guy. he for 40 years had folks under his thumb. he's dead, and it's going to give the people of libya the first chance in four decades to actually put together their own government, have a little bit of freedom. little bit of opportunity. >> reporter: you mentioned in a previous stop about the template, bringing in international -- an international coalition and how this works so beautifully. >> it's a template in the following sense -- that when in fact there is a cause that the arab world can unite on and the west wants their help, and we don't -- we don't have to do it ourselves is the point. it is that the nato alliance worked like it was designed to do -- burden sharing. total cost to us, $2 billion, no american lives lost. we carry the burden where another nato is, primary burden is afghanistan. this is real burden sharing. that's the model. >> you can see all of candy's exclusive interview with the vice president on "future wi-- "state of the union with candy crowley." in addition to gadhafi's death, one of his feared sons was also killed. the pictures you're about to see of his body are quite graphic. officials say that he was killed yesterday in sirte along with gadhafi's chief of intelligence. he was gadhafi's fifth son and the former national security adviser. it is unclear if another of gadhafi's sons, saif al islam, has been captured. we have much more over the next hour. in about ten minutes, a look at how gadhafi's death could impact president obama and the gop candidates as they try to win the white house. at 5:30 eastern, find out how much money gadhafi was worth and learn what could happen to his money. and at 5:45 eastern, we'll go back to libya for another live report. he swiped a few beers, deployed the evacuation slide, and slid right out of the plane. now the legal troubles for a former jetblue flight attendant appear to be nearing an end. we'll update you next. first, our quote of the day -- quote, "you have to be pretty confident to run for the top office in this country, and one candidate apparently likes his chances at winning the white house saying, quote, there's a good shot i might become the next president of the united states. it's not a sure thing, but it's a good shot." i just signed the whole family up for unlimited mobile to mobile minutes. you're kidding. no. where's that money coming from, steve? 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[ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. it is 11 minutes past the hour. this is your "a.m. wakeup call." back to our quote of the day, "there's a good shot i might become the next president of the united states. it's not a sure thing, but it's a good shot." who said that? it was republican candidate mitt romney. he was speaking at an economic roundtable of business leaders in iowa yesterday when he told people he liked his chances of winning the white house. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan this morning, delivering more straight talk to the pakistani government saying that it's time for that country to act against the haqqani terror network. secretary clinton delivered a similar message when she met with afghanistan president hamid karzai. she says the united states and nato troops will take the fight to the haqqani terrorist network on both sides of the afghan/pakistan border. clinton says it's time to engage the taliban in talks to stop fighting. on capitol hill, the senate has rejected an attempt to pass a slimmed down version of president obama's jobs bill. the measure fell short of the 60 votes needed to bring the proposal to the floor. it would have provided $35 million to states and cities to help hire for teachers and pay the salaries of first responders. president obama issued this statement, "for the second time in two weeks, every single republican in the united states senate has chosen to obstruct a bill that would create jobs and get our economy going again." the president went on to say this, too, "that's unacceptable. we must do what's right and pass the common sense proposals in the american jobs act." an update on that jetblue flight attendant who made national headlines when he got on the plane's loud speaker and cursed at passengers, grabbed a beer, and jumped out of the plane by sliding down the evacuation slide at jfk airport. his name is steven slater. well, he's been sentenced to a year of probation after completing a mental health treatment program. it was part of a plea deal he cut. slater must also pay jetblue $10,000 in restitution. let's head to atlanta now and check in with reynolds wolf. is it still cold in the midwest? it's chilly here. >> it is, it is, indeed. absolutely. especially in the appalachians and deep south. we have temperatures a bit below normal at this time. we have potential delays. let's show what we have on the maps. as we do, you'll see a lot of places on the east coast and west coast where you might view backups. new york city, cleveland, boston, the wind and the low clouds may keep you with some delays, about an hour, maybe less in spots. and then to the west coast, low clouds in san francisco and los angeles. expect delays under an hour. the marine layer may be especially thick near l.a.x. i would expect as soon as we get to noontime or so, things will warm up, a lot of the marine layer will subside. something else will be locked in place, the cold temperatures. the freeze threat through places like cincinnati, chicago, st. louis by -- and atlanta, mississippi. memphis, 41. 53 in billings. 56 in san francisco. 52 in new york. 67 in miami. rebounding nicely for much of the northeast. boston going to 63. new york in with 5 8. 81 in dallas. 73 in san francisco. san francisco also plenty of sun later into the afternoon. nice and warm for you in texas. the cool weather continues to make its way through parts of the southeast. and hook for scattered showers in the pacific northwest. tonight you have the great opportunity to see wonderful meteor shower. the best places, if you look at the cloud cover -- looks like cloud cover's going to be light in parts of the southeast, across some of the midwest, and across the southern plains. the o'ryan hits the tail end of hally's comet. tiny particles pass through the atmosphere and we can see wonderful meteor showers. some of the tiny particles that move through the atmosphere create falling stars about the size of a grain of sand. good stuff. >> wow. we really won't know what they are exactly. >> tiny stuff. just tiny stuff. >> tiny stuff. reynolds wolf, thank you very much. >> you bet. first osama, now gadhafi. will the death of these two men help bolster president obama's re-election bid? we will talk about it in our political ticker. that comes your way next. 16 minutes past the hour. 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