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or alive, they say. one of his sons still at large, is sending e-mails to our nic robertson. nic just got another one a few minutes ago and he joins us shortly. in the meantime, heavy fighting today in tripoli. take a look. street battles all day. this is from the capital s eastern neighborhoods not far from the airport. the field in opposition still taking heavy shelling from nearby loyalists. in the last hour or two, the two sides have exchanged artillery throughout the day. opposition commanders have been trying to direct fire to minimize civilian casualties. gadhafi forces are intertwined amongst the population. in southern tripoli, similar disdain for civilian lives. taking pot shots at people. to the east, new video of the damage that loyalist fighters are leaving behind as they retreat. these are the oil facilities still burning nearly a week after they fled. before they did, they fired shells into the tank, causing this inferno right there. on the road from ....
For deposed dictator moammar gadhafi who is vowing to fight on despite losing his compound to rebel forces yesterday. nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in tripoli. he joins us now on the phone. richard? good morning, chris. i m now in green square. we re having some communications issues, so i m joining you on a satellite phone, but even through this phone you should be able to hear a lot of the celebratory gunfire. this celebration has been going on in this square since last night. people are circling around the square honking their horns. last night people were bringing their families here, taking photographs. everyone seemed to be want to be seen holding a gun, firing it in the air on what they were calling their victory day after rebel forces stormed into gadhafi s compound yesterday. and then started to loot it. we have already heard a the first statement, it was a radio recording, from gadhafi, in which he is calling on his supporters to take up arms and ....
forces in libya are free tonight. late word of a new kidnapping and last ditch battles that may be linked to moammar gadhafi s escape plan. and cnn goes inside the virginia nuclear power plant near the epicenter of that historic quake. we have a lot of questions about nuclear safety and whether the east coast is prepared if another big one hits. wolf blitzer s off today. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. hurricane irene is bearing town on the bahamas with winds of up to 120 miles an hour right now, and the national weather service warns this category 3 monster could be upgraded, upgraded to a category 4 tomorrow. that means irene could be capable of catastrophic damage when it slams the east coast in the days ahead. the storm has been pounding the turks and caicos and other islands and gaining strength along the way. there are reports of damage but so far no serious injuries. we do have a view from space that gives you an idea of just how big the storm ....
What it calls the crusader forces. but there s a bigger question don t, where is moammar gadhafi? in an audio statement broadcast today, gadhafi said he s in a place where nato air strikes cannot get him. a spokesman said gadhafi is in tripoli in good health and high spirits. but after air strikes hit his compound yesterday, italy s foreign minister said he could have been wounded and left the capital. late today a gadhafi aide called that nothing but false rumors. john burns, the italian foreign minister suggests that gadhafi has been wounded. and then the regime rushes an audio on state television with gadhafi s voice saying, i m still here. so he s alive, we have to assume, but what do we know about his overall health and whereabouts? well, the mystery has deepened, because why only audio, why no video? very strange. ....
Where nato air strikes cannot get him and that gadhafi is in tripoli in what he called good health and high spirits. but after nato air strikes hit gadhafi s compound yesterday, italy s foreign minister raised the question that he s been wounded and may have left the capital. late today a gadhafi aide called that nothing but false rumors. john burns, the italian foreign minister suggests that gadhafi has been wounded. so he s alive, we have to assume, but what do we know about his overall health and whereabouts? well, the mystery has deepened, because why only audio, why no video? very strange. is he in tripoli, is he out of tripoli? can he in any wise run this government and its resistance to the rebellion if he can t even ....