moammar gadhafi s grip on libya appears to be ending. rebels say they control 80% of the libyan capital today, pockets of gadhafi fighters are holding out. they still control this hotel that s home base for foreign journalists. gadhafi s whereabouts are unknown. his loyalists continue to defend his compound. rebels keep rolling with no major resistance. they pour into the street to celebrate after they have taken much of tripoli. we were outside the windows screaming. everyone realized no one wants him. no one wants the dictator. most of us had our homes closed because there was fear, but there s no more fear. the end, game over. rebels stay three of gadhafi s sons are in custody today, including the son groomed to succeed his father. fighters grabbed another early this morning. he was on the phone at the time for a live interview with the al jazeera. you can hear him talking as rebels approach. translator: i m standing outside my house. i m being attacked right now. th
people are with you. and this is ironic. actually, in our poll, we asked, should the u.s. stay engaged in libya. a majority, 51% say stay engaged until gadhafi goes. so, in many ways, the public a little more supportive of this than congress. i want to move to congress. in our poll, congress hasn t been popular in my entire lifetime okay? nor mine. i m a lot older so, it s not new that congress is unpopular, but when it hits new lows, you sit there and take notice. this new congress, six months old with republicans in charge of the house, 18% approval rating. the last time it was that low was march of 2010, when health care was passed. yeah. i guess i d ask this what can congress do to improve its image at all? is it simply data that there s gridlock and people don t like that? obviously, the anthony weiner stuff also serves as a horrible image aspect to this, beats up a member of congress, yet brings up the fact that there s a lot of flawed human beings there. is it the
the libyan people from a potential slaughter. we have done so. benghazi is free from threat of the libyan regime right now. they are hunkered down. misurata, which was under severe attack, is now in a situation where although still threatened, gadhafi s forces have been pushed back. and that so what you re seeing across the country is a inexorable trend of the regime forces being pushed back, being incapacitated. you re seeing defections, often times of some very high-profile members of the gadhafi government as well as the military. and i think it is just a matter of time before gadhafi goes. and each country that is part of this coalition is playing a different role.
headquarters in tripoli. the way to get gadhafi to leave is to have his inner circle break and turn on him. i hope that gadhafi goes, i hope that there s that kind of overthrow from within. but hope is not a strategy. i can t think of anything that would protect the civilian population of libya more than the removal of moammar gadhafi. he should not feel safe. i think nato has got to start thinking about whether they want to more directly target gadhafi and his family. i think the focus should now be to cut the head of the snake off. that s the quickest way to end this. cut the head of the snake off! urg! senator lindsey graham of south carolina! senator joe lieberman of connecticut, and senator john mccain of arizona, speaking now. and this is senators graham, lieberman, and mccain 20 months ago, in libya, hanging out with the aforementioned snake that they now say they want killed. pressing the flesh with moammar gadhafi and one of his sons. a leaked diplomatic cable say
is to have his inner circle break and turn on him. i hope that gadhafi goes, i hope that there s that kind of overthrow from within. but hope is not a strategy. i can t think of anything that would protect the civilian population of libya more than the removal of moammar gadhafi. he should not feel safe. i think nato has got to start thinking about whether they want to more directly target gadhafi and his family. i think the focus should now be to cut the head of the snake off. that s the quickest way to end this. cut the head of the snake off! urg! senator lindsey graham of south carolina! senator joe lieberman of coun connecticut, and senator john mccain of arizona, speaking now. and this is senators graham, lieberman, and mccain 20 months ago, in libya, hanging out with the aforementioned snake that they now say they want killed. pressing the flesh with moammar gadhafi and one of his sons. a leaked diplomatic cable say