we have quite a few others on stand by. we re working with the federal emergency management agency. they are here assisting us. and we re working with our local counterparts on the response. thank you so much. good luck to you and all of your team out there. ernie seneca from north carolina. thanks for helping us out. thank you very much. we, of course, will stay on all of the storm news throughout this hour, throughout the day, all day, all night right here on msnbc. fresh fighting is now erupting in libya s capital today. rumors are flying about the location of moammar gadhafi. now one of the world s most wanted men. nbc s stephanie gosk is live in tripoli. stephanie, all these rumors. what is the best sense you have, the best ground troops on where gadhafi is? reporter: the truth is, andrea, i have no idea, and i don t think anyone really does. the rebels thought they had an idea earlier this afternoon in the neighborhood of abu salim.
the regime supporters should hunt out the rebels. that does sound delusional. he certainly is potentially fomenting a lot more violence and making it harder for this interim government to get control. reporter: for sure. he made another radio address, and just the very fact he s in a position where he can make a radio address, where he can call in and make a statement, means that he s in a secure enough location where he has some form of communication and the ability to organize people around him. the question is how many people does he have around him? how many people are willing to fight for him? that does remain to be seen. evidence today that they are out there. this was quite a battle in abu salim today. stephanie gosk, thank you so much from tripoli. just two weeks out of the gate, rick perry catapulting to front-runner status in the 2012 republican race. for how long will he stay there? and the man that brought us the iphone, ipad, and so much