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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 gadhafis 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 dont know if gadhafi is in his compound or not but nato jets are flying low over his compound. at least one explosion has been reporte...

is really prepared for this kind of quake or worse, and the other breaking news story were following, bullets flying from moammar gadhafis compound in tripoli, only hours after it was captured by rebels. cnn goes inside the compound as chaos, looting and celebrations unfold. were following a very dangerous and uncertain situation in libya right now. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." millions of americans on the east coast and beyond heard the ground rumble and felt buil...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is "am: wake up call." im carol costello live in new york. lets get started with that big storm crashing through the atlantic ocean right now. irene is getting ever more powerful and may be heading toward the united states. people in south carolina already getting ready for irene. the hurricane is near the dominican republic right now. take a look at the storm from the international space station. irene is now a category 2 hurricane...

1:51 this afternoon. trust us on this, it feels a lot more dramatic than these pictures look, but take a look. this was inside the cnn studios as it rocked. in no time at all it seemed like everyone in d.c. was out on the sidewalk overloading cellular networks as they tried to get in touch with friends and family. the quake was centered in virginia, about 88 miles south of washington. people in new england even felt the shaking. now, the east coast is waiting to see where hurricane i...

stand, reports of explosions near a compound where he may be hiding. and im carol costello. a new poll predicting a tight race in 2012, whether obama versus romney, bachmann, perry or paul on this "american morning." good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is "american morning." we have a lot going on today here. this weather in the united states. >> thats right. >> politics and, of course the developments in libya. >> start with breaking news in the battle for libya ...

to an end. libyan rebels made fast and furious advances over the weekend. they claim they now control a great majority of tripoli. it could be a mortal blow to leader moammar gadhafis 42-year rule. some of his forces are still putting up a fight. there have been reports of tank fire near gadhafis home. there was no sign of gadhafi yet himself. the rebels are saying theyve got three of their sons and opposition leaders already are making plan to govern. [ crowd noise ] >> as you might e...

90% of contribute ptripoli. one of his three captured sons has escaped. lets he get the late frst from libya and sara sidner. first tell me whats going on there in zawiya. >> reporter: we were hearing a lot of loud booms, a lot of what sounded like mortar fire. there was definitely small arms fire. it sounded like this was a firefight and we went and checked it out. and we think that we have confirmed, weve only talked to one of the rebels who has not been down at the square, but we th...

gadhafis 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. im 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." im christine romans. >> im carol costello. ...

resistance from pro-gadhafi forces. correspondents are reporting on the ground. cnns sarah sidner is hunkered down in green square and matthew chance is in the citys hotel, the same hotel where senior libyan officials just fled moments ago. our first correspondent in tripoli, nic robertson, he is in our washington bureau and national security contributor, fran townsend is in new york and zain verjee is following international reaction from left knee done. dan lothian is with the presid...

want to remind you quickly. were getting the president on camera. his remarks and statements on libya. were getting that turned around for you. as soon as we do, well play it for you on cnn. check the clock, 3:00 eastern time. 9:00 p.m. in tripoli. the libyan capital now 90% controlled by western-backed rebels. thats according to the u.s. government. rife with rumors as to the fate of moammar gadhafi. for 42 years the countrys undisputed, unbalanced leader, thats where were going it st...