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Death, mostly because they dont have any assets on the ground. nato was operating from the air. they dont have intelligence sources on the ground who were anal to confirm -- able to confirm. we were watching the same video that you just showed, and what it appeared, it did appear that gadhafi had a head wound and a bullet behind his ear, but its not clear whether nato airstrikes played any role in his death. jenna: and probably some lack of clarity on that for at least a couple hours as we conti...

Shoulders and police officers, and we didnt get the same warm and fuzzy feeling from them as we did from the libyan people. they liked us, they welcomed us, they were very, very friendly, very accommodating. they would invite us into their homes. again, they were real people who gave up real jobs to pursue what they felt we had and what they wanted which was democracy. jon: they have oil supplies and money. >> they do have a lot of money. i was eupl expressed when i saw people volunteering to di...

Those who died. jenna: some of these more important questions, whats next for the country, we cant forget this family affected by his rule. rick, thank you very much. thats an important reminder. jon: so it appears that the longtime dictator is dead. joining us now on the phone from libya is ann mar low, she is an occasional best of this program -- guest of this program, also a visiting fellow at the hudson institute and currently working on a book about libyas first year of freedom. she is base...

Sheet of paper. you have those exemptions for adults and for kids. so its an easy way to go. you dont get caught up on do we exempt food from a sales tax? do we have rebate for a sales tax? make it simple and perry is going to do that. jenna: simple sounds good right now. to fill everybody in the plan no income taxes on families until they think $36,000. every after that gets taxed at 17%. we dont have details for that. well wait for that. well wait for your official endorsement and well look fo...

Jon: i want to get your take on something judy miller told me this morning. she is a pulitzer prize-winning reporter who is also a fox news contributor. she says that the next 48 hours are crucial in determining whether the tnc can hang on. she says theres, essentially, no law, order or security in libya, and if tnc cannot maintain order for these next 48 hours, were in real trouble. your response? >> well, when i and senators rubio, kirk and graham were there, theres law and order. theres check...

You is very graphic, a look at a still photo, still from videotape, said to have been taken by libyan fighters. it reportedly shows the man in the center there, moammar gadhafi, after he was shot in the head and legs. libyas transitional government telling the associated press that the former dictator was killed after rebel forces captured the final bastion of resistance in the country. gadhafis hometown of sirte. as we wait for official confirmation from washington, joining us now senator john ...

Sources. that is yet to be confirmed by the u.s. government but many libyan sources including the transitional national council prime minister have said that this is in fact his photo that he was killed, as partly as a result of an airstrike in nato, killed by rebel forces there. back with us now, rick leventhal and david lee miller. they both spent a lot of time covering the war in in libya and here with some of their thoughts. rick, you are telling us last hour about the abilities that you thi...

Lordism and anarchy people here are very afraid of. they definitely want to have the transitional national council assert itself, and its not clear that its going to be able to do so. jon: with a book in the works, you could not be there at a more historic and opportune time. well look toward to reading it when you get it finished. ann marlowe who is visiting libya right now, thank you. [gunfire] jenna: the sounds and the images say a lot. a second day of violent protests on the streets of athen...

Libyan civil war was really beginning to take shape. the head of the council is a man named mustafa ya legal who is promising to run a government who -- that he says will be transparent. it promises to insure the safety of the country and the people of libya, also to pave the way for free elections. and they have also put out a statement that rejects terrorism and racism and discrimination of any kind. libya has 140 different tribes and factions all competing for power, and so getting all of the...

It from their -- waving it from their houses, wearing t-shirts and baseball caps. so for them this means a new beginning not only for democracy in libya, but also for their own minority rights as the largest minority ethnic group in libya. jon: well, you raise an interesting question. there are so many minorities in the libya, so many tribes. youve got arab cities, youve got a berber city where you are. democracy can be ugly, and do you get the sense that as a nation the libyans are going to be ...