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And good morning to you. thanks so much for being with us. 7:00 a.m. here on the east coast. the its 2:00 in the afternoon in libya. thats where the news is being made wednesday, february 23rd. welcome to "american morning," im kiran chetry. >> im t.j. holmes. in just about an hour, a ferry with americans onboard is scheduled to leave tripoli. this is happening right now. the state department is evacuating u.s. citizens to the mediterranean island of malta. there are up to 5,000 citizens in liby...

Whoever cooperates with foreign countries in order to instigate war against libya, the punishment will be execution. whoever tampers with the country is also punished by execution. whoever facilitates the entering of enemies into the country of libya, whoever damages the ports, the airports, has to be executed. >> thats gadhafi reading from his beloved green book, a book he himself wrote essentially calling for the excuse of everyone who opposes him right now. his regime is piece by piece fallin...

The man who has the blood of americans, europeans and many, many libyans on his hands. >> translator: our rocket launchers have been provided to benghazi by the americans. they have just confused them. they have made them dizzy. they offer them those hallucination pills in order to use them. this march cannot be stopped by those agents. those rats. those cats who move in the dark. this is a confession from the biggest power in the world, that gadhafi is not chief. in order to poison him, when bo...

That means military activity, civil strife, and a lot of people are going to suffer. >> but unlike egypt, there doesnt seem to be a military there that can step in and stabilize the country in place of gadhafi if he goes. >> there is no centralized military that has the respect of the people around the country. you see regional splits developing now, youre going to see tribal splits developing, and ultimately people are going to choose sides and bullets will fly and people will be hurt. >> there...

Just what the radiation from a cell phone may be doing to your brain. and why you may want to make that next call from a land line. this is "american morning." and good morning to you. glad youre with us on this wednesday, its february 23rd, im kiran chetry. >> im t.j. holmes. we want to start in libya where moammar gadhafi is sending a clear message to those who oppose him. libyas former interior minister has been kidnapped. recently resigned to support the anti-government protesters. despite...

When the demonstrators were approaching the round about, the police retreated. >> arwa, stay safe. lets check the latest headlines with joe johns. chicago has elected its first new major since 1989. first obama chief of staff rahm emanuel has won the race with more than 50% of the vote. he beat five challengers handily. "360" follow, shauna ford, an anti-illegal immigration vigil ante was sentenced to death today in arizona. she was convicted in the 2009 murders of a 9-year-old and her father ...

Demonstrators throwing rocks and police firing back with tear gas. thousands of people are marching through the streets toward parliament. businesses also throughout the country are shut down. there is a live picture right now of athens. they are furious with the government program that cuts salaries and pensions while hiking taxes and, again, they are showing their displeasure with this march to parliament to protest against the pretty bad measures but, in the meantime, it turning violent somet...

So at last, im a free man. >> what does that feel like to be able to say that for the first time in 42 years? >> its a beautiful feeling. i dont know. i dont think youve experienced because all your life you lived in freedom. but for me to say that after 42 years, its a beautiful feeling. you know, i am a diabetic, but today i didnt feel that illness anymore. i feel good. i walk for miles, you know. i smile. even my family told me that im a changed man. its not just me, all the libyans. all the ...

In libya. say hing he wants to die a mart. also this morning, we are seeing the scenes of mayhem in tripoli. were hearing about wild shooting, hearing reports of the military and in some instances firing indiscriminately on protesters, peaceful protesters. there are reports of bodies in the street. but outside of the capital of tripoli, protesters who are backed by some army defectors may have control of half of libyas mediterranean post. those are some areas where there is major oil producing...

Not that much in the square. >> weve seen on libyan state television, on government controlled television, they show a pro-government demonstration in green square. who do you think those people are? >> he has been paying people. he had been recruiting people. even some of his own soldiers, he has put them in civilian clothes just to show that the country is fine. this morning, he has orders to clean up the streets, clean up the dead bodies. he doesnt want anybody to get any footage of the dead ...