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Decades to dislodge oil from its dominant role in transportation. so looking ahead at the next week, next month, next year, theres not a readily available commercial substitute for oil, at least for transportation. >> also, its interesting when you take a look at where we get it, 50% of u.s. crude and petroleum products do come from the western hemisphere. again, as we know, its a global market. will we see, perhaps, even higher spikes and bigger problems when it comes to this in places like eur...

Over again. they say hes crazy. the feeling is hes just so wildly out of touch with reality, not to speak of his people, of course, that he simply is raving on television, but having said that, they know hes insane, but theyre also very worried about what he could do in the event he really felt like him and his regime were going down. one worry is that hes going to recruit some pro-libyan tribes in egypt to come and counterattack the eastern part of the country. also worries he could use his nav...

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 dont take medication because 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 people i met or know, they changed. freedom is such a beautiful feeling. its such a beautiful feeling, especially we are...

On the streets. in libyas second largest city to the east in benghazi, anti-gadhafi forces are in control. youre about to hear from a man for the first time in 42 years says he can say he is free. his name is mufta and when we spoke to him on friday, government shootings were under way. he was risking his life just to call us. now he insists on showing his face. thats because moammar gadhafi no longer controls benghazi. for now, benghazi has taken on the appearance of a liberated city. i spoke w...

>> 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 bodies killed in tripoli last...

Your name and today youre insisting we show your face as we are right now. why is that so important for you? >> you know, after 42 years of fear, of the humiliation, you just lose respect for yourself. this time, for the first time im proud to be a muslim. people are proud to be a muslim. he tried to put people against each other by tribes, but today in benghazi, if you ask them what is your name? he will tell you my name is mohammed the libyan, they dont mention their tribes. i dont want to use...

People, of course, that he simply is raving on television, but having said that, they know hes insane, but theyre also very worried about what he could do in the event he really felt like him and his regime were going down. one worry is that hes going to recruit some pro-libyan tribes in egypt to come and counterattack the eastern part of the country. also worries he could use his navy, his air force to attack the eastern part of the country. so nerves are really raw at the moment, given the fac...

And green lights and now we were told in fact that was not the case. >> arwa, stay safe. lets check the latest headlines with joe johns. joe? 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 anti-was sentenced to death in arizona. she was convicted in the 2009 murders of a 9-year-old and her father during a bo...

>> you can hear it, heavy automatic weapons fire. some of the protesters are armed. but the incoming fire is too much. you can see the car peppered with bullet forces. the streets are not safe and many libyans are hiding in their homes. i spoke to a woman in tripoli a short time ago. >> there was shooting without mercy. more than 200 people had passed away, maybe more, nobody knows. nobody knows the real number. but definitely more than 200 people have died yesterday. >> do you still hear gunsho...

Than that, you know? >> mufta, stay safe. well talk to you again. >> thank you. >> lets bring back in jill dougherty and fareed zakaria. can gadhafi hold on? >> i think he probably can. its a pretty brutal regime. we tend to think of gadhafi as this comical mad cap, but hes ran one of the most repressive countries in the world. libya was tied with north korea for the most closed repressive society in the world. he has the guns and this is an oil country, tunisia was not. he doesnt need europe. t...