he was a mad dog. authorities say there will be no more post mortems. there were four different doctors. they decide the cause of death was a bullet to the head and a bullet to the stomach, a little one official admitted those bullets could have easily have been shot in anger, not just a crossfire or friendly fire result. as for the burial, i m told the public display will end tonight and the body will be handed over probably to the family of khadafy for a burial we re told at a secret location. they don t want it to be turned into any kind of shrine for followers of khadafy. this should pave the way for a post khadafy future. transitional government here tomorrow will declare national liberation and look forward to
a burial might be a little bit more tasteful right now, even for a long-time dictator. i m told this display should end today and that a secret location for the burial of the body should be found, maybe as early as tomorrow. tomorrow, gregg, a key day for this country. it s been billed a national liberation day. that is the day when formally the war is declared as over, a post-gadhafi libya is looked towards. there should be a formation of yet another transitional government and in eight months time, we re told actual elections in this country. again, which was led for has lived for decades under a harsh dictator, moammar gadhafi. i can tell you firsthand f what we saw, he is gone. back to you. gregg: all right. greg streaming live, thanks very much. the death of a saudi prince now casting serious doubts on the future of u.s. relations with one of its strongest allies in the middle east.
lot of kissing up that has to be done. no question. gregg: good to see you. we re getting new confirmation about the chaotic moments after moammar khadafy capture and how he died. that the dictator was assaulted by revolutionaries. meanwhile, celebrations on the streets of tripoli today as the burial is being put on hold. greg palkot is streaming live from misurata libya with all of that. reporter: a little bit of celebration on the streets of misurata, and you are hearing gunfire in the background. there are questions about the exact circumstances of the death of former libyan leader moammar khadafy but authorities here set
really thought we did make a difference. maybe the job is not done but this will be a campaign like any in history. i think it s great news. the thing i wouldn t do is the president is doing is telling the enemy how many troops you are going to bring them out. he declares an end of the iraq war. one of the most divisive conflicts in u.s. history. president says all-american troops will be withdrawn from the countries by year s end. the war and build-up to it sparked a number of mass demonstrations like this one in san francisco. and this garden of white crosses in lafayette protesting more than 4400 lives lost in the war. mark matthews with reaction to the president s decision from all sides. reporter: they say the president confided weeks ago that today s announcement was coming. we learned for several weeks now that, in fact, this would be the case. again we have been in close contact with the white house. zhee says she reminded the president of a resolution t
come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, america s war in iraq will be over. the thing i wouldn t do that the president is doing is telling the enemy how many troops you are going to bring out and when you are going to bring them out. i don t think that is a good strategy. iraq wanted american troops to stay but they would not be immune to prosecution but some will stay to guard the embassy in baghdad. today the war has cost the lives of 4400 american fighters and more than 32,000 have been wounded. in terms of money, the united states has spent more than $700 billion on the war but the president s decision now comes the debate on the timing and what was accomplished over there. jonathan bloom is here with that story. the one thing that everybody seems to agree on, they are glad that our troops are coming home. as for what the war accomplished, we found optimism as very frank criticism. that was inside and outside the u.s. military. you have to ask t