night. they re going after his inner circle. you might have pictures of what s left of his former intelligence chief s house. that s his former house. notice ten rockets hit it friday night. the owner is gadhafi s brother-in-law and he s also wanted by the international criminal courts. a sign of how tense the situation is getting here, journalists were bussed to the airport not far from here to prove it hadn t fallen into rebel hands. this crisis was sparked by an e-mail that said security forces at the airport had defected enmass. we were taken out there to prove no. we re getting reports a lot of checkpoints and barricades and concrete barriers are being erected all over tripoli in preparation for this showdown and it s going to be probably within the next week, if not weeks. gregg: showdown is probably the correct word.
experts claim this latest crackdown may be a last-minute attempt to hold on to power. gregg: in libya, rebels apparently inching closer to victory. word now that they have seized two key cities, one being the centre of the country s central sector. the other, the major oil refinery there. the rebels now apparently narrowing in on tripoli, gadhafi s stronghold. is this the beginning of the end for him? now tadek is on the phone live from tripoli. what can you tell us? it could mean the end of moammar gadhafi, a man who has ruled this country with an iron fist for nearly 42 years. it s why this city is right now on a razor s edge. moments ago i could hear jets, they re going after gadhafi s war machine, smashing anything that could be used against this capitol. but the gains being made by his own people who want him gone.
loyal to khadafy. a lot of supplies flowed and it s 30 miles from downtown tripoli. on top of this rebels say they got a city, seven miles from east here and close to capturing brega that is important to the oil industry. khadafy is facing a circle and tripoli may be his last stand. some people have suggested that he will leave the country but a lot of people that i spoke to say that won t happen. he will dig in and fight to the bitter end. now, the rebels are fighting downtown, they have bombarded the capital night after night and they are hitting anything that can be used to make a defense line to dislodge this
years. they have been in prison for two years now when they were accused of crossing over the border. it s unclear whether the men will have to serve the entire sentence. san francisco police are investigating a muni bus accident that killed a woman yesterday inch. she was crossing over the street in castro district when she was hit. this muni shuttle bus was traveling at a slow speed and took a left on hartford. she was in the crosswalk and she was 95% across the street when the bus contacted her. he was across the street when the accident occurred. we saw her wrapping her like she was dead. she died at the scene. muni driver was visibly shalk en as they saw him exit the bus. the driver is cooperating on is investigators. he didn t immediately exhibit any signs he was impaired. this the ninth if a taillight so far this year. elizabeth says that is nine too many. every year over 800 people are hit by cars in san francisco. we really need to have safer street
claiming that khadafy s number two has defected and aiding them trying to overthrow the libya strong man. and water blewl manhole covers up in the air. a stunning turn of vaccines for two american hikers locked up in iran. the two have both been sentenced to eight years behind bars. the news dealing a major blow for the two that many thought would be freed in the recent weeks. the pair have been held for more than two years but now they have 20 days to appeal before they are locked up even longer julie banderas has more. julie: the state department which has repeatedly called for the release of these two men releasing a statement that reads in part, we are working to confirm these reports and are in contact with the swiss protecting power. they have been in prison too long and time to renight them with families. despite the calls for leniency they have been remitted three years and five years in prison on charges of espionage. independent the islamic law, spying is puni