yes. i got up this morning and i could say you cannot hear me, but c.o., he is dead. qaddafi is dead. the man who ordered this, the man behind it, because nothing went on in libya without qaddafi s approval. the man who was really behind it all dying a vicious, horrible death, much deserved. much deserved. and yes. it s helped. it brings me justice. a veryo much more that lies ahead. if the government will actually pursue this issue. alisyn: so susan, what do you want to see happen now? i want to see information, much more information about the specifics of the bombing. people in america don t realize that in europe and britain and in scotland, in many places, there has an massive libyan campaign under qaddafi to indicate that they didn t really commit this crime, and it was megrahi, and i don t believe any of that, that was a propaganda campaign
put on hold, and washington will wait to see what happens under kim jong-il s son and what will happen when he takes control. we were thinking about 2011, it has been certainly a tough year if you re a dictator especially in north africa and the middle east. in libya a popular uprising let to the downfall of moammar qaddafi. they toppled the dictator after 42 years in power. yemen longtime president ali abdullah saleh signed a deal to hand over power. he s an ally of ours. hosni mubarak also one of our allies was taken from the presidential palace into prison. he is on trial at this time. peter crowley is a former spokesman for the u.s. state department. what a complicated and dynamic year it s been as far as these overseas affairs. i m going to ask you a simple question for a complicated issue. how do you make sense of
i m wondering with the death of moammar qaddafi as well how all these different relationships are changing between these countries that are our enemies. sure, i think the good news here is that lots of the dictator we ve just reflected that there are dictators who thankfully are gone. there are also dictatorships that are on the offensive or under siege. syria is in 0 that category. even a country like iran, the mullahs had a bad year, they thought they had momentum. they ve been put on the defensive because of what has happened elsewhere in the region. they ve found themselves in an awkward supporting democracy and protests in egypt but deny it in iran. that necessarily means they probably have less time and energy to be able to cause mischief elsewhere. jenna: one would hope, right,
you don t need to be an aarp member to call. don t wait. call now for free information about the additional coverage you may need. bill: breaking news, this is intrigue, out of mexico city, the mexican government saying it s broken up a plot to smuggle a son of the late libyan dictator moammar qaddafi into that country. el-saadiqaddafi is his name. he was taking his family with false documents. it was an elaborate plan, several suspects opening bang accounts in mexico t to buy houses to be used by safe houses by his son. intriguing, out of mexico city moments ago. nearly all the republican
i m erin burnett outfront tonight, chaos in cairo. amidst it all, three american college students are detained. one of their mothers comes out front tonight. we re going to talk to her in a few minutes. but first, we want to show you what it looks like right now in tahrir square. that is a live picture and it s relatively calm, it s 2:00 a.m. local time. the image is in stark contrast, though, what we saw throughout the day and into the evening tonight. rocks and tear gas flew through the air. riot police clashing with protesters who want the nation s military rulers to step down immediately. officials say 35 people are dead. 3,000 injured after five days of protests. now, tahrir square is the same spot where egyptian protesters forced the removal of their long time leader hosni mubarak back in february. i was there during those protests, they were mostly peaceful, it was a rather uplifting experience despite a couple of very bad episodes of violence. but very different than