and then we had that sort of back and forth, from the lines, from misurata to benghazi, it became a civil war on the ground and both sides pushing back. now that you ve got by all from every word that we re hearing this morning, qaddafi gone, what happened with that part of this whole story? reporter: well, i can tell you that as the people were going forward to fight, as the rebels were moving forward to fight out of their cities and towns, their friends and neighbors were backfilling their spots, they would keep the streets clean, direct traffic, they would keep the power on as people who were taking care of those things were moving forward to join the fight. so in that sense it looked clear to me these people were able to control their own country, they were okay with not having a fixed government in place at that point because they could run things on their own without their leader. and i think that they are they have what it takes to make it work. of course, we don t know ye
the hague, his son, heir apparent, saif qaddafi and others, they ve well been captured as part of the escape, so that remains and remains to be seen how qaddafi s followers in libya will respond now that some say he s been made a martyr, so this is certainly not the end of the struggle. it s the end of qaddafi. bill: what s the involvement of libya on what s the involvement of the u.s. on the ground there? i think we have limited resources at the moment. presumably when the embassy is up and running full speed, we ll have a lot more, but a lot depends, for example, on the circumstances of qaddafi s death, in fact, was he killed by a nato air strike or was he killed in a firefight with other libyans. we re not in a position to know that, and i m afraid we re not in as good a position we should be to influence the political struggle that s unfolding now in the country. bill: just to clarify that, the spokesperson for this transitional council is saying he was shot in both
bill. so there s breaking news, of course, this morning and we are all over it for you, the reports out of libya that moammar qaddafi has been captured or killed. we just showed you the picture that is attribute to being a death photo in this situation. we re waiting for the final confirmation on that to come from our intelligence sources here in the united states. let s bring in rick leventhal who has extensive experience covering this story for us on the ground in libya. spent a lot of time with the rebels there. is this tape that we can play now, rick? all right, those are just some images of you on the ground rick. welcome. right off the bat, your thoughts on what s unraveling. it s a dramatic development, obviously, and this is what the rebels or revolutionaries have been focused on since this started. they were singularly focused on capturing or killing car daie cadoofie, that s what they wanted, freedom and democracy like we enjoy and they were willing to lose their lives to
i ve got one guess. [laughter] jenna: and i ll bet you re right on that. moammar gadhafi is dead. among our guests senator john mccain, lindsey graham and mark kirk. all of those senators just in libya 20 days ago. we re going to get their reaction. plus, fox s extensive lineup of reporters who have been been there, done that, david lee miller, jennifer given at the pentagon, quite a cast. we ll see you in a few minutes. bill: the prime minister there in tripoli, we ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, moammar gadhafi has been killed. al-jazeera television says the foot an resembles the 69-year-old gadhafi lying dead or severely wounded, bleeding from the head, stripped to the waist. fighters rolled him over on the pavement. that from the associated press. screen left is from the streets of tripoli happening now on america s newsroom. [gunfire] [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?
chris stirewalt joining us from washington. martha, while you were talking there there is videotape circulating throughout the arab world. we re getting into our fox news headquarters in new york. what appears to be a dead muammar qaddafi. this is much more a single image that you re shown here. it is all shot in daylight. in a moment we will show that to you and what this means for the arab world and what it means for the united states. there is so much to talk about this and we ll be on that. back in three minutes here on america s newsroom. .