regime, because it was pretty impossible to imagine that, given that all the roads around this area have been com an deed by opposition fighters and especiallies on the side of the opposition rather than the other way around. every street is filled with their own barricades, taking up weapons in built concrete posts to stop any advance against the qaddafi forces and now the compoundo toe seemed like they ve breached more than one entrance to the compound. it is awash with people, as well as fighters, but awash with civilians as well who don t even have guns, who just want to be here, who are taking pictures of the moment which they consider to be histor historic, an historic turning point for the libyan people. megyn: look at these unbelievable pictures, that man literally falling to his knees and getting down to
thank you very much. you re welcome. jon: for more on the fast moving developments, let s bring in author and libya expert ronald bruce st. john. moammar qaddafi, quite apparently on his last legs, is he the kind of guy who would fight to the death? i mean, would he take his own life, would he give himself up to be tried? what do you think? it s very difficult to say, but certainly, from watching him for almost 40 years as i have, there s every reason to believe that he s not going to surrender, and he s probably not going to take his own life. so he will either try to escape somewhere or fight to the death. and probably the latter is the more likely scenario. jon: so what comes next, what kind of government do we see in libya after qaddafi? well, i m cautiously optimistic, tempering that optimism with reality. i think the transitional national council has made
and they are they were coming under attack and started running. we started to dismantle and run with them. but they clearly are under attack, if they re if there are any qaddafi forces left and there doesn t seem to be any sign of them because the gunfire is coming from the opposition fighters, in the buildings around the roads, where they were they had taken up positions, and were trying to shoot people or any of the fighters who came close, but now, this is very much in the control of the opposition fighters. i mean, they have free reign of the compound, they re wandering all over the place, and in and out of the compound. you can probably see it, it gives you a slightly bigger picture. the fire you can see to the right of the building is the tents where colonel qaddafi conducted his interviews, you can see the trees,
close to the coast of the united states. the potential for considerable damage is real. megyn: take this one seriously. bill, thank you very much for the latest, we appreciate it, all the best to you, sir. quite welcome, thank you. megyn: fox news alert, incredible video from our sister network, sky news, which has been doing great reporting in libya, reporter alex crawford, inside qaddafi s compound, getting a one on one interview with a rebel who got his hands on some of qaddafi s personal items. here s her report from moments ago: reporter: you can t see it, but i m next to mr. al wendy who has colonel qaddafi s hat on his head, colonel qaddafi s i don t know what you call this. but it s some sort of masoni c he used to throw that around and his necklace. where have you been. i ve been in the mountains since four-months ago, i was fighting qaddafi
ground are coming this way and trying to take this hotel. this is part of a bigger, wider government area. there s a presidential compound across that sustained bombing the other night when the major assault began, but it sounds like the qaddafi people who are still positioned around the hotel are exchanging gunfire with the rebels, headed this way now, and we understand they have probablyo they are probably about 400 meters away on a bridge that overlooks this area, so they re on high ground and looking to come this way now megyn: we heard reports of qaddafi going to the hotel where journalists stayed because they knew it was a place he was likely safe. this was a while back, not in the last couple of days since the most recent events have unfolded. is there a concern now and what are the journalists like yourself doing to maintain your safety to the extent you can tell us? i mean, the main thing right now is everyone is staying calm, we put out banners saying television and press,