afternoon. i can see lots of ground all around here, it s now filled with opposition fighters. and also, a lot of civilians who just want to come here and celebrate. [gunfire] [chanting an gunfire] megyn: if you re joining us, we are watching extraordinary images coming to us directly from the qaddafi compound, inside the qaddafi compound, in tripoli, libya. this area is now under rebel control, under the control of opposition fighters, who have made their way into the compound and taken it over. they have not, however, according to any reports, seized moammar qaddafi. there are conflicting reports about where he is and where he has been. earlier today, an ex-libyan envoy, somebody who is the former deputy ambassador to the united nations for libya, who had been loyal to qaddafi, came out and said
turf fights that didn t last long. [chanting] [gunfire] [interruption] megyn: stand by and wait for it, because this is extraordinary, our sister network sky news has gotten a reporter inside the qaddafi compound now, obviously having satellite picture difficulties. you can understand that. as soon as we get his picture back up we ll bring him back to you, but here s what s happening folks, the rebels had not seized the compound, and yet now today, they have, they have largely seized all of tripoli and the compound itself, where moammar qaddafi was staying and living. reporter: i m sorry about the interruption. megyn: here i believe this is alex crawford, also inside the compound. let s take a listen to her. [gunfire]
who is streaming live to us from libya. reporter: it s sunset in north africa and we are hearing that the streets are quiet in tripoli. people are rather concerned that 95% of the city is now controlled by rebels there is a feel there could be a war brewing. there are remnants of loyalists of moammar qaddafi in the city holding positions, there are still tanks about and there s on going battles from street to street. many neighborhoods have fallen to the rebels all the same the loyalists seem to be entrenched and continue fighting to the very last. they have littled munitions after one of the key arsenals outside the city fell to the rebels yesterday, the weapons took advantage and that s what help them speed them into the city and over take it. nato still has air patrols in the skies. there haven t been any bombing raids today so far. there were 40 such raids
to determine their own destiny. in that effort the united states will be a friend and a partner. we will join with allies and partners to continue the work of safeguarding the people of libya as remaining regime elements menace parts of the country, i ve directed my team to be in close contact with nato as well as the united nations to determine other steps that we can take. to the deal with the humanitarian impact, we re working to insure that critical supplies reach those in need, particularly those who have been wounded. secretary clinton spoke today with her counterparties from leading nations on all these matters, and i ve directed ambassador susan rice to request that the u.n. secretary-general use next month s general assembly to support this transition. for many months the tnc has been working with the international community to prepare for a post-gadhafi libya, and those efforts proceed, our diplomats will work with the tnc as they insure that the institutions of
heavy bombardment now. we can hear the fighters very close. we are not more than a kilometer from moammar gadhafi s major compound in the tripoli. we think that s where a lot of the big decisions are made, and we think there are a lot of loyalist troops and government officials holed up there, and they re putting up a heck of a fight. we are hear the explosions. as the light fades near tripoli and we get close to the breaking of the fast for muslims, we re still in the midst of ramadan, the action just keeps rolling on as far as where we are concerned. megyn: what is the latest from the ground there on moammar gadhafi and where they believe he is located? is he still in tripoli? do they believe he is gone? what do they think? reporter: megyn, i think the key is getting inside his head. now, we haven t heard any audio messages from him for a while. we got the last one last night, again, probably by a satellite phone that he, again, was urging his people to come to tripoli and fight th