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Of the transitional council this morning who says, yes, yes, it will be buried in a private ceremony in an undisclosed location. in the meantime, we spoke to some of the fighters from the unit that found gadhafi. theyre having a quiet celebration here in misrata. theyre basically already looking to the future. construction workers hope to find jobs to get back to their normal lives. back to you, alex. >> aid reason among on the scene. we have brand new information on missing baby lisa irwin up...

Today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on ms nbc. for americans with family members in iraq, the news is sinking in their loved ones will come home by the ended of this year. we have new reaction along with veterans about the plan announced by president obama. my colleague is joining me with more. good morning to you, mike. its been a few days now. whats the reaction been like? >> good morning, alex. we sampled opinion and reaction coast to coast on this. from the carolinas and northwest and chicago in th...

Freedom feels like. >> this what -- maybe im wrong to see gadhafi is dead. thats my dream. >> victory for libyan people. so were so happy here. >> now that gadhafi is gone, the national transitional council will draft a new constitution and getting ready for elections. we have developing disaster news to share with you out of eastern turkey. rescuers are scrambling to pull people out of several deadly building collapses caused by a powerful earthquake. the details from nbcs anna bell roberts f...

Dow jones venture source says that is a 29% increase from a year ago. the surge is attributed to -- rick perry set to release details of the flat tax plan on tuesday which began touting on the campaign trail this past week. the plan is based on a similar blueprint pushed by billionaire steve forbes when he ran for office back in 96 and 2000. how much of forbes will we see around perry in the coming days? guess what? were about to ask him that. joining us live is none other than steve forbes. a f...

I dont think a nurse would do that without risking somebodys life and this is what happens. they die and now youre liable. >> yeah. lets talk about lindsay lohan because we love doing that. we got to move on to her because we have a judge ordering her to work 16 hours at a morgue for violating her probation. she got cuffed to do that. she posted bail. but she shows up to the morgue late on that first day. apparently, early the next to sort of make up for that. but there are a lot of people askin...

In missouri, the search for baby lisa irwin has taken a more visible turn. the little girl was last seen in her kansas city home nearly three weeks ago. ron mott is there for us. what is the new strategy to locate the baby in. >> reporter: alex, police revealed this big development on friday about the cadaver dog strike. the police have been pretty quite the past four or five days. this is new efforts to find baby lisa are growing bigger just the same. new billboards are up in kansas city asking...

>> let me ask you quickly, the difficult jobs of building a government where no one but gadhafi exercised power for years. how tough a road ahead is it for them? >> reporter: they have many challenges lying ahead. the very sort of concrete steps of how you actually move forward and set up an organization, an organized government. the rebel fighters have shown that they can organize themselves,at least when it comes to the fighting field. as we can see, just getting simple information has been a ...

More of those dead enders may be hiding somewhere in the desert. i dont think there are that many. i think the vast majority of libyans are delighted to see the regime toppled. as you know, the top was blown off and so the question is really what is going to happen, if people believe theres not going to be an adequate system of justice, we may see the type of attacks and terrorism that may occur if people feel their lives are in danger because theres not an adequate accountability process by whi...

Here it is. >> its not the governments role or anybody elses role to make that decision. it ultimately gets down to a choice that family or that mother has to make. not me as president. not some politician. not a bureaucrat. >> were looking at drastically different ends of the spectrum. ed. can he live this down? >> i dont think so. his last -- the last sound bite you played, alex is exactly what i believe in. i think i would have zero chance of becoming the republican nominee. no. i think its a...

Remains of the dictator. its a love affair. rick perry and guns. does he have a shot of making a campaign comeback. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." its 11:00 on east coast. 8:00 a.m. out west. this is liberation sunday in libya. for millions of libyans, its a day of celebration now that moammar gadhafis brutal regime is history. adrienne monk is live in misrata. whats happening now, the official declaration and a party will be getting under way shortly. >> reporter: good morning, alex. y...