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>> okay, fionnuala sweeney live for us there. shes been monitoring that speech in neighboring cairo, just recovering from the fall of hosni mubarak there and once again celebrations in cairo, unrest libya. the situation has been extremely chaotic in the capital city of tripoli. it has spread to the -- >> that is significant. were hearing of burning and gunfire. wean speaking to a gentleman that we wont identify for his own safety. what is the situation like now? we know you have been to the prot...

Even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. in recent weeks, libyas moammar gadhafi has seen governments top toll his east and west, in egypt and tunisia. >> and now trying to stop it from spreading across his own country. joining us live, weve been

Minutes ago, a senior administration official saying that the white house, of course, is watching this very carefully and that they are analyzing that speech by the son of moammar gadhafi, to look for any possibility for meaningful reform. then they also say the u.s. is considering any appropriate action and trying to clarify from the libyan government what exactly is going on. the overall message is stop the violence. >> lets talk about americans living and working in libya. there is a travel w...

The uprising in libya. >> were looking at breakfast television in libya, state run tv. its 11 minutes before 6:00 in the morning there. state run tv not covering the uprising. you see fireworks there and anything other than the unrest that the rest of the world has been watching on the streets of benghazi and tripoli. >> you certainly wouldnt know there was unrest there by looking at those pictures. lets bring back in a libyan american living in this country 30 years. i asked you about a direct ...

>> at least 200 people are dead as security forces try to quiet the streets, libya has banned journalists in the region. information and video is leaking out from social media sites. these shots from tripoli were unloaded from youtube, chaos in the streets, people starting fires and cnn can confirm protesting in ben ghazi, also cnn doesnt confirm posts on social media. >> and he hasnt spoken since the protests erupted and did appear on state run tv but we dont know when this was taped. a few hou...

Has ended. why do you think that? >> well, first of all, i want to praise the libyan people for their courage. the libyan people have never showed their great desire for freedom. freedom from fear and oppression and tyranny. i have never been more proud. gadhafi is a former leader of libya, was his goal. he has now controlled the country. three-quarters of the country are flying the old constitution flag. so i -- though i dont think the menace of anybody from the regime doing to the libyan peopl...

And talk to a former member of the military. and he will tell us why he thinks moammar gadhafi time as libyas leader is over. [ male announcer ] while others are content to imitate, well continue to innovate. the lexus rx. why settle for a copy when you can own the original? see your lexus dealer.

People or to direct people. >> we just heard from sayyid, a member of the former ruling family of libya, hes convinced moammar gadhafis days are numbered. do you agree? >> the error of moammar gadhafi, based on my understanding, is over. >> days? weeks? >> i cannot predict. >> thats what i want to ask you, even fran townsend, the former homeland security advisor said, you know what, we havent seen anything. no precedent for anything like this. i want to know from people there, im sure theyre tal...

Saw what happened in egypt it worked, they got the courage, especially the women, i praise the libyan women in the front line with the men. thats whats happened exactly to libya. >> we appreciate you joining us on cnn. thank you. >> thank you. >> you probably know libya, an oil rich country, one of the richest in africa but also has one of the highest per capita incomes of an african country. >> interesting. back with more after our break. well-being. were all striving for it. purina cat chow he...

Between the u.s. and britain, because britain was seen as bringing libya out of the realms of the rogue nations and tony blair did a deal seven years ago and accusations that weapons may be used in this bloodbath of libya. even before the fall of egypt, protests were hitting libya because of low quality housing and high unemployment. >> yeah, but you know it was hosni mubaraks ouster on february 11th that lit the fuse for demonstrators who seemed to grow more intense and determined as each day h...