al qaeda, yes. now, he laughed off the idea that he would ever leave libya, asking why would i leave my homeland? in washington, u.s. ambassador to the united nations says gadhafi s comments seem, quote, delusional and some strong reaction among the opposition forces in libya who have taken over the city of benghazi. alex marquardt reports. reporter: this is hatred for gadhafi. the react to the interview with christiane amanpour ranged from disbelief to fury. everybody, even he lies, he knows he s lying and he knows people listening to him are aware he s lying. reporter: as for his claim that no force has been used, this man had evidence to the contrary. and like many here he showed us pictures of the dead far too graphic to show on television.
as brad mentioned, all eyes on the pacific northwest. as heavy rain in the foothills of the cascades and two feet of snow higher up. snow across montana and northern minnesota from the canadian cold front. showers in florida. seasonal across much of the country. 50 in boise, 55 in kansas city and 46 in baltimore. new orleans will be 65. and just a mild 72 in phoenix. and now to libya, where general gadhafi is under increased pressure from u.s. and international leaders, american warships on their way as a show of force. and questions about gadhafi s mental status following an interview he gave to christiane amanpour, first interview to reporters since the uprising began. they love me, all. reporter: if they do love you they will die to pro pekt me, my people. reporter: if you say they do love you, then why are they capturing bengazi it is al qaeda, it is al qaeda, not my people.
reporter: i read some of the quotes from christiane interview with colonel gadhafi to the ambassador to the united nations, dr. susan rice. she said, first of all, it sounds just, frankly, delusional. she pointed to the part of the interview where he laughed and said, how he can laugh while he s slaughtering his own people only underscores how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected is he from reality. and then noting the treasury department s announcement it had frozen $30 billion in gadhafi s assets. she noted that figure, in light of the fact colonel gadhafi and his sons say they have no resources to be seized. two naval ships are repositioning, one to the red sea, the other into the mediterranean. more talk of a no-fly zone being imposed. a lot of serious questions about the nitty gritty of that. again, that was abc s jake tapper. officials also say repositioning of the navy ships there puts the u.s. in position
ticket at one point or another, so if you re one of those folks out there, that s for you and me. we begin with the mounting international pressure on libyan leader moammar gadhafi to finally step down. the u.s. is moving its military might closer to the region and europe is readying sanctions against the regime. in an interview with our christiane amanpour, moammar gadhafi laughed off demands he leave. here s lara setrakian. colonel gadhafi, good to meet you. i m christiane amanpour. reporter: abc s christiane amanpour was the only u.s. reporter meeting with libyan leader moammar gadhafi. gadhafi told her the libyan people, quote, love him and would die for him. if you say they do love you, then why are they capturing benghazi and say they re against you? why are this is al qaeda, not my people. reporter: he denied using force against his own peond refused to admit the e
mental state and warnings to those staying loyal to him. we begin in tripoli now where christiane amanpour spoke to the long-time leader. reporter: how are you? it s good to meet you. i m christiane amanpour, abc. gadhafi is not hiding in some underground bunker. he walked in through the front doors and he wants people to know he s still in tripoli. i sat down along with two british journalists for his first interview since the uprising began here 11 days ago. translator: this is the first time i am speaking to the press these days. reporter: though he spoke mostly in arabic, at times he became passionate and broke into excited english. no demonstration at all. no, no one. for what? because i am not reporter: but they they love me. all my people. they love me all. reporter: if they do love you they will die to protect me, my people. reporter: if you say they do love you, then why are they