stop the fighting between his forces and the rebels. it's been a very long time since we've been able to get this close to libyan leader moammar gadhafi. this is clearly a very important moment for him here with these leaders of the african union. they say they want to broker a cease-fire as fast as possible. late sunday night the au announced progress. gadhafi has allegedly agreed to terms for negotiations laid out by the african union, including an immediate cease-fire and the need for a force to monitor the truce according to south africa's president. >> i think it's efficient for me to say as the leader of the delegation they have accepted the road map as presented by the high -- >> for more on this we're joined now by frederik pleitgen in tripoli. heard talk of a cease-fire before.