our list. >> you tie for number one on my list. how about poppy harlow with kiss. that's our era! it's the top of the hour. 9:00 on the east coast and after 42 years, libyans awaken this morning to a new beginning free of a murderous tyrant. an ambassador for libya's transitional government says the death of gadhafi means a black era has come to an end forever and across the country, libyans celebrate under to the morni in hours firing off guns and blasting off car horns. dna tests confirm the corpse was, indeed, gadhafi and the international criminal court is allowing his burial in an unmarked grave. tomorrow libya's liberation will be formally declared and the transition to democracy and a new government will officially begin. cnn crews are in place around the world for all of you from the pentagon to tripoli from abu dhabi to london. we are tracking every single development surrounding the death of moammar gadhafi. let's begin with ivan watson. two major challenges here. rebuild from war while reinventing itself as a democracy. what is the first step for the transitional government? >> they say they're going to be celebrating what they call liberation day on sunday. now, for the first time, libya is waking up without moammar gadhafi, as you said, in nearly 42 years. one of the officials from the transitional national council says over the course of the next month a new prime minister should be appointed and he should be choosing some sort of a new interim cabinet, as well. meanwhile, we just went to a mosque. friday is the muslim holy day of the week. people gave prayers of thanks at that mosque and welcomed the death of moammar gadhafi. the one man we talked to, as muslims, we wish he wasn't killed that way. violently. perhaps he went to court or to trial. in another part of town, people preparing to sacrifice to kill a camel as a celebration here. that's a traditional mode of celebration here. but, some libyans that i've talked to have mixed feelings about the death of the man who ruled them for more than 40 years. one man telling me, i feel ashamed that our former leader died this violently. he told me that his mother was crying last night. we do have to remember that some people feel that this man was a symbol of the country, despite other people who called him a tyrant. kyra sph. >> ivan, what more do we know agout gadhafi's funeral and burial? >> well, the officials from the transitional council here say they will he will be buried and that will be delayed some time because they want to get forensic reports to the international criminal court of his autopsy. and they want to leave open the possibility that the icc could come and do their own autopsy to see how, in fact, he died. they say they do not want a formal funeral. they want to bury his body in some nondescript, anonymous location. kyra? >> ivan watson there live from tripoli this morning. ivan, thanks. now the military mission in libya. scheduled to meet today and with gadhafi's death, the end of the mission is likely in sight. chris lawrence is at the pentagon. what are the details of the airstrikes that actually led to gadhafi's death? >> the gadhafi loyalists were boxed in to a particular area in the city of sirte in between the rebels on the ground and a drone doing surveillance from the air. they had been monitoring this group for some time. at about 8:30 in the morning, a large convoy, 75 vehicles made a break for it. nato says it was traveling at a high rate of speed, the convoy was heavily armed. they engaged in american predator drone and a french fighter jet hitting one vehicle in the convoy disabling it. that disrupted the convoy. some people got out and ran away on foot. about 20 vehicles kept going at a high rate of speed and that's when the drone and fighter jet came back around and disabled another ten of those vehicles. here's the point where the story starts to diverge and we have to warn you, some of the video and the images with moammar gadhafi's last moments is extremely graphic. but, apparently, he was found in a drainage pipe and forces that were loyal to him engaged the rebels in a fightfight. now, the official word from the ntc, from the rebel group says that he was killed in the crossfire of a firefight, but the images show a still alive but wounded gadhafi being man handled on the hood of a car or people around him, grabbing him, pulling him. so the official word from the ntc doesn't exactly jive with what we see with our eyes and some of the images in the video. kyra? >> all right, chris lawrence there from the pentagon and you're right, just seeing that video, again, pretty gruesome images. we'll talk more later in the morning. also, president obama says moammar gadhafi's death ends a long and painful chapter in libya, what about the next chapter. how do you make a peaceful transition after 42 years of dictat dictatorship. we'll talk with general jim jones in ten minutes. and gadhafi's death is now putting other arab leaders on notice. in fact, thousands of protesters are marching in yemen taunting the embattled president that he's next. mohammed jamjoom is there. >> well, kyra, according to the activists and opposition figures i have been speaking with last night and tonight, it has reinjured the anti-government movement there in a very big way. there were demonstrations last night and today we're told tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators also that they have been carrying the libyan revolutionary flag and that they are singing songs saying, gadhafi, where are you? saadi, you are next. saleh will not sleep after seeing what happened to gadhafi. he knows gadhafi was more powerful to him and still fell. no will is stronger than that of the people. look what happened to the other arab dictators. this era is the era of the people. we will not accept being ruled by families who want to take our wealth. it's not just yemen where this is happening. we have gotten reports today that in syria there are tens of thousands of demonstrators in multiple cities there according to activists in syria. they are overjoyed at this victory for the libyan people and chants being heard in several cities taunting syrian leader saying look what happened to gadhafi. kyra? >> mohammed, we'll talk more about syria in just a second. first, death of a dictator, a tyrant, that's how gadhafi's demise is being described around the world this morning. cnn's zain verjee is following all the reaction from london. zain? >> kyra, let's look at what gulf news is saying. this is the headline that reads, "he refused to see the writing on the wall." gadhafi's violent end in sirte was inevitable. a man of such pride and self-belief would never be taken alive. the war is oall but over. gadhafi is gone. . "the globe and mail" moammar gadhafi's death adds welcome momentum to the arab revolution. if the country's interim rulers can stick to their plan to hold elections within eight months, it might take less time to get there than either libya's revolutionary peers." tyrant's death brings new hope. it says the man who had inflicted so much pain and suffering on his people for four decades lay dead on a street in s sirte. few can regret his death. few libyans wish he could be brought to justice and many analysts that i have spoken to today, kyra, say the real challenge now is how the ntc will provide basic services to the people. actually can run the country. libya doesn't have any significant institutions of state and governments like the governments like the judiciary, for example, in order to be able to run it effectively and also, crucially, a very serious split many say between the liberal side of the ntc and the islamist side. and that could pose a danger for the future, if it's unable to be a real reconciliation within the country and within the ntc. >> zain verjee in london, thanks so much. now, let's talk politics. back here in the united states, shall we? you heard about herman cain's 9-9-9 tax reform and he is unveil agnew program to help small businesses. paul steinhauser joining us to talk about the opportunity zone plan. he definitely comes up with the catchy titles, doesn't he, paul? >> he sure does. the 9-9-9 tax plan turned the former godfather's ceo to a frontrunner just about. he surged in the polls. remember back earlier this week back in las vegas that 9-9-9 plan came under attack by the other republican candidates because of that proposed 9% sales tan. herman cain your plan would cost lower income americans more money. after the debate, myself and a bunch of the other reporters were questioning cain and he said come in a couple days and i'll give you more details and more on my economic plan. that's what he's doing today. michigan central station in detroit, he'll announce more of his economic plan. as you mentioned, kyra, these opportunity zones. help spur growth, specifically, he says, some of the most attractive features a zero capital gains tax and no payroll taxes. he says, these are factory installed as part of his 9-9-9 plan and he says it will benefit the whole country. about 90 minutes from now, stay tuned, we'll get more details from herman cain. kyra? >> paul, thanks. the senate has blocked votes on two jobs bills, one pushed by democrats and the other by republicans. the first a plan to hire more teachers in first responders would have been paid by taxing millionaires. republicans have rejected that idea. senators also blocked a gop-backed plan that would repeal a withholding for government contractors. your next political update in just an hour and a reminder for all the latest political news go to our website, cnnpolitics.com. what do you think is running through his mind right now? could asad be next? big mistake at a big bank. some wells fargo customers getting other people's bank statements. we'll go to new york to the stock exchange for more details, next. well, the arab spring took down a tyrant and now the death of moammar gadhafi is putting other arab leaders in yemen and syria on notice. listen to what the vice president told our candy crowley. he thinks the nato operation to take out libya's dictator is a model for future missions. >> when, in fact, there is a cause that the arab world could unite on it and the west wants to help and we don't have to, it may be, but we don't have to do it ourselves is the point. it is that the nato alliance worked like it was designed to do. burden sharing. >> well, formernato commander, national security adviser under obama general james jones joining me this morning with his perspective. he was also special envoy for middle east regional security. jim, i want to talk more about nato in just a moment. but, let's start with something as the that's happening right now in syria. we'll go ahead and roll the video of these demonstrations. not long after gadhafi was killed, they flaired flared up and people were chanting, it's your turn now, bashar. we can't confirm the authenticity of this video. is assad the next to fall and should he be concerned that nato will get involved there, as well? >> i can't predict the future but i'm certain that assad has watched what's going on in libya, as he has intunisia, egypt and other places. he's got to be very concerned about what might be coming to his own neighborhood. whether nato gets involved ever, that's another question. and for another, perhaps for another time. but syria is a pivotal country in the region, very strategic. it would be a huge blow to iran to lose an ally like assad and it would be transformational in terms of what happens to the entire region. what's happening over in that part of the world, i think, is the biggest thing that's happened since the disillusion of the soviet union. it's on that scale of importance. and who knows where it's going to stop. but i would be, if i were assad, i would be very concerned about what might happen next. >> you bring up an interesting point. with your military background, with nato to then working in the white house, did you see this coming? did you ever expect an arab spring like this and to be witnessing such historic takedowns and changes in the middle east? >> well, i know that in this administration and the previous administrations, particularly where president mubarak, former president mubarak was concerned in egypt, we pressed quite hard over a long period of time that the situation in the arab street, at least in this country was changing. i don't think anybody could have predicted the spark, but, i think that people knew that, ultimately, oppressive turanical regimes were not going to be the order of the day for the 21st century. and that the tremendous amount of knowledge and information that was being circulated on the internet showed people who were disadvantaged who felt disadvantaged that their future could be brighter, but not under the current regimes that they're living under. so, perhaps it could have been foreseen. i don't think anybody could have foreseen the exact timing. but i think our country spent a lot of time working with a number of leaders telling them that change is coming and you should do the things you need to do to get ready for it. unfortunately, those kinds of leaders don't listen. >> we're seeing what happens when they don't listen. >> exactly. >> jim, let me take you back to libya. there's so much concern now about civil war, a divided transitional council. as former national security adviser, how do you prevent another iraq and make sure that the transition of power works smoothly, i know that's a tough word to use in a situation like this. there's got to be concern about gadhafi loyalists. >> that's really the question of the moment, kyra. whether it's in libya, of course, that's the topic of the day and also don't forget egypt and don't forget tunisia and other countries and what's going on in yemen. you know, how this comes out now and how it plays out is extremely important. you can be sure that there are forces at work that want to make sure that democracy in any form doesn't, doesn't win out and, so, it's going to be extremely important that we and our friends and allies work together to make sure that security is maintained ordered and discipline in the streets and that people feel a sense of security and safety. second, that the economy gets revitalized as quickly as possible. libya is a potentially very rich country and i think that with their connections with europe and with our system, as well, that should be able to be done relatively quickly. finally, the movement towards a parliamentary or democratic reform, which is what causes more transparency reported by the people and more say in how they're being governed. that has to be watched very, very closely to make sure this uprising from the people supported by a great organization like nato, in fact, becomes reality. and that their hopes are realizreal i realiz realized. >> general jim jones weighing in from san francisco. you're always on the road, thank you so much for making time for me this morning, jim y really appreciate it. >> my pleasure, kyra. you bet. still lots of questions about the death of moammar gadhafi. we'll talk to the journalist who was in the thick of the action and see what is going on in gadhafi's hometown today. the fed up flight attendant who got instant celebrity by going rogue and using the plane's emergency exit gets his day in court. we'll tell you the sentence that steven slater got. ♪ i saw what my life could be... and found the strength to make it happen. ♪ i lost my leg serving my country. now i serve in a new uniform. 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