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gadhafi's son saif al islam has been captured by rebel forces. this is sky news video from tripoli from our colleagues there and people on the street chanting libya is free, gadhafi needs to go. this all happening just moments ago. this all appears as though it is the end game for the rebels. a spokesman for the libyan government called for immediate negotiations and a halt to the rebel assault. the big prize, tripoli. finally could be theirs. rebel forces surround the libyan capital. the government is conceding that parts of the city are no longer under its control. it says 1,300 pe...

You. were you ever -- you've been in and out of there 28 times. were you ever concerned before this latest unrest that your safety could be an issue? >> no, not the last 28 times. it was like a tsunami hit tripoli. the last 28 times i was going there, nothing happened. it was -- it was a very safe haven for doing business and all of a sudden wednesday, thursday when the stores started shutting down and the people started coming to the street, that's when i sensed it was time to get out. >> and cyrus, you say like a tsunami. were you in a position where you did not want to be outside on the str...

Tripoli now is under gunfire. tripoli, it is burning. the eastern part is under the control of the people, but if the regime manage to hit tripoli and manage to control tripoli, benghazi and the other cities in the west, they will return back again and they will hit again. >> we will have a lot more on libya and about the circumstances there coming up this hour in globe trekking. a tragic end for four americans held hostage by somali pirates. u.s. military officials say they were found dead on the yacht "quest" today. the boat owned by jean and scott adam of california was hijacked last week...

>> it is amazing. to some degree moammar gadhafi looked like some sort of bumbling lunatic when you would listen to him at a u.n. speech. in the country his control was absolute. i was in tripoli last year and had an experience where i met some prisoners they released, hi level muslim brotherhood prisoners as a part of seif al isl islam's plan. you can feel the tension among the regular people, but yet the control was absolute. i think that is coming undone very rapidly. >> i remember covering the reagan white house when the united states hit tripoli, hit gadhafi's tent, killing one of his sma...