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You is very graphic, a look at a still photo, still from videotape, said to have been taken by libyan fighters. it reportedly shows the man in the center there, moammar gadhafi, after he was shot in the head and legs. libya's transitional government telling the associated press that the former dictator was killed after rebel forces captured the final bastion of resistance in the country. gadhafi's hometown of sirte. as we wait for official confirmation from washington, joining us now senator john mccain. he is ranking member of the senate armed services committee. he met with libya's transitio...

Sources. that is yet to be confirmed by the u.s. government but many libyan sources including the transitional national council prime minister have said that this is in fact his photo that he was killed, as partly as a result of an airstrike in nato, killed by rebel forces there. back with us now, rick leventhal and david lee miller. they both spent a lot of time covering the war in in libya and here with some of their thoughts. rick, you are telling us last hour about the abilities that you think this, these rebel groups have. they're not just a ragtag bunch? >> reporter: they were certainly ...

Lordism and anarchy people here are very afraid of. they definitely want to have the transitional national council assert itself, and it's not clear that it's going to be able to do so. jon: with a book in the works, you could not be there at a more historic and opportune time. we'll look toward to reading it when you get it finished. ann marlowe who is visiting libya right now, thank you. [gunfire] jenna: the sounds and the images say a lot. a second day of violent protests on the streets of athens, and new word that one person has died. you can see on your screen you have those mass proteste...

Libyan civil war was really beginning to take shape. the head of the council is a man named mustafa ya legal who is promising to run a government who -- that he says will be transparent. it promises to insure the safety of the country and the people of libya, also to pave the way for free elections. and they have also put out a statement that rejects terrorism and racism and discrimination of any kind. libya has 140 different tribes and factions all competing for power, and so getting all of these different groups to work together while rebuilding an entire nation and its infrastructure will b...

It from their -- waving it from their houses, wearing t-shirts and baseball caps. so for them this means a new beginning not only for democracy in libya, but also for their own minority rights as the largest minority ethnic group in libya. jon: well, you raise an interesting question. there are so many minorities in the libya, so many tribes. you've got arab cities, you've got a berber city where you are. democracy can be ugly, and do you get the sense that as a nation the libyans are going to be able to unite in a way that preserves whatever fabric there is to that society in the absence of m...