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Weapons that moammar gadhafi handed out to the libyan people in the final days of his reign as he was grasping at straws, trying to retain some kind of power. so like i said, this new government has its work cut out for it. we'll be watching them very closely. back to you. jenna: seems like a healthy dose of skepticism right now, still a lot of questions about what's next for this nation. rick, we'll continue to follow this at the breaking news desk and, of course, otherwise. jon? jon: we have breaking information on what has happened to gadhafi and a closer look at the future of this country ...

You wrote together in the "wall street journal." it said you would like to expand our economic ties. because of your mention of oil i'd like you to expand on that a little bit. how do we expand our economic ties with that country? >> we can go over there and help them build their infrastructure up. there are business opportunities in libya. the country has been ravaged, they are looking for business partners. and we send business people to go over and talk with the new regime. jenna: the are partnership is important, isn't it, senator kirk, it's widely assumed and known that moammar qaddafi wa...

Jon: a fox news alert, libya, a country that carried out a variety of terror attacks over the course of moammar gadhafi's four-decade rule. what will his death mean for terrorism in the region? does it put a damper on it or not? joining us now on the phone, neil livingston, a terrorism expert and a frequent guest of our program. neil, obviously, you know, there the standpoint of, you know, a guy who has been directly involved in terror attacks against americans, the death of gadhafi has to be perceived as a good thing, but with others simply take his place? >> that's the question right now. he...

Funeral was held the very next day. qaddafi is now gone though. his legacy lives on and rick will perhaps agree with me here he may be gone but problems for libya remain. >> reporter: a lot of challenges for sure. >> reporter: some still believed him and supported him in tripoli up to the very end. >> reporter: you know that better than me. you spent a lot of time in tripoli. one thing i want to point out, i believe the opposition fighters knew where qaddafi was or had really strong position where he was and isolated him and in coordination with nato. it wasn't an accident that the convoy left...

They have a lot of work to do. but people overall in libya are respectful of the transitional national council. jon: and you believe that it's going to work? is. >> i hope it will work, and we can be of assistance in that area. by the way, they're willing to reimburse us. it's not a matter of money. but we have -- right now there's a lot of goodwill in libya towards the united states, and i think we should take advantage of that by helping them with their wounded first of all, that's their number one priority, and then helping them on a step to democracy. we know from previous experience that ...