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green square is right on the coast there. gadhafi's compound, a few miles away has taken a pounding from nato air strikes. today is the scene of ferocious gun battles. for now it's still in the regime control. and as for the libyan dictator, he may still inbound hiding or on the run, but three of his sons are in custody. and that included the man on the left, and he is wanted for crimes against humanity, just like his father. and then rebels also captured this woman, a well-known anchor on state tv, and witnesses say she is unharmed and state tv has gone dark. and then sara sidner ha...

want to remind you quickly. we're getting the president on camera. his remarks and statements on libya. we're getting that turned around for you. as soon as we do, we'll play it for you on cnn. check the clock, 3:00 eastern time. 9:00 p.m. in tripoli. the libyan capital now 90% controlled by western-backed rebels. that's according to the u.s. government. rife with rumors as to the fate of moammar gadhafi. for 42 years the country's undisputed, unbalanced leader, that's where we're going it start. is dpad fi holed up in his compound? it appears to be -- take a good look. it appears to...

I don't care about the rockets. i don't care. i want to die actually if i can. >> richard, as i watch your reporting over the last 12 days you can't help but wonder what we'll be talking about 12 days from now or a week from now will we be talking about the rebels being armed? will we be talking about negotiations for gadhafi to step down because there have been so many defections? it's just impossible to know right now obviously. >> yeah. i think one of the things we haven't been talking about enough that we'll probably be talking about more especially if this regime collapses is misratah. th...

Not perfect, there were instances of corruption. but there was a relatively open political system. more open than this egypt. nonetheless, i think that the risks of president salem falling are very reel in terps of an al-qaeda presence in yemen that we have not been able to deal with effectively. when there were two yemens during the coal war, north yemen was a to have -- during the cold war, north yemen was a soviet ally. the risks of this regime collapses and radicals taking control is very significant. >> greta: you said free and competitive election in 2006 -- >> no, no, i didn't say, the ...

Instances of corruption. but there was a relatively open political system. more open than this egypt. nonetheless, i think that the risks of president salem falling are very reel in terps of an al-qaeda presence in yemen that we have not been able to deal with effectively. when there were two yemens during the coal war, north yemen was a to have -- during the cold war, north yemen was a soviet ally. the risks of this regime collapses and radicals taking control is very significant. >> greta: you said free and competitive election in 2006 -- >> no, no, i didn't say, the state department. >> gre...