No Word of Gadhafi's Whereabouts; Libyan Rebels Control Almost Entire City of Tripoli
MORGAN: The $2.5 million bounty on the head of Moammar Gadhafi tonight, the clock ticking to the end of his regime, battles are raging strong in Tripoli and other cities. Senior international correspondent Dan Rivers is there in Tripoli and joins me now. Dan, what is the latest? Tell me about this bounty.</s>DAN RIVERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This has been confirmed to me that they are offering 1.7 million dinars, that number symbolic. This revolution started on the 17th of February, and they are offering this money to try and encourage someone to give up Colonel Gadhafi. They're also offering an amnesty for anyone that will turn him in, who are currently loyal to him. We've come in from the mountains today, into Tripoli, where these rebels surged a few days ago from Zentan. We drove in through the west of the coastal area here, through Zawiya into Tripoli. We were ushered into a briefing with the rebels where they acknowledged that large parts of the southern side of Tripoli remain very dangerous and very volatile. Anything south of the ring roads here is extremely dangerous. They say there are pockets of resistance and snipers loyal to Gadhafi there which are really causing them problems. So, there's a slight change in the picture that we've been led to believe that they control 80 percent or 90 percent of the city. I think that's a little overly optimistic at the moment. But, certainly, where we are now, just near the port here now, you can hear a lot of celebratory gunfire. This area seems to be fairly secure as the rebels, you know, are now driving around, loosing off magazines to celebrate what they think is an inevitable victory.</s>MORGAN: Obviously, there's a huge bounty, never mind financial, just on being a rebel that could get Gadhafi personally. Is there a huge kind of manhunt going on? How would you describe the atmosphere to find him?</s>RIVERS: Oh, yes, absolutely. Febrile I guess is the best word. When we were in this briefing, a bunch of these rebels all ran out and jumped into their trucks claiming they were going off on a secret mission to capture a senior person who may or may not have been Gadhafi, they thought. Turns out it wasn't. But it's fairly -- it feels fairly chaotic the way they are behaving, the rebels, from what I've seen. There's a lot of kind of running around in these pickup trucks, some of which have antiaircraft guns mounted on them, you know, break-neck speed. We've seen a lot of these cars sort of doing doughnuts down in Green Square, or Martyr Square as they're calling it now behind me, you know, in celebration. They don't give the impression of being particularly disciplined. And, you know, obviously, the big question is, where is Gadhafi? Is he still in Tripoli? Rumors that he might be south near the airport where one of my colleagues, Arwa Damon, is still holed up amid that intense fighting. But, frankly, no one really knows at the moment.</s>MORGAN: Now, that is the big question. Dan Rivers, thank you very much indeed. As the battle rages in Tripoli, opposition forces are making plans for post-Gadhafi Libya. My next guest may have a lot to say about that. He's a member of the Libyan royal family who has been in close touch with the rebels. Prince Idris al-Senussi joins me exclusively now. Prince al-Senussi, thank you very much for joining me. I spoke to your brother yesterday. Obviously, a very jubilant time for you, for your family, and indeed for Libya. What is your reaction to what you're seeing?</s>PRINCE IDRIS AL-SENUSSI, MEMBER OF THE LIBYAN ROYAL FAMILY: Hello, Piers. Nice for you having me again on your show. I'm proud of the people of Libya who have been fighting to bring back democracy and establish freedom in Libya. Of course, this is great times for the people of Libya, especially for our family, and the legacy that we have seen in Libya. I would love very much to thank the Libyan people. And I want to take this advantage to tell them with the finishing of Ramadan, now is the time for us to reconciliate and put all our rivalries aside and be all tribes unite under one flag, under one constitution, and build the institutions again, the civil society.</s>MORGAN: And royal highness, you and your family were kicked out of Libya in the late '60s, and you've had to watch Colonel Gadhafi run his reign of terror ever since. Now that he's gone, can you see a situation where you would return, perhaps be part of the government going forward?</s>AL-SENUSSI: Look, Piers, we have not been outside the country, we've been working from day one in opposition against Colonel Gadhafi. I've been in a opposition on my life. My cousin is part of the government in Libya. It's been 31 years part of the transitional government. Of course, we would like to work with any government that comes, that puts the government back together, on the world map as a civil country, civilized country. So our role is not important, what role we play. It's important that we continue our work, what we are doing now. We're working with the named -- the people who are injured, we're working with the humanitarian. We would like to soon help the companies who would like to go back and do the construction, who would like to see the people be -- the Libyan people who are very well- educated, professors, and all of us go back, and what our role can be is not important. Whatever role is available.</s>MORGAN: And finally, Prince al-Senussi, most of us were watching the extraordinary scenes at Gadhafi's compound yesterday because when a man loses his home, his compound like that, we all kind of know it's all over. For you, it must have been such a symbolic thing to watch. What was your personal human reaction to those scenes?</s>AL-SENUSSI: Well, my reaction is, the tyrant, he's gone. Libya is coming back as a country. I have been watching, waiting for this -- for this event to happen for 41 years, although I was young. But I still remember that I always dreamt of going back, and seeing Gadhafi out of Libya. And I always hoped that I will see Libya without a Gadhafi. And that's what I saw. When I saw the compound, that's it. I said, the symbol -- he symbol of power, the symbol of Gadhafi is gone and it became history. That's what I've seen.</s>MORGAN: Wonderful moment for you, and for Libyan people. Prince al- Senussi, thank you very much for joining me. When we come back, CNN's Sara Sidner, and what it's like to report in the middle of Libya's chaos.