of emergency communication, so this compound did not have a safe room or a safe house on it. >> arwa damonthank you very much, reporting from benghazi and you may have heard arwa early in our program say that the libyans have said they are not able to secure or provide security for american interests in libya right now and tonight, we can report that the united nations is pulling its staff out from benghazi to tripoli. our fourth story is more pressure tonight on the producer who has been in hiding since this film ignited protests across the muslim world. he goes by many names and among them, convicted felon. now, authorities in california are investigating whether he violated probation. >> the spotlight on the mysterious filmmaker growing stronger. officials say the court is reviewing nakoula basseley's case. he faced 26 conditions for five years of supervised probation after his 2010 conviction for credit card fraud and identity theft. most -- was barred from using any devices that could access the internet, except those approved by his probation officer. he was also ordered to pay nearl

first, i just wanted to ask you about what arwa damon is reporting.he's saying that libyan government now says it cannot, it's not able to provide security for u.s. interests and in fact, that the government there saying they had warned the united states about the situation in benghazi and that it was deteriorating. were those warnings unheeded? >> well, i'm not sure how verifiable that view is. i think they would have been heeded had they actually been given. and it is not acceptable to have any country say they cannot protect the embassies of any given country including the united states. >> doesn't this make you think twice if they're saying that? you're someone who wanted us to support a no fly zone. do you look back and say -- >> we had the slaughter of individuals every day in libya. the course of events was going to lead to change there as it led in egypt. the question is are you see ago standing on the side of those whose aspirations is you know, going to create an opportunity for movement towards democracy. >> so you think it was -- >> look,

cnn's senior international correspondent arwa damon visited the ruins of the destroyed consulate and she has more on what happened and why. >> amid the ash, soot and debris, remnants of a life that was and what it meant to those stationed here. scrawled on this sheet, libya is so important. traces of blood stained the walls. what is now a blackened ruin, was a pleasant compound in an upscale benghazi neighborhood. libyan officials say tuesday night's attack was planned by islamist militants and quickly overwhelmed the libyan and american guards. the compound's first line of defense easily breached. according to one of the libyan guards who was stationed at the gate, armed with only a radio, the assault happened simultaneously from three different directions. he says that he initially heard chanting growing increasingly louder and then, suddenly, the gunfire, the rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine gun fire all began attacking the compound. he is so terrified of reprecussions he is refusing to appear on camera. at one point the masked men came over and threatened to kill him a

arwa damon has been fighting for answers. it's been hard.benghazi, and a few moments ago, i asked her how the investigation is going. >> reporter: it's been incredibly frustrating to try to get a straight answer from the government, because even within the government itself, we're still continuing to hear these conflicting accounts. how many people have actually been arrested? how many of them were associated with the attack? what sort of leads has the government come across? at this point in time, you still have the head of libya's general national congress effectively the country's president, saying that amongst those detained, there were some foreigners that are believed to have links to al qaeda. that this was a preplanned attack carried out by these extremist entities. and yet you have other senior officials saying there really is no concrete evidence pointing to any of that. and it's been a week since that horrific attack took place. >> and arwa, as you say, it's been a week. and people would think we would have answers on something as

let's go now to cnn's arwa damon. i understand you've been to that consulate, and what did you see, arwa? >> reporter: it really was quite chilling to be standing in those buildings that have been completely gutted at this stage. many of them burnt out as well. the walls charred black. there were also some very eerie scenes, some of the walls splattered with blood, one of the toilets, the rim as well. there was a partial hand print on one of the walls. the buildings we were in, the main building, the main residence in the compound, the cafeteria as well, the offices, burnt vehicles on the exterior. we were speaking with one of the security guards who was present at the time of the attack. bearing in mind, though, that when it came to security at this compound, the so-called front line of defense was libyan. they were, however, not armed. they had radios standing at the various entrances to the compound. he was describing this very intense attack, rocket propelled grenades, grenades, heavy machine gunfire. he said after

but first arwa damon broke the story. arwa you've been talking to eyewitnesss on the ground there.nderstand one eyewitness heard an extremist talking about hitting a second location. is that true? what does that tell you? >> reporter: first of all we do know that a second location was attacked, that was supposed to be the safe house where embassy personnel were evacuated to. this other eyewitness a young man, arrived on the scene saying he saw at least two dozen bearded men, part of a known extremist militia here he said just on the outskirts, just outside the consulate compound. they briefly detained him because he said he did not share the same ideology. they heard him celebrating hit and talking about needing to get ready to go out and attack a second compound. all of this of course raising the question as to whether or not this was a pre-planned assault as some members, senior members of the libyan government are claiming or whether or not it was quite simply a demonstration that turned violent. >> arwa you're hearing that the u.s. should've known about this, that they were war

joining us arwa damon and ben wedeman. arwa, what's going on in benghazi right now? >> reporter: well, the situation is pretty tense. just about every single libyan that we have been speaking to of course expressing their horror, their outrage about tuesday's attack, saying this most certainly is not indicative of how libyans themselves feel but also really wanting to see their own government begin to take control, begin to rein in these various militias. the government for its part now does believe, says it's 100% confident that tuesday's attack was carried out by extremist group or groups. they say they detained four people, not disclosing which group they were affiliated with but they were also say they go believe this attack was preplanned, intended to inflict damage to drive an irrepairable wedge between the libyans and americans. >> arwa, earlier you walked through what remains of that u.s. consulate in benghazi where ambassador stevens and the three other americans were killed in tuesday's attack and you sent us dramatic video. walk us through what you saw. >>

arwa damon is in tripoli. ben wedeman is in cairo. let me go to arwa. you are in benghazi for us right now. what's the scene like there? >> well, everyone we have been speaking to and i literally just landed here two hours ago, is incredibly distraught of what took place. they are in utter shock and want to make clear how anguished they are over what transpired. they want the world to know, this is not libya or an action that was supported by the vast majority of libyans. this most certainly is not why they want revolution. many of them reiterated against the fact that they expect them to the united states to nato for their aid. that being said, all of them want to see their government disarm with these gangs that are roaming about with basically pure impunity. some of these gangs are remnants of the revolutionary forces that were established during the fighting that took place that has been robust to lay down their weapons for a variety of reasons. some are more extremists and they emerge from these evolution nary forces. this brings to light the sinis

that was cnn's arwa damon reporting. we'll be right back. >>> this week, president obama heads to the democratic convention, wall street eyes the economy, and a reality tv show pledges to be kinder and gentler, really. our correspondents have it all. we begin with the president. >> reporter: i'm athena jones in ft. bliss, texas. president obama speaks at a labor day event in toledo, ohio, on monday, before heading down to louisiana to meet with people affected by hurricane isaac. on tuesday, he travels to norfolk, virginia, and on wednesday he goes to charlotte, north carolina, for the democratic national convention. he officially accepts his party's nomination for president on thursday night. >> reporter: i'm poppy harlow in new york. it will be a shortened trading week with the markets closed for labor day, but on tuesday morning, wall street will be all eyes on the august jobs report. that is set to be released on friday morning, and it will be critical for consumer confidence and also in the race for the white house.

our senior international correspondent arwa damon is in libya. >> reporter: they're certainly at least at this point in team seem to be having a ripple-on effect. to begin with what happened friday in the afternoon, pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets demanding an end to the existence of armed militias, demanding that the government forces, the army and the police, be the only authority on the streets of the country. following that, at night we saw hundreds of vilks storming one of the headquarters of a known militant group in benghazi after they initially managed to peacefully take over that location, they then set their sights on a second area. this turned out to be a battalion that is, in fact, endorsed by the government. it did result in some clashes that caused injuries and casualties and then the army eventually in the early morning hours moved in, especially trying to remove massive weapons. we arrived on site and saw some of the heavy weaponry that the army was trying to secured. at one of the brigade headquarters, we saw a number of detainees that people said had b

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arwa damon got inside that building. it's now burned out and has the most complete picture that she's about to bring us of the violence from that night and the warning that came days before. >> amid the ash, soot, and debr debris, remnants of a life that was. and what it meant to those stationed here. scrawled on this sheet, libya is so important. traces of blood stain the walls. what is now a blackened ruin was a pleasant compound in an upscale benghazi neighborhood. libyan officials say tuesday night's attack was planned by islamist militants and quickly overwhelmed the libyan and american guards. the compound's first line of defense easily breached. according to one of the libyan guards that was stationed at the gate, armed with only a radio, the assault happened sim simultaneously from three different directions. he said he initially heard chanting growing increasingly louder and suddenly, the gun fire, the rocket propelled grenades and other heavy machine gun fire all began attacking the compound. he's so terrified

arwa damon sat down with the new libyan prime minister. >> reporter: it's been nearly ten days since this attack took place. how much closer are you to bringing the perpetrators to justice? >> so far, we have detained about eight people who have been part of the attack on that night. and we have identified some of the leaders who right now we're pursuing. >> reporter: these individuals, which group are they affiliated with? >> the ones we are looking for, we think most of hem are from sprinter groups. really, they are far extremists. >> reporter: were there any foreigners amongst them ties to groups like al qaeda? >> no, they're all libyaens. >> reporter: have you then determine this had attack was preplanned? >> i think it is. i think it is. the way it has taken place, the way they have done it, it's clear this group planned it. it's not a spontaneous thing that took place that night, no. >> reporter: these groups have existed for quite some time now. the u.s. itself has been monitoring some of their activities in the east. why have they not been pursued before they could pose such

arwa damon on the ground. you have hear her on this show, has reported that according to libyan military officials, three days before the attacks took place, the libyan military officials had a meeting with senior employees at the embassy in tripoli and warned them about a rising threat against western interests in benghazi. libyan military officials said they said the libyan government could not control the militias and advised the american, decrease their presence in benghazi. they said they told the senior embassy officials that the situation is frightening, it scares us and at the meeting, united states official ts declined to ask for additional security. now, state department officials tell cnn that a recommendation to close that post was never passed up the chain of command. "outfront" tonight, senator bob corker, a republican, was briefed on the attacks today, including secretary of state hillary clinton and director of intelligence. i spoke with him a couple of moments before the show began and asked h

here is another story from arwa damon. >> reporter: parents cradle their children.clutch meager belongings. a scene that's replayed itself across the country. people faced with little choice but to make the agonizing decision to flee. the endless videos of death and destruction speak for themselves. home has lost its meaning. in many cases no longer safe. in others, it simply doesn't exist anymore. utter lly decimated. those still alive are considered the lucky ones. august, the deadliest month to date as the assad regime intensified its use of air power. coupled with fight and spreading to syria's largest city and commercial hub of aleppo and other areas. as a result the months rate of refugees skyrocketed as the violence took another deadly turn. desperate families poured into fl neighboring countries. august influx doubling the total number of refugees. 103,000 for august bringing the total to 235,300 since the initial peaceful demonstrations began more than 18 months ago. that is just those who the u.n. is aware of. unofficial estimates run much, much higher. in