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the convoy of the british ambassador attacked in benghazi and the compound of the icrc. complex assault launched there, obliging them to shut down and move to tripoli. all of these were warning signs and libyan officials were telling us they were highlights this growing threat from extremists to american >> we just heard from jon huntsman, former ambassador to china. i asked him about what it was like to serve as an ambassador, are embassies around the world really safe. his answer was not always and that we have some serious questions we need to address. i know you had a chance to look at the safe house that chris stevens fled to when the consulate came under attack in benghazi. what was it like? was it fortified? was it safe? >> reporter: well, let me try to lay it out for you. when you walk into the compound, there are three gates that you can go through and they're only manned by libyan guards who have radios. this is the first line of defense. unarmed libyan guards. the main residence and this is where ambassador chris stevens died, is a house. in this house, there

the icrc has been urging the syrian government to allow more aid and workers into the country.en if this time actions will follow rhetoric. with the violence showing absolutely no sign of abating more and more will flee. forced to choose between death and their homeland or living like this. arwa damon, cnn, beirut. >> we'll be doing a special report this coming friday about the children in syria and how many of them are being taught to hate. don't miss that on friday. >>> two people are dead following a strong earth wake that rattled costa rica today. one died of a heart attack. no word as to the how the second died. this is san jose, the capitol. the quake was centered 87 miles west of san jose with a magnitude of 7.6. a hotel worker said things were talling o i falling off the shelves. >>> here we go again with those tar balls. baseball size tar balls washed up on a louisiana beach. this is the latest because of hurricane isaac. 12 miles of louisiana's coastline closed to fishing and other activities after these oil tar balls appeared. it's too soon to tell if it's linked to

the british ambassador had been attacked, icrc had been attacked twice.was clear there's a running threat in libya. and, you know, frankly anderson this compound was underprotected in that sort of situation. i've served in places like this. and, you know, there was watchtowers, sandbags machine guns, and a safe room is really truly a safe roo. and if this was just a residential compound, it was underprotected. >> fran, what do you make of it? it sounds like if they were warned three days before that's pretty damning, no? >> it is anderson. and there's a couple of points to be made here. first of all, who did they speak to at the consulate? and what did those u.s. consulate employees do with that information? did they pass it on? did it get to the regional security officer who would have been in position to give additional resources d protection to both the compound and to the ambassador? second, anderson as you recall i was there in libya in tripoli august 28th and 29th. i had breakfast with ambassador stevens on august 28th and 29th and talked to him abo

there's been mounting attacks against western interests, the icrc, the uk ambassador over the past few months. many libyans who we have been speaking to have been imploring us to put out a message that this is not an action that was support by the population here. this is not why they went out the revolt against moammar gadhafi. this most certainly is not the course they want to see the country taking. many of them, all of them wanting to see the government disband these militias. the government is admitting at this point in time they are incapable of reining in these extremist gangs. >> arwa damon live in benghazi. thank you. putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to bei

and the icrc compound had a complex attack launched against it. officials are telling us that for months they have been warning the americans about this growing security threat, about the growing presence and power of these extremist militia groups. specifically in benghazi, there was a meeting shortly before the compound was attacked that was meant to be about business economics. the libyan officials told the americans who were senior officials from the consulate itself, now is not the time to be talking about expanding business, about increasing a western presence in benghazi, because we're not capable of containing this threat by these extremist militias. the ambassador himself was aware of the general overall deterioration in the security situation. >> thank you very much. arwa has been doing all this reporting tirelessly from the ground. >>> mike rodgers is the chairman of the house intelligence committee. he's been following developments in libya, been briefed and he's out front tonight. you just heard our report. she had more details tonigh

the head of the icrc met today with the syrian president in a bid to increase the flow of aid to thevilians. we'll let you know how that went. on top of the refugee crisis, the ucht n. says the fighting has become, quote, particularly brutal and violent. you've been seeing the pictures, and you've been seeing the reporting. but perhaps no group suffers more than the kids, the innocent kids of syria. they're among the scores who are killed every day, and if you're sitting with your child right now in your home, think for a moment about a little 4-year-old girl who is sitting in her mom's lap and unfortunately sniper's bullet found its mark inside their home. a warning to you, the pictures are graphic and disturbing. [ honking ] >> reporter: on aleppo streets, a truck races through traffic. we follow them, because we've seen a man leap inside, carrying a limp little girl in his arms. but perhaps because our car is new, he now rushes towards us for help. renna is 4. go to the hospital, he says. guys, she's choking. [ honking ] what happened? she was on the balcony at home when a bullet

the convoy of the british ambassador, for example, the compound of the icrc attacked its employees forcedo what has happened has really brought up a lot of questions, not just about the libyan government's capabilities, when it comes to whether or not they can in fact control these various armed militias that do operate with pretty much a fair amount of impunity, but also as to whether or not the u.s. did perhaps grossly underestimate the threat that existed against them here in libya. >> the president of the united states, arwa, has spoken out saying there is no justification for this type of violence regardless of what may have stemmed it, if it was that film. secretary of state hillary clinton saying the same thing as well. their words, are their words resonating there? >> reporter: their words are not only resonating here, but every single libyan i have spoken to has a message to the united states, to the international community, and most importantly they say to the family members of those who were killed in this attack, and that is that this most certainly is not a sentiment that is

a mission, a accomplished attack on the head of the icrc.e itself was attacked in june. all of this contributing to that sense that according to a source close to the ambassadors thinking, was leading him to express concerns about never-ending security threats. and also as you mentioned just there, that he was potentially on an al qaeda hit list. so there was this growing sense of awareness, not just within the ambassador's thinking, but also in general, about this ongoing rise of threats coming from these extremist militias, a threat that the libyan government itself has acknowledged it was unable to control it. the libyans, of course, saying that they warned the americans about growing threat against them. >> arwhat damon, thank you for that update. >>> and still ahead, a mother fights back against her kid's accused bully, literally. that's them having a brawl right there. now she's in big trouble. >>> and our "starting point" team is walking in. margaret hoover and deepak chopra joining us this morning. a short break and we're back in a m