fresh produce is for sale on tripoli streets. if you were a small restaurant, or shopping for a big family, you'd bring cash, a wheelbarrow, and load up with what you need. but the revolution has brought changed tastes. libyans, especially young libyans, hunger for more than just freedom. they hunger for places like this. kentucky fried chicken. uncle kentucky fried chicken, okay. >> the colonel, his buddies, the king and the clown, have not quite made it here. given the uncertainty of the situation. so in the meantime, places like this have been popping up. >> uncle kentucky. awesome. you know where kentucky is? >> kentucky is from usa. >> a part. yeah. >> yeah. >> this place is new? >> yeah. is new. before gadhafi -- >> impossible. >> yeah. and now, it's normal. >> oh, that's nice. >> how you found it? >> spicy, delicious. johar, like many libyans his age, fought to overthrow gadhafi. he was there, gun in hand, when they stormed gadhafi's palace compound. happy, excited? good day? >> nice feeling. >> yeah. >> nice feeling. nice

the army has been into tripoli before. the city of course as we heard are no stranger to sectarian violence. what is different this time? >> what is different this time is the reoccurring fighting has recurred so many times -- i think the last count was 18 in the last year or something like that, and the intensity of the fighting has increased. more and more people are being killed and injured, and the linkages with the killing in in syria are becoming more and more frightening. so the spreading of this conflict that had been going on there in the -- in tripoli since the days of the syrian domination of lebanon, or what anti-syrian people would call the syrian occupation of lebanon. this has been going on for 20, 30 years. and it is getting very frightening, and it's very sectarian, so the army and the political leadership decided they really had to take a move. >> so the army set up check points thus far. what does taking control of tripoli actually mean? will they use force? >> well, they have already. they have shot bac

number of government buildings the gunmen gave into the demands of the libyan authorities and left tripoli but refused to lay down arms reportedly natives of the city of misrata they were among the first to seek to remove the gaddafi regime in general the security situation in libya remains unstable believe me as deputy intelligence chief more stuff on north recently kidnapped outside tripoli's international airport. the libyan army has been struggling to control armed groups that part in the overthrow of the country's former leader colonel gadhafi and according to some reports there's up to seventeen hundred of them all with different goals libya is also facing an uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapons depos with only twenty of them belonging to the government meanwhile about three thousand to aircraft missiles that could bring down civilian airliners have gone missing wish not affairs expert as a key way as the situation's not being helped by the hand a weapons coming into the country from outside. the government is totally incapable of running in t

is given the separatists in least ten days to hand over those oil fields what if they refuse could tripoli for the military assault at this time and not at all these these are just saber rattling without any sabers in the armory they can't do anything about it there's been giving the the militias a lot of. deadlines to meet and the militias have been ignoring them largely remember it's a government in name only so that they can't do anything about it but i think for for effect on the international media front the. process as a government that has effect in the country but doesn't. know they can't do anything about it so what future for the products of these all fields of the separatists want to start exporting or know of their own needs could they even maybe give europe a better deal than tripoli's offering a wooden europe touchett well they already selling it on the black market they are european companies or black marketeers who are buying this oil already and it's leaving the port of bank guards the daily so they're filling up ships and remember this is the same effect in iraq where the

islamic militant group and start at sharia and the military says a report by the interior ministry tripoli is witnessing security problems to over forty people were killed and more than two hundred injured at a rally last week in tripoli as protesters clashed with the militias a to control of a number of government buildings the gunmen gave into the demands of the libyan authorities and left tripoli but refused to lay down arms reportedly natives of the city of misrata they were among the first to seek to remove the gaddafi regime in general the security situation in libya remains unstable really be as deputy intelligence chief more stuff on north recently kidnapped outside tripoli's international airport. believe bin army has been struggling to control armed groups that took part in the overthrow of the country's former leader colonel gadhafi and according to some reports there's up to seventeen hundred of them all with different goals and libya is also facing an uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapons depos with only twenty of them belonging to the g

we look at the struggles facing triple he -- tripoli. >> >> welcome back. in libya, the afterglow of the arab spring has faded into a complete breakdown of law and order. >> militias run the streets of the capital, carving out and ruling over their own little fiefdoms as they see fit. >> recently, deadly clashes broke out between armed groups and residents. ordinary libyans have had enough. >> it's a difficult time for tripoli's mayor. he is facing all kinds of problems on a range of fronts. a policeman on patrol in gauges him in conversation. he wants to complain about the deteriorating security situation , tripoli's biggest problem. he says no one respects the police, and the crisis is getting worse. his next task is to sign off on compensation payments for people whose homes were destroyed in the country's civil war. it is an important step towards restoring normality. >> we have a high percentage of unemployment. >> jubilation at the demise of the former leader has long faded. routine has returned, which means queuing for long periods to get fuel, a sca

number of government buildings the gunmen gave into the demands of the libyan authorities and left tripoli but if he is truly down arms reportedly natives of the city of misrata say were among the first to seek to remove the gaddafi regime in general the security situation in libya remains unstable believe me as deputy intelligence chief more stuff i know are recently kidnapped outside tripoli's international airport. now the libyan army has been struggling control of the group that took part in the overthrow of the country's former leader colonel gadhafi and according to some reports there's up to seventeen hundred of them all with different goals libya is also facing an uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapon depos with only twenty of them belonging to the government meanwhile about three thousand and thirty aircraft missiles that could be used to down civilian airliners those are just gone missing regional affairs expert by your miser he says the situation is not being helped by the whole of weapons cause or be streaming into the country from outside

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problems to over forty people were killed and more than two hundred injured at a rally last week in tripoli as protesters clashed with the militias to control of a number of government buildings the gunmen gave into the demands of the libyan authorities and left tripoli but refused to lay down arms reportedly natives of the city of misrata they were among the first to seek to remove the gaddafi regime in general the security situation in libya remains unstable believe me as deputy intelligence chief not stuff i know are recently kidnapped outside tripoli's international airport. the libyan army has been struggling to control the groups that took part in the overthrow of the former leader colonel gadhafi and according to some reports there's up to seventeen hundred of them all with different goals libya is also facing an uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapons depos only twenty of them belonging to the government meanwhile about three thousand and thirty aircraft missiles that could bring down severe liner's war those are just up and disappeared regional

problems to over forty people were killed and more than two hundred injured at a rally last week in tripoli as protesters clashed with the militias to control of a number of government buildings the gunmen gave into the demands of the libyan authorities and left tripoli but refused to lay down arms reportedly natives of the city of misrata they were among the first to seek to remove the gaddafi regime in general the secret to situation in libya remains unstable believe me as deputy intelligence chief new stuff i know are recently kidnapped outside tripoli's international airport where the libyan army has been struggling control groups to part in the overthrow of the country's former leader colonel gadhafi according to some reports there's up to seventeen hundred of them all with different goals libya is also facing that uncontrolled flow of arms estimates there are four hundred approximate arms depos only twenty of them belonging to the government meanwhile around three thousand and thirty aircraft missiles that could bring down civilian airliners well those have just gone missing regional

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problems to over forty people were killed and more than two hundred injured at a rally last week in tripoli as protesters clashed with the militias they took control of a number of government buildings the gunmen gave into the demands of the libyan authorities and left tripoli but refused to lay down arms reportedly natives of the city of misrata they were among the first to seek to remove the gaddafi regime in general the security situation in libya remains unstable believe me as deputy intelligence chief not stuff i know are recently kidnapped outside tripoli's international airport. the libyan army has been struggling control armed groups to part in the overthrow of the former leader colonel gadhafi according to some reports there's up to seventeen hundred of them all with different goals libya is also facing an uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapons depots with only twenty of them belonging to the government. about three thousand and eighty aircraft missiles those have also disappeared of course they can be used to bring down civilian airliners reg

we met a group of eritreans in hiding in tripoli. they fled one of the most repressive and poorest countries on earth and dreamed of europe. but after a few hours at sea in august, their boat started to founder. "it was night. how could i be happy? i was scared. i can't swim. we were praying and crying." like many other vessels, their boat was rescued. they were brought to the camp of garabuli just east of tripoli. this footage shows men from another boat filing in. conditions in detention camps were bad in the time of colonel gadaffi, but now libya is lawless-- no one's accountable. the eritrean women were entering a new hell. >> ( translated ): the prison wasn't good. they separated the men and women. it wasn't good. the guards would come drunk. at night, they would take the women to sleep with them. and then, another night, another would come. it happened to all of us. it wasn't good. >> reporter: the camp director told us there was no rape in garabuli, but aster says they were raped for 11 weeks until a friend paid a bribe for th

meanwhile in tripoli libyan politicians have reportedly voted in favor of basing legislation on islamic sharia law the immediate ramifications of the move are unclear especially considering that the authorities in tripoli don't hold sway over the entire country but we will try and put that into more perspective for you in the coming hours with the euro still trying to find its feet china's u.n. has leapt to become the second most used trading currency share of world trade is now almost nine percent rising from just over one percent last year the un success marks china's efforts to influence the world's economic arena as financial analysts and gather money explains. clearly it's a big victory for china. to get the number two spot this is this the big objective obviously of the of the government in beijing to further internationalize the redmen beer that you won they have been working on this for quite some time and you can look at it to some extent as china seeking its own place in what it believes to be its own rightful place in the global economy whether it's a visa be the united state

meanwhile in tripoli libyan politicians have reportedly voted now in favor of basing legislation on islamic sharia law the media around for occasions of that move aren't clear especially considering the thought in tripoli don't hold sway over the entire country but invite you to stay with us international for the latest on libya and also get more of course online r.t. dot com. many british households are wondering how they're going to stay warm this winter after being hit with massive energy price rises just as the cold begins to buy that some top of thousands of u.k. families trapped below the poverty line and unable to heat their homes even with the promise of government help tesser a seller report. it's that time of year again when temperatures drop and to bill soar as the heating comes on. a. good week the people who are protesting saying that it was i'd like them to the choice between eating or heating they're angry at the price increases of the energy companies and the government's lack of action to helping those who are most vulnerable not to mention the comment from downing street t

meanwhile in tripoli libyan politicians have reportedly voted in favor of basing legislation on islamic sharia law the immediate ramifications of the move are unclear especially considering that the authorities in tripoli don't hold sway over the entire country. while in syria a group of twelve kidnapped christian nuns have reportedly been relocated by their islamics rebel captors the women were abducted when opposition fighters storm the town of it's mostly populated by christians who are seen by the rebels as back is it the syrian government damascus is a pale for international efforts to free the captives mother agnes is a nun from syria and she's been on the phone with rebel officials to try to resolve the situation. had some contradict. restatements the leaders of the free syrian army deny involvement in the incident and have condemned it they say it might have been carried out by extremist groups but others say the autonomy is pfizer's from homes could have been responsible and that the allegedly took the nonce to protect them from government forces this is what the free syrian ar

that means queuing for long periods to get fuel a scarce commodity these days in tripoli. nasa's born because the potential here we've been waiting for hours sad. police have no control over the scam station militiamen decide who can fill up the tank into canton they named him busy and chat with the issue in this area in the village. not disputed that the ad and was then that this is a little push and shove it in the months of this unique and safety act the financial crisis will soon be over. she had them do all this attention is all wrong that's also true for relations between the various militia groups. the state has lost all control of them some routinely keeping up to rivals and run secret prisons home to get all that is creating real parallel structures to the police and the army are also stronger than the state institutions stronger than the police and the military science and innovation is of course arms to the tee advani has been updated since then. on november fifteen. furious residents of tripoli demonstrated against the militias demanding they leave the city. th

embassy in tripoli letting tripoli that the special compound in benghazi was under attack. and it was conveyed to foggy bottom that the compound was under attack. >> your belief is that people who received this information must have understood that it was a terrorist attack and in not just a spontaneous demonstration. >> you have to understand that the demonstrations in cairo frex were massive, violent, there were fires set around the u.s. embassy, tunis and rabbat, embassy grounds were breached, there were feelings that there were these sorts after tacks. when news came of this attack in benghazi there was very little detail, very little information conveyed -- >> it got confused with all the other things happening -- >> people are shocked that there could be confusion in government. >> to save ambassador stevens and getting him out of there at great risk to himselves. >> when a police officer needs help he calls swat, they could be minutes away or a mile away. for many of the diplomat security agents that are in assistance around the world, assistance is 6,000 miles away,

meanwhile in tripoli libyan politicians are reportedly voted out of favor of basing legislation on islamic sharia law that made it run for cations on the move and clear yet but especially considering the authorities in tripoli don't hold sway over the entire country of course. now the news tonight many british households are wondering how they'll stay warm this winter after being hit with massive energy price rises just as the cold begins to bite it's on top of foundations of u.k. families trapped below the poverty line unable to heat their homes even with the promise of government help us reseller report. it's that time of year again when temperatures drop and to feel sore as the heating comes on. here they are protesting saying that it was like down to the choice between eating or heating they're angry at the price increases of the energy companies and the government's lack of action to helping those who are most vulnerable not to mention the comment from downing street that there's you can't afford to pay the bills they just simply put on an extra job. gently as you can let me say in th

and while in tripoli itself libyan politicians are reportedly voted in favor of being based in education rather an islamic sharia law now the immediate revocations a move yet clear especially considering the authorities in tripoli don't hold sway over the entire country will follow that up for you. many british households are wondering how they going to stay warm this winter of being hit with massive energy price rises just as the cold begins to bite that's on top of thousands of families trapped below the poverty line unable to heat their homes even with the promise of government help a report. it's that time of year again when temperatures drop and to bill sort as a heating comma zon. oh. here we are protesting saying that it was i would come to the choice between eating or heating they're angry at the price increases of the energy companies and the government's lack of action to helping those who are most vulnerable not to mention the comment from downing street the producer can't afford to pay the bills they just simply put on an extra job well. there's really so many generals you co

. >> when the rebels came to tripoli they ransacked all sorts of the buildings. it was in the office that they found a stash of documents revealing the collaboration between british and libbian intelligence services. >> abdel-hakim belhaj says he was tortured to give up information about libyans living in britain. >> sometimes they'd come to me with questions and answers down and force me to design it. >> sol of the libyans returned to tripoli, and we tracked down ziad hashem, whose name abdel-hakim belhaj was forced to give up. ziad hashem was arrested and the information used came from libya. >> translation: many times during the question in paddington green police station they'd accuse me of terrorism. they brought all the documents, many left out in the open. it was clear they were from libya. ziad hashem says after his release from prison he was placed under house arrest, and his family suffered from the treatment by british police. >> translation: they could search when they wanted and they chose to some at night, knocking ard on the door. >> ziad hashem is

and i it wasn't too bad in tripoli. we were there for a little over a week. the massacre of 50 civilians that took place a week ago is a sign of that. but as far as foreigner being targeted, journalists are 2350eb8feelthreatened-for-their. >> even in ben g benghazi it's t foreigners being targeted it's a struggle between different ma englishemilitias trying to gaine upper hand. >> so mostly the danger is the interflainternal strife. >> you met with deborah jones, the ambassador what did she say about what the u.s. is trying to do there in libya. >> we had the first inte intervf deborah jones. she has been on the ground for six months. she has a difficult job on her hands and she has to be careful. this has become a very political issue. when we met with state department officals in washington, d.c. they are not at liberty to talk with libya. there is political news coverage werwith what happened with the consular attack. her hands are somewhat tied blue sh.she would like to be doing m. there are some pr programs thate u.s. does have going. p>> they are able t

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lebanon's government deployed the army on to the northern city of tripoli and 11 have been killed in fighting in the city as rival communities target each other and violence is triggered by religious and the neighboring war and andrew simmons reports. >> the aim is to bring this to an end. [gunfire] and this is syria's war playing out in lebanon and cost 100 lives in the past year. fighters for pro-assad area and in another district clashing frequently in a sectarian feud that dates back to lebanon civil war. the prime minister said the army will be asked to exercise complete supervision of security in the city over the next six months and denies that tripoli will become a military zone. what will happen next it's expected it's a decree and what it will contain and how this will play out on the ground remains unclear at this stage. it was a meeting that brought together the caretaker leadership and prime minister and defense chief and followed a within that saw more deaths and scores of injuries. and depending on how far the army goes, the decision could break new ground. lebanon's f

we're talking about people who are on the ground and those people who came from tripoli came to help. and we're starting to find out some of the facts that really went on. >> those guys that you've spoken to, i was reading some of the things that have been reported that a lot of people are walking around in shock. even before the fight is over. of course, there were no reinforcements sent in. >> what happened was the rsos, or the regional security offices were not prepared. i don't think they had the right arm. . when the c.i. avmt operators, they weren't armed. that i have said they didn't know if they ever fired a well. one was barrel foot. it's going to come back to the state department. these guys are getting danger pay because they're in a sdaj zone. >> they work for the state department. so we don't have access to those sbel jensz committees. we talked to the c.i.a. annex that went over to rescue him. and the c.i.a. ajents that came down from tripoli. >> what do you think about your colleague from congress that said that benghazi is not in the middle east. >> i don't know what t

they control more than half of libya's all supplies the embattled authorities in tripoli now giving them ten days to stand on a deadline this crisis as a ready soon the export of crude from the country plummet to just ten percent of previous levels libya's no longer than able to satisfy even its own domestic needs for all producing just half of what's required and as that's happening meantime corruptions on the pitch booming the country's tumbled to being among the world's worst for not a good record to have an estimated seventeen hundred armed groups meantime have led to a nationwide security crisis the crisis we're seeing right now and authorities been able to take control of the country's arms supplies most of them are heading up or ending up in the hands of the militias some analysts say the western countries that help usher in the libyan revolution seem reluctant to help it out. the libyans are buying goods from the from europe from the west they're selling oil from them and the west is interfering with the various groups some of the country some of the western countries france brit

it finally made its way to tripoli. so qatar, it has taken a back seat in syria, certainly in relation to saudi arabia and, a couple of weeks ago, the government of egypt, talk about a slap in the face, returned to qatar $2 billion that qatar had given in the form of long-term loans and grants to the egyptian government. so the question as you posed is, whether or not qatar hedging strategy has failed? i'm not sure., i think it could very well have failed.o it could very well have backfired. i think, these are setbacks. my hunch is that in the long term, qatar has positioned itself. the one thing about power to keep in mind is the creation of conditions. . . become favorable and you can cash in and call in favors when you want it. so you might take a couple of hits in the short term and these things in the examples that we just mentioned could be a couple of short-term situations that doha and qatar is suffering. i'm reluctant to say that this is part of a longtime series of setbacks that are pulling back the influence

once news of the attack reached the embassy in tripoli. c.i.a. contractors, and jasoc contractors volunteered immediately and suited up. they made plans and arrangements and coordinated their trip to benghazi. benghazi being lawless and chaotic they were held up at the airport for four hours. they were the only good guys in the country that could be summoned. >> they killed 50 militants and injured 100 others, and two of them died hours later on the roof of the annex. we have a question. let's go to our social media producer. we have a question about c.i.a. . >> fred asks why were dozens of benghazi agents at the consulate the night stevens was killed? >> that's an issue. something we need help with from congress is to call c.i.a. personal up for testimony. so far there's one c.i.a. officer testify behind closed doors that was in benghazi. it's my assessment having worked in the environment, looking at a lot of terrorist attacks that this was a c.i.a. base, what it does. they are engaged in human source meetings. they have security officers that

we an tilt pate that it is in tripoli. we have no sense of why the libyan government would have detained these four military personnel. we have seen in reporting that the libyan government has been difficult in terms of oh u.s. investigation of what happened in benghazi. there have been problems already between the governments. this ises a confusing situation. it appears tonight the obama with administration is working to try to release these u.s. military personnel. >> of course that's the number one priority. ed, thank you very much for keeping us up to date. this is breaking news. we appreciate you calling in tonight. joining us now, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor john bolton. what do you make of the news? as ed pointed out there is a delicate relationship now between the u.s. and libya given the attack in benghazi that left four americans dead. what does this say to you tonight with the limited facts we know? >> delicate as well. this is the government that when the white house ag

when the rebels came to tripoli they ransacked all sorts of buildings, such as this one. it was in the office of a spy chief that they found a stash of documents which revealed the collaboration between british and libyan intelligence services. he says he was pressured to give up information about libyans living in britain. >> translator: sometimes they would come to me with the questions and answers already done, and force me to sign it. they would mention names to me and say these people supported armed activities. >> reporter: some libyans have since returned to tripoli and we managed to track down one of them. he tells us that he was arrested and that the information used by british interrogate fors came from libya. >> translator: many times during the questioning they would accuse me of terrorism, so they brought all of the documents they had, many of which they left out in the open, and it with us clear what was from libya. >> reporter: he want us to meet his family. after his release from prison, he was essentially placed under house arrest and his family suffered

. >> knowing that some of the structures in tripoli, and everybody else have been protecting fighters. more interest, specifically that there's no plan or target. >> but the caretaker government insists what they are getting their way to the new security system. and achieve add cease fire, everybody though ministers are reluctant at this stage to spell it out. and here in triply, the feeling is that the absent of any detate, could be because. dropped the conflict here. in the middle of all this, are the civilians. some of them feel they must as well be in syria. >> one hope is that a new police force, may make a difference here. no one is shore what is going to happen next. that conflict goes back many years but it has intensified since the war began in 2011. the tension hasn't lifted if anything it has increased. many of the people believe they won't see an end, as long as the conflict in syria goes on. al jazeera, tripoli. >> the director of the institute at the american university of beirut, he says the lebanese army has seen sectarian, which means most people back its mission in t

there has been attacks in tripoli. the leaders say they face an existential threat. clearly by talking to people here you realise how deep the divide is between the two communities >> translation: the syrian regime, when in lebanon entered our neighbourhood killing hundreds. we will not forget that. >> some of the bullet holes date back to that time. it's a political and sectarian conflict made worse by the syrian war. omar's father paid the price. he thanked god that three other children in the car at the time of the bullet survived. >> the u.s. vice president is due in japan. his first stop on a 3-nation tour. on the agenda the growing interpretation between japan and china and a group of islands. this comes as japan rethinks the role of its armed forces. this report from japan. >> they look and act like app army. they are not a real army. they are from japan's self-defence force on training exercise. under japan's constitution they can only fire to defend themselves. with japan's larger neighbour asserting itself internationally though, questions are being asked w

this, we anticipate that it's in tripoli. we have no sense as to why the libyan government would have brought and detained four u.s. military personnel. we've seen in our reporting over recent months libyan government has been difficult in terms of u.s. investigation of what happened in benghazi so there have been problems between the two governments this, is a very confusing situation and it appears the obama administration has been working to try to release these u.s. military personnel. four of them. >> that is the number one priority. ed, thank you for keeping us up to day. this is breaking news and we appreciate you calling in tonight. >> thank you. >> joining us now john bolton, ambassador what do you make of the news? as ed pointed out and our viewers know there is a very delicate relationship between us us and libya given the deadly attack that left four americans dead. what does this say to you tonight? with what limited facts we know? >> the white house allowed to come into power after the overthrow of ghadaffy. if

andrew, tensions have already existed in tripoli, tensions aggravated by the civil war in syria. will the army be able to bring back security? >> well, it will be very difficult. but this is uncharted waters for the lebanese government. there's been it would appear no decision like this since the end of the lebanese civil war. as you rightly point out, the tension has been in this city for many, many years. but what mccarthy has been saying is that he will now ask the army to take control of the city. he says that he wants the supervision of the city, to be under the army for the first time. now, some reports suggest that the whole city could become a military zone. he denies this. he says it's not going to go that far. but undoubtedly after all the violence we've seen in the past few days, over the weekend, with at least ten dead, one, 11th unconfirmed death, at least 50 people injured amongst the casualties, this has shown to lebanese politicians a very divided government, that something has to be done. the test is beginning, there's been a suggestion that 48 hours will be give

they were still soldiers in tripoli. i know a lot of of you are from military families. if you have ever known someone involved, marines, army, or otherwise, they rescue their dead, their wounded. there were still people alive and fighting for hours upon hours, and there were some people in tripoli who could have gone. i don't think that decision was made by a military person. i think it was made ultimately by a politician, and i think we need to know that. so i think everybody needs to be interviewed. they need to come in, and the question needs to be asked, who was it that made the decision not to send soldiers from tripoli to reinforce those under attack in benghazi? to my mind, we should never have a commander-in-chief who is unwilling to send in troops for reinforcement or in the six- month time, did not send accurate -- adequate security when it was asked for repeatedly. to me, that should preclude you from ever holding the high office. [applause] >> thank you, senator. >> thank you, senator paul, for coming to the siddall -- citadel. as a token of our appreciation

we're talking to people on the ground in benghazi and those people that came from tripoli into help and so far we talked to about 8 of them and we're starting to find out some of the facts that really went on. >> and congressman, in terms of the guys you have spoken to that bring you some of the things, there are people. >>> well t security officers that were asked the temporary mission facility weren't prepared. they didn't have the right armorment and when the cia operators got to there they weren't armed. they said they didn't even know if they ever fired a weapon. one of them was barefoot. so, you know, it's going to come back to the state department i'm afraid. >> well, don't be afraid. just do whatever you got to do. >> think about it, these guys are getting danger pay because they're in a danger zone and you have cia guys with no guns. >> no, these weren't cia guys. >> who were the ones? >> rsos, regional security officers, they work for the state department. we don't have access to those. we talk to the cia operatives that were at the annex that went over to rescue them and the

, libya's capital. >> tripoli just fell. within three days they had control of the entire city, which no one had expected. and gadhafi and his whole family fled. there was a lot of excitement in the country because it seemed like it was over. >> but it isn't over. not while gadhafi and his sons remain in hiding. until october 20th, 2011. that day tracy shelton is with a group of militia fighters she's been profiling for months. >> that morning some of the guys from the battalion had gone into sirte, and i'd gone in with them. >> around 8:30 a.m. a heavily armored convoy of around 70 vehicles seen leaving sirte, gadhafi's hometown and his last remaining stronghold. >> there were snipers all over the city that were set up to protect the convoy. everybody knew there was somebody important in this group. >> nato forces bombed the caravan from the air. dozens are killed. >> there were a lot of survivors that had run into bushes, into houses in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to head to the site of the convoy bombing, shel

a special police unit has been deployed to tripoli to restore order. and they'll old a security meeting. >>> riot police fired dea tear s to protest necessary alexandria. they're protesting against the new law that restricts the right to protest. it will be put to a referendum this january. >>> still ahead on the al jazeera news hour. special delivery. the world's biggest online retailer has unveiled it's new business plan, and it could put your local post men out of a job. >> and we're in bangladesh with a report on this country's appalling condition of its tannery industry. >> back in a moment. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. power of the people until we restore our freedotÑ >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its

back at the past year already, we are entering the new year and i mean when we saw the explosions in tripoli in the southern suburbs of the iranian embassy, i'm afraid that is going to continue. >> reporter: what message do you think this will send out to the world about the situation in lebanon? >> i mean that is part of the vicious circle and getting ahold of them. we have to do our best i mean to avoid it but it seems we are on the -- we are glad to that and what can i say more? we have to start. we have to hold, keep on holding i mean how should i say that? we have got to continue to try to find out a way to speak to each other. i mean, and to avoid going to extreme but that is my message and what other message can i say? >> reporter: mr. jim blood i know this is a terribly emotional time for you and you say you have a close friend of the doctor but political assassinations are not uncommon in lebanon. how much do you think this effects how government works, having to deal with the fear of constant political assassinations and security threats? >> i mean, to go beyond this, again, this i

in tripoli twin car bombs went off outside two mosques. lebanese politicians may disagree on various issues. when it comes to the deteriorating views, it is the same view that lebanon is involved. saudi arabia's allies are accusing iran of the bombing. for the people that live in lebanon, their country is turping into a battle ground for regional players. >> this war is transforming the whole political landscape. it's transforming the borders that were prevailing before the revolution. it could be as a part of a big attempt to redraw the whole map. >> mohamad chatah was a key figure in lobbying the international community to pursue the killers of saad al-hariri, and bring them to justice. he stressed it was important to find the perpetrators to stop further killings. that trial of the saad al-hariri suspect is going to start. that does not stop the assassination of mohamad chatah himself. >> you mentioned the trial. do we know the two incidents are, in fact, related? >> well, investigators, as you can see, they are looking for clues, tryin

and in tripoli twin car bombs went off outside of two mosques. lebanese politicians may disagree on various issues, but when it comes to the deteriorating situation in their country, they share the same view, the civil war next door in syria is behind it. saudi arabia's allies are now accusing iron of today'sment bombing, but for the people that live in lebanon their country is turning into a battle grown for regional players. >> this war is transforming. the whole political landscape. it is transforming even the borders that were prevailing before this syrian revolution. so it could be as a part of a big attempt to redraw the whole map. >> reporter: mohamad chatah was a key figure in lobbying the international commune toe to bring the killers of the former prime minister to justice. he also stressed it was important to defer the killers from further killing. but that did not stop the assassination of chatah himself. >>> a federal judge in new york city ruling today that the controversial nsa phone tracking program is legal, but another judge say

military personnel and were briefly detained at a checkpoint outside a city near tripoli. the four leakily special ops were investigating potential routes from there. no reports of injury. i'm jaime colby and i will see you back here at 1:00 p.m. eastern. keep it here on the fox newschannel. >>> a lot more target customers are planning to sue the retailer over the massive credit card breech. federal law required the company to inform shoppers that it was hacked. get this. if the obamacare website gets hacked a new report says good luck finding out because the health care law does not require the government to report it. rich says that is putting americans' most personal information at risk. explain, rich. >> really in two ways, david. number one, look at this administration has done through the irs and through the nsa and through other agencies to spy on americans. you have that risk from the government itself and then you have the hacker or security experts like john mcafee months and months ago warned how porous obamacare is. for hackers to get in and steel accounts and

releasing four members of the military who we know were detained last night at a checkpoint north of tripoli. pentagon officials are saying the four were likely special operations forces who were investigating potential evacuation routes for diplomats and supporting u.s. security forces protecting the american embassy. nobody was hurt. >>> and we are learning the death toll from a car bombing that killed a former lebanese ambassador to the united states. state media saying a teenager wounded in yesterday's explosion has died, raising the death toll to seven. the bombing targeted the pro western politician, who criticized syria and its lebanese ally hezbollah. he will be buried in beirut tomorrow. the lebanese government has called for a day of mourning. >>> new efforts now to rescue that russian ship stuck in an arctic ice. more than 70 people on board that ship and they have been there since christmas eve. at first, it looked like a party. now it's a little more serious. a chinese breaker that was enroute, it was forced to turn back today. that word coming from the people trapped there on t

service members in libya are free after being detained by the country's government in tripoli. they were reportedly investigating potential evacuation routes last night when libyan officials say they failed to stop at a check point and found carrying weapons. the service members were held for only a few hours. a defense department official says the men were part of marine security forces. libya is defending the decision to detain them. >>> a big streak across the sky visible for hundreds of miles. where a security camera capture add possible meteor and after the heavy rain tomorrow what kind of weather can we expect in 2014? amelia's seven-day forecast coming up next. [ male announcer ] this is jim, a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® i

. >> lebanon's government have put the army in charm of tripoli. 11 have been killed as rifle communities target each other. it's triggered by religious convictions connected to the war in syria. the army will stay in the city for six months. >> rebel fighters have been entered a down north-east of damascus. a town famous for its christian churches, and one of the last places people speak ara make, the language of jesus. rebels took over in september, but were forced out by the army. >> a 24 hour curfew was -- islamist fighters attacked on airport and air force base. dozens of people may be dead, including 20 of the gunmen. three aircraft, two helicopters and several craft were hit in the predawn attack. >> the details are a little sketchy, but according to the eyewitness, hundreds of boko haram stormed the airport and military airbase, setting off explosions. some were in trucks and according to the witnesses there were armoured personnel carriers used. the boko haram fighters were screaming god is great as they carri carried out their assault. some helicopters were damaged during the fi