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They are preparing their military here. we just spoke to the head of security in benghazi. he said that they established a military council here made up of all former military leaders from gadhafis military, which we know was deliberately kept, organizing a new force. they are arming people, training people, and organizing the city. theyre putting the police back into the police stations. they are setting up a security apparatus independent of the government in tripoli. willie? >> we are getting...

Time. but i would say dont be too quick to count him out. we arent sure exactly how powerful this is, how strong his forces are, and how loyal are the people that are around him. there have been cases of planes coming in and being told to bomb the city and others nearby. where the pilots have either dropped their bombs in the sea or flown off to malta to not carry out those orders. but what weve also seen yesterday was a plane that came in to a nearby city that has a strong force and drop a bomb...

Gosk, with us by phone this morning from benghazi, libya. stephanie, good morning. whats the latest there? >> reporter: good morning, willey. weve been in benghazi for a couple of days and havent seen al qaeda yet. it doesnt mean theyre not here, but we havent seen them. so people here would be pretty surprised to hear that theyre being manipulated by them, i think. what to watch today, i think really important. there are two cities right now that gadhafi is trying to recapture. there is one abo...

>> translator: who would leave his homeland? why do i leave my homeland? why do i leave libya? >> they say that theyve done it because you have ordered force against your people, shooting of protesters. translator: this is lying, 100%. >> if you say they do love you, why are they capturing benghazi, why are they saying -- >> it is al qaeda, it is al qaeda. not my people. al qaeda, al qaeda. >> its al qaeda, al qaeda. for more on the situation on the grounds we bring in stephanie