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So to project them up here into the kurdish area is a real change a real sign of danger. >> and a calling card to the u.s. get ready. at least thats the message isis is trying to send. jim sciutto, thanks very much. more now joining us senator angus king is the independent senator from maine a member of both the armed services and intelligence committees. senator, thanks very much for joining us. whats your analysis? whats your take jie assume youve been broofred on this isis attack near the u...

Unclear. what is happening now is word is spreading with fighting inside the compound itself. no word if they have won or lost. >> richard, as youre talking about the word spreading, we know most libyans are armed already. but as we watch this unfold behind you with the rebels breaching that western wall of the compound, we have been talking for days about tripoli falling. if the rebels do take the compound itself, does it mean that tripoli has fallen? that it is now over and the data fee is out...

Unite around the single goal of getting rid of gadhafi. once gadhafi goals everyone expects the fault lines will rise to the surface. >> i just want to point out we continue to watch the screen there. it just went away with us. but we were watching the black smoke billow from the come pound compound. it is an cam example of how the arab spring has turned to summer. in your estimation, is syria next? >> look, if you had told me six months ago that mubarak would be out of power in egypt and that g...

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Center of tripoli, richard, bring us up to speed with the latest. you have been watching this unfold all morning long. just to alleviate the viewers fears, you are in a safe location from everybody. >> reporter: we are fine. we are not in the -- the important thing is not to be between the rebels and the compound, which is behind us. that is where most of the action is going to be, the fighting is taking place. we are on a rooftop which gives us the perspective to see whats happening down below....

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All day long starting in the early hours it began with an assault from affair. it began with rocket fire going into the compound, rocket fire coming out. it sounded like there were some nato bombings. we could hear the nato jets in the sky. then we would hear explosions. you can see the bombs explode but from what we put together from the witness accounts there was a nato role in this as well. then after softening the target for a while from affair, then a close assault began. and the close assa...