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Congested highway, there are checkpoints manned mostly by local militias, and i want to stress, most of them are friendly enough. we are, however, in a hurry to get to misrata before dark. traveling at night around here is not advised. ♪ ♪ >> drop the camera soon. >> yep, yep. >> stop the camera. stop the camera. >> stop. >> pulling into town after dark, it doesnt feel like a happy place to be right now. misrata was where some of the fiercest and most heroic struggles of the war occurred. re...

Morning in misrata. >> hows the vibe? >> its all quite quiet and still at the moment. >> daylight reveals the extent of the fighting that took place here not so long ago. ♪ >> this here used to be a vegetable market. clothes. one of gadhafis soldiers clothes. >> he left him here and ran? >> yeah. thats what they did in tripoli. we head to the city. remove their clothes and run away in the streets so nobody would know who are they. >> this is hanid, one of the guys we called the misrata boys, b...

>> pulling into town after dark, it doesnt feel like a happy place to be right now. misrata was where some of the fiercest and most heroic struggles of the war occurred. resistance was the most determined and the response by the gadhafi forces especially merciless. weve just learned that earlier in the day, a city councilman who was a hero of the revolution was assassinated, and its not clear whos responsible. misrata is on full lockdown. >> another checkpoint. >> looking around at the price thi...

Clothes. one of gadhafis soldiers clothes. >> he left him here and ran? >> yeah. thats what they did in tripoli. we head to the city. remove their clothes and run away in the streets so nobody would know who are they. >> this is hanid, one of the guys we called the misrata boys, basically militia members from the area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started getting hinky in neighboring algeria and in benghazi. this is a serious tank. his job these days is hunting down forme...

♪ >> this here used to be a vegetable market. clothes. one of gadhafis soldiers clothes. >> he left him here and ran? >> yeah. thats what they did in tripoli. we head to the city. remove their clothes and run away in the streets so nobody would know who are they. >> this is hanid, one of the guys we called the misrata boys, basically militia members from the area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started getting hinky in neighboring algeria and in benghazi. this is a seriou...

>> drop the camera soon. >> yep, yep. >> stop the camera. stop the camera. >> stop. >> pulling into town after dark, it doesnt feel like a happy place to be right now. misrata was where some of the fiercest and most heroic struggles of the war occurred. resistance was the most determined and the response by the gadhafi forces especially merciless. weve just learned that earlier in the day, a city councilman who was a hero of the revolution was assassinated, and its not clear whos responsible. mi...

Recollection, i believe initially the goal was to go in for 30 days. were you personally briefed on his security plan prior to him going into libya? >> yes. >> because at that time, if im not mistaken, gadhafi forces were still battling the rebels, is that correct? >> thats correct. >> were you personally briefed before you sent mr. stevens into benghazi? >> i was personally told by the officials who were in the state department, who were immediately above chris, who were making the plans for hi...

>> drop the camera soon. >> yep, yep. >> stop the camera. stop the camera. >> stop. >> pulling into town after dark, it doesnt feel like a happy place to be right now. misrata was where some of the fiercest and most heroic struggles of the war occurred. resistance was the most determined and the response by the gadhafi forces especially merciless. weve just learned that earlier in the day, a city councilman who was a hero of the revolution was assassinated, and its not clear whos responsible. mi...

The area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started getting hinky in neighboring algeria and in benghazi. this is a serious tank. his job these days is hunting down former gadhafi supporters. so, the gadhafi forces rolled in. they would use these tanks to fire on -- >> around the city. >> around. >> yeah. it was full of tanks here. this was the operation room here. ♪ >> now, if you had any doubt about the terrible odds these young revolutionaries were facing during the early...

>> this here used to be a vegetable market. clothes. one of gadhafis soldiers clothes. >> he left him here and ran? >> yeah. thats what they did in tripoli. we head to the city. remove their clothes and run away in the streets so nobody would know who are they. >> this is hanid, one of the guys we called the misrata boys, basically militia members from the area who looked out for us here and in tripoli when things started getting hinky in neighboring algeria and in benghazi. this is a serious ta...