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Ayman mohyeldin is live in benghazi this morning. the investigation, i know all of your sources are indicating premeditation. the white house and the state department and even the intelligence sources on our end here in washington really pushing back hard saying they dont have evidence to back up the libyan claims. what do you hear? >> well, at this particular time it is difficult to marry the two together but what seems to possibly have happened is a hybrid of the two situations. as you mention...

Rejected this attack. weve spoke to people from all walks of life, civil society and government. theyre surprised, disappointed and angry. they say it does not represent libyas interests or the libyan people. theres a march this friday called save benghazi to get the people who fought for the revolution to come out and reclaim the city that many people here forgot over the last several months. the key issue really for the government thats now in place is trying to maintain law and ompl order. th...

You mentioned, where they were trying to better their lives but unfortunately their lives ended very -- at a very young age. andrea. >> atia abuoy in kabul. >> the attacks in benghazi, amman moya dean. weve seen what susan rice said to david gregory on "meet the press" saying this was spontaneous and what the libyan officials said to you, this was a planned attack with al qaeda influence? >> thats correct. libyan officials are not holding back the idea that two things happened here. one a group ...

Having said that then, with the spontaneous outbreak of anger and pro-est that happened outside the u.s. consulate on tuesday, september 11th, they may have felt that was the right time to strike. there was a sense of chaos, sympathy to these protesters, the security at the compound may have been a little bit more lax they decided to strike at that precise moment. right now, what we are hearing, according to libyan officials is this was something that was set in the motion. people here on the gr...

Missions including the british ambassador or diplomat here and other foreigners. for them that was an indication something brewing, troubling taking place in post-revolutionary libya. the time and the specifics of when an attack might have been put in motion to be carried out against the u.s. facility is the central question as to whether or not this was in the eyes of u.s. officials a preplanned attack or as a result of a spontaneous outburst of anger. weve heard u.s. officials say they had no ...

Available in post-revolutionary libya, and it escalated into a much more violent episode. >> nbcs ayman mohyeldin is live in libya. lets talk about u.s. officials on the ground there. what do you know about people in custody in this incident? >> reporter: right now we know that libyan officials have rounded up anywhere between 30 to 40 -- as to who were the pre perpetrators behind this attack, perhaps some under the banner of foreign fighters that may have come in here. the libyan president is k...

trying to take gun-control off the table. what little they are saying, both of them differ sharply from positions they once held. it isnt for us to decide what is wide or long when it comes to gun control but that is you to decide. we believe that of you. keeping them honest tonight, both president obama and former governor romney heavy their flip-flop on the show or back away from it. see if you can spot any difference between the 2 met candidates. >> i still believe the second amendm...

talking today about toughenings gun laws in response to the shooting. most politicians, especially president obama and mitt romney trying hard not to talk about it. trying it seems to take gun control, whatever you think about it, off the table. the same time what little they are saying, both of them differ sharply from positions they once held. and again, it isnt for us to decide whats right or wrong when it comes to gun control. thats for you to decide. keeping them honest tonight, t...

shooting. but most politicians, especially president obama and mitt romney trying hard not to talk about it. trying to take gun control, whatever you think about it off the table. at the same time what little they are saying, both of them differ sharply from positions they once held. again, it isnt for us to decide whats right and wrong when it comes to gun control. thats for you, the voters, to decide. well leave that up to you. keeping them honest tonight, both president obama and fo...

do. a local who came with us told them to to, to stop torturing the birds. they said, were only going to stop if you give us soccer balls. its sort of a hard thing to talk about because its an awful image. it made us think were going to give them soccer balls. thats really a temporary solution. we hope that more people will pay attention to the crisis weve all seen tonight. thanks so much for watching. "a.c. 360" starts now. erin, thanks. good evening, everyone. there are new and rem...