meanwhile, it was quite telling, when that happened at the hotel that there were actual waiters and waitresses, hotel staffers almost turn police assisting the libyan officials in trying to get her out of the hotel. that was a strange turn of events, as well. >> reporter: oh, it was incredible. one of the waitressing staff pulled a knife on her and accused her of being a traitor daring to speak out against the regime. this is the first time we've seen a libyan brave enough to go on camera and speak about the regime in negative terms. the government here tries to portray everything as being everyone supporting the government. and this was the first time we were seeing anything different. and the way the government-minders here brutally, brutally tried to keep her quiet. they took, snatched cnn's camera away from our camera man. not only snatched it away, they systematically broke it up. one government official pulled a gun. and this was a real show of the