see the damage at the compound, and i am trying to put myself in the position of the journalists, of course i wanted to see the damage so i could report to it, to the people whoen trust me to bring information and you go there and you learn you are a human shield so their forces tell the machines and the coalition, we brought cnn folks and reuters folks in if you bomb you will kill your own people. as opposition forces have launch add new defensive to reclaim a crucial city lost last week less than 100 miles from benghazi, and benghazi, in fact, the road to benghazi, where the coalition jet, including american f-16's have mowed down muammar qaddafi forces in an effort to stop them from moving on benghazi. who is benghazi? our senior correspondent, rick. what have you heard about the "rebels." >>reporter: well, shepard, this was the front line on