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Nice place there and out buildings as well. >> bret: not a lot of security. >> like in my residence. not a fortress. >> bret: inside the walls are four buildings. one is a large residence with a number of bedrooms in it. another residence had a can tina where the staff eats. just across the way, is what they call the tactical operations center. filled with offices for security staff. phones, and security monitors. finally the barracks, small house by the main gate of the compound. it will house libyan security force. >> libya, october 20, 2011. colonel gaddafi is captured and killed by rebels ...

Threat from al-qaeda is waning. >> today, al-qaeda is on appeal. usama bin laden is no more. [ applause ] >> then the next day, october 9, the state department provides off-camera a blow-by-blow account of the benghazi attack. reporters learn the compound was overwhelmed by an organized assault. fighters armed with machine guns, mortars an possibly rocket-propelled grenades. october 10. congress holds contentious hearing on the attack in libya. americans learn that the state department officials despite being warned of escalating attacks refuse to beef up security in libya. >> shocking revelat...

Protest the obama administration would later suggest escalated to a deadly riot. joiningsteins in the main residence building is information management officer sean smith and four diplomatic security special agents. another agent at the nearby tactical operation center. all the agents are armed with pistols. 9:40 p.m., the amateur video apparently captures the first movement outside the compound. the mad mob of attackers break through here. the main gate, a weak point in defense of the mission. then they move on here. they understaff the militia bay racks and they storm the place, torch it. li...

One month after the deadly attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya, and three other americans, congress is set to open hearings into the assault today. >> we are now learning about how the streets of benghazi exploded into violence. tonight, the night ambassador chris stevens and others were killed. jonathan karl tells us what state department officials are now revealing. >> reporter: this is ahead of a major congressional hearing into what happened on that attack on our consulate in libya. we're hear nug details, details that we have never heard before, about what went down. this is s...

Attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya, and three other americans, congress is set to open hearings into the assault today. >> and we're now learning about how the streets of benghazi exploded into violence. tonight, the night ambassador chris stevens and others were killed. jonathan karl tells us what state department officials are now revealing. >> reporter: this is ahead of a major congressional hearing into what happened on that attack on our consulate in libya. and we're hearing new details, details that we have never heard before about what went down. this is significantly diffe...