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So to project them up here into the kurdish area is a real change a real sign of danger. >> and a calling card to the u.s. get ready. at least that's the message isis is trying to send. jim sciutto, thanks very much. more now joining us senator angus king is the independent senator from maine a member of both the armed services and intelligence committees. senator, thanks very much for joining us. what's your analysis? what's your take jie assume you've been broofred on this isis attack near the u.s. consulate in erbil? >> well, first we have to say that we don't have final confirmation that...

Unclear. what is happening now is word is spreading with fighting inside the compound itself. no word if they have won or lost. >> richard, as you're talking about the word spreading, we know most libyans are armed already. but as we watch this unfold behind you with the rebels breaching that western wall of the compound, we have been talking for days about tripoli falling. if the rebels do take the compound itself, does it mean that tripoli has fallen? that it is now over and the data fee is out of power? >> reporter: yes, this is the final stronghold in the city. if the rebels take this, the...

Unite around the single goal of getting rid of gadhafi. once gadhafi goals everyone expects the fault lines will rise to the surface. >> i just want to point out we continue to watch the screen there. it just went away with us. but we were watching the black smoke billow from the come pound compound. it is an cam example of how the arab spring has turned to summer. in your estimation, is syria next? >> look, if you had told me six months ago that mubarak would be out of power in egypt and that gadhafi would be about to be captured by his own people and perhaps put on trial, i wouldn't have bel...

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Center of tripoli, richard, bring us up to speed with the latest. you have been watching this unfold all morning long. just to alleviate the viewers' fears, you are in a safe location from everybody. >> reporter: we are fine. we are not in the -- the important thing is not to be between the rebels and the compound, which is behind us. that is where most of the action is going to be, the fighting is taking place. we are on a rooftop which gives us the perspective to see what's happening down below. we are in a much better position than the journalists who are in the hotel here, the western jour...