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Decimated that organization? >> i think they said that publicly. i think in reality we've seen quite the opposite in a range of places. al qaeda in iraq. the president said the war in iraq is over. al qaeda in iraq at are double what they were last year. we've seen al qaeda in the a rabe european peninsula in yemen. its control of territory has somewhat increased along southern parts. i think the reality is we're not seeing the words of the administration translate into actions on the ground. jon: why, for instance, did we not have better security at our outpost in libya? >> i can't answer tha...

Plus the sound you hear is new life at the national zoo that has millions of animal lovers excited all around the world. we'll get a live report. jaime: of course the deaths of four americans in libya turning into a political blame game. welcome to "happening now." i'm jaime colby in for jenna. jon: i'm jon scott. sparking a heated debate, how the violence in libya, benghazi got started and who is to blame. it was a coordinated attack launched from several directions by well-armed muslim extrao*eplists. the obama administration is digging in its heels insisting this attack was spontaneous. the...

Forces to turn around and flee. i mean, i really do believe that he was going to go into benghazi and massacre people. he had already started shelling civilian areas. very much a tribal war. he would have gone after the tribes that revolted. i think the administration had no choice. and neither did the arab league. the arab league wasn't happy about this going in and helping remove a leader because that's effectively what we are doing. but they saw that what the consequences would be. the problem is that qaddafi is giving no signs of giving up. he has a fall-back position. is he going to go ba...

>> reporter: i'm standing here in tripoli, about two miles from colonel qaddafi's compound and we have not heard that thunderous crash of any cruise missiles landing in this vicinity, nor have we heard sirens racing through the streets despite claims by libyan officials the cruise missile attacks from u.s. ships and submarines killed a number of civilians and made the claims without offering proof and it will be a war fought on the ground and propaganda as well, the 110 cruise missiles strikingerator anti-air defense systems along the coast of libya. 20 targets in all, as far that's damage goe...

Cruise missile in the living room of his compound. talk to us about that. >> actually was an air strike. what you had then is nothing compared to the capabilities exist today. you couldn't fire 110 cruise missiles like we did this afternoon. one of the things that ironic, the french is leading this. president nicolas sarkozy was the first toize the anti-khadafy faction. it was france that kept us from overflying france when we struck khadafy as he killed scores of people in berlin, scriarm. it's notable that the french and the british, at least i'm told, i can't confirm this, already have on t...