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Special report, and joins us now. bret, i was just reading some of the testimony from gregory hicks who says that he couldn't believe that the military response was not forthcoming and that he thinks if they would have done something as simple as flying an f-15 over the compound it could have ended the attacks right on the spot and basically saved the lives of many of those who were ultimately killed. >> reporter: he's not alone. there are many in the military who believe that that fly over could have broken up at least some of what was happening on the ground, just by the low fly over, and as...

Benghazi or tripoli that this attack on september 11th wouldn't have happened? >> the fabric would have been completely different. i'm not trying to brag about this. the number of individuals on the ground could have taken on 150, had you had those additional resources, we're talking about essentially an eight-hour fire fight that could have been mitigated greatly from the beginning if you had better force. these guys, the two over there, talked about the the fact the cia device had to scramble to go over-- >> they were doing on their own. >> violating orders. >> the number you talk about woul...

people driving away from home as smoke and flames engulf nearly everything. listen to evacuees tell what they managed to escape with. >> everything else can be replaced, but my babies can't be replaced. they just can't. >> it's my mom's mom's and and these were real important to her, my sister's wedding dress in the back. >> i have oklahoma's governor on the phone right now. mary fallon who just finished touring some of the hardest-hit areas. what's the toughest challenge that you're incurring right now? >> well, the toughest challenge, rob, right now is that it's still very, very ho...

>> we start in iowa where investigators are saying that they have evidence that leads them to believe two cousins who vanished last week are still alive. the search expanding beyond the state for the two. this announcement coming a day after authorities said they believe the girls were abducted while riding their bikes. and in texas, u.s. air force staff sergeant lewis walker sentenced to 20 years behind bars in a sex assault scandal involving one of the nation's biggest military training centers. one of 12 investigated for sexual misconduct toward at least 31 female trainees. walker convicted...

Surge in damascus using mortar attacks to drive the opposition from an area that has seen some of the heaviest fighting this week. syrians in one city trying to escape the violence after witnessing two of the bloodiest days in the uprising. dominic has more now from jerusalem. >> the l assad regime found itself on a troubling back foot after a series of brazen gains by the rebels this week. the government responding with helicoptery gunships and tanks firing mortar rounds at the key position the rebels swept through in damascus in the past few days. the government also not being able to respon...