major crack down now against the country s militias. will that make a difference in all this? greg call coat joins us now streaming live from tripoli with the very latest. good morning, greg. reporter: hey, martha. we re a day away for the deadline for the rogue militias to disband. we spoke with a libyan official in trip poe tripoli he is claiming it is going better than expected. one of the group militants left a base here. there was a little bit of skirmishing but went off okay. they re being replaced here and throughout the country by military and military police. all this started earlier in the weekend in the eastern city of benghazi. where we saw the public rise up and ransack and storm a compound of another militant group there. they say they have had enough. following the attack, the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in the city and a string of other incidents associated with these
many as a dozen cia operatives and contractors had to evacuate benghazi after the attack earlier this month. and that s a real problem. in fact, one u.s. official reportedly said and i quote it s a catastrophic intelligence loss. we got our eyes poked out. greg palkot live in libyans capital city, tripoli, greg? hey, shep. the deadline has just passed for the rogue militias to disband and disappear from their bases. there is no way to confirm that deadline has been met but libyan government official told us today things are going well. here in tripoli, we saw one base that militants were booted out of in their place we saw soldiers and police, other bases as well in this area taken over. over in benghazi eastern libya. scene of that dramatic protest over the weekend aimed at militants and other protests today against a brigade seen as still causing problems. some experts here are worrying
growing outrage. on friday tens of thousands condemned the deaths and those who killed them of the well liked ambassador, chris stevens, and three others, the outcry that secretary of state, hillary clinton praised. the people of benghazi sent this message loudly and clearly on friday when they forcefully rejected the extremists in their midst and reclaimed the honor and dignity of a courageous city. shepard: there are still big questions as to whether the libyan government has the muscle to get the army, rather, the militias under control. on top of that, the government relies on the militias for security after the fall of muammar qaddafi. reporter: it is less than three hours for the rogue militias to disband and government officials telling me