U.S. Embassy closed in Tripoli -- Americans scramble to leave

The Administration has closed the American Embassy in Libya and has chartered a flight from Tripoli to Istanbulas with all US Embassy officials as violence escalates Friday, according to US State Department.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said that “a U.S. charter aircraft departed Libya at 1:49 p.m. eastern with additional American and international citizens on board, bound for Istanbul.”