in the organization. senator john kerry called on president obama to reimpose sanctions on libya until the crisis ends and called on united nations to remove libya from the human rights commission. and secretary of state clinton called the violent crackdown completely unacceptable. >> we believe that the government of libya bears responsibility for what is occurring, and must take action to end the violence. >> joining us now from eastern libya, nbc news chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. richard, what have you seen today? >> we crossed in from egypt, and we crossed the border, and as soon as you cross the border from egypt, it is obvious that things are not normal here, that the government of gadhafi who has ruled the country for 41 years no longer ex-erts his authority across the country.