need folks to leave. i ve been in there when planes have entered airspace and they told us to leave the capitol. during this instance, there was no such warning, there was no such direction from capitol police. it happened so quickly that the evacuation orders were given simply by word-of-mouth. by whatever office you were closest to. that was my experience just outside the senate chamber right above it. lisa with the latest from the capitol. wolf blitzer standing by for us in washington, d.c. wolf, i m sure you ll be talking about this in the situation room later today. we certainly will. it s an extraordinary and unusual situation. it hasn t just been in washington. it s been in virginia. it s been in maryland. up in new york, north carolina, ohio, michigan. they felt it all over the eastern part of the united states. the epicenter much closer to richmond, virginia. mineral, virginia. about 87 or so miles outside of washington, d.c. we re following what s going on very