picture, i think there s a big sigh of relief. the job is still daunting. but they won t be quite as worried that they have to be constantly looking over their shoulder at him. now, there still may be remnants of gadhafi loyalists and they ll have to contend with them. but i think removing him as an organizing figure as a resistance is a very positive step. nbc s mike viqueira joins us from islamabad, pakistan. this is a very interesting moment because she was in tripoli, the highest ranking official. you said when you were there the other day that the security was enormous. tchs a pretty dangerous point for her to be going there. reporter: well, the security was enormous and the question is who was the security supplied by and that was part of the issue there. of course the secretary of state arrived on a u.s. air force c-17 transport from malta and met by