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
prison, they want to throw out these guys. gadhafi seem to be one of the anchors of the old ora and they want him out. there will be costs and there are dangers particularly for the u.s. because the perceptions of the u.s. are complex and people are not particularly trusting of the intentions of the west. and there will be another day to judge that. but for now, they want gadhafi out and, therefore, they want the coalition to win. so net-net, will the perception will this be a win for president obama the way he s handled this? i think so. keep in mind that the united states is taking a back seat here. the arabs don t see the americans leading this charge. they see the british and french leading the charge. but of all of the western powers involved, they are winning brown any poinoig points with the ar people.
situation. you are very knowledgeable of this region based on your experience here. why does the arab league want gadhafi out? gadhafi is an erratic individual, he is heavily criticized a numb other er of l and made no friends. it s not surprising he has a hard time gaining support. so i don t think that he s going to be able to turn the corner with the arab league. let s say that the united states and brb gets whpresident what he wants and gadhafi steps down. what will be the power vacuum in libya? first of all, i m not convinced that gadhafi will easily step down. there s too much at stake for