fragile regime. we haven't had free or open elections in libya in over 42 years. gadhafi disbanded the constitution. he brought in revolutionary decrees that basically make the formation of political parties in the country a crime punishable by death. so his diplomat at the u.n. is not the first one. his representative at the league of arab states also yesterday came out and denounced these actions by gadhafi and announced his resignation, his ambassador to china did the same thing yesterday. if anything, this is reflective of how much hatred libyans feel toward this man. >> that was a point one of our correspondents was pointing out as well, these people perhaps signs of cracking, signs of not supporting gadhafi. i want to get to the point of tripoli because i know you're from benghazi, the starting place of the revolt, now according to reports under demonstrator control. but now we see or are hearing reports of tripoli starting to crack as well. and asma, why is that