1:51 this afternoon. trust us on this, it feels a lot more dramatic than these pictures look, but take a look. this was inside the cnn studios as it rocked. in no time at all it seemed like everyone in d.c. was out on the sidewalk overloading cellular networks as they tried to get in touch with friends and family. the quake was centered in virginia, about 88 miles south of washington. people in new england even felt the shaking. now, the east coast is waiting to see where hurricane irene will hit. we ll get an update on that forecast in a little bit, but we want to start with the breaking news, and incredible pictures, out of libya today. in one of the most dramatic developments in the five months since the rebellion started, rebel fighters captured moammar gadhafi s compound in tripoli today. cnn s fred pleitgen joins us now, i know, in fact, you are in benghazi which is headquarters for the rebels and entirely rebel city for some time now. tell me, first, the reaction whe
90% of contribute ptripoli. one of his three captured sons has escaped. let s he get the late frst from libya and sara sidner. first tell me what s going on there in zawiya. reporter: we were hearing a lot of loud booms, a lot of what sounded like mortar fire. there was definitely small arms fire. it sounded like this was a firefight and we went and checked it out. and we think that we have confirmed, we ve only talked to one of the rebels who has not been down at the square, but we think that it is again celebratory fire. but what they re using are things like anti-aircraft missiles. so it is very loud. it s hard to tell what exactly is going on. then we started hearing ambulances. we know zawiya has been under the control of rebels for about three days and we know that this has been a place that has been relatively rid of gadhafi forces for that period of time. and they ve pushed all the way into tripoli from here. but it is disconcerting when you start seeing tracer fire
resistance from pro-gadhafi forces. correspondents are reporting on the ground. cnn s sarah sidner is hunkered down in green square and matthew chance is in the city s hotel, the same hotel where senior libyan officials just fled moments ago. our first correspondent in tripoli, nic robertson, he is in our washington bureau and national security contributor, fran townsend is in new york and zain verjee is following international reaction from left knee done. dan lothian is with the president on martha s vineyard and barbara starr has the military perspective from the pentagon. all right. let s get to tripoli where all the action is right now. we ve been telling you about the fighting in and around green square. it s been a big symbol for the gadhafi regime. in fact, until recently, they ve been using it for big pro-government demonstrations. cnn s sarah sidner has been watching the rebel invasion and pretty heavy fighting as well. she fired this report before the rebels pull
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