compound and richard put it best that we have been talking about the possible fall of tripoli and it could fall and now you could categorize it as tripoli has fallen. joining me is chris kuhnsng to the breaking news, and senator, are you there? >> hello. >> hi, are you there, senator? >> i'm doing okay. i'm on capitol hill, and just felt an earthquake, so i will say that if that is what you are reporting, that helps me understand why there are alarms going off all around me now. >> yes, sir. so let me, we were talking about libya, but let's talk about what is going on the ground there in d.c. and what did you feel and what is going on there? >> it was a brief but noticeable shaking, tremoring of the earth, and everybody around me sort of stood up and looked outside and looked around and tried to figure out what just happened. it didn't last long, but it was very unsettling. so, anyway, i'm -- i'm outside now, and i just went outside now, so. >> tell me, if you can, and again, i know that you mention that it is unsettling and you are trying to process what is going on, but tell me what you see and hear around you. >> folks are all just sort of outside of the buildings lookin