they freed all the prisoners from that police station. there's anti-gadhafi graffiti on all the walls. there are demonstrations in the middle of the city against the regime. there seems to be a real determination. and now that they've toppled the regime, at least in this part of the country, not to let it back in. and one interesting bit of information to share with you, we spoke with community leaders who said that if gadhafi continues what they called the massacres, they will cut the export of oil from this part of the country. and most of the oil exported from libya comes from the eastern part of the country. t.j.? >> ben, does it seem like this will continue for quite some time? we are getting the reports of the military firing on the protesters. but is there violence, and you're describing there some setting buildings on fire. from the demonstrators, the protesters themselves. but is this continuing to ramp up?