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Today to put their seat belts on, they're trying to have a somewhat orderly society. so on the ground, they already are getting some recognition from the international community and great report, thank you so much, as always, rich around engle. by the way who is over there in benghazi, just told us. the violence in libya has shut down half of the country's daily production causing all prices to hit their highest level in more than two years now. it's about $100 a barrel right now. just look at the jump over the last two months at the start of january. oil was at $88 a barrel. yesterday it hit ...

Benghazi, just told us. the violence in libya has shut down half of the country's daily production causing all prices to hit their highest level in more than two years now. it's about $100 a barrel right now. just look at the jump over the last two months at the start of january. oil was at $88 a barrel. yesterday it hit $100. it's around there hovering around $96 right now. joining us is robin wright has interviewed gadhafi twice. she's now a scholar at the woodrow wilson international center. robin, thanks for joining us. you know what i'm focused on -- i know that the oil issue is hot right...

A higher level to make up for the deficit in libya, right? so once again they've got a strangle hold on us. >> yes. and the oil issue is why libya is different from both tunisia and egypt. there is that issue it being one of the largest oil producers in the world even though it's population tiny only 6.5 million people, smaller than new york -- a fraction of new york city. and so libya, what happens in libya is critical particularly to our european allies and that's why i think you see president obama, first of all, being cautious in getting out there and saying gadhafi has to step down. becau...

The deficit in libya, right? so once again they've got a strangle hold on us. >> yes. and the oil issue is why libya is different from both tunisia and egypt. there is that issue it being one of the largest oil producers in the world even though it's population tiny only 6.5 million people, smaller than new york -- a fraction of new york city. and so libya, what happens in libya is critical particularly to our european allies and that's why i think you see president obama, first of all, being cautious in getting out there and saying gadhafi has to step down. because first of all, there's still...

They were telling people even today to put their seat belts on, they're trying to have a somewhat orderly society. so on the ground, they already are getting some recognition from the international community and great report, thank you so much, as always, rich around engle. [ there in bengasi just told us. the violence in libya has shut down half of the country's daily production causing all prices to hit their highest level in more than two years now. it's about $100 a barrel right now. just look at the jump over the last two months at the start of january. oil was at $88 a bear pem yesterday...