i'm tamron hall, right now, another set back in the gulf. bp is collecting oil again after that containment cap had to be removed from much of the day yesterday. what led to the problem? florida residents now being told they need to stay out of the water. change in command, but can it change the war? general petraeus will soon be overseeing the war effort in afghanistan. can he repeat the success he had in iraq in afghanistan. tough going for president obama, new nbc news poll shows a growing number of people now disapprove of the job he's doing. how can the president turn the tide and how much of the mood is based on what's happening in the gulf? and usa! an amazing late game gold carries team usa to the next round that world cup. if you haven't caught the fever, you may catch it by this weekend. we are live in south africa withe withest. we begin with breaking news involving jeffrey skilling.

the supreme court has given skilling a partial victory in his battle to get his conviction overturned. let's go to nbc justice correspondent pete williams with more on this one. pete, tell us more about the decision here from the court. >> jeffrey skilling made two airports to the supreme court. first, he said he couldn't possibly have gotten a fair trial in houston given that is where the enron collapse happened. the supreme court by a vote of 8-1 rejected that. they said hoousson the fourth biggest city in the country and extensive voir dire and questioning of the jurors and he got a trial. but they agreed with him on one of the second arguments. it is vague and unconstitutional and that is a law that makes it a crime to deprive someone, your lawyer, the government of your honest services. what the supreme court said is that it is so vague and such a vague and unclear concept that there was simply no way for the jury to fairly convict him on that. so, he won on that point.

so, those counts go away. but, jeff skilling was also convicted of more garden variety statutes like securities fraud and other kinds of fraud and the question is, what is this going to do to his roughly 24, 25-year sentence. this case will go back to the court of appeals where they will decide that question whether he'll get a new trial or sentencing and that is to be considered. in the meantime, it is important to note the supreme court today knocked the stuffing out of one of the laws the government most commonly uses to punish corruption and fraud and that is this honest services idea. the supreme court said, you know, it's just too broad and it should only apply in cases where there's bribes or kickbacks and anything else it doesn't count. that is a big setback for the government today because it is very, very commonly used in prosecuting corruption. >> like the way you put it, pete, knocked the stuffing out of it. >> one other quick point. this was the second to the last day and we know the last decision day for the supreme court will be this coming

monday. that's when we'll get the other big case of the term and that is the wl the second amendment right to bear arms applies to the states as well as here in washington, d.c. to the other big story bp said the containment well is back in position and, once again, siphoning off oil at this very hour. they repositioned that cap after a deep sea robot crashed into it. while that cap was off the full force of 50,000 barrels a day blasted into the gulf. nbc's charles hadlock is live in venice, louisiana, on day 66 of the disaster. do quee know more on what happened and how they're going to keep it from happening again. >> well, that containment gap is back in place siphoning more oil off the well but we don't know how much oil is being captured yet. the coast guard and bp have not given us an update on the numbers yet.

but we're dealing with the oil and gas industry, rugged industry. oil, iron, steel, but it's a very delicate operation. 5,000 feet belows as evidence yesterday morning when one of those rovs bumped into the containment device and closed the vent. that changed the pressures and made everything out of whack. in fact, it made it dangerously, dangerous situation with natural gas coming up one of the hoses up to the ship where gas is being flaired off. that could have been disastrous. bp quickly dispositi lly reposi. the situation is growing more ominous right along the northern florida coast because of thick pools of oil now washing ashore. >> weerb heartbroken. we were all crying this morning. >> kind of taking it for granted. i always thought it would be here. but there is oil all over the place.

>> michelle franzen is live in pensacola, florida. we know they don't want folks to get in the water there. >> that's exactly right. health issues out here and nobody can go in the water and they're still cleaning up all along the shore here, tamron. let me give you an idea. very emotional day for pensacola beach residents and tourists and this is what they're still dealing with along this whole stretch of beach area and there is some improvement. we are not seeing a lot of the oil washing in like we did before and cleanup crews have been out throughout the night along this area and behind us here on this stretch of beach and joining us unified command spokesperson brian. give me an idea, how are you tackling all the tar balls up and down the coast from alabama to destin? >> we have over 700 individual cleanup crew members in alabama and over 800 here in florida that are patrolling these, this

entire coastline around the clock. they're working around the clock to assess and attack anything that is on the shore at this point. >> what are some of the challenges? i mean, people have said what about the heavy equipment and the crews not getting to it soon enough? >> the biggest challenges right now for our workers is the heat is a big factor. these folks are wearing tieback suits and having to work in very short shifts for their own safety. that's been a challenge, but we're getting a little bit of a break today with a little less oil coming ashore today. >> then as we look offshore we see skimmers far away, but how are you dealing with the oil offshore right now? >> we have over 70 skimming units that are working in this area, as well. what they do is go to wherever the aerial surveillance teams will dispatch them quickly and get that stuff addressed very rapidly. >> thank you very much. tamron just yesterday they

cleaned up more than 400 tons of tar balls all along this coastline. >> michelle, thank you very much. coming up in 30 minutes msnb environment and science expert jeff will join me in what happened to the oil-soaked pelicans after they are rescued and cleaned. now to the change of command in afghanistan, general david petraeus will have a swift confirmation by the senate as he is now positioned to lead the war effort in afghanistan. petraeus was, of course, named by president obama yesterday to replace general stanley mcchrystal following mcchrystal's comments in a "rolling stone" article. petraeus' hearing is set for next tuesday and some are predicting he will have the fastest confirmation in history. the big question is, could it affect u.s. strategy in afgha afghanistan and could it begin withdrawing u.s. troops in july. we're joined now by jim mi

miklaszewski and i believe it was senator mccain who believes this is the swiftest confirmation hearing in american history. >> it should be a seamless transition as centcom director and putting together this strategy and the president at his words yesterday in the rose garden, it would not change the strategy and that's what the u.s. military is counting on. it doesn't mean that david petraeus doesn't have a lot of work to do. one of the first things that pentagon officials expect him to do is take a close look at that senior military staff there in kabul to decide if changes need to be made as one senior pentagon official said, petraeus might have to clean house because, after all, a lot of those quotes came from mcchrystal aides. the other thing is that, you know, when he appears before capitol hill next week for that confirmation hearing it is expected some of those senators may try to turn this into a forum on the war itself and

which wl t whether the strategy is effective. not too long ago that petraeus said the july 2011 deadline is not a deadline to withdraw troops but a deadline to consider the beginning of withdrawal of american forces based on the conditions on the ground at the time. so, you can expect he will be hammered on that. >> i am curious, there has been speculation that perhaps general petraeus in accepting this new position, this new role informed the president that he may need more time in that country. is there any factual proof that that was a part of their discussion? >> i doubt it yesterday because yesterday was, hey, are you going to take the job and how soon can you do it? that's what that was all about. and, quite frankly, general petraeus is in constant contact with the chairman of the joint chiefs and with the white house and they know what his position is on the war in afghanistan and it's just him getting the boots on the ground and taking a look if there needs to be any media

tweaking because the war isn't exactly going too well at this point. >> it is not. all right, mik, thank you very much. more now on how general petraeus might make a difference in the war in afghanistan. joining me is retired army lieutenant and currently chairman at the center arms control and nonproliferation which among other things works on focusing on iraq, afghanistan and military policy. thank you for joining me today. >> i am pleased to participate. >> we heard our reporter on the dpround, richard engel, people should not be under the notion that the war in iraq and in afghanistan are similar. success in iraq may not be duplicated and how do you assess the situation? >> there certainly are differences. that time of the surge in iraq there had already been arrangements made with certain of the sunni former insurgents who agreed to turn against the insurgen insurgents.

so, you don't have a similar situation in afghanistan. it's more difficult than iraq was at that time. >> so, what do you believe will be general petraeus' strategy. many have said that he wrote the book on "counterinsurgency" we know the success in iraq. what is the strategy, do you believe? >> he was very much a participant in setting the strategy. if you will recall last fall, the president for three months consulted with his advisors before consensus was reached on a particular counterinsurgency strategy. so, he was there to help build it. and as centcom commander, he has been in and out of the area frequently and very familiar with what is going on. i don't see any fundamental change coming at all. >> if the administration plans to keep to schedule next june, next july withdrawing troops, can anything really be changed in that short period of time,

especially looking at the uptick in the loss of life and the conflnitatico conferenrontations that we're sg in afghanistan and factoring in pakistan and where members of al qaeda are currently hiding. >> well, we have not yet built up to the full strength of u.s. troops that the president has authorized. it's true that progress was not as rapid as everyone had hoped it would be. it is possible to see some improvement in the situation and, after all, the july date is to begin to withdraw. no one said, as general petraeus put it on the hill a day or two ago, that doesn't mean a rush for the exit. >> retired general, thank you, sir, for your time. much more ahead on the chain of command in afghanistan including a live report from

kabul on how u.s. troops are reacting. that's coming up at the bottom of the hour. you want to stick around to hear their reaction. the u.s. world cup team is advancing after an amazing performance. more on that in about, more on that game landon donovan saved the americans from elimination and he spoke about it just this morning on "morning joe." >> it was incredible. there was some moments of anxiety, a lot of tension and then absolute pure bliss at the end. >> nbc ian williams is live in johannesbu johannesburg, south africa. we're celebrating team usa, are they pretty popular there, as well? >> it doesn't come more exciting than that game yesterday. now, a lot of support here coming from south africa and south africans have seen their

own -- but really attracted by the spirit of the u.s. side. i mean, the excitement, it was electric inside that stadium yesterday. it did look for a while like the u.s. might never score. they missed lots of chances, but that dramatic last-minute goal by landon is the most important goal of his career. bob bradley the coach saying that he was proud of that spei t spirited, passionate performance of the team. yesterday there was the occasional cut away of former president in his seat in the stand. now, today he said he was in love with u.s. soccer. he had been down to the locker room and had a beer with the players. something they had really appreciated. they're all now looking forward to saturday, the next round, the knockout stage against ghana. a powerful, mobile team. there will be no pushover and, of course, the last african team

left in this turnment and there will be a lot of support and a certain edge because in the last world cup it was ghana that knocked out the americans. so, that will give it -- >> all right, ian, thank you very much. we apologize for the technical difficulties there. team usa facing ghana on saturday. thanks, ian. brutal poll numbers out for president obama. what do the details from the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll mean for the white house? we go inside the numbers. google goes further, how the internet heavyweight is about to take on apple's itunes. plus, the tennis game that just won't end. three days and it is still not over. we're going to hear from the american playing right now. ♪ [ folk rock ]

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welcome back. the american man caught to hunt down osama bin laden is back home in denver. gary faulkner was captured carrying a pistol, dagger and night vision goggles. he spoke about the mountainous areas he searched looking for bin laden. >> people don't real iize how intense these mountains are. our mountains are beautiful. we have some beautiful, gorgeous mountains. but why don't have the intensity that the himalayas are. it iseasier to hide there. >> he financed his own trips to pakistan. he's not giving up on his mission just yet but he plans to look for bin laden. a brand-new nbc news wall street journal poll shows president obama's wall street rating poll hit agnew low. the job approval rating stands at 45%, that is down five points

from early last month and down three points from late may. mark murray nbc news deputy political director is with us this morning. good morning, mark. >> good morning, tamron. >> rets start talking about the reason. . why are people not feeling confidence in the president? >> several things going on here. the events of the last three months have been very tough on president obama and certainly have taken a toll and we're talking about the gulf oil spill and the economic problems in europe and also a disappointing job's report that we had last month. when you take all those things together, it really isn't surprising that obama's numbers have gone down since that time. one other thing when you look deeper into our poll, president obama is losing the middle. independents, suburban, suburban women and also people from the midwest which has been a strength for president obama in the 2008 elections that he has lost numbers there, too. so, you know, usually he's holding on to his base, but when

you're losing the middle, your numbers will go down. >> let's also look at when they ask about the direction the country is headed. 62% say the country is headed in the wrong direction. 29% believe that the country is headed in the right direction. is it to then be assumed that perhaps the gop maybe even folks in the tea party movement could benefit if this is the dominant opinion? >> absolutely. certainly when the public doesn't think the country is on the right track and the president's poll numbers are starting to go down, that is a recipe for success for the opposition party and republicans are hoping to capitalize on that. also in our poll, republicans with a two-point edge in the congressional generic ballot which gives them just another piece of evidence that the fall midterms are going to be good for them. we don't know if republicans will be able to take back the house or the senate, but we do know that they stand to make some gains in november. >> it's interesting, mark, in prior polls some people didn't agree with the president's

policy but they liked him or had good feelings towards him. this poll shows 47% has a positive feeling towards the president and 40% say they have negative feeling. take us into that number. >> those are the worst numbers on his feeling thermometer we had since he was president. one thing that is important to point out that we surveyed president obama on a host of professional and also personal issues and he still remains likable and his likability number has gone down over the past few months but still strong in the 60s and that remains his political strength despite all the bad news that he and his team are encountering right now. >> so, perhaps that is the silver lining the white house may be looking at today. all right, mark, thank you very much. greatly appreciate it. what do you think of the poll numbers that just came out or any of the other stories we're covering today. go to twitter.msnbc.com. you get about 30 minutes to send me a tweet. up next, a fixture of new york city's times square but now

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smile and a guitar. his real name is robert brooke. he has franchised the name of his ego. the woman who calls herself the naked cowgirl. in fact, he sent her a cease and decyst letter and he says he will sue the 50 something new jersey woman who also goes by the name sandy caine. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm glad you dressed appropriately for the interview. you make your money going around times square amusing people. >> naked cowboy enterprises is licensed with naked cowboy oysters and naked cowboy music on itunes and products all over the world for a multitude of different industries. so, tfranchise itself -- >> it's another big deal to you. >> absolutely. >> they have the picture of the naked cowgirl. i don't know if you can see it, she's down at the bottom of this

"new york post" picture and she was not available to come on. how much money are you losing with her coming on as the naked cowgirl. >> i don't think i'm losing any money and the other licensed naked cowgirl in times square that is paying the $500 a month. it's just about protecting the conduct of the behavior of her. >> you charge $500 a month. >> people do it all over. >> she basically says, get a life. >> and, again, i even because i recognize her nature, so i've even let this go for like two years now. >> what do you mean by her nature? >> she doesn't come across, she's coming across to me as someone who was using the brand just to get by right now and that's one thing. but if you're making $10,000 cds and saying that i'm actually singing on them when i'm not and

you're pushing product, i have to authorize you before you can do that. >> yesterday i was with some kids from shawnee elementary school here in the tri-state area and they wanted to know why, how did you come up with this? why walk around times square. obviously, you make enough money that you don't want someone infringing on what you're doing. >> to be successful, you have to be unique. to be valuable, you have to be distinct. the naked cowboy represents what mankind represents which is, let's go to the place where everybody is and let's be the coolest, neatest guy there and let's just go be the king of the hill and that represents that. they see that energizing spirit. >> where is your mike? where did they hook -- >> you have time for a song? ♪ well, i'm the naked cowboy >> we're going to go to break, but he may have some competition.

come on up, msnbc jeff corwin on a more serious subject. >> i am wearing a thong today and i feel it wouldn't be appropriate. >> okay, on that note, you can play us to break. we'll be right back. jeff corwin with a news updates on what is happening in the gulf. [ wind howling ] [ male announcer ] it balances you...

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here has spoken to afghan media and the message is consistent, that the policy will not change and that general petraeus is coming here to complete this mission that he will certainly bring his own ideas and his own expertise but will not be a strategic shift that counterinsurgency is still the plan. soldiers had been told not to speak to the media, not to get involved in the discussion and we have spoken by phone and e-mail to a number of soldiers and they're generally supportive. they like general petraeus and they like him because they consider him successful and he has a good reputation and they hope he can have success here like he did in iraq. >> is there a worry that expectations could be high and too much is said about what happened in iraq and no comparison to what we're seeing in afghanistan? >> i think that is a very valid concern. this is a totally different

conflict than the one in iraq. a different problem set and just because you take the same general who had a brilliant general, no doubt, but who had one particular strategy that worked in iraq might not work here. and general petraeus is fully aware of that. in iraq, a civil war was under way. general petraeus was able to create a local resistance movement to fight al qaeda. here, the taliban has a different dynamic and no indications that a local militia would be able to be formed to fight the taliban. taliban is more popular domestically than al qaeda was in iraq. >> richard engel, thank you. coming up this sunday, richard will bring us the story of the nine members of chosen company who lost their lives defending a tiny outpost in eastern afghanistan. the very special "dateline" airs this sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 central. you don't want to miss that. this sunday on "meet the press" an interview with john mccain

and the controversy. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." we follow new developments in the gulf of mexico and the oil spill disaster and now day 66. the associated press says the current worse-case estimate for the amount of oil spewing into the gulf is about 2.5 million gallons a day and anywhere from 67 to 127 million gallons have spilled into the gulf since the deep water horizon oil rig exploded. here are some other numbers to look at. 62 brown pelicans rebihabilitat have been released back into the wild. a group of birds set free at the national wildlife refuge in texas. msnbc environment and science expert jeff corwin was there when they were released. you spent six weeks down in the gulf and you'll go back very committed to this and this is a bright spot and emits the cloud

of the bad. >> absolutely, tamron. just hearing the statistics. all that oil. that means we're now 20, 30 valdezes into this. if you're looking for a glimmer of hope, some positiveness in this whole catastrophe was this. we travel would a senior veterinarian and she has been on the front lines. her and her organization trying to save these creatures. these pelicans we released in the national wildlife refuge. some of them, we were there at the very beginning and saw them being pulled from the mier and i was there to help clean some of them up and to watch them fly to freedom, boy, it just made your heart beat strong. >> it really is marvelous to see those pelicans finally take wing, once again. just a few weeks ago, we were there when these birds were covered in that crude. we saw them go through the battle of survival as they were

stabilized and medically treated and, of course, eventually cleaned of that oil. but this really is the payoff. to see these animals finally have freedom. it gives us a sense of hope at certain times. sharon, this has really been a big part of your mission. how do you feel seeing this? >> i love watching wildlife in the wild being free and it's just heartwarming. >> sharon, as a veterinarian with the u.s. fish and wildlife service, she's been totally emersed in this battle, not only to deal with threatened wildlife, but also to deal with the actual spill itself. you've seen the worst this spill has to offer. there have been 700 wild casualties, nearly double that in injured animals but now you get this moment. does it make it worthwhile? >> it does. this is the part that we've all gone into wildlife for. watch them be free out here flying and the great eco system

here. this is what it is about for us. >> incredible journey to go from uncertainty to freedom for myself as a wildlife biologist. certainly a journey i will not soon forget. >> that's an incredible report, jeff. you see yourself there. you know, it's interesting and, again, the national wildlife refuge give a big shoutout to them. is there a fear these birds might find themselves back in peril, back in the gulf in that oil? >> there is a fear. there's always a risk. these animals have the potential to migrate, these are birds. but the idea is, the mission is that hopefully a very rich, biological biologically, dynamic eco system and the plan is these birds will take to this place. every one of these pelicans is marked with a band. >> okay. >> if they find themselves in peril again these guys from the ibrcc and u.s. fish and wildlife and they'll be right there in the front lines and rescue them again. we don't have the luxury to play a monday morning quarterback. this is the front lines, this is

a battle to save our national herita heritage. we have to do everything we can. >> for the latest information on the oil spill, including video, field notes from msnbc correspondents and an interactive timeline, you can logon to oilspill.msnbc.com. we hope to see more of your reports from the gulf. tennis reports being made at wimbledon and the longest match taking place between raged for ten hours over two days before play resumed just about an hour ago. ishner gave "today" show an exclusive interview before the match today. >> i'm a little haggard. the body's not feeling great. i have no skin on either one of my pinky toes. hopefully i can come out there today and get it done. >> nina joins us live from wi

wimbledon, what is the latest? >> let's have a look at the score. you can feel the atmosphere here. we're currently at 68-68. these two players tied on the third day of this epic match. we're currently in the 11th hour of play. we've just gone past that and both players, as you are just hearing from mr. isner, very exhausted at this point. one thing i should point out is that this is not just an anomaly for us brits here at wimbledon because of the length of this match, the weather. we're not used to this. we're often used to seeing some of these matches interrupted by rain and, so, unfortunately for these two characters here, we haven't had that so far although the temperature is not quite as hot as it was yesterday. >> john mccenroe suggested doctors should be on standby. what is the reaction from people watching and the buzz at wimbledon? >> this match has really gripped the nation and i should point out that it is not going on on

center court where most of the high-frofile matches are carried out. it's court number 18 ands as you can see, as i was saying before, look at the crowds of people that have crowded over here just to get one glimpse of this particular match and the players because, of course, they're becoming celebrities here in britain. and joe mcenroe saying good thing, though, the queen is at center court and not on court 18 because the first time in 33 years and the players would have to bow to her and he's questioning whether they would be able to get up again. >> thank you. and there are some things that are considered news in this world but around this time of the morning there are some stories that make us say -- >> no way! >> a glass in california is getting worldwide attention for discovering something out of this world. the students at evergreen middle school found a cave on mars. they pinpointed a hole by looking at images taken by

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that process. here's an excerpt from it. i have been denied my right to a proper defense by imposing an attorney that seems to be the girlfriend of a cop on duty who works in this police department. i have been imposed on an unofficial translator who confused me with incriminating myself in a homicide investigation. police, of course, are saying the exact opposite. they said they did everything by the book and then some. when we talked to the police directly, they said, look, we knew from the start that the eyes of the world were on us making sure that we did things correctly. we know that there is a reputation of corruption here in peru and they wanted to go the extra mile to make sure things were done right. that's not to say that they were, but that's what police are saying. they say that during joran van der sloot's confession they made sure that he had an appointed attorney, that's the one he is complaining about now and a member of the prosecution was present to make sure the law was followed and, also, that the dutch embassy had that

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john mcenroe was so concerned at one point that he thought maybe medics should be on standby, the players playing for two days, ten hours straight, resuming today, but finally the american, john isner pulling out the victory in the longest match in tennis history. we're just getting this in. and today isner was on the "today" show with matt lauer said it was grueling and he could barely sleep. the adrenaline and all the other parts of his body i guess are out of whack when you play and not to mention what it does to your rotator cuff. it's crazy. but he said the skin was completely off of both of his pinkie toes. he said he was ready to play again. he said his opponent wa like speed spider-man, but he pulled it out. the wait is officially over, the iphone 4 finally in stores. gadget fans were lined up outside the apple store in new york city well before it opened. clapping around the world. people are pouring into stores and claimed to be bragging rights to be the first to get

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in afghanistan, a change in command, but will it lead to u.s. troops coming home sooner? that is the pressing question this hour. good day to all of you. i'm alex witt following the big stories coast to coast here on msnbc. a short time ago we learned that a confirmation hearing is set for next tuesday for general david petraeus, president obama's new pick to lead the war in afghanistan. petraeus is credited with turning the war around in iraq. the president accepted the resignation of general stanley mcchrystal who ignited a firestorm after making derogatory comments about the administration in a "rolling stone" magazine article. on "good morning america" senator john mccain said he told president obama more heads should roll. >> along with my strong support of general petraeus, we need a new team over there as well, perhaps at the embassy, in other areas. the relationship between civil and military is not what it should be.