alabama within one of the most conservative areas. and i really loved -- i would go in and hang out in the library with her. they had air conditioning. she let me check out as many books as i wanted. but she would talk to me about how one of the big issues about keeping a library that wasn't overtly like -- that wasn't just one issue was everyone come in and bring inspirational fiction, which is christian fiction, i guess, and tons of books of christianity. it was kind of overwhelming her collection what she said we'd love all those books but to have balance we need to also bring a book about judaism or islam. and that really dried up any -- so there's always these characters that i really enjoyed kind of connecting with that i stayed in touch with. and have -- even the p.r. guy at pilgrims pride who fired me -- i actually really liked him. he was acting on orders from above. we had this really fun firing experience where we sat for about a half hour. and he told me -- like he told me he ordered my other books and they read my article

para conocer lo Último que mantiene en vilo a varios estados vamos con lourdes del rÍo en alabama. >>ro esto no elimina la preocupaciÓn los que se sigan preparando para la contaminaciÓn de las costas. el gobernador de la florida asegura que su estado estÁ listo, dice que fue criticado por no hacer demasiado. pero algunos expertos consideran que lo ocurrido es uno de los peores desastres de la historia. >> para nosotros esto es un cataclismo, es un volcÁn de petrÓleo que emana unos 210.000 galones de crudo diariamente. >> mientras continÚan los por -los esfuerzos en el mar, en tierra hay preocupaciÓn. >> vamos a seguir comprando de donde venga y va a ser mÁs caro. Íbamos a tener que seguir vertiendo por el - vamos a seguir vendiendo por el mismo precio de lo que venÍamos haciendo hasta ahora. >> algunos preguntan quiÉn pagarÁ el costo total la ley dice que tendrÍa que pagar un mÁximo de $ 35 millones pero el costo es mayor. >> aquÍ nadie estÁ parado, continÚan los esfuerzos titÁnicos para ayudar a superar esta amarga experiencia. en alabama, lourdes del rÍo. >> en instantes la propuest

the one in alabama as i understand it is under review. not seeing anything like what you see in louisiana in any of the other states. >> woodruff: yet. you're saying. >> i don't think that's going to happen, judy. i think we'll be able to contain this, shut the well off and this is the largest oil spill response effort ever in history anywhere. the coast guard has done a fantastic job of mobilizing people and equipment and laying out the logistics here. that well is near the coast of louisiana. i think that is where we're going to try to keep it all off shore, louisiana. it's unfortunate about the beaches and as of today there's about 15 acres of marsh in louisiana that has been hit by this. that's just not what any of us ever want to see. >> woodruff: i want to ask you quickly about the chemical dispersants. the federal government has asked bp to use a less toxic type. they're talking about the serious trade-off we now know between certain kinds of these chemicals and the effect they have on the oil in the environment. how confident are

in alabama i assume the slick is feared heading next, you tell us what's going on? >> indeed geraldo. in fact slow moving katrina is a very good way to describe it because so many residents and business owners on the island whethered katrina and rebuilt their businesses but they say the horrible thing about an oil spill is unlike a hurricane where you can rebuild in a matter of months with an oil spill you don't know what is going to happen next you don't know what to plan for. what they are doing is planning for a worse case scenario trying to protect the community as well as they can. earlier in the weekend they were setting up booms these inflatable boo buoys lining th beaches that it would stop the oil before land fall. the weather was so choppy and waves were so rough many of the areas were preached. they came in and removed them. today the national guard came in and installed the barriers with the chemical you be stance. when the substance comes in contact with oil it turns the oil into a solid. the idea is when the oil seeps into these barriers it becomes a s

alabama deploying hundreds of boats to lay down thousands of feet of boom, that could help. was just one of four gulf state ag's who gathered to discuss legal strategies to deal with the spill. jonathan serrie is live on dauphin island, how ready is the island to deal with this oil spill? >> well, they face many obstacles. the wind and heavy waves wreak havoc on the inflatable booms that were installed. nevertheless we saw lots of heavy equipment moving in today. moving to various staging areas, some with license tags from as far away as new england. also, the national guard came in today. they've been installing special barriers which they fill with a special chemical at that when it comes in contact with oil, it solidifies the idea is when the oil penetrates the barrier, it becomes a solid which is easily removed and then you can fill the barriers with more of the chemicals to absorb even more oil, juliet. >> jonathan, what about the local business there is? what kind of impact are they feeling right now? >> yeah, they already are beginning to feel an impact. real estate a

the coast guard is finished planting booms in alabama, mississippi and parts of florida. the oil is not expected to reach the states for the next 72 hours. >> so please enjoy your weekends, mississippi and alabama and florida are open for business. >> reporter: crews will inject fluids into the well-known as top kill. that could get underway on tuesday. joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> now the proceed that bp is going to attempt is unusual. in fact it has never been tried before at that depth of the ocean. about 5,000 feet below the surface. >>> encouraging report for maryland. the unemployment rate drops to 7.5%. that's the first monthly decline. the fashional rate is nearly 10%. >>> it's the end of an era for a catholic school. wjz is live. gigi barnett is following the emotional final days at the school. >> reporter: the days of cardinal gibons is almost over and as students, parents, teachers and alumni move closer to the last day, some say the next step simply may be to just move on. the campus at cardinal gibbons catholic school is quiet tonight. teachers are fin

the explosion happened this morning at the redstone arsenal on base in huntsville, alabama. details on the cause of the blast are not known right now and local officials are only saying it was a chemical type explosion. >>> the state of maryland suspended the license of the chamber's funeral home and crematorium, this after a surprise inspection at the riverdale funeral home. the inspection found a large pile of body bags with human remains on the floor of a garage. co-owner william chambers says he has to work with the state now to resolve the alleged violations. some of those who work nearby find the allegations hard to believe. >> i have been here 22 years, and we have never had problems. >> "the baltimore sun closed for reports that many of the bodies awaiting -- "the baltimore sun" reports that many of the bodies were awaiting cremation and were cadavers. >>> investigators are trying to piece together a serious accident in gaithersburg. happened about 11:00 p.m. last night. and suv left the road and hit a tree. then it overturned. the 23-year-old driver is hospitalized

dodd: i will find out from my friend from alabama. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. shelby: i would like to join my colleague from connecticut. we had a burst of activity this afternoon. we're off to a good start. but we have to remember here, this bill is about 1,500 pages, and this not only affects a little bit of our economy, it affects all of our economy in one way or the other. and i have just laid down a bill as a republican alternative to the consumer products, and there are a lot of people who are going to want to debate it on both sides of the aisle. we're not here to delay in any way this bill, but i think it's so important, it's so comprehensive that we are going to have a healthy debate. and i appreciate the remarks of the senator from connecticut and i believe he understands that very well. mr. dodd: i thank my colleague from -- my colleague from montana? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. tester: could i just inquire with senator dodd, at this point in time, do you want me to talk about amendment senate 3749? do you want me to call

the damage spread across three states, louisiana, mississippi, alabama. the effort to stop it, clean it up is huge. 22,000 people are working on it just there in the spill zone. over three quarters of a million gallons of chemical dispersant have been poured into the gulf to try to break up the slick which is the size of delaware and rhode island combined. we have team coverage again starting with our chief environmental affairs correspondent, anne thompson. >> reporter: the oil giant faces potential fines and perhaps a criminal investigation. while taking a public beating from residents fed up here and a very frustrated obama administration. this is the fight for louisiana's coast. black hawk helicopters build a sandbag defense on the channels on pelican island, one of the barrier islands weakened by eight decades of erosion, now under attack by oil. >> we are not standing on the sidelines and letting bp do what bp wants to do. the federal government has mounted the largest response in the history of this country. >> it is clear the defense of the shorel

closer to mississippi coastline and alabama coastline. federal authorities involved in this heading the effort are anticipating oil impacting mississippi and alabama this weekend or tomorrow. >> juliet: i suspect the president will get a clear view on the ground. what is his plan in that area? >> reporter: he will be briefed by the coastguard as well as driving down with governor jindall. he will be briefed by the respondents on the scene. bp is going to have representatives. they will make an assessment what is going to be done, what are the attempts that we have in place. what is happening that you've got ten days straight of oil spewing from 35,000 feet below the surface where the pipeline that bp had in the deep water horizon cracked in three different places. by all accounts, bp on the sunday morning talk shows, all the top brass saying, you know, we don't know how much has spilled, we don't know how much is spilling and we don't know how much it will spill. all the underwater attempts by robot gear to stop the flow of oil have faile

when i was onnthe 11th circuit, i was meeting oneetime with our judges and ttorneys and alabama. i think it was a saturday morning. it was not a clock in the morning. they were casually ready to play golf or tennis -- it was 9:00 in the morning, they were casually ready to play golf or tennis. one attorney raised his haad and said, you have all that tremendous amount of reading to do, all of those briefs. how do you possibly do that? i said, well, i have four clerks and i divide them among the clarks. i have to read them all. they're very difficult cases. i will read the briefs a second time over the weekend just before argument. i have proper planning in the background. i sometimes have cases that are one oepra cases, two opera cases. the minute i said that, i knew that i had lost the audience. they were too polite to roll their eyes. its sound it intellectually pretentious -- it sounded intellectually pretentious. i thought i had lost the audience. but i was saved because an attorney and raised his hand and said, i have a rule when i write this price. he said i have a one six-p

that alabama is the same as new york. when we create binary models like the red states and blue states, defactor and de jure reis segregation. de facto came to mean the opposite. what happens if we don't think about this in the terms of the opposites. one region is the opposite of another. the book has been out only for a little while. the arguments has been for a long time. a lot of recent work on civil rights movement in the north and west has also attacked the idea of southern exceptionalism. a lot of scholars write about los angeles or detroit we have to realize the civil rights movement did not begin in the north. it didn't start with the riot in los angeles. that's the same nonviolent process we're going on, you know, for decades. in fact, earlier, i would say in northern cities than when they really rev up in the south. so i think there's a lot of, you know, support in the academy. we were also trying to take on honestly how people like paul krugman who in his columns often, i think, said, well, the southern conser

that's located in northern alabama. it's in the heart of tennessee valley in the state of alabama. we're working to get more details. we've had some conflicting reports on the severity of the injuries. so we're working to get more details on exactly what's happened out there. a, what caused the explosion and just how many people are injured and the degree of those injuries. we'll bring you the latest as soon as we get it on that breaking news story. there's continued fallout from arizona's controversial immigration law. tonight, in fact, civil rights activist al sharpton will join hispanic leaders and the mayor of phoenix at the march to the state capital. the three-mile candlelight procession will call attention to the law, which immigrants rights activists say is unconstitutional. the city council of tucson. flagstaff voted tuesday to sue the state over the new crackdown on illegal immigrants. they are siting concerns about enforcement costs and anticipated negative effects arizona's industry might experience. tucson and flagstaff the first municipalities in the state to approve

selma, alabama, being a scene of bloody sunday and just constant turmoil by design of the civil rights movement. and obama took this invitation and quickly thereafter hillary clinton accepted an invitation to come. and they both gave speeches, both very resonant churches. barack obama at brown chapel where king spoke all the time. and a speech he gave, unlike the announcement speech where the metaphor was lincoln and the associations were all about lincoln and kind of general americanists, this is a speech directed towards almost exclusively to the african-american voters and population. because if he is going to get anywhere in this endeavor, he's got to win some huge proportion of the black vote. and the terms he used were -- and this -- this has been in black churches since forever, this metaphor of moses and leading people out of a promised land and people used to call martin luther king but they weren't calling -- they were calling him our moses figure. the previous generation represented by john lowry and most of the generation they suffered for us. and they have brought us this

the slick now stretches from dauphin island, alabama, to grand isle,

an alabama congressman says the explosion happened when employees were remove iing rock. >>> and now that floodwaters seem to be receding in tennessee people are getting a closer look at devastation. 19 people died in the recent flash flooding. nine of those deaths were right there in nashville. the country music hall of fame has closed, fortunately the water's primarily confined it a mechanical room. authorities are still warning people, though, do not drive on those flooded streets. >> live into access at metro center begins today between noon and 4:00 p.m. properly credentialed owners and managers of businesses in metro center will be permitted to pass beyond police roadblocks, at their own risk, to make brief inspections of their property between the hours of noon and 4:00 p.m. today. due top standing water in several parts of metro center, passage will be granted only to persons in suvs or pickup trucks. >> the famed grand ole opri has had to remove services. now people across the city have the grim task of cleaning up their homes, rescuing anything that can be salva

the viewing is 10:00 to 11:00 this morning at the allen chapel on alabama avenue se and the fuel begins at 11:00. >>> at the trial stemming from the murder of robert wone, the medical examiner found no signs that he ever resisted. she found a number of needle wounds on him and they were inflicted while he was still alive. prosecutors believe somebody injected him with a paralyzing agent and then stabbed him three times. >>> victims of sexual assault say often they are also becoming victims of the system. many victims admit -- submit to rape kits after an attack. even when there is dna evidence, it can take years before it is looked at. if there are half a million rape kids sitting on shelves waiting to be tested. -- rape kits. >>> to muster up the courage and then have nothing done about it, what are we saying? >> some cities have big backlogs of those to go through while others have none. d.c. says it is making progress. it has 270 left to test. if it hopes to have none by 2012. >>> of victim's state senator has become the victim of identity theft. police in california say two men got

here in south alabama, booms are still being deployed in mobile bay. governor bob riley has approved a plan to string booms across the entrances to the entire bay. two "swinging doors" operated by tugboats would allow ship traffic to pass. that's more than five miles of booms. the offshore fishing grounds remain closed, and some area fisherman have found work stringing and managing booms. >> this is part of the long line of containment booms that stretch along the mississippi, alabama, and louisiana gulf coast. these are designed to keep oil from coming onshore, but as we saw just over there, it is difficult to keep them from drifting into shore. there have to be maintenance boats out there to keep pulling them away and reestablish the barrier. but some of the people working on the booms are operating swamp boats that were brought in from louisiana, and some local people who are not working are pretty angry about that. >> we commercial fishermen, we don't even own a boat like that. >> reporter: inside the bay being protected by that boom, auburn univer

it's interesting, but a hairdresser name philip from alabama gave us the idea many years ago that youould actually do this with hair. so we are successful. we don't get it all, but i do do we get a heck of a lot of it. >> but for the oil spill? is there enough for all of it? >> i wish there was, ed, but there is not enough hair that is cut for the whole spill. >> i know it works. you misunderstood. i know it works. i was just saying i don't think there is enough for the whole spill. it definitely works, no question. >> now if everyone throughout the whole world sent their hair to one of our paul mitchell schools or one of our groups to put it together, who knows, maybe it would work. who knows. we don't that v that much hair. ed, you said the important thing. when something like this happens, it makes everybody more aware of being sustainable of what we're doing and let's not waste the energy. let's not waste the energy. we didn't cause that spill. but let's not waste the energy. >> jeff: can we do going forward? >> go forward by shutting off your lights when you leave the room and a

the senator from alabama has 4 1/2 minutes. mr. dodd: well,less nls -- we're prepare, unless -- we'repreparee on our side, as i understand it. mrdodd: i gather the senator from alabama is prepared to yield back his time as well, and the question now is i'd ask for the yeas and nays on the sanders amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. mr. dodd: yield back all of our time. mr. sanders: ask for a roll call vote. mr. dodd: ask for a roll call vote. the presiding officer: all time is yielded back. mr. dodd dodd: and there's beena roll vote requested and agreed to on the sanders amendment? the presiding officer: yes. and the vote will now occur the clerk will call the roll. vote:

selma alabama been the scene of the bloody sunday and just constant turmoil by design with the civilrights movement and every year they reenact and obama accept this invitation and quickly thereafter hillary clinton accepted an invitation to come and they both gave speeches both very resident the churches in selma. obama and his case brown chapel where king spoke of the time. and the speech he gave, unlike the announcement speech where the metaphor was lincoln and associations were all about lincoln and general american's this is a speech directed towards almost exclusively the african-american voters and population because if he is going to get anywhere in his endeavor he has to win huge proportions of the black vote. and the terms he used, and this has been in black churches since forever, this metaphor of moses and meeting people out of the promised land and people used to call martin luther king when they were not calling him dimora they were calling him the moses figure. he was saying that the previous generation exemplified by joe lowry and john lewis was generation. they suffe

of ewing from 10:00 to 11:00 this morning at the allen chapel ame church on alabama avenue. the funeral gets underway at 11:00. >>> in the trial of robert wone, the investigator found no signs that there was a struggle. bones were inflicted while he was still alive-. - wounds. >>> virginia state senator is a victim of identity theft. two men got several credit cards using the identity of a fairfax county senator. investigators say they used the cards to buy medical marijuana. detectives are looking for washington and another suspect. it's not known how they stole his identity. >>> congress is taking major steps toward approving a financial reform bill. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> the senate passed a bill to overhaul how the government regulates banks and wall street, aimed at preventing a repeat of the financial crisis that plunged the nation into recession. it must be merged with the house bill. lawmakers hope to wrap up a final bill by july. devoted to place on the worst day for the market since the rally began in march of 20009. the dow jones plunged yesterday. u

. >> i'm alabama senator richard shelby, the ranking republican on the senate banking committee. the senate is currently debating legislation to reform our nation's financial system. the outcome will have serious consequences for our financial system and our economy for years to come. that's why we need to get this right. republicans believe that meaningful financial reform is necessary. and such reform should address the causes of the financial crisis, promote economic growth, and end bailouts for good. the legislation that the democrats proposed failed each of these tests. at its core, the recent financial crisis stemmed from a meltdown in the mortgage market. at the heart of this market lie the government-sponsored housing agencies fannie mae and freddie mac. for decades, these multi- trillion dollar institutions leveraged the implicit backing of the american taxpayer to encourage mortgage lending to people who could not afford to repay the loans. but when home prices finally collapsed, these ticking time bombs exploded, saddling taxpayers with hundreds of billions of dollars

in alabama i assume the slick is feared heading next, you tell us what's going on? >> indeed geraldo. in fact slow moving katrina is a very good way to describe it because so many residents and business owners on the island whethered katrina and rebuilt their businesses but they say the horrible thing about an oil spill is unlike a hurricane where you can rebuild in a matter of months with an oil spill you don't know what is going to happen next you don't know what to plan for. what they are doing is planning for a worse case scenario trying to protect the community as well as they can. earlier in the weekend they were setting up booms these inflatable boo buoys lining th beaches that it would stop the oil before land fall. the weather was so choppy and waves were so rough many of the areas were preached. they came in and removed them. today the national guard came in and installed the barriers with the chemical you be stance. when the substance comes in contact with oil it turns the oil into a solid. the idea is when the oil seeps into these barriers it becomes a s

más bien de alabama georgia. descarga lequi trim. transcurso de la noche. tenemos este sistema que está generando fuerte lluvia, viento en ráfaga de hecho, que se displacia hacia el sur este de los angeles, en riesgo famoso fuego forestal. un fin de semana al sur, se concentra el viento al oeste, aunque no lo creo, es algo real de la madre naturaleza. está nevando en el noroeste, actividad de lluvia, mientras tanto, viento de ráfaga que la 6 0 milla en el sur este de los angeles condición estable, pero calor al sur. y nueva york, en el área "tri" estatal. precipitaciones pero será el domingo, al menos el sábado descansando tan fuertes, si es todo es mi parte, deseo un excelente mínimo de fafin de se. continuamos con más de primer impacto >>> una niña sometida aúna complicada cirugía para salvar su vida. gracias al apoyo de una organización la llevaron a texas donde le hicieron una operación de corazón abierto que duró 4 horas y fue calificada de exitosa. en cuestión de un mes, la pequeña podrá regresar a su ppaís

succionar el crudo >>> hoy se sobre vol la zona el dwaem derrame y va acercandose a la zona el florida y alabamaolfo de méxico >>> la imágenes que vemos no estás placentera >>> el agua marina como el brillo nada natural. y aceite oso. y recuerden un cuerpo san grant como si chrao ribera el golfo hubiera quedaron abierto y ahora compiten por espacio y el alimento que proviene del mar está totalmente afectado la vida como pescador y gente de está zona lo conocen y está a punto de sdarz desaparecer >>> y parece que nada puede contener el desastre. el golfo es un área tan bajo que imposible es prácticamente contener el derrame y algo de crudo se puede evitar que llegue a la costa, esta noche tenemos un reportaje kpro completo >>> muchas gracias lourdes del lío >>> brasil ayudará a está petrolera a contener el derrame con dos equipos de la petrolera estatal me otro abras, erra a la se encuentro en estados unidos >>>, estación de kbcombustible stl explotó >>> no hay víctima mortales y algunos trabajadores fueron atendido en el lugar >>> y criticó severamente la condición de un planta donde se hace fár

the coast guard is finished in alabama, mississippi and florida. the oil is not expected to reach the states for the next 72 hours. >> so, please enjoy your weekends, mississippi and alabama and florida are open for business. >> reporter: next, crews will inject fluid into the spill. and that will start late next week. >>> 6 million-gallons of oil spilled into the gulf and a growing number of scientists show that number is too low. >>> a water main break is startling traffic in north baltimore and we were over the scene as it happened. the road buckled. the 12-inch main broke in cold spring lane and shut down the road. that's making the traffic heavy as we begin the evening rush hour. wjz traffic control and sharon gibala will be back in a few minutes on the rush hour. >>> and a harford county political candidate's life is cut short when his car slams into a utility pole. >> reporter: well, the republican, steven wright won't be a chance to be the harford county executive. the 50-year-old was driving a jeep cherokee when his suv hit a utility pole

host: alabama, democrats line. caller: i am originally from the mobile area. i have been at the gulf all my life. my sister lives there. you have those ripped out there. you can see them from the beach. are plenty of them. are we still going to have the same problem as the others with the salt out there? will they have one shot off about that does not work on all of them? what is going to happen? they need to have three different ways to cut it off before they go out there. guest: one of the things that is striking about this accident is this has been inspected about 10 days or a couple of weeks before the accident. the people i have spoken sick has expressed a sense of soul- searching as to how this has happened. this accident will lead to more regulations on the oil and gas offshore operators in terms of what type of equipment they may have. look at the cycle of how these things playoff, it is likely you will see additional more prescriptive regulation in the future. host: long beach california, independent line. caller: i support president obama, but i am v

gobierno del presidente obama declarÓ hoy desastre de pesca en los estados de luisiana, mississippi y alabamaa que sÓlo empresas como british tener posibilidades de mitigar el problema. ♪ >> la administraciÓn estaba bajo presiÓn de tomar las riendas del derrame petrolero que continÚa 35 despuÉs a 5000 pies bajo el agua. limpiarÁn hasta la Última gota de petrÓleo admitieron que su reputaciÓn estÁ en juego. >> conocemos la ira, estamos haciendo todo nuestro poder y lo mÁs rápidamente posible. la empresa ha perdido una cuarta parte de su valor. tambiÉn en las costas de luisiana dos miembros del gabinete. >> este es un desastre, un desastre horrible, un desastre al medio ambiente y no descansaremos hasta que se haga el trabajo. intentarÁ sellar la tuberÍa este miÉrcoles. >> vamos a ver si tiene Éxito lo que es tratar de acumular una cantidad de material de cemento alrededor de la fuga para contenerla de manera sÓlida. >> algunos insisten el gobierno debe hacer mÁs pero que los datos son inciertos. >> no sabemos el verdadero volumen, tenemos nuestras dudas porque se estÁn dependiendo de lo que le

this is alabama, we speak english. if you want to live here, learn it.ly giving that test in english if i'm governor. maybe it is the businessman in me. but we'll save money. and it makes sense. does it to you? >> notice the spread between republicans and democrats. it took the democrats a while to decide whether they were going to approve of that ad. it is controversial. it is getting a lot of publicity of all the ads we showed that was the only one that got applause from our focus group respondents. >> greta: explain this, more favorable as we watch the lines go up. does it mean these ads are having an impact and this is how the people will vote or do they think it is a good ad, clever or entertained by it? what does it moon when it goes up >> credibility. information delivered by the ad is believable, acceptable and will have an impact on how they vote in november. >> greta: if you are watching depending on who you are when it guess up thank you's bingo? >> in fact the ad that is showing up over the question, michael bennett's ad tough race colorado i

the coast guard finished deploying booms in alabama, mississippi and parts of florida. the oil is not expected to reach those states for at least the next 82 hours. >> so please enjoy your weekends, mississippi and alabama and florida are open for business. >> reporter: the next effort to stop the flow is a top kill. crews will inject fluid and cement in to the well. bp says that could get underway on tuesday. so, will that cocktail succeed in plugging up the leak? it is anyone's guess. the difficult procedure has worked above ground before but never been tried at deafths. >> what is the latest, joel, on the spill's effect on wildlife. any good fishing out there anywhere. >> we talked so some fishing boat captains and they say there is a lot of good fishing. areas of the gulf the feds are yet to shut down but the problem is with the bad publicity they are getting right now a lot of folks who booked trips down here this month have cancelled. we talked to one gentleman who had 23 fishing trips this week and only one showed up. >> thank you for that. >>> look at the latest

correspondent jonathan serrie is live on dauphin, island, alabama, with more details on that.ello, jonathan. >> reporter: hi, brian. as you know, the island community suffered a battering in recent years, first hurricane ivan and katrina and now the potential oil spill heading this way. we spoke with the owner of thelighthouse bakery earlier today and she said she had to take out multiple loans to rebuild after the hurricanes and regrow her business. in fact, she said that this year was the best year she had in terms of customer business since those hurricanes. and now looking at a potential oil spill. also worries about the fishermen that she buys her seafood from. take a look at this video from one of the neighboring communities. yesterday, commercial fishermen held a meeting with the representative from b.p., the purpose to instruct the fishermen and other business leaders on how to file claims for damages that they suffer as a direct result of the oil spill. at times the meeting was contentious. listen. >> let me say this as your friend. if you take one penny from b.p., yo

i was the circuit justice for the 11th circuit, georgia, alabama.t was my honor to be the circuit justice and to come often to those states and to meet with members of your bar. that circuit sits in atlanta. montgomery, alabama. one of my friends was appointed to the court directly from private practice. he had been on the bench for six months. . the trial judge made a mistake. the attorney was arguing and said, it would be of interest that this was a new judge. he had been on the bench for three months. have been ond, i the bench for three months. he said, it is surprising, your honor, how much one can learn in 90 days. [laughter] the nature is that we learned from real cases. it is an odd system in which we tried to take advantage of is how the legal system works. a number of my colleagues have been here -- may i have my watch? rom my clock. there is an academic metaphor to our professional schedule. it is like you were in college. we have our summers off. we have duties 24/7. we read and teach. in the fall, we're so pleased to see each other. if

by announcing, barack obama accepted the invitation of john lewis and others to go to alabama for the annual reenactment of the beginning of the march from selma to montgomery. in the moments that losen the flood gates. being a scene of bloody turmoil and by deserve. every year they react this. hillary accepts the invitation. they both gave speeches, obama in his case where king spoke all of the time. and the speech he gave, unlike the announcement speech where the metaphor was lincoln and the associations were all about lincoln and kind of general americanness, this was the speech directed towards the american voters and population. because if he's going to get anywhere this endeavor, he's got to win some huge proportion of the black vote. and the terms he used were -- and this term kind of -- this has been in black churches since forever, this metaphor of moses and leading people out of the promise land. people used to call martin luther king. they were also calling him the moses figure. he was saying that the previous generation exemplified by joe and john was the moses generation.

our response here in mississippi, alabama, florida remains the same. >> reporter: so far federal officials say they found a handful of animals injured by the spill but they say countless other animals may be feeling the effects. and many animals that have already died may never be found. bp's chief operating officer says in the worst-case scenario the well could continue leaking till early august but he's optimistic the gulf of mexico will recover. in venice, louisiana, fox news. >>> a new plan in maryland tonight to bring back the oyster industry. the state will now double the number of oyster sanctuaries that cannot be harvested. in exchange they'll open up more of the chesapeake for oystermen. they believe it's a necessary move since oyster harvest has dropped 90% in the last 25 years. >> yes, our oysters are at 1% of their historic levels but the past is not prologue and there's another possible future. >> we have a lot of work cut out for us but we know that this can work. because of the tough decisions we made on the blue crab, they came rebounding back in just a couple years. >> man

the oil now stretches 150 miles between louisiana and alabama. >>> royal scandal, tonight bucking ham ball as is -- palace is holding crisis talks after sarah ferguson was caught taking a bribe. charlie doing daggett has the latest from london >> reporter: the dutchess of york appears to be looking for a $700,000 deal to cash in on her exhusband, brins andrew. -- prince andrew. she promised to set up meetings with and drew, but she made the offer to an undercover reporter. in one scene the dutchess claims prince and drew was in on the deal. >> i find it a bit delusional actually. >> reporter: the fall out from the scandal goes way beyond the chump chess of -- dutchess of york. the queen herself has reportedly been involved in crisis talks. calls it vulgar. the dutchess who is said to be millions of dollars in debt has apologized for what she calls a serious lapse in judgment. >> can you come back from this kind of scandal? it's going to be incredibly hard. >> reporter: she has been in trouble before but has never been caught so red handed. >> reporter: sarah ferguson has remained frie

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host: alabama, go ahead. caller: i was wondering if we could go over the federal bureaucracy and the powers that the bureaucratic office holders have. guest: bureaucracy is there to enforce the law. in the end, congress makes the law, but the bureaucracy is there to enforce it. the president is the chief executive. he is in charge of the bureaucracy and the delegates those powers. host: this is off of twitter -- guest: pigeonholing, i could use it in a variety of ways. i am thinking of the narrow focus issue that the president or congress or any institution -- it is all about getting your issue on the agenda. getting your issue on the docket. >> in the legislative process, pigeonholing refers to the idea that most of bill sadr introduced on capitol hill died in committee. -- most built that are introduced on capitol hill died in committee. they get stuck there. there pigeonholed and they never get out. host: los angeles, marion, good morning. caller: defined the term competency and do we have an imperial pres

sessions: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: i'd like to call up amendment 3832 and ask that it be considered. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from alabama, mr. sessions, and others proposes amendment numbered 3832 to amendment numbered 3739. mr. sessions: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent to waive the reading of the amendment and be allowed to speak on it. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, they say the proof is in the pudding. it is really an ultimate test of an idea or an evaluation. it literally means that you have more than a wonderful recipe. you want to know what it really tastes like in the end. the actual result is what's important. so i think the american people know that in the bill we are dealing with today, we are still too involved in the maneuvering of the dissolution of companies who fail. we create special procedures for larger companies than we do for routine companies throughout the country, and my

. >>> a breaking story out of huntsville, alabama, right now. at least one person has died. three others are seriously injured in an explosion at the army's redstone arsenal this morning. there's the map of huntsville and where it's happening. the explosion happened in a building that handles aviation and missile testing. we don't know the cause of the explosion, but we'll keep you posted on any developments. >>> breaking news here. three people are dead as protests in greece pivot out of control. 100,000 people hit the streets protesting harsh cuts in government spending. some hurled molotov cocktails at police and torched buildings. police sprayed tear gas and shet off flash bombs to try and stop that mayhem. look at that scene. three workers trapped in a burning bank died. i know that they're frustrated about some of the budget cuts the government is instituting. don't they realize what's happening in a broader sense? >> i don't know. i think -- right now i think all of greece is shocked what's happened today. three deaths is really something new. we had a lot of times th

tony kennon is the mayor of nearby orange beach, alabama. >> b.p.pledges, i appreciate their commitment to make us whole. but like my daddy said, "it ain't what you say, it's what you do." >> reporter: connie bryars works for a vacation rental firm with a lot at stake. her company owns 500 rental properties in the area. >> what our vacation planners and others in industry are saying: don't cancel, we don't know what's going to happen, and go ahead and call and make your vacation plans. >> reporter: if they come, some of those vacationers might end up at king neptune's restaurant, owned by al sawyer. sawyer says the four months of vacation season are a make-or- break time for a lot of people. he wants b.p. to make sure they pay what they're responsible for. obama administration officials will return to the gulf coast starting tomorrow to check on b.p.'s progress in plugging the leak and ongoing efforts to fend off the oil slick. judy. >> there was talk today that some of this oil may get west of the mississippi river. what more do you know about that

commer secretary declares a fishi disaster in the stat of alabama, louisiana and mississippi because the oil spill i the gulf. jonaan hunt explains epa weighs in on the lev of contamination down there. >> it is bein more than a month andthe oil coninues to spew. >> m ovrall reaction was piur really do not convey it.ú >> tte epa is telling bp o scale back the amount f chemicals it is using to breakup surface oil n the gulf. the mppny's deadline to stop using a chhmical called corect it 9500 past uny epa wants the oil company to focus clean upelow the surface. where testing sows sub seed the evironment.ing no harm on >> they use a lot les,when they do it. down there. than hen they do when they >> bp said it does not have a uptter lteenative for the clean as far as shutting downtown le, bp rcing against time launch a to kill operatiin. cre.he broken well spewing >> right now, we're -- our forecast has that hapening morning.g on ednesday >> in washington, congress is prepaaing t quadruple attacks on oil topay for futur spill clean ps. that's 32 cents on every barrel. and the presidentis

they threaten the coastline of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and florida. crews are attempting to use chemicals to break up the oil before it reaches the surface. bp officials has announced $25 million to help the people and communities impacted by the spill. you may be surprised to find out what affect that oil spill will have on the price he will be paying at the pump this summer. >> nissan becomes the latest of a maker to issue a recall while a couple of other companies have serious incentives. the details are ahead. >> what was it that pushed wall street into the area? we will let you know. >> the humidity levels coming down too comfortable readings of the next couple of days. 70 degrees at the airport. light northwest winds. more coming up. >> why these are fed up with the phone company. >> if this is not fixed today, i will contact channel 11. >> coming up next on >> not a whole lot to cheer about. stocks took a tumble today as concern for the global economy swept through wall street. the dow fell below the 11,000 mark. the other indexes to significan