look at the numbers and the state of the recovery with economist lisa lynch and market analyst liz-ann saunders. >> woodruff: then, an update on the situation in the gulf of mexico as president obama made his third visit to the region. plus, spencer michels looks at how the oil spill is affecting louisiana's lucrative drilling industry. >> there are thousands of oil production platforms like this in the gulf of mexico. now, there is fear that there won't be any more drilling, and that will affect the economy of the region. >> brown: we get the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: and paul solman talks to harvard economist ben friedman about the college graduates who still flock to wall street, three years into the financial crisis. >> it's all the more troubling when i think that, after they leave us, so many of them go into activities that are not economically productive for the country, for society, even just narrowly, for the economy. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the o

. >> woodruff: betty ann bowser looks at the health implications of a shortage of fresh foods in the rural south. >> the mississippi delta has some of the richest farmland in the country. but a lot of what gets grown here, doesn't necessarily get eaten here. >> lehrer: ray suarez wraps up his recent reporting trip to china. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on the campaign against hepatitis-b-- a deadly disease afflicting millions of asians worldwide. >> about one in 20 people in the world are chronically infected. one in 20. 10 times more than people in the world are infected with h.i.v. ♪ michelle, my belle... >> lehrer: and we close with paul mccartney singing for the president and the first lady at the white house. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: but the workings froze in the deep, cold water. after that, a hose was inserted into the leaking pipe to siphon oil. it sucked up some of the oil, but not nearly all of it . the efforts to clog the crippled blowout preventer and plug the well. after three days, they we

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the air opprations include aerial disbursements ann unable includes skimming the burning as well. we have shoreline branches of shoreline operations to supervise shoreline cleanup going on in the field. one of my responsibilities is to insure that we involve the entire community in this response. that is a big part of my day. we make sure we have a unified effort going on between the coast guard, bp, and the paris organizations because they are fighting ttis on their ground. i participated in a town hall meeting two days ago. i insist i am involved. i am off tonight but tonight i have a town hall meeting in another parish. to support to meet the people and tell them what is going on and hear what they have to say. i said to the troops this morning that this is not just a battle for the oil spill, it is a battle for someone's way of life. as a way of life for fishermen and louisiana. unless you put the face of the oil spill, you don't know hat youuare fighting for >> this is the situation status map. we have numerous strategies and defense. the red line is where we spotted oil but

betty ann bowser has two reports tonight from new orleans east. it is a partnership with the jeffrey johns foundation-- robert woodses johnson foundation. >> reporter: most mornings they start lining up before dawn. members of the vietnamese community wait patiently for emergency aid outside of the mary queen of vietnam center. many are fishermen who haven't been able to catch anything since april 28. that's when the oil spill closed most of the areas of the gulf where they earned their living. if they're lucky, they'll get a voucher from catholic charities that will buy them $100 worth of food, but there are only 25 to 30 to go around each day. for the men standing in line to accept a handout, it's a big cultural mountain to climb. celine le is the project director at the center. >> everything is on the man. you're the man. you're strong. you have to be strong. you have to be able to earn money, provide a living for your family, your wife, your children. so taking that away from a man can be very harmful to their self-esteem. >> reporter: but le

betty ann bowser filed this story from louisiana. the health unit is a partnership with the robert wood johnson foundation. >> reporter: like most of the commercial fishermen here at the southern tip of louisiana, a.c. cooper has had to go to work for b.p. on cleanup operations. the third-generation shrimper says it's the only way to feed his family now that the oil spill has shut down most of the fishing grounds in the gulf. >> if we don't have no way to make any money, what are we going to do to pay our bills? we won't have no money to pay our bills. we have kids, small kids and families. >> reporter: but cooper and some of his fellow shrimpers say the work is making them sick. >> they came in with sickness and a couple of unconfirmed cases of chemical poison, nose-- runny nose, sore throat, nausea, shortness of breath, things of that nature. >> reporter: how serious are these problems? >> it's very serious. we fought tooth and nail to get jobs but we didn't get jobs to kill anybody. >> reporter: 49-year-old cooper, who is vice pre

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including the models that are used to project different scenarios for oil spills and many of the statements ann representations in the plan -- >> these arr regional oil spill response plans. how can this be in a response plan for the gulf of mexico. this is the regional response plan that each of you had to put together. >> i understand. >> and it's unfortunate walruses were included and it's an embarrassment they were included but that's part of a larger marine ma'am ell study used in preparing regional response plans. >> mr. mulva, your plan as well includes walruses. mr. watson, your plan has them on page 11-6. how do you respond to having walruses in your plan? >> respond in a similar fashion. the plans are put together in response to guidelines from the minerals management service. >> do you agree it's an embarrassment to have walruses in a response plan for the gulf of mexico. >> certainly for the gulf of mexico it's not an appropriate. >> do you agree it's an embarrassment to have it in a plan to respond to the crisis in the gulf of mexico? >> i agree it's not appropriate to include for

in ann situation where you have+ a response and a lot of people moving fast, there is an element of risk. that is true on the land, and out at sea. there are a lot of folks devoted to looking at all data, looking at how the cruise or ooerating and doing business, and out in the response area, and making sure that everybody is safe and that we continue did it -- drink the mission. crew and responder held ii paramount and needs to be effective. -- crew and responder health. >> we are feeding between 7005850 people three times a day. among the services we offer our paundry service -- people are staying at hotels and motels all around that area, and you can drop your laundry off 24 hours a day, as long as you get here before 8:00. you can pick it up anytime around the clock.. we are going up to where we have full-time medical services available. we can get a glimpse in there, sure. if the door is open, but they have folkk in there right now. their operations come from this office over here. 24 hours a day, there are pilots with this system available to deploy all the resources, both fixed-wi

but we know we can always learn and improve, so we welcome any new standards ann safeguards that improve safety and prevent future accidents. to that end, we must act quickly to recommend those standards and make sure they're operating with the same standards offsafety and reliability. chevron will accept any new standard and adopt new standards it doesn't already apply. we must also expedite the work of two new industry task forces, one focused on subc well control and the other on spill response and cleanup. we also committed to work with the president's independent commission and will contribute to improve safety in every way that we can. now we must restore the country's confidence in deep water drilling. i believe the independent investigation will show this tragedy was indeed preventable. this is not a tradeoff of energy for safety. i strongly believe the responsible deep water development must continue. america needs the energy and we can produce that energy safely. our nation would lose more than it has already lost if this accident becomes the bbsis for reversing the many benefi

alternate-deep drilling, we must ensure that it is all true safe and that companies can respond ultrafast ann it is ultra safe. the free ride is over. right now, every single one of the company's here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the gulf of mexico on leases that will cost american taxpayers more than $50 a billion in lost royalties. and fourth, we must ensure that new technologies are developed for capping wells, boosting safety, and cleaning up spills. i will sson introduce the oil so as an act to ensure we have 21st century technologies in place. finally, america%must move to a safer, clean energy future so we do not have to rely as much on oil to power our cars and our economy. the american people deserve answers from the oil industry, and i look forward to the testimony of our witnesses. i would like to recognize my distinguished colleague from michigan, the ranking member of the subcommittee, the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you you for calling this a very important hearing. what happened on the 202-737- was ater horizon rig tragedy.

now we continue to seek answers from bp ann others about the cause of the accident. we must all the responsible accountable. the first priority of bp to stop the leak rom continuing to spread and to ensure that cleanup efforts are carried out to protect our coastal communities and families and livelihoods depend on and it is incumbent on all those to make certain that this never happens again. again.

greater manchester will not affect the expansion, and particularly the funding, of bolton's princess anne maternity unit? >> absolutely nobody is proposing closing the new unit that has been set up. the honorable gentleman will know that decisions that were taken about greater manchester caused a huge amount of pain in that vital part of our country. my right honorable friend the secretary of state for health is asking the nhs to ensure that we meet the needs of patients locally, rather than just conducting top-down reviews that lead to the closure of much loved units. >> andrew selous. >> will my right honorable friend tell the house what discussions he has held with the u.s. administration to ensure that bp remains a strong and viable company? >> i am grateful to my honorable friend for raising this point. i have had two discussions with president obama so far, including a very good telephone call last night. i made the point, especially in the earlier phone call, that of course bp wants to pay for the clean up and to stop the oil gushing into the gulf, and recognizes that it must pay m

. >> miss anne mcintosh. >> will the prime minister join me in paying tribute to all who work for the health service, but will he also examine the circumstances in which patients are often discharged from hospital only to be readmitted very soon afterwards? will he also look at the continuous health care which has become something of a postcode lottery. will the prime minister examine that as well, to ensure that such care is paid for on the basis of clinical need? >> i think that one answer will do. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the one answer that i will give is this. i know that there is a big problem with hospitals discharging patients, sometimes to meet their own targets and financial targets, but not thinking of the longer-term consequences if those patients have to return to hospital. that is why my right honorable friend the secretary of state for health has announced that hospitals will be responsible for patients not just during their treatment but for the 30 days following their discharge, so that we can better link health and social care to ensure that people leave hospital a

we must ann will learn the%+ lessons of these terrible >> mr. deputy speaker, let me start with a thank-you for the secretary's statements and the developments on the gulf. let me also join him in the regret over the people who have died in this tragedy. [unintelligible] we shall never forget the people who lost their lives in this accident. can i also join him in the deep concern for the impact of the oil spill that he mentioned in his statement. i believe it is in the interest of the environment and the employee, shareholders, and investors of the bp that there%+ be a coordinated response of the government's of the u.s. and united -- of the u.s. and the u.k. sector companies of all this accident, but does he agree with me that all of the company's evolving in the deep water horizon project should be subject to investigation and that finger-pointing at bp in particular is not helpful? secondly, on the issue of reguuation,,does he agree that any process of learning lessons need to look at not just the accident the private companies but the regul

leigh ann tuohy, the mother of baltimore ravens football player michael oher. she was betrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie opened "the blind side -- she was portrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie: "the blind side." >> it is my privilege to introduce for the first time dr. leigh ann tuohy. >> it's good to have some women appear instead of men helping me. i am truly honored to be up here today. when cbu called, our schedules are crazy right now and i hesitated a little bit. my husband has to call a doctor tuohy took on a whole different meaning. so here i am and i am happy, let me tell you. i don't know how many of you know our story. that think three years ago that i would be standing here speaking much less giving a graduation speech to an amazing bunch of people was beyond my wildest imagination. but we firmly believe that god is in control of the story of our lives right now. we learned about you, value was one of them. you guys are going to leave here today and go out into

now we are seeing them going out ann evaluating, focusing much more on the stress. still, the workers are getting sick when they inhale. >> i assume you have brought that to the attention of osha and the company. what is the response to that? >> the issue of the stress and respirators just came to light as i repared my testimony. so, we are trying to figure out what kind of a response we can get. we are working on that right now. >> some of these economically stressed workers hired to do this job apparently expressed fear that they would be fired if they complained. is that accurate? >> yes. i am hearing that rom fissures all across louisiana. >> were any fire? how did they get that impression? >> by working for bp or their contractors. >> have people been fire that complained? >> fissures will tell me this, but when it comes down to telling someone in an affidavit they are very reluctant. they are very reluccant -- thei3 >> thank you. >> fiber like to thank the witnesses for taking the time to be with us here this morning. in your testimony this kind of follows on

that is my wife, anne. [applause] she is the one who figured all this stuff out.vertheless, keeping up with her has given me the preparation to keep up with california. again, thank you very much we are here on a very auspicious occasion. i am here as the democratic candidate for governor, yes. [applause] i did not check but i think we made. [laughter] i am also here as a californian who is disgusted with the awful mess in sacramento and the policy -- and the politicians and wall street bankers that got us there. rather than to a typical election night speech, i want to do a speech from my heart. honestly, the last thing on my mind at this stage of my life is running for governor of california. i wonder whether this was the right path. i look at the gridlock in sacramento and the truth is, i believe i can fix it. not overnight, it took too long to get your but i believe that if we pull together, we can fix things. fix it we will. i have no doubt that with your help we can. [applause] i know how sacramento works. i know how it should work i have the preparation and

senate chairman of the banking committee that the schedule for tuesday when we will begin amendments ann voting on subjects that we will try to give people notice, unlike the ambush [unintelligible] we will be debating on tuesday and hopefully adopting any amendments to the basic tax title 3, which issthe thrift charter, title 5 which deals with insurance, title for that deals with the regulation of hedge funds and private equity and title 9 which is credit rating agencies. that is the agenda for tuesday. did you have a question? >> can you just educate the committee here as to what the rules or the procedures are? will be -- will we be handling mr. is like a normal committee? -- will we be handling this just like a normal committee? >> it is a unique american institution. we are the only -- in the executive branch, the president ultimately is the decider. between the house and senate, there is literally no decision making mechanism other than working in out. the rules are that each house vote separately on its proposal and offers one to the other. the basic text is the bill, and each si

in some cases,eregulation was a good idea and lead to new products ann choices and benefits foronsumers. buthe cost of ha inadequate rules of the road and failing to enfce the rules we did have were de painfully clear, not only in the financial crisis b inhe rent bp spill. a lack of adequate regulation allowed reckless behavior in th private sector to cause catastrophic damage. like drilling for oil more than a mile under warwater, small mistakes can quickly turn into disasters. over the years, we fool ourss into thinking we conquered risk and we get some help quantify and manage it. as we have seen time and time again, and as the bp oil spill tragicly reminds us, disaster happens more frequently than we expect, and the damage is often r worse. one of the lessons of both bp and the financial csis seems to be that at lst in certain areas, we should not have a system that encourages companies to go right to the edg of what is possible at theisk of going too far and causing a disaster. after all, just because we can make cars that go to hundred miles per hour does not mean we should not ha

[cheers ann applause] we said no to a lot of things. said we are not going to have an arrogant, and accounttble government. we said no to spending. we said no to bailouts in washington. we said no to inside dealmaking and back room politics. and this last two or three weeks, we said no to the dark side of politics. but we did not just say no, we said yes to a lot of things. we said yes to making sure that every single legislator has to vote on the record.+ we said that it is not what he's been, it is how you spend, and we are going to watch very single dollar. we said yes to the small businesses of this state and that we would strengthen them to make sure that is what turned the economy, and not government. and we said yes to fresh faces, fresh voices, and fresh ideas, and term limits in the state of south carolina. but most importantly, we said yes to south carolina not just being republican, but becoming conservative and reminding elected officials who is that they work for. many of you have seen me go around the state, and many of yo

he practices all over the united states, based in ann arbor. are going to get paid if this is sold into a movie. you haven't been paid, have you? >> no comment. >> larry: this had to be a very expensive. >> extremely expensive to bring this kind of defense together, yes. >> larry: how did you win this having her own daughter testify against her? >> tonya pulled a legal team together and insisted on experts to be able to tell the jury how these things happened. we had carrie king and scott king from atlanta, we had clancy covert from tennessee. >> larry: these are who? >> lawyers, very good lawyers. tonya showed up on my doorstep and insisted that i come down and run the team. >> larry: how did you know about dr. lorandos, tonya. >> i had throughout -- with the allegations i was proactive. i researched. i had come to california at one time and met with john van de campe, he handled the bakersfield case. in my research i had found where he had testified as an expert where dr. lorandos testified as an expert. i was impressed. with no return phone

are you talking about the george bush pollcy which is non- engagement ann military force? or are you talking about diplomatic sit down, let's talk? guest: thaa gives me a chance to expand on my earlier comments. i think we need to do a number of things. first, we have to have a strong and effective relationship with the lebanese government and with the llbanese armed forces. they are a series institution in the country. we have had an uneven relationship over time. we now are in gauged with them and we need to continue to give them training -- we are now engaged with them and we need to continue to give them training and to one day be a substitute to hezbollah. in terms of engaging with hezbollah, i mean just that. we talked to virtually everyone in lebanon, but we do not talk to hezbollah. and i think weeare weakening our own hand by not talking to them. we do not know very much about them because we do not deal with them directly. we do not know with their differences and divisions are. i am sure they are there. we will learn more by talking to them and we might see some

year's top scholar little article by the american bar association section on administrate i be law ann regulatory practice. she was nominatenated on 2009 to be solicitor general. i'm proud our nation's woman deep solicitor general has such deep roots in massachusetts. if confirmed, she would be the first in the history of our court. as solicitor general, she frequently represents the united states before the supreme court and she's argued several high profile cases before the court and was recently victoriorious in the holder versus humanitarian law project case which held that congress's prohibition of material support and resources to foreign terrorist organizations is constitutional. she's undown thely a brilliant woman whom has served her country in a variety of capacities and has made significant contributions to massachusetts and i certainly thank her for that. and this committee, as you know, mr. chairman, and members of the committee is, about to embark on one of the most serious duties that the senate is constitutionally tacked with, something that i am honored to play a small

newshour health correspondent betty anne bowser has the story. the health unit is a partnership with the robert wood johnson foundation. >> just two generations ago. >> reporter: the president hosted a meeting in sub urban washington where he addressd the concerns of seniors. one of those groups of voters most worried about how the health care overhaul will affect them. >> what you need to know is that the guaranteed medicare benefits that you've earned will not change. this new law gives seniors and their families greater safings, better benefits, and higher quality health care. >> reporter: the legislation which mr. obama signed into law in march extends health coverage to 32 million uninsured americans by 2014. mandates most people buy insurance or pay a fine, sets new regulations on insurers, and provides subsidies and medicare expansion to millions of individuals . it will also cut some $500 billion in future medicare spending, something that has seniors very concerned. >> today's town hall was the first of many events aimed at winning over

plus betty ann bowser recaps her recent interview with f.d.a. commissioner doctor margaret hamburg. find out what hamburg has to say about the agency's track record on food safety. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are eight more. >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online. and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access gro

bailout comes when people don't have insurance and the federal government through fema has to go in ann pay for the recovery. that's the bailout. so we need to change that. and we're hopeful that hr-2555 will pass. we just hope that the senate will follow the path -- but they have been a very, very strong supporter of us, and i'm glad they're sponsoring this, because it is very important. ed collins with the insurance company, he's really been tireless about this. so i will shut up, and i know you're glad. i'll tell one more story real quick. i've given a speech one time like this, and the audience made me look bigger, and i've given that speech, and this guy was in the front row, and in the middle of my speech, he gets up and starts walking out, and i said, where are you going? you get a haircut. why didn't you get one before you came? didn't need one. but i see you've got your hair cut. you're all right. but i'll be happy to take any questions if y'all have some that you'd like to ask, and let's not -- let's go. >> please raise your hand so we can recognize and you then wait for the m

come to the forefront and have been in competitive and tough races and prevailed and as my colleague ann cornblum is writing didn't do it using the gender issue or the gender card. the republicans have struggled to try to put more women forward as candidates and now they have some very, very high-profile candidates and by november, some winners. >> woodruff: plenty of races to follow for the rest of this year. more primaries all the way to november. dan balz, amy walter, thank you both. >> lehrer: next tonight, more united nations sanctions against iran. >> suarez: today's vote came after months of delegate negotiations but the measure passed without the unanimity its supporters wanted. 12 of the 15 security council members voted for the sanctions, including permanent members china and russia. both have significant trade with iran. but first, the two countries forced changes that weaken the sanctions. among the final provision-- a ban on iranian pursuit of any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. new kbaergs on heavy weapons sales and a push for s

minutes, sits down next to somebody who is willing to spend millions of dollars to lobby washington, ann then he leaves in five minutes. and the guy or the woman thinks that jack's talking to the president, but he's probably playing solitaire on his computer, and then he comes back in and he's like, sorry about that, but he's got two more minutes. by the way, i need about $250,000 month. and then walks out the door. one of a kind. one of a kind. >> has jack abramoff seen this doccmentary, and if so, what's his reaction to it? >> i don't know if he's seen it. and now that he's in a halfway house, i'm going to see if i can get him a copy. his lawyer abbe lowell saw it. said he liked it. said there are a few issues he had with it, but he never told me exactly what they were. so i don't know yet. i know a number of people close to jack have seen it. some like it, some don't. >> if they don't like it, what's the reason? >> well, some people like jack feel it's too tough on him. it doesn't go very easy on jack, but i think that's fair and just. >> is it accurate to describe the prosecution of

an excellent way to build -psupport for the job creation e still need is making credible ann detailed plans to tackle the long-term debt. so now was the time to start talking about the solution to a structural deficit, one we will be ready to put in place oncee the economy is fully recovered. unfortunately, we can blame our long-term deficit on politics that are almost universally popular. we are lying to ourselves and our children, however, if we say we can maintain our current levels of entitlement spending, defense spending, and taxation without bankrupting our country. it would be easy for a cynic to say that we will never touch those policies until a crisis forces our hand. some would say, of course, that the crisis ii at hand. in any event, we must prove that cynicism wrong. this congress restored the pay- as-you-go law, which prevents us from forcing our children to pay tomorrow for the programs we like today. under president clinton, paygo helped turn historic deficits into our record $5.6 trillion 10-year surplus, and combined with economic growth, it can move our budget in t

we all want to do ann will do the right things for the people affected by the spill.. because of the accident we remain under investigation, both by the federal government aad bp. i am not in a position to answer questions about the incident itself or the investigation. i would like to underscore the global resources are availlble for response. been in place. under the leadership of the national incident commander, the area of unified command was comprised of the minerals management service, the coast guard, and members of the peak. we have worked closely with all federal members invvlved. as well as numerous state, city, and county aggncies. all of the fees surface and non- response must be approved ultimately by area command. we are also working with the full support of industry colleagues and are making every effort to keep colleagues and government officials informed on what is happening. meeting the needs of the state and local government remain critical. we have locked out grants of $25 million each to the states of aaabama, louisiana, mississippi, and lorida. fo

. >> anne mcguire. >> the o.n.s. reported that while the richest 10% spent 1 pound in every 25 pounds of their income on vat, the poorest 10% spent 1 pound in every 7 pounds of their income on vat. how, then, can the prime minister justify his oft- repeated refrain that we are all in this together? >> what i would say to the honorable lady -- it is an important point and the red book sets it out -- is that the richest 10% will pay in cash terms 15 times as much in vat as the poorest 10%. the important point to take into account and look at is the budget as a whole. in the budget as a whole, we can see that the richest pay the most both in cash terms and as a percentage of their income. what we have done, by massively increasing child tax credits, is to ensure that there is no increase in child poverty. what a contrast that is with the figures since 2004. the labour party put up child poverty by 100,000. that is the difference. >> order. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright natio

perhaps most important place inside the supreme court, nine justices ann only them meet together aretable in the justices' conference room. the discuss the cases heard at oral arguments and began the process of reaching a decision of the court. >> we set at the conference table in the same places every day. i said at one end, justice stevens, the most senior, at the other end, and there sat in order of seniority. >> i can remember the first time i stepped into that room. it is pretty daunting the first few times. that is where the actual work and the decision making takes place. >> you do not have any disturbances and the conference room. no one can enter who is not justice. the secretary, no law clerk, not even a message beaaer. >> i have to be professional and accurate. and each of my colleagues feels the same way. so therr is tension and excitement in the room but we the job is no good if you cannot argue. >> i inittate discussions about the argued case. the case is about this, the arguments are so and so, and i think that we hould affirm or, and sometimes in an easy case it will

young men and women are putting in, and we have set up a mechanism whereby we are going to do a review, ann i have signaled very clearly that we are not as quick to keep on doing things if they are not working. and that by next year, we will begin a process of transition. that does not mean that we suddenly turn off the lights and led the door closed behind us. and if you look at what is happening in iraq right now. we have met every deadline. by the way, there was a timetable in place, and by the end of august, we will have removed all of our combat troops from iraq. we will maintain a military presence there. we will maintain military to military cooperation, and we're providing them with assistance, but we are meeting the deadlines. and i think it is worth the extraordinary sacrifices that we are making, and when i say "we," i mean all coalition members to try to see a positive outcome in afghanistan, as well. all right? lost question. -- last question. >> mr. president, are there steps to administration can take now to build confidence that the u.s. will, in fact, meet its debt as a red

is the nature of the response ann the limitations on the production platform down there. having a large hurricane come in at that stage is not going to be good for anyone. the vessels are there. shuttle tankers will be much more seaworthy. it will be an issue of how heavy the weather gets. >> our next question [inaudible] >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> on behalf of the american people, we are very disappointed in the way this is being handled. is there any way to reassure the american people about what is going on? we think it is a big bust and that there are a lot of problems there. get it together. -p>> i am not sure i understood the question, but i will make a comment. regarding the response, i do not think it is well known by a lot of people in the united states, and it is very complicated. our first response, which was mandated by the oil pollution act, was that the coast guard would be the federal operator. it puts the responsibility on the responsible party to identify problems related from the spills. would people have to identify our the capacity out there. they

anne, republican. caller: good morning, everybody. how are you? you stole my thunder. my reason for calling is i want to know -- are you there? host: we are listening. caller: i wanted to know about the skimming. thad allen said there was skimming in addition to the capping issue. maybe this is a political question -- maybe to pay back the states that are suffering. who controls the skimming operation and how money is made? maybe some of the money can go back to states like florida. my next question is, thad allen -- gone from the scene as of july 1. is there anyone federally that will take over that? host: mr. tippee? guest: i know someone will take over that federal role. i don't know the name yet. as for the question about what happens to be oil that -- to the oil that is skimmed from the surface. i don't know. from the time it is rushed to the surface and skin, it is not quite the same substance. it is kind of an emotion of oil that has been somewhat biodegrade it -- it is kind of and emulsion. its value has declined. to be usable, it requires some processing, whic

it must be anne -- acted upon decisively. that is what i expect as president. that is what our national security demands. in short the intelligence community needs to work as one integrated team that produces timely and accurate spgs. this is a tough task. but this will be jim's core mission. he is imminently qualified and has my complete support. jim understands the importance of working with our partners in category. not to just appear when summoned but to keep congress informed. not surprisingly the senate voted to confirm jim for senior positions on four separate occasions and each time it has done so overwhelmingly. the urgent threats to our nation and jim's unique experience, i urge the senate to do it again and as swiftly as possible. i have indicated that i expect this nomination to be completed during this work period. this nomination can't fall victim to the usual washington politics. as we go forward i will work with congress to make sure jim and all of our intelligence professionals have all of the resources and support that they need to succeed. le

ann on our democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'd like to make about three points real quickly, meeze. first thing, the representative just made a comment saying that the president has not met with them. wasn't there a meeting that was on c-span when the president met with the republicans and the democrats regarding the health care bill? as i recall, i saw a meeting on c-span. he just said the president hasn't met with them sips january of 09. the point they're talking about, anyone that earns $70,000 or less should ask themselves what has the republican party done for them? i think that's a good question. people should sit down and think about that. the second point, they have offered no valuable comprehensive alternative program for the health care. all they've done is criticize the president. and the third point, remember the republicans said that their policy ould be to have the president to fail. but what they're not thinking about is that if the president fails, that the country fails. so people should really be concerned t