then, c-span's cameras followed charlie melancon as the tour's this area. later, general odierno has the latest on security and the iraq. . [no audio] >> i know that a lot of the press may be curious about what is happening with the intent to cap the well. i don't want to go into technical detail here. until we get a chance to talk directly with command-and- control about what is happening there. it does appear that the cap at least for now is holding. they are slowly ratcheting up the amount of oil that is being extracted and being careful that they do not dislodge or disrupt the cap. we will know more within the next 24 or 48 hours. it is way too early to be optimistic. we will give you more thorough briefing when we know more. we spent a lot of time you are just talking about the logistics of the response on the shore as oil begins to come in. everybody here has particular concerns because we have limited resources. we are trying to get more booms into the places where we need. some in alabama was not whereeit was supposed to be. the governor was appropr

worried, we not know what is going to h h h h hh >> on wednesday, c-span crew traveled with charlie melancon to discuss the response to the oil spill. the coast guard admiral and epa and administrator are among those with whom he met. this is about 25 minutes. >> right now, we are having problems. it was coming off of the mouth of the mississippi and through these passes that are coming through the inner waters right here. we were having trouble pulling assets from the eastern side of the mississippi to the western side. it was too late of a response in order to get all this done at that time. now, thankfully, they have deployed people in this area. the response is substantially better. it is done substantially better. the manpower and assets deployed, that has gone significantly better over the last two or three weeks. >> what were the effects of it being slow in the first couple of weeks? >> the response was way too slow. we saw some oil coming into our parish one day, and it was the next day that anyone responded to look at it. they didn't have the assets or people to actually do the resp

after that, our cameras follow charlie melancon as he looks said the aftermath of the oil spill there. and after that will be comments and questions on "washington journal." >> david cameron fields questions from members of parliament in his first prime minister's questions as head of the government. this is sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. >> president obama and vice president biden share -- speak with a parts supplier in maryland. he talked about the monthly jobs numbers. the economy added thousands of jobs last month. the unemployment numbers were down to 9.7%. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. please, everybody, have a seat. it isonderful to be here, and i want to make a couple of quick acknowledgements. is guy behind me, you may know him. he is a vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] we have maryland's lieutenant governor, anthony bro, here. we have the mayor of hyattsville, william gardner. [applause] and of course we have to acknowledge the big man here, and he is big. the owner of k. neal international, stephen nickel. i want