>> from the speech in clearwater -- this speech in clearwater, about 45 miles. 10 miles away. this is five years from happening, if the energy bill makes its way through the u.s. senate and stays as it is. there is an amendment that would open up areas. we are talking about drilling within 145 miles of florida. right now, there is a buffer zone. under the amendment, it would allow drilling 10 miles off the panhandle. there is an area where there is believed to be about 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. the natural gas in that entire area is expected to be a lot. all of this will have to be explored. jon: florida has had experience with about oil spills -- with bad oil spills. >> yes, this area had an oil spill in 1993 when three ships collided, including two oil tankers. the tampa bay area is very well aware of the risk. oil industry executives say that is the big risk. it is the actual tanking. they say the oil platformsre

she went to clearwater, florida and it changed her world. >> she was loving on me. >> she felt strained. >> -- strength. >> why should i be shy to show my hearing aid? >> after we saw her for the first time, as she started wearing her hearing aid and started talking to people openly about what was wrong. >> she wanted to learn everything about the dolphin. and she wants to be its trainer when she grows up. >> she has done many things to help me. >> that meant going without on her birthday so that the dolphin could have. >> she wanted to give presents to the dolphin. >> it was the least she could do. >> she helps me not to be afraid to be different. >> that is how she wants to say thank you for everything the dobbin has done for her. >> -- dolphin has done for her. >> she looks forward to making more visits. >> the dolphin has a prostatic talhetic tail. >> how would you like to go into space? we will show you what type of aircraft may help you get there. >> this week's woman's doctor on reversal tubal ligation. >> and would not it be nice to win the lottery just once? what about twice in

>>> mother nature put on quite a show off the coast of florida, with a dancing waterspout near clearwater. waterspouts are common in florida this time of year. they dissipate before reaching lang. >>> it was a death-defying plunge that shattered a world record. tyler brad made the drop from washington's paloos falls in his kayak. it is the longest such descent ever. more incredible details, as brad joins us live, later on "good morning america." >>> josh willingham of the washington nationals joined baseball's most elite groups last night, by hitting two grand slam home runs in the same game. he did it on the road, against the milwaukee brewers. willingham is just the 13th player ever to accomplish the feat. >>> now, with other baseball highlights, including another grand slam, here's mike yam at espn news. >> good morning. we start with a little baseball for you. two of the best teams in the national league squaring off, the dodgers and the cardinals. matt holliday making his first appearance in st. louis. holiday getting it done with the bat. mark derosa coming around. the throw cut off

all the way from clearwater, florida. we have a lot of employs here that used to work in the tampa area. this is the courtney campbell causeway, check out the waterspout, what an unbelievable picture that is. if you're traveling, you see some great weather, we'd love to see where you're going. we'd love to be able to show one of those every single day. thank you for that. 88 degrees in frederick and dulles, d.c. 85, baltimore 87. a steam debateth in terms of the humidity. tomorrow, more of the same, maybe a touch more sunshine, too, which could have us getting up to 90 degrees. afternoon showers and thunderstorms will pop up in a weather pattern like this. the bermuda high, it's been missing in action all summer. it's back. it will be here all week long. for extra bonus, a frontal system will be approaching. that will trigger a few more showers and thunderstorms for us tomorrow. it will run out of gas around the metro area. where it resides will be likely the focus for some summer thunderstorms. i think there will probabl

phil keating is wearing sun block in clearwater beach, florida.f in the distance, but potentially you could have oil raids not far away in the gulf of mexico. industry experts believe that there are potentially as much as 10 billion gallons of hydrocarbons and natural gas, much of its natural gas and oil. curly you cannot drill off of the coast of florida going all of the way 145 miles out. the key of this area in the bill is the zone just south of pensacola, said to contain two trillion cubic feet of hydrocarbon, most of that natural gas. that is why the industry has been dying to tap into this. however, the tourist industry is saying look, this could be bad for the beaches. these beaches bring in tourists from around the state, adding up to $65 billion every year. >> the governor was quite vocal about this, publicly. he does not want to drill down there in he has made his position quite clear. i take it that the argument against it is environmental, right? >> that has been the longest argument, going back decades. most of the state lawmakers and

( credence clearwater revival plays "born on the bayou" ) >> in those 20 years, while he was on the airme of the most incredible things, i would have to say in, our lifetime. >> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. >> he was there and reporting it. >> from that building across the street... molotov cocktails, firebombs, sniper fire. >> america ate to walter cronkite. they sat on the couch to walter cronkite. and walter gave it to them in as comfortable a way as you could pass on some of that bad news that he was passing on. >> all i want to do is detail what they're doing. >> he learned long ago, i think, a very important lesson that some of us have yet to learn-- that if you're going to work as hard as he did and shoulder the responsibility that he did, you've got to play in equal amounts. >> and you knew he had a real life, and you knew he had that family. the good muscular newsman in him always had the ballast of family, too. and i think it was in there that we trusted him. >> i do

he is live in clearwater beach tonight.ng near florida always been defeated for environmental reasons alone? >> yeah, environmentalism combined with economics. after all, when it comes to florida's pristine beaches, preserving them almost at all costs has almost always prevailed. after all these beaches helped contribute about $65 billion tourist dollars every year for the state of florida. that's why currently it is forbidden to drill for natural gas or oil within 145 miles of florida's coastline. but if this energy bill stays as is and passes through the u.s. senate, that could bring oil operations to within 10 miles of the panhandle and pensacola where that dome rich in natural gas is under water. and where i'm standing it could bring oil operations to within 45 miles here in the tampa bay area. shepard: anybody that has ever cedeno destin's east pass knows how beautiful that is. how risky is this? >> the oil industry concedes anything is risky when it comes to drilling for gas or oil. however in the tampa bay area they

. >> including clearwater, florida, maybe not everyone thinks this is fun but they actually is a lawhat forbids people from playing catch in public. >> that's right, you heard her, catch, as in throwing a ball. >> from today letter on up no frisbee on the beach no ball-tossing, none of that there is actually an explanation for that. this law was to give police the authority to stop a game on a beach or a park that would possibly hurt someone else. that is the best explanation i can give you. >> there is an effort by the city down still to try to amend that law. >> harsh. i wonder how many arrest these make on that one? >> i don't know. >> vacation, i think. >> what else is going on? >> this is my cool science geeky one today. >> i like it. >> check out the picture. very cool. a picture captured by the hubble space telescope. and remember, they had a little problem with it and the shuttle astronaut also to go and fix the telescope because it wasn't working. this picture proves they fixed it and it is working. the big black dot you see there, that was either a meteor or maybe a comet m

. >>> having fun on a beach could get you arrested in clearwater, florida. things you cannot do on the sand. >>> a helicopter crashed onto a highway and burst into flames last night in maryland is when this happen preponderance of the evidence three employees of a helicopter instruction company and a passenger were killed. now, emergency officials say that chopper was already fully engulfed when they got there. it didn't hit any cars on the ground, but power lines were knocked down and a witness says there was a flash of electricity before that chopper went down. there was some fog at the time of the accident, but it's not been ruled weather was a factor in the crash. >>> well, the girl's grandmother was behind the wheel when this suv flipped on its side, caught fire on interstate 10 in southern california, and she and two other people escaped, but that little girl we're talking about was trapped inside. look at this. what a scene. but then a man came running to help. >> what's going through your mind through this whole thing? >> i thought we were both going

me, too. 99 degrees around clearwater, 86 south beach in miami.rgeous. a little chilly off the cape. haven't quite gotten that gulf stream up this way, but we will. it's still early on in the summer. the forecast, thunderstorms will race across the upper midwest. an area we'll watch the next couple if das from south dakota through nebraska and missouri, heavy rain, flooding, big hail. once the storms move through here tonight it will return the northeast to more beautiful sunshine. a lou >>> well, good morning, everyone. we are starting off with a bit of sunshine and clouds this morning. we're heading into the mid-80s. dew points will climb. the humidity will be on the increase as well. we are quiet on doppler right now. there are clouds moving in ahead of the storm system. that gets here late today and tonight. we clear things out for sunday. temperatures this weekend in the mid-80s. >>> let's check your weather, beautiful, buf time here to be in the big city. lester, back to you. ♪ leave me alone i'm a family man ♪ >> jim, thank you. >>> this mo

host: clearwater, fla. on the republican line. caller: my points was set because of the tax policy forcing more people to resort to these kind of illegal means, it is just another tenant of the obama administration's efforts to distribute the wealth. i think your comment was very telling, more middle-class people resorting to the sec of means. what are your feelings on revamped being -- revamping the tax code? guest: in terms of the questions on whether the tax rates contribute to people cheating on their tax returns, i have been representing taxpayers for the last 22 years since i left the government. i never found any common thread about why taxpayers commit these tax crimes. maybe it is a gene inside their body that tells them they are not paying the taxes. in terms of making the tax system fairer, that is a huge issue. i am not sure we have the time to discuss it today. i just don't think it is possible to make substantial changes to the income tax internal revenue code. when the economy and -- and the experts can't decide, th

host: joe on independent line from clearwater, fla. -- joan.aller: my doctor with two young children are considering going to england for a short vacation and they have the flu -- i think practically every day.

well, it's against the law in clearwater, florida. now one city councilman is trying to get that law changed. it all started when the city tried to give cops the authority to stop games that could hurt others in public places like parks, but people can't believe it. >> i don't expect a cop to come up to me and say i can't throw a ball around. i hope they wouldn't raise taxpayer moaning to throw me in jail for throwing a ball. >> i also think it's important for a child to be able to go out frida frisbee without the fear of violation. quarterback accused of rape is speaking out for the first time. rafer is here for that. hi, rafer. >> ben roethlisberger has been in the headlines in the past couple days after a 31-year-old woman in a civil suit alleged that he sexually assaulted her a year ago in lake tahoe at a casino. they are not charging roethlisberger with a crime. he spoke out against the allegations and he did not mince words. >> her false and vicious allegations are an attack on my family and on me. i would never, ever force myse

host: clearwater, florida. good morning to 80 on our independents line.caller: hi, this is betty jo. i just want to say that i think everything that we have done in iraq has been criminal, from the invasion to that and the sea. that is 104 acres of iraqi -- to that embassy. that is 104 acres of iraqi land that we should give back to iraq. it is criminal. host: harry geisel, does the embassy lie on 104 acres? guest: i do not know offhand, but it is at least that much. host: in your assessment, is it u.s. and contract employees? guest: or rule, bill, is that we must interview every state department direct higher at the embassy. that is why we had such a big team because we had a lot of controversial and interviews to. the interviews are conducted one on one, and the confidentiality is assured by law. host: good morning, and jane, on our republican line. caller: thank you so much for c- span. i watched the three inspector general's testifying on the hill regarding the results of your audit, and i want to first of all commend you for the incredible job that y