director john mclaughlin about congressional oversight of the nation's massive intelligence community. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: this was a critical day in the summer of the spill in the gulf of mexico. the moment finally arrived for b.p. engineers to try shutting down the source of the oil, once and for all. crews prepared for much of the day before beginning the operation to seal the run-away well permanently. the procedure is called static kill. it will pump heavy drilling mud through the temporary cap that has held the oil back since last month. the mud is three times denser than oil. and should force the petroleum back down the well. then cement will be injected to ensure a final seal. the entire process will take between 33 and 61 hours, if all goes as planned. a similar proc

the census count determines how many congressional representatives there are. it is used to figure out funding for counties. sometimes it is our own immigrant communities who really need those resources but are in a weak position to negotiate. i cannot emphasize how important it is to understand that your information given to the census is confidential and there are extra safe marks for the information. there is also big penalties for anyone who inappropriately to full does the information. it is never meant to be handed over to the immigration service. absolutely, the commission should encourage everyone to participate. can you imagine if we got another represented in this area? -- rep in this area? i think we could use it. >> last question. we have heard a couple of suggestions on things the immigrant rights commission could do. the last question is, your top three suggestions for the immigrants' rights commission to begin preparing for building capacity in the community to assist immigrants, not if, but when cir happens. >> there is a lot of expertise in the

when asked whether they had more confidence in congressional democrats or congressional republicans to make the right decisions, the july 12 of the washington post/abc" polled gave democrats a six-point advantage. when asked if they approved on republicans and democrats handling their job, the ap poll gave the democrats as 7-point lead. in the nbc poll, by nine points, people had a positive feelings about democrats compared to republicans. do not get me wrong here. i am not suggesting that the american people are bullish on either party. what i am suggesting is that they consistently have greater confidence in the democrats than republicans. none of this should be a surprise to many of us. what happened during the years of the bush administration is still pretty fresh in people's minds. and the american people know the facts. they live with them. the american people know that the day president bush left office, the economy was in total freefall, and we were losing jobs at the rate of 700,000 common. they know that over the eight- year span of the bush administration, we lost over 630,0

november may seem like a long time from now but for congressional candidates things are already heating up as their campaigns are in full swing now we've become accustomed to a battle between the democrats versus the republicans but what about the independent candidates who seem to break the mold congressional candidate kevin golden says he's that guy and he joins me today to talk about the two party system his campaign and the issues behind it candy thanks so much for being here so on your website the very first thing we see is a line that says this time around voters of the second district your district have a unique a once in a lifetime opportunity to a whacked an independent candidate for the u.s. congress what makes you think that voters in your district or any district really are ready to elect a candidate outside of the two party system well the surveys have been taken to structure it so far indicate that about forty two percent of americans are fed up with both the democratic party and the republican party i mean you look at what happened under president bush a lot of support of

nonconforming to postage privileges and misusing congressional letterhead for fund raising for a civil center. >> don't leave me swinging in the wind until november. i don't want anyone to feel embarrassed. if i was you, i may want me to go away, too. i am not going away. i am here. >> as he spoke on the house floor, members of florida revered the congressman from harlem. now in his 40th year of service. congressman rangel says that he wants the due process of the ethics committee, a formal hearing to which he is entitled no matter where it leads. >> just don't believe that i don't have feelings, that i don't have pride. that i do want to do what the president had said and the dignity is that even if you se fit to cause me not to be able to come back because you're not going to do it in my district. if there's some recommendation that i be - for me that would be dignity. >> question, is congressman rangel entitled to a trial before election day? james. >> justice delayed, justice denied. i think maybe the ideal time would be october, maybe right around same time as those bush book exce

when asked if they had more confidence in the congressional democrats or congressional republicans to make the right decisions for the country, the july 12 poll gave the democrats a six-point advantage. when asked if they approved of the democrats and republicans handling of their jobs, the august 16 poll gave democrats a seven-point lead. in the august 9 nbc poll, by nine points, people had positive feelings about democrats. do not get me wrong here. i am not suggesting the american people are bullish on either party. what i am suggesting is that they consistently have greater confidence in the democrats than republicans. none of this should be a surprise to any of us, because what happened during the years of the bush administration is still fresh in people's minds, and the american people know the facts. they lived them. the american people know that the day president bush left office, the economy was in total freefall, and we were losing jobs at the rate of 700,000 a month. they note that over the eight- year span of the bush administration, we lost over 630,000 private sector job

but the concern was how do you explain the congressional office? let's read the lapped lord's testimony. he said he was 20% vacant. that he needed money. that he knew that the checks were paid by the congressional committee. that the mail came in rangel for congress. and that the lawyers have told him and the officials of the city and state of new york that there was no violation of any law or rules. and what was the benefit? the benefit was that your colleague and friend was not sensitive to the fact that there was appearance as though i was being treated differently than anyone else. but the landlord said he didn't treat me any differently. no one said that they did treat me differently. but i have to admit that i wasn't sensitive to anything because i never felt then that i was treated any differently than anybody else. so that ends the apartment thing. but i plead guilty of not being sensitive. now when it comes to the negligence of the disclosures and the tax issues, there's absolutely no excuse that's there. when accusations were made, i hire

when asked if they had more confidence in the congressional democrats or congressional republicans to make the right decisions for the country, the july 12 poll gave the democrats a six-point advantage. when asked if they approved of the democrats and republicans handling of their jobs, the august 16 poll gave democrats a seven-point lead. in the august 9 nbc poll, by nine points, people had positive feelings about democrats. do not get me wrong here. i am not suggesting the american people are bullish on either party. what i am suggesting is that they consistently have greater confidence in the democrats than republicans. none of this should be a surprise to any of us, because what happened during the years of the bush administration is still fresh in people's minds, and the american people know the facts. they lived them. the american people know that the day president bush left office, the economy was in total freefall, and we were losing jobs at the rate of 700,000 a month. they note that over the eight- year span of the bush administration, we lost over 630,000 private sector job

a congressional panel that oversaw a two-year investigation into ethics violations by charles rangel recommended last night that rangel receive a reprimand rather than be censured by the house. the president sent a pretty clear message to rangel during an exclusive interview with cbs news. bill plante has more. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. it was a blunt message, indeed. rangel's battle to beat back the ethics charges and keep his seat took a major hit from the president. mr. obama did something presidents rarely do-- he sent an unusually blunt message to a member of his own party. >> i think charlie rangel serve very long time and served his constituents very well, but these allegations are very troubling. >> reporter: in an interview with harry smith for tomorrow's "sunday morning" and monday's "early show," the president all but said rangel should resign from congress. >> he's somebody who is at the end of his career, eight years 80 years old. i'm sure what he wants is to be able to end his career with dignity and my hope is that that happens. >> reporter: after rangel and his

i'm going to ensure that from a congressional perspective, we keep the spotlight on this issue.ish is that their commercials on television supplant actual congressional hearings and public attention being paid to what is going on in the gulf today. >> i wanted to ask -- the effective moratorium on drilling. what the want to see in terms of new regulations, new safety precautions? what would satisfy you to say it is time to let people drill offshore the? ? >> what we did it three weeks ago on the day before we broke was to say that a system would be put into place that would beal brrigs cleared one by one, and then be put into operation. the republicans voted against it. they would rather have the issue of the moratorium rather than the solution to the problem. not to have a time limit on how long it would take, but to have a mechanism that as soon as it was checked out, that people could go back to work. as the moratorium still stands, there is a $100 million compensation fund their paying for the salaries of all the workers on those rigs. my hope is when we return in september,

the congressional bill is a pretty good law.ld not mind if they just gave it to all of the federal workers. host: "representing in multiple cases, such as oklahoma city and linda tret." you can join in the conversation, for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. why have you dedicated yourself to helping whistleblowers? guest: they are key to oversight. when i first started there were just examples where they would be useful, but it has come out in numerous studies, most recently the university of chicago, that they would come out and actually document that whistleblowers are the most important source for fraud detection. they detect more fraud than every inspector general, police department, and compliance office. if you want to find fraud, you must protect whistle-blowers. that is the conclusion of the american association of fraud auditors, price waterhouse coopers, all based on scientifically bvalid studies. the false claims act, every year billions -- not just savings in the

congressional investigators say the coastguard routinely approved b.p.'s request to use chemicals to break up the oil despite an order to use them sparingly. >> some of those requests were accepted and sometimes they modified those and that process has been running since the very beginning. >> pumping 2 billion-gallons of chemical dispersants in the water. it is a prospect that worries much fisher man because of the effect it may have on the oysters. >> we are not going to be able to fish for a couple years. i have been doing this and i don't know how to do something else. >> reporter: b.p. saying it is getting closer to killing the leak. >> we need to get the casing around and cemented. that's underway. >> reporter: the first part of the two-step operation will begin as early as monday night. ceiling sealing the well by the end of august. back to those dispersants because they say they plan to study the long-term impact of that. they said it was key in getting rid of the oil. fishermen around here in the meantime wonder who would ever want to buy gulf co

there are a number of congressional districts where you have a high democratic rformances that voted overwhelmingly for president obama. you have delaware open seat, illinois 810, you have louisiana, a democratic seat, where the incumbent was elected three weeks after the national election because of scheduling in louisiana elections. you have a white, where in the special election we just saw the democratic combined got 60% of the vote, but because of a special election rule they split the vote. then you have a lot of other districts where you have strong candidates. in many cases they have outraised the republican incumbents. they have strong arguments to be made, and the full list of those red-to-blue candid this can be dccc website. there is a narrower band of territory to compete on offense, but we are still doing it and made a calculated decision to do whatever we could on that front. hello there. in your opinion, in the media, saying that the the decrats will lose house seats, is there anything to that? >> you have a lot of folks, a lot of them inside washington, if you go aro

but the concern was how do you explain the congressional office? let's read the lapped lord's testimony. he said he was 20% vacant. that he needed money. that he knew that the checks were paid by the congressional committee. that the mail came in rangel for congress. and that the lawyers have told him and the officials of the city and state of new york that there was no violation of any law or rules. and what was the benefit? the benefit was that your colleague and friend was not sensitive to the fact that there was appearance as though i was being treated differently than anyone else. but the landlord said he didn't treat me any differently. no one said that they did treat me differently. but i have to admit that i wasn't sensitive to anything because i never felt then that i was treated any differently than anybody else. so that ends the apartment thing. but i plead guilty of not being sensitive. now when it comes to the negligence of the disclosures and the tax issues, there's absolutely no excuse that's there. when accusations were made, i hire

but the concern was how do you explain the congressional office? let's read the lapped lord's testimony. he said he was 20% vacant. that he needed money. that he knew that the checks were paid by the congressional committee. that the mail came in rangel for congress. and that the lawyers have told him and the officials of the city and state of new york that there was no violation of any law or rules. and what was the benefit? the benefit was that your colleague and friend was not sensitive to the fact that there was appearance as though i was being treated differently than anyone else. but the landlord said he didn't treat me any differently. no one said that they did treat me differently. but i have to admit that i wasn't sensitive to anything because i never felt then that i was treated any differently than anybody else. so that ends the apartment thing. but i plead guilty of not being sensitive. now when it comes to the negligence of the disclosures and the tax issues, there's absolutely no excuse that's there. when accusations were made, i hire

-- supplant actual congressional hearings. >> the sort of effective mormon -- this sort of effect a moratorium on drilling, would precautions would -- what precautions would satisfy you? >> what we did in the spill response bill that passed on the floor of the house of representatives three weeks ago, on the last day before we broke, was to say that a system would be put in place that individual rigs would be cleared one by one and then they could go back into a operation. the republicans, of course, voted against that. they would have -- they would rather have the issue of the moratorium than a solution to the problem, which is to not have the time limit on how long it would take, but a mechanism by which, as soon as the rig was checked out and proven to be said, people could go back to work. as the -- proven to be safe, people could go back to work. there is the $20 million compensation fund that is paying the workers on the rigs until they return to work. >> we are out of time. we did not talk about the fishermen. you heard from fishermen who said they were hundreds of thousands

this is happening with congressional elections coming up fast. we get the story tonight from our chief white house correspondent chuck todd. >> reporter: focusing on november today, an animated president obama urged supporters at an atlanta fund-raiser to ignore republican efforts to make this election about him. >> they don't have a single idea that's different from george bush's ideas, not one. they're bidding on amnesia. [ laughter ] >> that's what they're counting on. they're counting on that you all forgot. >> reporter: the president began the day addressing the annual convention of the disabled american veterans where he touted his planned drawdown of troops in iraq. >> as a candidate for president, i pledged to bring the war in iraq to a responsible end. and that is exactly what we are doing, as promised and on schedule. >> reporter: the speeches begin a two-week stretch where the president will either campaign or raise money in at least eight states, from florida to california. but not every democrat wants to be seen with the president. h

the accusations come as democrat charles rangel, another prominent member of the congressional black caucus, faces a trial on 13 ethics violations. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. a pilot in massachusetts says he was having engine trouble when he decided to ditch his single-engine plane into the waters off cape cod. fortunately both the pilot and passengers were able to escape the aircraft with just minor injuries and swim ashore. >>> kentucky police are searching for a brazen robber who stole electronics from a church during sunday's services. surveillance video shows the man shuffling around the church office before stuffing a laptop into his backpack. the pastor says the thief was able to walk right into the office because doors are unlocked during services. >>> in florida, newly released night vision video shows dozens of baby sea turtles being released into the wild. the newborns were moved to beaches affected by the gulf oil crisis to safer waters on florida's east coast. the release was done at night since hatchlings are sens

there was even a congressional resolution, number 135, or what they call "z's to a's act." they encouraged districts to move start times to no earlier than 8:30 a.m. so the facts are that teenagers are among those who are least likely to get enough sleep. so while they need an average of 9.25 hours of sleep, most of them that you're of seven hours a night. -- get fewer than 7 hours a night. most events report they feel very tired during the day. we all know, as parents and teachers -- we know some of the problems. let us take a look at the problems. teenagers -- some of them have very poor sleep habits. those poor sleep habits do not allow them enough time to sleep. they have very hectic schedules, with after-school activities, jobs, homework, and family obligations. many students stay up late because they have to do chores around the house. also, there are increased social demands on our teenagers. we all know they do on-line chats. they play games. facebook is an important part of their life. they stay up until after midnight to socialize with their friends online. and th

but the concern was how do you explain the congressional office? let's read the lapped lord's testimony. he said he was 20% vacant. that he needed money. that he knew that the checks were paid by the congressional committee. that the mail came in rangel for congress. and that the lawyers have told him and the officials of the city and state of new york that there was no violation of any law or rules. and what was the benefit? the benefit was that your colleague and friend was not sensitive to the fact that there was appearance as though i was being treated differently than anyone else. but the landlord said he didn't treat me any differently. no one said that they did treat me differently. but i have to admit that i wasn't sensitive to anything because i never felt then that i was treated any differently than anybody else. so that ends the apartment thing. but i plead guilty of not being sensitive. now when it comes to the negligence of the disclosures and the tax issues, there's absolutely no excuse that's there. when accusations were made, i hire

. >> reporter: the question from cbs news is the same one voters will answer in this fall's congressional elections. and in recent weeks, the president has been making stops around the country explaining what he's done so far and why. >> the reason i did that was because i had confidence in you. i had faith in you. >> reporter: in detroit, he defended the bailout of gm and chrysler which are now adding workers to keep up with demand. he's reframing the old fights on health care reform, national security and the economy. >> the fact is the president's policies are killing job creation in america, killing our economy and the american people know it. >> reporter: congressional republicans are turning up the heat as they head home for their summer break. >> the elections were today, we'd certainly have a good day. but it's a long way until november. >> reporter: president obama, a little more than three months left to make the grade. the president says he sometimes feels like he doesn't get enough credit for what he's accomplished. but he concedes that goes along with the job. in washington,

. >> finally the results of the congressional elections -- reporting live, consumer editor tom bay car. >>> police searching for clues in the death of a boy. police say the teenager gunned down after 10:00 this morning at acohi street and west mcdonald avenue. investigators say the boy, whose identity has not been released was waiting for a family member. they say two men approached the victim, shot him and were last seen running east on mcdonald's avenue. >>> san francisco police say they've recovered the gun used to kill a man in a neighborhood this morning. police say the man was killed at intelligence street and 0 fairly around 12:30 this morning. the gun stashed in a mailbox. police say they're looking for two men expected in the shooting. they say it began with a fight between three men. police say the victim punched the man in the face and the suspect opened fire. >>> today 13 santa $a law enforcement agencies dedicated their labor day dui enforcement to a four-year-old boy killed last month by a drunk driver. on july 11th jose cortez diaz killed when -- the boy's father, hay su

historically, the incumbent party almost always loses midterm congressional el seats. i think every poll shows democrats that need to raise a lot of money. and they have to be able to point out the issue differences with their party. we are seeing incumbent members, democrats, do that. the question is -- what will work? it will be such a tidal wave of anger that sweeps even the best- prepared democrats, or will some democrats have been smart messaging it be able to survive? host: more is available on msnbc.com. mike joining us from myrtle beach, south carolina. good morning. caller: i would like to ask you to explain to the television audience of the bias of nbc news and the fat that msnbc and chris matthews and all those people are just rooting for obama and want him to succeed. this poll, your pulse have no credibility at all. this poll, conducted by peter hart and a democratic pollster, it has no credibility. to think that people actually believe what you people about on msnbc is just laughae. host: is there any survey or pulled you would believe? caller: i believe

house of representatives, with one running a congressional chamber as house speaker. outside of politics, more women are populating corporate boards and running more companies. they comprise more than half of the nation's college student body and for a brief time this year were the majority of american workers. even so, women continue to earn less than men, 77 cents for every dollar. a new poll finds more than half of americans believe the u.s. still has a long way to go to reach complete gender equality. >> i'm in the same generation as michelle obama. i'm in my 40's and my generation has had exactly one thing happen on our watch and that was the family medical leave act. that was back in 1993. that was 17 years ago. and we didn't really fight for that, it was given to us. and women's suffrage was never given, it was something we had to take. and i'm suggesting we as women have more unity and cohesion to rally around a cause, not like abortion which is very polarizing, but something we can all agree on. >> melinda, did you think that women would have been where we ar

mark foley who gave up his florida seat after a congressional page scandal. jim bunt of oregon left his wife and five kids for his 31-year-old chief of staff. item, mark sowder of indiana resigned after an affair with an aide. and ohio steve latourette divorced his wife and married a lobbyist. and that congressional class also famously included mark sanford, later governor of south carolina. his extramarital dalliance took him to argentina. >> i'm here because if you were to look at god's laws, they're in every instance designed to protect people from themselves. it is indeed to protect us from ourselves. and the biggest self of self is indeed self. chris: the biggest self of self. that was the hall of fame class of 1994. when we come back will democrats limit their losses this fall by making this year's crop of republicans look nutty, too? will the democrats plan to attack all republicans with the tea party label? will it work? plus scoops and predictions right out of the notebooks of these top reporters. be right back. chris: welcome back. democrats have be

but the concern was how do you explain the congressional office? let's read the lapped lord's testimony. he said he was 20% vacant. that he needed money. that he knew that the checks were paid by the congressional committee. that the mail came in rangel for congress. and that the lawyers have told him and the officials of the city and state of new york that there was no violation of any law or rules. and what was the benefit? the benefit was that your colleague and friend was not sensitive to the fact that there was appearance as though i was being treated differently than anyone else. but the landlord said he didn't treat me any differently. no one said that they did treat me differently. but i have to admit that i wasn't sensitive to anything because i never felt then that i was treated any differently than anybody else. so that ends the apartment thing. but i plead guilty of not being sensitive. now when it comes to the negligence of the disclosures and the tax issues, there's absolutely no excuse that's there. when accusations were made, i hire

names coming out happen to be members of the congressional black caucus. >> as you know it's a complete mistake when fox news is talking about shirley sherrod and runs footage of maxine waters by accident and talks john conyers and talks about congressman jefferson. >> the word racism is overused. at the same time what's happening there's more of a sub text of racialism where when you have somebody like rush limbaugh saying why michelle obama went to spain is black people are getting what white people enjoyed. >> hold that thought. i want to talk about michelle obama and the trip to spain. we'll continue with more on "larry king live" after this. . tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it'd be like every atm in the world was your atm. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the schwab bank high yield investor checking(tm) account. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 zero atm fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 a great interest rate. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no minimums. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and it's fdic-insured. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the schwab bank high yield investor checking(tm) account. tdd# 1-800-345-20 the biggest thing in checking since checks. tdd#

the two have sparred over congressional spending and the state's controversial immigration law. in florida's democratic senate primary, the two top contenders have spent millions of their own money getting personal. >> profiting off of suffering. jeff green. >> reporter: polls show kendrick meek currently in the lead over jeff green. but the winner will have some stiff competition this fall. republican marco rubio and charlie crist who ditched the gop earlier this year. at stake is control of congress and the obama administration's legislative agenda. republicans can take back the senate if they win all ten competitive races in november. they need 39 seats to win the house. alaska's gop senate primary will offer another test of tea party power. republican senator lisa murkowski is squaring off against sarah palin-backed joe miller. >> democrats have more money, they'll spend more money on these races and that's how they'll try to save them, but i think republicans have the momentum. >> reporter: but it may be swing voters who will determine the ultimate outcome in november. in a

obama's quick visit raised $1 million for the democratic congressional campaign committee.orms are expected to continue this morning as a system pushes into the plains states from the central to southern rockies. this video shot yesterday shows a thunderstorm in colorado where lightning struck a car. you see that lightning repeated here several times. the river of the vehicle wasn't hurt but the car's electrical system was knocked out. other parts of colorado saw high winds that knocked down trees, broke branches and caused street flooding. a dangerous situation. >> and brought much-needed rain, too. a good side to thunderstorms every once in a while. but thankfully no one was hurt. >> we had rain but pretty damp. >> good observation. you did on the peninsula and i did heading the caldecott and coming across the bay bridge. the low clouds are hanging around the bay and the moisture in them waiting to get you wet a little bit. let's talk about temperatures. we are looking at mid to upper 50s in most neighborhoods with clouds starting to extend into the east bay valleys, also

names coming out happen to be members of the congressional black caucus. >> as you know it's a completeley sherrod and runs footage of maxine waters by accident and talks john conyers and talks about congressman jefferson. >> the word racism is overused. at the same time what's happening there's more of a sub text of racialism where when you have somebody like rush limbaugh saying why michelle obama went to spain is black people are getting what white people enjoyed. >> hold that thought. i want to talk about michelle obama and the trip to spain. we'll continue with more on "larry king live" after this. concierge claim centers. so i can just drop off my car and you'll take care of everything? yep, even the rental. what if i'm stuck at the office? if you can't come to us, we'll come to you in one of our immediate response vehicles! what if mother won't let me drive? then you probably wouldn't have had an accident in the first place. and we're walkin'! and we're walkin'... making it all a bit easier -- now that's progressive! call or click today. >>> welcome back to "larry king live" now

they've certainly -- every right track, wrong track poll we look at, every generic congressional poll we look at shows the democrats are the ones with the uphill race. >> that's right. this environment could hardly be worse for the democrats. and as they look forward, the only things you hear them talking about is the fact that they do have generally some pretty good candidates who have been working hard. these people are not generally, you know, asleep at the switch. they are battle tested and they have a lot more money in most of these races than the republicans. >> but they're really worried about demoralized voters who might just stay home. gwen: can i ask another question, it seems that this because of the negative advertising, there just seems to be so much angrier, this race, among the candidates. we saw that in florida, mccollum still has not endorsed the guy who beat him in the governor's race. and also in alaska, we saw that joe miller, the guy who beat lisa murkowski, someone somewhere tweeted on his behalf that comparing her work in washington to the oldest profession. he

we responded to a congressional request by drafting a congressional report on co-occurring disorders, and we have maintained through a policy academies and creation of state incentives symptoms grant, the notion of getting multiple layers involved. so if everyone's involved, and we've also-and i think josh's point is well taken. we've also involved consumers and patients and clients in the discussion. so we want those individuals as well as we want any other individuals to participate because they have a stake in the outcome. we also recognize the criminal justice system and the child welfare system have to be involved because as you know it is illegal to use cocaine and it's illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol, so there are some consequences that you cannot ignore in the substance abuse delivery system that are not as apparent or as imminent in the-with those people who don't have substance-use disorders. and so the people need to be very much aware of that. so these are kinds of things-partners, if you will-coming together, sorting things out so that we can have a humane

citing an amendment to a 1996 congressional budget law, judge royce lamberth ruled: the ruling does not extend to research on adult stem cells and only applies to federal funding, not the ruling does not extend to research on adult stem cells and only applies to federal funding, not to privately sponsored research. conservative groups called it a victory for life. >> as we've said for years now, all throughout this debate, you should haven't to destroy any human life for potential medical treatments. >> reporter: most research groups, however, are angered by this ruling pointing out that a half million embryos are in storage in invitro laboratories and will probably be destroyed anyway if not used for medical research. the administration did not react in time for this broadcast but an appeal is likely. katie? >> couric: wyatt andrews in washington. wyatt, thanks very much. in other news, new rules go into effect this week for credit card companies. the rules affect the 381 million credit card accounts in this country among other things, they cap most late payment fees at $25 and ban fee

. >> reporter: in fact, the congressional budget office came out with a report today that suggested the stimulus added as many as 3.3 million jobs to the economy and boosted g.d.p. by 4.5%. if that's accurate, the stimulus in fact, saved us from another recession. >> smith: anthony mason, thanks. turning to the gulf oil spill, b.p. set aside $20 billion so far to compensate the victims, money that could prove very tempting to crooks. today, mark strassmann reports, the justice department gave warning: it's on the lookout for anyone who ties to submit a phony claim. >> you're all covered! you're all eligible. >> reporter: ken feinberg is willing to spend $20 million to make people whole after the oil spill, but not one penny on scammers. he's overseeing b.p.'s new compensation fund. how are you going to handle the fraud aspect? >> fraud, i've got the complete cooperation of the department of justice and that criminal fraud division is the best there is. >> reporter: in baton rouge, this is the division's national center for disaster fraud created after widespread fraud following hurrican

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