and jean michel cousteau on the long-term impact of the oil spill. but first the other news of the day. here's kwame holman in our news room. >> holman: iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad urged the international community to support his country's agreement brokered with turkey and brazil to swap nuclear fuel. he said it would resolve the nuclear issue. but he warned it is a one-time opportunities, and that imposing more sanctions on iran would be a mistake. the u.n. security council is scheduled to vote on a new round of sanctions tomorrow morning. in washington, a state department spokesman said iran has had more than enough time to change its course. >> iran wants to portray itself as the victim here. iran is not the victim. iran is an actor in this play. it's iran that has failed to come forward and meet its international obligations. what we are saying is that failure has consequences. we are not closing the door to any step beyond, you know, the sanctions vote tomorrow. >> holman: in london u.s. defense secretary robert gates insisted it's no

the cousteau society for the protection of ocean life founded by cousteau in 1973 today boasts more than 360,000 members globally. house resolution 518 would officially honor the brilliant and inspirational work of jacques-yves cousteau and recognize his invaluable contributions to our understanding of the world's oceans. it is the most fitting that we honor him today, mr. speaker, because today is world oceans day. with that i ask members on both sides of the aisle to support the passage of this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield as much time as she may consume to the author of this legislation, ms. ros-lehtinen from florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank my good friend, the gentleman from utah, congressman chaffetz, for yielding me the time. thank you, sir. mr. speaker, as the author of house resolution 518, i would like to

anderson cooper host of "ac360" is in louisiana and jean cousteau joins us, and also, we have a video called the "short film that bp doesn't want you to see." here is what president obama and bp executives discussed today. let's watch. >> this $20 billion fund will not be controlled by either bp or by the government. it will be put in a escrow account, administered by an impartial independent third party. so, if you or your business have suffered an economic loss as a result of the spill, you will be eligible to file a claim for part of this $20 billion. >> larry: anderson cooper, is there some optimism down there? >> well, i don't know about optimism, by it is a good development when you talk to people here because they overwhelmingly support the idea of the escrow account. the devil is in the details, larry, how soon will it be set up and how do to payments work and how can people apply for it. there is a criticism of the system in place currently, and a lot of people say they put in claims weeks ago and they are not seeing the claims paid in a timely manner, and bp says they have u

. >> larry: jack cousteau. >> and india aleah. >> i want to dedicate this next song to all the peoplee gulf who have lost their livelihoods because of this terrible oil spill. >> fishing, farming. that's all we've done. >> a lot of strong men have broken down and cried. >> consensus is that everyone is really pissed off. >> hannah, who says my father lost his job. >> people have been crying on the phone. >> donated five grande few minutes ago, donated 25 grand. >> seeing what's going on there makes me sad, mad and sick at heart. >> how is your family doing? >> terrible. >> what about everybody's children? this is not just ours. this is just ours for a little while. >> we're looking for somebody to really help us get this back together. >> we need help. we need help now. >> every single day, animals are dying and people are suffering. >> these animals are part of the chain. when one of the lakes goes away, the chain breaks. >> this is a catastrophe that could have been avoided. >> donate to this great cause. >> and your general arouse donations, about getting money there now. >> raisin

phillip cousteau joins us from new orleans and edward james e olmos, the actor returned from the gulf coast, shot a short film bp doesn't want to you see. here is what the president and bp executives discussed today. watch with. >> this $20 billion fund will not be controlled by either bp or by the government. it will be put in an escrow account,ed a minute sfwird an impartial, independent third party. so if you or your business has suffered an economic loss as a result of this spill, you will be eligible to file a claim for part of this $20 billion. >> you talk to people here, they overwhelm leg support this idea of having the escrow account. the devil is in the details, larry. how soon will this be set up? how do payments work? how do people apply for it? a lot of criticism about the system that bp has in place currently. a lot of people saying they put in claims weeks ago, not seeing their claims paid in a timely manner. bp says they have upped the percentage of claims for big commercial businesses that they paid out, but the state is complaining about the speed and the data that b

. >> on the oil spill, underwater footage xplofrom er jean-michel cousteau. we talked to him aut his am's dives into the gulf last week. all that and much more is on our web si newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehre and i'm jim lehrer. we'll seyou online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbsprided: >> this is the engine that conng ects z little easier, while taking 4.6 million truckloads off the road every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these stitutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning snsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access grouph.or at wg wk> sebak: we're all going to die. no way around it. many of us will end up in a cemetersomewhere. every cemetery has its own little story to t

. >> cameron: the jacques cousteau specials-- this was in the late '60s-- brought the ocean into ourving rooms and into my already inflamed imagination that loved, you know, exploration and fantasy. so i had a love affair with the ocean that began before i had actually even seen an ocean. >> safer: his 1989 film "the abyss" is still remembered as one of the toughest movie shoots ever. cameron filmed it in south carolina in a decommissioned nuclear power plant filled with ten million gallons of water. >> cameron: we were underwater for ten weeks-- six days a week, eight to ten hours a day, submerged. >> safer: from "the abyss" on through "titanic," cameron got a reputation for driving cast and crew relentlessly, come hell or high water, to get the shot. it's not for nothing that the letters on the cap in his office stand for: head "bleep-bleep" in charge. >> cameron: i'm not in this to phone it in or to do mediocre work. i tell everybody when we start a project, "you know, we're going to the super bowl. just understand that." as martin sheen said in "apocalypse now," you know, "don't

the clerk: house resolution 518, honoring the life of jacques-yves cousteau. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and gee to the resolution as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the hou proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 354rks the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair lays before the house a communation. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-a of rules 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives i have the honor to tra

including one that honors the late explorer, jacques cousteau. the house in at 2:00 p.m. eastern.ming up this afternoon at 3:00 on c-span3, senate foreign relations subcommittee will focus on the activities of hezbollah and the middle east and the officials testifying include the counterterrorism coordinator for the state department and as well as former bush administration ambassador ryan crocker. live coverage at 3:00 on c-span3. >> we have three new c-span books for you. "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grant's tomb." to order go to c-span.org/books. each one also a great gift idea for father's day. >> the republican voters here in las vegas are among those across nevada taking a nominee to challenge senate majority leader harry reid. republicans also have to decide whether to nominate the governor for a second term or choose a former federal judge who opposed the democrat, rory reid, the son of the u.s. senator. one of 12 states holds primaries and runoffs. we had a preview this morning on a number of the races on "washington journal." >> "washingto

. >> shock cousteau's son went for an hour and a half and could not find anything. i suggested we take him out there and throw him overboard and see if there is black stuff dripping off of him. there is a new guy in charge of bp, and i said, "what do you not see out here?" our crew is out there putting it out every day. they're not picking up the oil, so we just keep adding to it. there are no skimmer's out there, not thh day before or the day before that. >> the day before yesteeday around 5:00 in the evening, some shrimpers or -- were out in at the mouth of the river. the people it's about 25 of them in a task force -- bp put bout 25 of them in a task force. one of them climbed up the mass. he told me he wants to come home. he has been going for five weeks. he has been watching television, and he is watching the place he makes a living. the fishermen want to come home. he said, can you please bring us home? there is no oil there. maybe between about -- maybe between the 25 of us in the last eighttdays we have picked up maybe a quarter of oil. apparently, bp does n

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