. >> and felipe cousteau, what is your read on this? >> well, i have been hearing the largely the same thing and little bit of optimism from the communities and the individuals down here on the gulf, but i have talked to lawyers and groups like the ocean c conservatory, and this is a fund set up for legitimate claim, and many will be filed and paid in due course, we hope, but however, there is real need on the ground now, both for the communities impacted and the people's lives not just a few weeks from now, but the people who got laid off two weeks ago or earlier. there is also real problems with the environment, and restoration, and damage assessment needs to happen now, and the funds for that are not available now. >> larry: folks you remember the telethon we did for haiti, well, we are going to do another one? monday night, from 5:00 to 7:00 pacific, and the subject is to help now. what these gentlemen have been talking about. we are going to go at length with them, and raise as much money as we can to help as many people as we can.

. >> felipe, what is your take on this? >> there is a concern this is a fund set up for legitimate claims, many of which will be file and paid in due course, we hope. however there is real need on the ground now, both for the communities that have been impacted and the people's lives, not just a few weeks from now, but the people that got laid off two weeks ago or earlier, also real problems with the environment, restoration and damage assessment needs to happen now and the funds for that still aren't available. >> folks, if you remember the telethon we did for haiti a while back, we are going to do another telethon, a "larry king live" special this monday night for two hours from 8 until 10 eastern, 5 until 6 pacific, 5 until 7 pacific and the subject is to help now, what these gentlemen have been talking about we are going to go at length with them, raise as much money as we can to help as many people as we can with. joining with us here in l.a., edward with james olm to os, the actor and active gist, just back from the g

president felipe calderon condemned the murders. he said drug lords are trying to interfere in mexico's political process. former vice president dick cheney was released from a washington hospital today. he was admitted friday for a buildup of fluid related to his longstanding heart disease. cheney is 69 years old. he has had five heart attacks over the years. his most recent was last february. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost 5 points to close at 10,138. the nasdaq fell more than two points to close at 2220. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: now, day one of the elena kagan confirmation hearings for the u.s. supreme court. congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> reporter: a swarm of photographers greeted solicitor general elena kagan as she arrived for the start of her confirmation hearings. she had been waiting nearly two months since president obama nominated her to replace the retiring justice john paul stevens. then she waited some more as membe

. >> 22-year-old marine felipe nascimento and his sister, who san awouldn't have missed it. >> reporter: dirceu carlini felt just as intensely. >> ( translated ): we're born with a soccer ball between our feet like american are born with a basketball. >> reporter: brazilians have an enduring love affair with sockers, playing in streets and alleys, fields and beaches and their passion has produced an unmatched five world cup crowns over past half century. where this once desperately poor latin-american company, soccer was one of the few national adheemptz made the world take notice. columnist and cultural observer arthur dapieve says soccer also served a crucial social need bridging the chasm between the mispossessed majority and the tiny european-descended elite. >> soccer provides a feeling you can share with your neighborhood no matter whether it's rich or it's poor, gave the sense of identity , and has a sense of purpose for the country. >> reporter: so it's something to be proud of. >> yes. i think so. >> reporter: there has been pride, too, in how they won. with such daring and bal

to show you a headline from just this week, writing off fromresident statement mexican president felipe a. calderon, calling the u.s. the world's biggest drug addict. guest: we have heard that an awful lot. secretary clinton and others have talked about how we have to recognize mexico in a variety of ways on the drug issue. one of course is introduced -- one of course is reducing our own drug demand but exchanging information from a law enforcement perspective and trafficking. we helped mexico open up their first drug court. as an ambassador here from mexico said, cannot think of mexico as it production nation, but we are also a consumer nation. host: the first call this morning is chris from brooklyn on the republican line. caller: 94 c-span. sir, i am 44 years old. i do not -- thank you for c- span. circle i'm 44 years old. i don't think you answered susan's question to the truth is, we had al capone during prohibition and rum runners come and then we decriminalized out of all again. when we made gambling illegal in many states, we have illegal gambling except las vegas and other plac