i grew up in the trailer park i grew up in a little small town called pear land texas near galveston i remember sitting on a callous and watching. the first gulf war. two hours ago allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait and watching it on the television seeing how quick that win and the hoopla afterward and from the liberated be too. awful great to be an american i had felt the we had lost the ghosts of vietnam. i remember sitting there on the cal said night and thinking most of you know you want to go into you know to go into the military. we got married on the thirtieth of december of ninety six the fire. show and i left on january third of nineteen six to six go on a vietnam so i got spent more on a moment in vietnam all. we wanted from bonked out to bin was where i dare for what they call red tape. you know to get used to the climate and to actually get used to the sounds of war. the first couple of weeks i was terrified every not. and after my first briefing i went back to my bed and i just couldn't sleep i. think i was going to be going to. the

from trailer park i grew up in a little small town called pear land texas near galveston i remember sitting on the calcium and watching. the first gulf war. two hours ago allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait and watching it on the television and seeing how quick that it went and the hoopla afterwards from liberated to be true to who we are so great to be an american i had felt the we had lost the ghosts of vietnam. i remember sitting there on the couch said knight and thinking to myself you know you want to go into you know you go into the military. and we got married on the thirtieth of december of ninety six if i. so and i laugh on january third of one thousand six to six going to vietnam so it was why a guy spent mana moment in vietnam of all. we want to try. to been walk where they are for what they call or in taishan period you know to get used to the climate and to actually get used to the sounds of war. the first couple of weeks i was terrified ever not. and after my first break and i want back to my bed not i just couldn't sleep. all i could think

we talked to bill visiting from galveston, texas. >> where i'm from it's 95 degrees.idity about 80%. you just sweat and it doesn't come off you. >> certainly we are thankful for cooler weather in the bay area but we are cooler than much of the globe. according to the naoo this ranks as the warmest on record of the world. we are appreciative in the bay area. >> everybody talks about the weather but you can't do anything to change it. i'm picking on you. >> you called me a waffle a few minutes ago. >> waffling. you said it wasn't hot now you say we have had hot days. >> we have had hot days but this week, a lot like matt mentioned, it's cooler than average. temperatures are mild out there. yeah, i hit him. let's take a look. san jose, sunshine in the south bay. we are expecting temperatures to top off in the upper 70s. it has been cool in the bay. san francisco another day, essentially in the 50s. average daytime high 68 degrees this time of the year. here is a look at the daily planner. we have cloudy conditions on the coastline with low drizzle expected. low clouds an

on the tar that has washed up there in galveston. also the skimmers that you are trying to expand the use of be coming into the waters around the texas coastline? >> my understanding is and we have had tar balls fl on the peninsula. some of the them had the characters of this spill and some have not. the ones that have exhibit characterics of oil. we are looking whether or not vessels may have transmitted out there and had it come ashore. we have stood up an incident command post in galveston and joint information center there. our folks are in touch with the texas general land office and we have been in touch with governor perry's office and we are moving forward. right now, there is no presence of oil on the surface over there that would require skimming capability right now. the tar balls are sometimes suspended and come ashore but we are putting skimmers where we need them. we'll keep ordering them. i would rather be pushing supply . >> if the pressure is low at the top of the well, does that indicate that oil is flowing out thro

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i think right now thereare only 70 claims, i think from the galveston area. and if needed we will set up a facility there. >> another question on the same issue. i see, like judge gomer, i se a conflict of losses based on the actual damages of the oil spill. and the moratorium kind of meddling together. and are you going to make a decision that this is a claim based on the moratorium? that goes somewhere else? and so this percentage is based on the oil spill? >> the direct claims are not aproblem because as i understand it, the moratorium claims are only for moratorium impacted rig workers. nothing to do with the spill directly. so those determinations will be relatively straight forward and will be made by somebody else. the question posed earlier which is problematic is, somebody who files a claim for lost revenue, i have a motel on the beach, and i'm down 30%, and some of that is attributable to the moratorium. that is going to be tough evidencerywise for me to distinguish. >> regarding statute of limitations, do you have a statute of limitations that you

i got a call from the attorney general of texas saying that galveston needs an office. we may supplement with additional offices and additional staff. we want to try and make it as convenient as possible including electronic on-line filing. you don't have to go to an office. we will do what we can to make sure it is accessible second question -- you managed the 9/11 disaster from start to finish, is that correct? first of all, what period of time did it take to complete that management and how do you envision this oil spill disaster as compared to 9/11? >> 9/11, we resolve 7300 claims for death and physical injury in 33 months. it was less than three years. this program that i am setting up will be, in effect for three years. now, you imply an interesting question. mr. feinberg, you are around for a. three years but we are not sure how long the affects of this oil spill will last. we may not be able to fish for seven years, six years, eight years. 30 years. how will you deal with this problem? here is what we will do -- we will sit down with you or the how longnd we wil

. >> surfside, galveston, austin, fredericksburg. >> did you get to houston?> we drove around houston. >> okay. probably for a very good reason, because tonight i want to share this with all of you. i received this over the internet in my email from one of our internet viewers. and oh, gosh, you know, i set it up so beautifully and i have the wrong picture. that's the picture i want you to z that's the picture tonight's in houston. that was an hour ago. i wrote back to ask if there was a tornado warning or watch in effect. i'm sure he is okay but he sent thus picture from houston. >> they have big funnel clouds. >> compare those kind of clouds with what we are experiencing. we have clouds at the bay. san francisco, today's high was only 62. currently 57 degrees. we have a westerly kicking up to 23. it's a raw night in the city by the bay in. compared to san jose, where, wow, we had a high today there only of 76 when typically we should be around 86 degrees. it looks like we have some clouds filtering into that particular area, as well. if you are out and about

we just talked to bill visiting from galveston, texas, where it's about 95 right now with 60% humidityl take it and i'll be here until friday so i'm going to be out here every morning checking it out. >> reporter: you timed it just right? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: now, the reason for the cooler-than-normal temperatures is we are expecting a low pressure system now according to the national weather service that's sort of like a bubble that's sitting over the bay area that's keeping the warm temperatures from the desert from sifting in. i guess i should keep my microphone next to my mouth there. but it's keeping the temperatures from sifting into the bay area. keeping things cool. energy use, because people aren't using their air- conditioning systems as much, energy use is down 4% compared to last year. that's good news for the state's power grid. and one other note. according to the "mercury news" this morning, the rest of the globe is experiencing the warmest temperatures on record. so we are certainly unique here in the bay area. i'm matt bigler live in san jose for cbs 5. >> thank

they were fonld on the peninsula in galveston island. and three u.s.troops and a british soldier were killed by a roadside bomb in afghanistan. a dozen international troops have died there in the first five days of july. the newshour's always on-line, hari sreenivasan in our news room previews what is there. >> reporter: more readings from gregory djanikian on the poetry page and explore works by other poets. tom goldstein of scott utzblog has a guide to the most important supreme security decisions of the term. plus read a dpan onstory to fred's report on cell phones in south africa. we look at finland's recent degree-- decree that internet access is a basic human right force all its citizens, on our web site newshour.pbs.org. >> and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflict, we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here in silence are 14 more . >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez, we'll see you

. >> sreenivasan: tar balls have been found on texas beaches near galveston. that means all five gulf states are now oil affected. in houston today retired coast guard admiral thaad allen said the first of two relief wells is now within 265 feet of the damaged well. >> right now they have what they call a depth to distance time graph. they are about seven days ahead on that graph right now. the last part of this is the slowest, most meticulous part. they don't want to inadvertently nick that well on the way down. they want to have this be a controlled entry into the well bore. i'm sticking with mid august. i learned in dealing with you people over the last 70 plus days it's better to underpromise than overdeliver. >> reporter: out in the gulf efforts continue to burn the leaking crude. b.p. said the operation accounted for nearly a million gallons over the last day and a third ship was brought in to begin capturing oil. b.p. said that will enable it to double its collection capacity to more than two million gallons per day. it's estimated up to 2.4 million gal

i think right now there are only 70 claims, i think, from the galveston area. if needed, we will set up a facility there. >> another question regarding the same issue. i am a former judge. i see a conflict in losses based upon the actual damages of the oil spill and the moratorium kind of meddling together with the claimants. are you going to make a decision that this is a claim based on the moratorium, so that goes somewhere else? this percentage is based on the actual oil spill and we will compensate bat? >> the direct claims are not a problem. as i understand it, the moratorium claims are only for a moratorium impacted rig workers. nothing to do with the spill directly. those eligibility determinations will be relatively straightforward and will be made by somebody else. the question posed earlier which is problematic is if somebody files a claim for lost revenue. they have a motel on the beach. i am down 30%. some of that is attributable to the moratorium. it would be tough, evidentiary wise, for me to distinguish. i am not sure i will be able to. that will

that said, taking no chances, we've got a command in galveston. our folks are in touch with the land office and in touch with governor perry's office. we'll continue that moving forward. right now there's no presence of oil on the surfevers there that would require skimming capability right now. the tar balls sometimes are suspended and come ashore. we are looking to put skimmers where we need. we'll keep ordering them until this event is done. i'd rather be pushing supply and critical resources out. >> hi, thank you. if the pressure is low at the top of the well, does that indicate that oil's flowing out through some other point of the well, and if so, what are the theories on where it is escaping? >> that's what we'll try and determine from the pressure. one could make the case that there is something -- there's some structural integrity issues with the casing. i don't think we'll know that until we take the pressure readings and try to see where that information takes us. it is unknown whatted to that well boar at the time of the explosion, the

i got a call from the attorney general of texas saying that galveston needs an office. we may supplement with additional offices and additional staff. we wanted to try to make it as convenient as possible, including an electronic on-line filing where you don't even have to go to an office. we will do what we can to make sure it is successful. >> you managed the 9/11 disaster from start to finish, is that correct? how much time did it take to complete that management? how do you envision this spill disaster, with its width and breadth of a fact as compared to 9/11? >> 9/11 we resolve the 7300 claims for death and physical injury in 33 months. less than three years. this program that i am setting up will be in effect for about three years. now, you imply an interesting question. mr. feinberg, you are around for three years, but we are not sure how long the effects of this spill -- we might not be able to fish for seven years, six years, eight years. 30 years. how are you going to deal with this problem? here is what we're going to do. we are going to sit down with you, we

in galveston, do you know of any recent test results on the tour that has washed up their backs -- washed up theire? >> mises understanding is that we have had -- maya understanding is that we have had a number of -- my understanding is that there have been a number of tar balls along that peninsula. we're looking into whether some of the ships working in this area may have inadvertently transmitted oil out there. our commander there has been in touch with the governor's office. right now, there is no presence of oil on the surface over there that would require scamming capability right now. but we are looking -- require capability right now. but we're looking continuously for what we need. >> the flow at the top of the well, does that mean that there is oil flowing out at other parts of the well? if so, of where? >> that is exactly what we will try to determine from the pressure. i do not think we will really know that until we have the pressure readings and see where that information texas. is unknown what happened to that well bore. that is largely the biggest unknown. ultimately, we w

we are about three miles away r from galveston. but i asked the vet if i should allow him to splash in the water and she said not to do it. i would like to know because i was planning to go down today but i'm not certain if it is safe enough to take him down will. guest: well, i'm going to quote lisa jackson the e.p.a. administrator when she was in the gulf over the weekend. her quote was you can look at the water, you can use common sepns sense. no laboratory will tell you whether the water safe. you can tell. if you see tar balls floating in the water, if you see tar balls on the beach i wouldn't have the dog running all over the place nor a kid or any human being. i would sa-- i would use sandal. but check with the local health department to see their recommendations. maybe it is time for the dog to run the grassy areas. chris: blacksburg, virginia. independent line. you are on with dr. john howard with the national institute for occupational safety and health. we are talking about public health and the gulf of mexico oil spill.

had my staff do an experiment and that is to contact the texas employment retirement system, the galveston employment retirement system and the social security system and pose this hypothetical. suppose somebody had worked for 30 years averaging $30,000 a year, what would be their retirement income for a month? i talked about this in 2005. in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, this year, spoke of it recently back home in east texas. well, what we got from social security was, well, you say average. that will depend on how many years, at what level, how you ended all these other factors, so the best we can give you is somewhere between $600 a month and $900 a month. tragic. $600 to $900 a month after someone has spent a lifetime paying into social security. that's all you get? my goodness, the prescription drugs can eat that up in a heart beat. and if you haven't already had your home paid for, you're in trouble. $600 a month in your senior years when you ought to be a glory to your family? no. you become a drag because this government did not do what it said it would do, put that money in a social se

he said galveston needs an office. we want to make it as convenient as possible, including electronic online filing. we will do what we can to make sure it is accessible. >> second question. you managed the 9/11 disaster from start to finish. is that correct? what period of time did it take to complete that management? how do you envision this oil spill disaster with its width and breadth of its impact compared to 9/11. ? >> this program that i am setting up will be in effect for about three years. you imply an interesting question. you are around for three years. but we are not sure how long the effect of this spill -- we may not be able to think -- to fish for six years, or seven years, or 30 years. how are you going to deal with this problem? here is we -- or is what we are going to do. we are one to sit down with you or the crabber. we are going to say, how long do you think it will take before your business is restored? he says never. we will have experts from around the area. we think it will probably be three ye

levi, a galveston, texas, lawyer and president of the nationalbury gade group, drafted president theodore roosevelt denouncing a russian program in 1903, the czar of russia was so stung by roosevelt's message he formally refused to accept it. some americans complained that roosevelt had gone too far. he replied that there were crimes so monstrous that the american conscience had to assert itself. and there still are. no one is a better witness to the tyranny than the children of abraham 40 centuries ago, the jewish people were entrusted with a truth more enduring than any power of man. in the words of the profit isiah, this shall be my covenant with them, said the lord, my spirit which is upon you, and the words which i have placed in your mouth shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children no, from the mouth of your children's children sid the lord from now for all time. it is not an accident that freedom of vg one of the central freedoms in our bill of rights. it is the first freedom of the human soul. the right to speak the words that god places in our mouths

. >> coming from where i am and obviously you were concerned about galveston. that wasn't the issue in southeast texas. but my concern is the comment not only on the bp's response but the impact of the moratorium. whether it be alabama, mississippi, or louisiana. and those folks except for the workers they are probably allowed compensation. if you are laid off of a rig, could you comment on that? >> are you talking to me? >> yes. >> i am in tourism. >> b approximate p is deciding where to deposit that $100 million which will be earmarked only for unemployed rig rkers. >> i know i am out of time. do you know how much of that has been spent? >> i don't think any of it has been deposited yet. >> thank you. >> thank you have much. we have spent most of the morn ing he has got a tremendous job and responsibility seeing that at is done. and you brought out the fact that time is of the essence, i think. mr. fineberg may have said that. the others of you have said gosh, i think mr. overton talked about florida. no tar balls washing up on the beaches have an effect beca

i got a call from the attorney general of texas saying that galveston needs an office. we may supplement with additional offices and additional staff. but we want to make it as convenient as possible, including electronic on-line filing. you do not even have to go to an office. we will do what we can to make sure it is accessible. >> second question, you managed the 9/11 disaster from start to finish, is that correct? first, what time frame did it cannotake to complete that management? and our view -- how do you expect to fulfill this disaster as compared to 9/11? >> 9/11, we resolved the 7300 claims for death and physical injury in 33 months, less than three years. this program that i am setting up will be, in effect -- will be in effect for about three years. now, you imply an interesting question. mr. feinberg, my you are around for three years, but we are not sure how long the effects of this bill -- spill, we might not be able to fish for seven years, eight years, 30 years -- the crab guy. how will we solve this problem? we will sit down with you, or the crabber, a

we are about 30 miles away from galveston. he loves to go down there and be a dog.so concerned. i allowed him to splash in the water and someone said not to do it. i was going to go down today but i am not certain is safe enough to take him down there. guest: i am going to " we saw jackson, the epa administrator -- i am going to quote lisa jackson, the epa administrator. you can look at the water and use common sense. no laboratory will tell you if the water is safe or not. you can tell. if you see tar balls floating in the water or on the beach. i would use symbols. for dogs, that is more difficult. if the beach is contaminated, you should check with your local help department and see what their recommendations are. be careful. it may be time for the dog to run along the grassy areas instead of the sand. host: tyler on the independents'line, you are on with dr. john howard. caller: one of my biggest concerns about the whole situation that i think is important to address for the future is that i have. there is an acoustic switch -- i have read there is an acoustic s