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and the story behind these portraits in steve hartman's assignment america. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. people on the gulf coast and all over the country have their fingers crossed after 105 days, believe it or not, the crisis may be coming to an end. tomorrow b.p. plans to start killing off the ruptured well by pumping mud into it first through the cap, a so-called static kill, and later through a relief well. meantime the s.e.c. is reportedly investigating possible insider trading in b.p. stock in the weeks following the spill. as for the oil, the latest map shows it's rapidly breaking up in the gulf. don teague is in grand isle louisiana tonight. don, they've tried to kill the well before. what is different this time. >> good evening, katie. the static kill is similar to the failed earlier attempt at a top kill but engineers have a better chance of success this time because the well is capped and they don't have to try to overc

mass murder and destruction seem to go over so well in this country we'll speak to radio host tom hartman and is there a communication breakdown the u.s. has pledged billions in aid to pakistan since nine eleven and millions in severe flooding in the region again however most pakistanis think that they have been completely neglected by the u.s. so we'll speak with a filmmaker about how the country really views america then we'll bring you more bad news when it comes to the economy housing prices are still down unemployment still at a high so could this really be the end of the american dream as we know it's or could the news be better for us in the long run well the reasons anthony ran down to weigh in on what it all means and as the tea partiers arrive in d.c. this weekend planners have given visitors a list of do's and don'ts to follow wait until you hear what is on this list it's so outrageous in fact the we had to bring in comedian seton smith to help us hash all out but now it's move on to today's top story. recently the word distraction has been coming out of many media mouths and k

. >> reporter: hartman wants to redesign this wind battered island by angling streets to minimize the pacific jet stream and maximize sunlight. he uses a virtual wind tunnel to see how certain buildings will shield common areas. >> the buildings block the wind from these parks, yet the sun is coming this way so it maximizes the amount of daylight in the park itself. >> reporter: but hartman's new urbanism faces an old problem. cars. the new plans allows for 5,000 more vehicles on the island, possibly adding more traffic to the bay bridge. >> 8,000 more cars on the island i think is going to be crazy busy out here. it's going to feel more like in san francisco. >> reporter: there is only two exit and entry points onto treasure island from the bay bridge. >> they're going to have to create bigger access. that's going to be a real logistic issue. >> reporter: there is a plan to widen the ramp, but san francisco development director jack sylvan also has a plan to encourage the use of mass transit. >> we're providing a series of carrots and sticks to encourage you to not use your car. >> r

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steve hartman has a chilling report from the depths of winter and more. but first the headlines for this sunday morning the first day of august 2010. on day 104 of the oil rig disaster in the gulf of mexico, b.p. engineers say they could start pumping mud and cement into the blown-out well as early as tomorrow. and interior secretary ken salazar says he's considering now revising or even lifting the drilling moratorium in the gulf. in michigan officials say they have located the pipeline break that has allowed hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil to leak into the kalamazoo river. this weekend marks the first anniversary of the arrest of three americans seized by iran while hiking along its border and charged with spying. their mothers organized demonstrations to mark the day including this one in front of iran iran's mission to the u.n. here in new york. zsa zsa gabor's publicist says that doctors in los angeles plan to let her return home later this week. she's been hospitalized for treatment of a broken hip. now 93. in northwest pakistan around the k

proof that obama's administration really does mimic president bush's we'll speak with radio host tom hartman next we'll ask if the criminal justice system really works in this country a new report shows that our north carolina crime lab has withheld or given faulty forensic evidence and over two hundred and thirty cases and this unfortunately is not an isolated incident so what does that say about our system we'll speak with the reason magazines radley balko then seventeen attorney general attorneys general are teaming up to get craigslist to drop its adult section after years of uncertainty surrounding the page many states want to drop a section altogether to avoid any chance of prostitution but is removing something on craigslist really going to fix the problem orders sex trafficking and much more complicated issue that needs attention in this country will speak with c.n.n. baskin from the sex workers project and also we'll continue our series on obesity in america yesterday we mentioned how genetically modified foods can have a direct effect on your waistline so today we'll have a debate

american radio host tom hartman says people have been treated as disposable in the u.s. for centuries in the united states for. really up until the last maybe four or five decades we had so much space so much potential for growth that people were many people were considered disposable and we had slaves that were largely viewed as disposable europe at a very different experience europe has been densely populated for centuries for thousands for millennia and so in europe the problem of problem people has been you know we're going to have to have these people back in our culture and their relatives and friends will about how can we fix them in america it was to string them up their disposable people and so we went from the wild west notion hanging to the modern notion of the death penalty and you know all through that was the threat of crime punishment vengeance and nowhere did we ever have the need or the perceived need to get into a conversation about rehabilitation. following months of political turmoil a killer santa date has been set for the parliamentary and president

. >> reporter: but hartman's new urbanism faces an old probm. cars.ew plan allows for 5,000 more vehicles on the island, possibly adding more traffic to the bay bridge. >> 8,000 more cars on the island i thi is going to be craz busy out here. it's going to feel more like in san francisco. >> reporter: there is only two exit and entry points onto treasure isld from the bay bridge. >> they're going to have to create bigger access. that's gng to be a real logistic issue. >> rorter: there is a plan to win the ramp, but san francisco developmt director jack sylvan also has a plan to encourage the use of mass transit. >> we're providing a series of carrots and sticks to encourage you to not use your car. >> reporter: the stick is a hefty fee r using your vehicl during peak commuting hours. the carrot? a ferry service running every ten minutes to and from san francisco. also a special bus lane on the bridge. the ferry and bus terminal would be aalk away for most residents. >> the intenti is to try to fine tune transportation behavior so that people are encou

hartman of labor office cabin fever from. americans are fighting to keep food on the table it's like they're bigger things like it's unemployment here in new york everywhere. and there's no hope for people to people living on the street in new york city is at the great depression levels ten percent of the country is out of a job and last month nearly one hundred thousand homes were foreclosed on. and that time is a house of worship something struggling americans are concerned with me personally know millions of people at work now but it is an issue that drives attention to the media among the employed five thousand are refusing to work construction workers have signed a pledge refusing to build the islamic cultural center if it is to rise if anything can trump america's capitalism clearly its anger. new york. trying to force contraries to accept democracy is a hopeless task that's according to historian and theorist john donne who thinks the process of change must be a peaceful want you can watch the full interview with him n

is this simply about their bottom line well joining me to discuss the fall out is radio host tom hartman. i learn thanks for being here first of all target claims that they donate money based only on economic factors not social views but come on is it really possible to separate a candidate from his social views on issues especially when it comes to something like gay rights well i think the they're making a deal with the devil they're saying we're going to go with the guy who is going to be most corporatist he's going to be most republican he's going to vote do whatever he can as governor everything that's going to reduce taxes for corporations do it this guys are opposed to the minimum wage not just a not just opposed to unions as opposed to the minimum wage. so and they're and they're kind of hoping nobody will notice that he also is like are involved with the christian rock band that has has recorded a song that actually advocates the murder of gays and lesbians and by the way it's not just target is a minnesota forward organization which is headed by temple auntie's former staffers

against the company so is this just the beginning thanks to citizens united i'll ask radio host tom hartman also gay marriage is back in the headlines as a federal judge in california rules prop eight unconstitutional but we're going to approach this issue from a different angle will host a debate asking if marriage is a civil right that's later in the show but first today's top story. are we headed towards a world war three scenario well some analysts think that's what would happen if the u.s. went to war with iran and a group of u.s. veteran intelligence professionals for sanity as they call themselves this is predicting one of the us is closest allies israel will attack iran they believe this would likely lead to a wider war scenario where the u.s. would be brought into the fray in support of israel now they wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama giving him this warning saying there is a likelihood israel will attack iran as early as this month urging him to take action now this group vip includes intelligence professionals professionals rather who have each logged decades most tw