thank you. >> thank you, ambassador jawad. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> president obama announced a plan today to open offshore areas to oil and national gas drilling. his plan is on the eastern gulf of mexico will cover 167 million areas of -- acres of ocean. it will protect national resources. you can see his remarks in a little over an hour from now here on c-span. tomorrow on "washington journal" we will take your calls about president obama's drilling announcement. postal and regulatory commission chair ruth goldway discusses the modernization of the u.s. postal service. "washington journal" every morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. president obama's new drilling proposal was the main topic at today's white house briefing. bill burton says the plan would -- was not influenced by the desire to pass a bill regulating greenhouse gas emissions. this is about 25 minutes. >> hey, guys. >> [inaudible] it was an expensive