we get an update from newshour corespondent tom bearden in louisiana. plus, admiral thad allen, the commandant of the coast guard, on the latest containment and clean-up efforts, and an assessment of the potential environmental damage to the region. >> woodruff: then, spencer michels reports from arkansas, where a senate primary fight between democrats is heating up. the senate race in arkansas is unique in that the current u.s. senator, democrat blanche lincoln is being challenged from the left. >> brown: we get the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: and on this 35th anniversary of the fall of saigon, ray suarez talks to james zumwalt about his new book on the vietnam war, seen through the eyes of north vietnamese and viet cong veterans. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: louisiana braced

gathering in louisiana.plause] you know, just a couple weeks ago, my wife and i celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary. [applause] thank you. i applauded from my wife, too. it happened on the same weekend that congress narrowly approved the government takeover of health care. now that weekend, when all of that occurred, i was reminded of a phone call that my wife made to me on our 21st wedding anniversary just three years ago. i was in the office in washington, and she was here at our home in louisiana. she said, i have some news for you. that is usually not good. she says i hope you're sitting down. i said, at my desk, tellingtell. she said, we're going to have a baby. now i looked for guess that you get for the 21st wedding anniversary, and that was not on the list. i have to admit that the words that i ended at that moment were probably not the most profound words that i have ever spoken. [laughter] i said, how did that happen? [laughter] i was in shock. [laughter] well, about three months into this, we

louisiana. i informed him that i would speak on the floor on this so i'm not -- i am not being impolite. i normally would not speak of another person solely on the floor of the senate, yet, the senator from louisiana is the one who has exhibited the hold to prevent the promotion of this soldier. i know this soldier. that's not why i'm on the floor. i've known general walsh. he commands the mississippi valley division of the corps of engineers. does a great job, in my judgment. but, again, his career has been stalled by the actions of one senator. that senator indicates that there's certain demands that he has of the corps of engineers an unless they are met he will not allow this soldier to be promoted. the point is this soldier executes. this soldier is not making policy in the corps of engineers and he cannot do what the senator from louisiana demands he do. the corps of engineers does not have the legal authority to do what the senator from louisiana demands he do. i put in the record the two

and businesses of louisiana.tead, we will make the tough choices and cut government. [applause] but make no mistake, that is the fundamental challenge everyone of us faces. we proposed a balanced budget, 18% smaller than last year. we will have six files and your government funded positions. we have set priorities. we have consolidated functions and agencies. we are funding those things we need to move our state forward. in other words, we are tightening our belts. some will argue that there is another way, that we do not have to make hard choices. indeed, there is an example of that. it is called the washington way. they continue to print money, to borrow money from china. the national debt by the end of this year will exceed $14 trillion. by the end of this decade, $26 trillion. that is a point of belsen dollars for every person in this room by the end -- that is a $45 thousand for every person in this room by the end of this year. if our country continues to spend our children's and our grandchildren's money,

much of arkansas, louisiana, and then tonight spreading into mississippi. but watch out everywhere in the middle of the country for strong storms. that includes kansas, st. louis, dallas early this morning, oklahoma city as i speak. east coast is fantastic today but then these storms move to the southeast with dangerous weather on saturday and then the east coast on sunday. >>> well if you're watching us on wvtm nbc 13 in birmingham, blaem, have lunch with one of the tallest mammals on the planet at the giraffe feeding event at the birmingham zoo. that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. i've fed giraffes. it's a lot of fun. their slimy long tongues. >> it sounds fun, bill. don't oversell it. >> it's worth it. >>> well, now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this weekend's box office champ, jennifer lopez. they provided lopez with her more successful film roles and that's what she's got here with the "backup plan" of course after being artificially insim nated does she fall in love. if they show up, backup plan has a

the oil was nearing shore in louisiana. florida governor charlie crist announced he's leaving the republican party to run for the senate as an independent. the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: there's more on florida governor crist's party switch. we asked two experts for views on what it means for politics in the sunshine state. find an update on health care-- npr's julie rovner explains why the insurance industry decided to stop discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions. on "art beat," jeff talks to the young winner of the "poetry out loud" competition. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now i

that's senator vitter from louisiana. i understand that senator vitter is holding this nomination up all of these months because he's demanding certain things from the corps of engineers for his home state. regrettably, it represents a list of things for the most part that the corps of engineers cannot do. they don't have the legal authority to do, they don't have the funding to do, they don't have the authorization to do. and in any event, general -- the general that we're talking about here -- general walsh -- doesn't make policy for the corps on whether to do these things even if they have the authority. he executes policy. that's what the job of this general is. he's the commander, the mississippi valley division of the corps of engineers. he spent a tour in iraq for this country. he's done a lot of work not only in a war zone, but all around this country, has a distinguished 30-year career. and yet, despite the fact that last year, i believe it was in september, he was to have been promoted to major general, this sol

senator ever elected by the people of louisiana. [applause] in 2007, we join together and sent to the governor's mansion that you we long once occupied a great visionary for our state and nation -- that huey long once occupied, a great visionary for our state, bobby jindel. [applause] this fall, in 2010, we're going to build on that success. i am going to become, with your help, the first ever to term republican senator from louisiana. [applause] but even more importantly, that is going to be part of a national wave, bringing positive conservative change to washington, d.c., and our nation. and i am absolutely convinced of that. we have work to do, but i have no doubt. why is that? because while you were convening here of the past few days, i cannot be here until this morning, but i have been a few other places. this week i have ben to several places, lafayette, st. bernard, shreveport. almost every corner of our great state. it is interesting, and all of those places -- in all of those places i have heard exactly the same message,

as long as i am the governor of louisiana, we will not raise taxes in louisiana. [applause] if you come from a state today that is considering raising taxes cut i hope you move down to louisiana. we would love to have you here. what is our plan here in louisiana? we thought of forcing government to cut back, just like families have to do. this is the way to go. have you ever noticed that the government wants you to adjust your life? it wants you to do more with less will it continues to grow. no state, no country has ever taxed, spent or borrow its way into prosperity. america will not become the first country to disprove that. the spending has got to stop. [applause] states are being crushed by the federal government. as a governor, i can tell you about the hidden cost in this health care that they have just passed that are being shifted to the states. this is just the beginning. we have a crowd in washington that ignored the second amendment. i do not think they have even read the 10th amendment up here we did up there. they have no problem trampling on individu

buddy caldwell of louisiana. the rest are republicans.ve reason to believe there already will be two or three more democrats that join us. most of the state attorneys generals even those who have not yet filed a suit or joined ours understand the impact this has on their states and the problem with the individual right of choice with the individual. it is unprecedented greta, for us to have this sweeping attack not only on the rights of an individual to be free from the federal government telling them to have to buy a product or service they can require you under the premise that would be in this bill to go out and buy a car or to buy a membership in a club or something. also unprecedented to have this much -- people want to call it an unfunded mandate. this is much more this is taking state's resources and putting it to use for the federal government's purposes and manipulating the states to their end to a drina is above the sovereign protections that are in the constitutions of states. we think we will win on that basis. we all believe

not raise taxes in louisiana. [applause] and if you come from a state that is considering raising taxes right now, i hope you hear this message and consider moving to louisiana. we would love to have you. so what is our plan? we thought of the novel idea of forcing the government to cut back. just like families do, this is the way to go. have you ever noticed that government want you to adjust your lives while it continues to grow? no country has ever taxed, spend, or barred its way into prosperity. we will not be the -- or borrowed its way into prosperity. we will not be the first to disprove that. we have got to stop the spending. . . we have a crowd in washington that ignored the second amendment. i do not think they have even read the 10th amendment up here we did up there. they have no problem trampling on individual and states' rights and they are not going to stop with health care. even the governor schwarzenegger has spoken out and said the ramifications of this bill are completely unsustainable for his st

. >>> now the latest on the oil rig explosion off the louisiana coast. no sign of 11 people missing since tuesday's explosion. if the coast guard's and denied conducting a search for the missing workers. 17 people injured, four critically, when the explosion occurred and the fire that followed. a boatload carrying 100 workers reached the louisiana shore just recently. >> the air space over most of europe is open again. airline officials are questioning the government's response to the volcanic ash cloud. they say they may have overreacted. they're losses will top $2 billion. many stranded passengers are relieved to be leaving dulles airports after days of volcanic ash cancellations. flights are again headed to and from europe. >> how many people in the donovan party? >> it will take some hours, but we will get there now. it's wonderful. >> to germany. >> a volcanic eruption in iceland's canceled more than 100,000 flights worldwide. it will take awhile for all those stranded passengers to get to their destinations with the backlog. >> a federal air marsha

. >> reporter: the storms ripped a path of destruction from missouri to louisiana arkansas to alabamailling nearly a dozen people including three children one of them a 3-month-old. hundreds of buildings are destroyed and hard hit mississippi. as rescuers look for anyone unaccounted for. >> we worked for something for 44 years and just in a matter of a minute or two and it's all gone. >> reporter: residents now focus on cleanup as the national guard patrols from the ground and the air. in a helicopter, mississippi governor haley barbour toured the devastation. the images of a ravaged county is one he takes pearlly he viebd what he saw as utter obliteration. because of the sheer magnitude, the national weather service says it may not understand the full scope of the deadly storms until tuesday. in new york, terrell brown, wjz "eyewitness news." >>> and first warning weather coverage continues once again with meteorologist bernette woods with the intensity of the twisters that touched down this weekend. hello, again, bern. >> hello, i want to show outef scale because it's official it's

so we start out here, and this is in omega, louisiana.nt, a couple of injuries reported here. and a small chemical spill as a result. moved over the mississippi river, pushed into the state of mississippi, and then we had that touchdown, the big one we've been talking about all night, in yazoo city, where up to five fatalities now confirmed with this one. 15 people injured. and there is potential that we could get a little bit higher numbers before all is said and done. we still haven't gotten word on everything coming out of yazoo city just yet. then it moves over into holmes county. the town of ebenezer, 50 homes sustained some damage here. it crossed i-55. numerous cars were reported blown off the road and a few injuries. headed over toward french camp. extensive damage to buildings in this area. and we're hearing several fatalities there. and then it continued on up toward sturgis and into the northeast. last touchdown, some trees down into clay county. so we're talking 150 to 200 miles. start at 11:00 central time. and at about 3:30

had encouraged to take on -- [unintelligible] prophetic coming up, and 11 people off the coast of louisiana after a huge oil rig explosion. >> and the president wants to -- it is illegal. >> why the changes to the $100 bill? the changes coming up. >> the ratings on the way out, so what can we expect for the weather? we have the forecast still to come at 6:00. >> your watching abc 7 news at 6:00. and tim brant, sports. >>> a fiery blast, evacuations for the offshore oil rig. >> it was 50 miles off the coast of louisiana, the simi- submersible rig considered the most advanced was operating in 5,000 feet of water. >> the explosion tore through the oil rig 50 miles off the coast of louisiana. 126 workers scrambling to get off the burning wreckage and on the lifeboat in the gulf of mexico. and the coast guard helicopters that responded. >> we are taking a load. >> many were transported to hospitals with injuries, several listed in critical condition. 11 people are still unaccounted for. the explosion happened tuesday night with the fires burning in the wednesday. they did the best to put out the

guest: supposed to be 125, and cut off at alabama, i think, louisiana. guest: this map, by the way, it is from "the new york times." eunice, louisiana. go ahead. caller: i have been in the energy business since 1968. guest: wow. caller: started off in the 1970's's -- to address concerns about skills and what have you in the gulf of mexico and the federal register. in 1970 oc -- it was a quarter inch thick and regulations and today we have 14 volumes about one-inch thick. to address the concerns, from this guy in indiana, saying for oil spills and what have you -- we had katrina, we had ivan, gustave, all of these hurricanes coming through the gulf with very minimal amount of skill. wheat did not hear that in the national media. we were very concerned about that and we found out that all of our safety systems adequately worked and worked well. guest: you guys did a terrific job, you really did, in very difficult circumstances. personally and professionally. each co -- host: allen, clearwater, florida. caller: i want to talk about refineries. i have a ques

it cut a three-quarters of a mile swathe, starting in louisiana and it came across the river and it hit an area near vicksburg, and destroyed about 30 homes there. continued to go across the state, as you heard the governor describe, that part of yazoo city, and the terrain in that area is what makes search and rescue particularly difficult. yazoo is right on the edge of the mississippi delta, so you come down into a hilly area, down into the delta and it's hard to get into some of those areas right now because of the destruction. >> that's what i wanted to -- that's my next question, oftentimes when things like this happen, we don't discover the damage until much, much later, you're not exactly sure just how much damage there is, you may come across more? >> we may be coming across damage for a day or two, just because of, like i said, the terrain and getting from one place to another, clearing the roadways to get to the houses and the various businesses in that area is going to take a little time. >> mr. turner, what is the governor out doing now? is he dealing with his home, or is he

. >> now the latest on the explosion of louisiana coast. there's no sign of 11 people missing since tuesday's explosion. the coast guard spent the night conducting the ground and air search. seventeen people were injured. four critically. a bill to carrying 100 survivors reached the louisiana shore a short time ago. >-- a boat. >> some scandinavian airports are closed, but the airspace over most of europe is open again. airline officials are questioning the government's response. they estimate the losses will top $2 billion from zero weeks of limited service. many stranded passengers are believed to be leaving dulles airport after days of cancellations. flights are headed to and from your again. >> how many people? >> we will get there now. it's great. it's wonderful. >> the volcanic eruption in iceland canceled more than 100,000 flights worldwide. >> metrobus as it is working hard to make safety improvements. it was in a hot seat at a hearing on capitol hill yesterday. the federal transit administration told lawmakers and audit of metro an

we have a sweet potato cake with pecans for louisiana and the king cake of course for louisiana but i like to throw in things that are coming from inside of me. >> what are we doing today? i feel bad. i feel like andrea roane should be doing this interview. she's from louisiana. >> i want to keep it simple for you. i know you want to get in the kitchen and understand more of it. i want you to use your mixer and all the things you have at home. what we have here is a cake with pecans in it. i baked it ahead of time and a cream cheese icing that is different, in that it has evaporated milk in it. a little touch of orange juice, too and i like it for the flavor. it makes it a little loose as you can see but it sets up nicely after you make it. >> and orange juice gives you vitamin c and makes this really healthy. >> oh, right. cake is a good food. a lot of talk about health right now and what kind of fats and food you should eat. i believe in moderation and eating dessert and working out and all three of them you have to have in your life if you want to lead a realistic life. you are goi

their rig the deepwater horizon is located about 40 miles off the louisiana coast. it was struck by a powerful explosion and fire tuesday night. 126 people were on board. most were able to evacuate. 17 were injured. terrell brown has more. >> reporter: the coast guard hopes for more rescues like this one. after a fire and explosion on board an oil rig in the gulf of mexico. 115 people evacuated the platform, including several with critical injuries. but 11 workers are still missing. shane's family is praying he's safe. >> it's not even -- words can't even describe knowing that your son's out there or where he's at. >> reporter: he and the other workers have the best chance of survival if they reach the covered lifeboats. >> we have capabilities to search throughout the night and we continue to search and rescue. >> reporter: the rig is about 40 miles off the southern tip of louisiana. workers didn't get any warnings about a problem before the explosion. >> we don't know what caused the incident. our efforts are firstly concentrated on caring for the people. >> repor

the louisiana governor, bobby jindal got the letter, but the police spokesman in baton rouge said not a credible threat to the governor or the people of louisiana and jennifer granholm got the letter five days ago which renders the three day deadline in the letter meaningless and the fbi warned the governors the letters were come and to turn them over to police and and fbi official down played the threat. >> we obviously look at these things and determine whether or not there is actually a threat, contained in the letter. and, in this case, if there -- it does not appear to be a threat and it is more an expression, really of first amendment rights. >> reporter: the letters came from an anti-government group, the guardians of the free republics which advocates peacefully altering the government doing away with taxes, foreclosures and drivers licenses among other things and the self-proclaimed guardins do not profess violence, the fbi is worried the letters could provoke others to act. and the fbi and homeland security warn law enforcement should be aware this could be interpreted as a

. >> if fiery oil rig off the coast of louisiana since. -- louisiana sinks. >>> breaking news in investigation of one of the worst multiple shootings. >> charges have been dropped against the 14-year-old boy connected with the case. we have new details. >> all 41 charges against the 14-year-old boy who was originally accused of being involved in at mask drive-by shooting last month have been dropped even though a police sergeant identified the juvenile as the driver of the getaway van that night. the attorney general of d.c. said that at the time, there was probable cause but now says there has been -- have been significant developments. nine young people were shot in that attack. four of them died. there was consideration that he would receive retribution for the perceived attack. they said they wanted to get his name out of their and exonerate him. >> 3 received fingerprints that absolutely clear -- we received fingerprints that absolutely clear mr. carter. >> even though these charges have been dropped, the police chief announced that three additional arrest warrants have been issued, two o

tornadoes have also been reported in louisiana, arkansas and alabama. sandra hughes has more on the story. >> reporter: deadly tornadoes tore through several counties in western mississippi saturday. >> the wind blew me from one room to the next room. we got on the floor, grabbed my son. next time i know the roof came off. all the windows were blown out. >> reporter: his family's home will have to be demolished. >> this beam used to be straight. >> reporter: the tornadoes leveled many buildings and trees. the biggest twister was three quarters of a mile wide. the state's governor says there was utter oblitterration. >> it did not go into the central part of the city or most populated. however, it went through the southern edge and the eastern edge of town. >> reporter: parts of louisiana, arkansas and alabama were also hit by the system that then headed east. sandra hughes, cbc news. >>> quarterback jason campbell heading west. sara walsh is here with the changes and reaction from jason campbell. >> bruce, the player only gets drafted once but jason cam

is headquartered in monroe, louisiana. proud of this company has it has grown and expanded and most recently signed an agreement to purchase quest, which puts them in the top among industry leaders in this country. and lastly, we have steve friedman, who is currently chief operating officer for wave broadband, a kirkland washington based company that serves more than 170,000 customers, located in communities in the states of washington, oregon, and california. so i think we've had our changeout conduct and we're so happy to have everyone here on the second panel, and senator smith, we'll begin with you. >> thank you, madam chairman. in the interest of time and in preexpect of your schedule, i'll put my extended remarks in the record and speak briefly to a few points. >> thank you. without objection. >> madam chairman, home broad carsers bring together communities with information that entertains them, information that often is life saving. from lake charles, louisiana, to banger, maine, local broadcasters take great pride

suffer from louisiana, one especially want to read a recognize them. i also encourage any business or business association not able to testify today to submit a written statement for the record. we will build a full committee report on this subject and the record will be open for the next two weeks. in the same way that our interstate system connected america by reducing travel time, facilitating commerce, broadband has minimized the barriers that separate small businesses from geographically consumers. one country that's been able to do this in my home state, just for an example, his louisiana network foundation. i companies to buy to louisiana tech graduates. i the opportunity to tour such a company last year. and one of my visits to the state. it has to build a technology that allows live streaming video over the internet without using large amounts of bandwidth. in partnership with louisiana tech, they punted as for various sporting events throughout the country and around the world. a midsize rural town in north louisiana, this business is develop

here in louisiana, we know about energy production. we are the largest supplier of offshore oil and gas in the country. we are proud of our role in contributing to the country oppose the energy supply. we want to do more -- to the country's energy supply. we want to do more. we want to create high-paying jobs here in america and reduce our dependence on middle eastern oil. but that is not the policy we have. the president has the epa out there trying to bully the country. we are turning the other way and saying, c none saying dispositionap and trade energy -- we are turning the other way and saying, none of this past and trade energy tax -- cap and trade energy tax. the president followed that up with a $1.9 trillion increase in the national debt. increased the credit card of the country. we had already maxed out the credit card, but the president said that was not enough. he wanted to double down. he created a government takeover of health care. the bill grew and grew and grew. there were backroom deals analyzed a -- and lies. before

a twister cut a path of defrux from louisiana to mississippi. -- of destruction from louisiana to mississippi. we have the latest. >> reporter: a tilted cross outside a mississippi church ripped from the foundation by saturday's deadly tornado. >> we are all saddened. we are all shocked. but jesus is in control. >> reporter: the twister reportedly packed winds as high as 200 miles per hour blowing apart homes, tossing cars an tear path this restaurant. >> that taught me a lesson. you don't have time. >> reporter: several people huddling inside as the tornado lifted off its roof. >> by time we got into the doors of the restaurant, everything was coming in on top of us. >> reporter: more than 15 mississippi counties damaged by the storm's fury, beginning in louisiana and moving east. >> it is just remarkable to see the people who pull a four wheeler out of the backup truck, sling the chain saw over the back and just ride in where the trucks can't get, where nobody can go. >> reporter: the national guard and emergency crews sift through the wreckage looking for anyone who may have survived and f

certainly the sensitive coastline of louisiana.very close by, so we'll be working with these states and we've already been in contact with them to stay forward-leaning, but we're fogog to continue to monitor 24/7 and watch and try to really control this at the source. >> the big question is whether the rig is leaking under water. so far it appears there is no leak but a potential spill could be as much as 336,000 gallons a day. the rig also carried 700,000 gallons of diesel fuel but that might evaporate if it didn't already burn in the fire. >>> we got some breaking news to tell you about on that earthquake that hit chile this morning. they have downgraded the magnitude to 5.9. still big, though. they say it was centered south of concepcion. that's the same area where an 8.8 quake hit in february and triggered a tsunami. there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from this latest quake but we'll keep you updated as soon as we get more information on it. >>> some high-level officials with the securities and exchange commis

the rig is about 52 miles southeast of venice, louisiana.en critically injured workers to shore. a coast guard spokesperson said most of the crew got safely off that rig and right into a work boat. a surfer in hawaii had a close encount we are a shark. how close? he took the shark for a ride. we'll hear him tell the story. 'a youing ic lowi kn and she said hair was growing back... i was like, yes, this works... [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining. >>> kate gosselin got booted last night. "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer is in new york. i don't actually watch "dancing with the stars." oh, the horror, i know. but my friends facebook about it. and i'm stunned she lasted this long because all people did was complain about how bad she was. >> well, yeah, at least you know that much. that was the big part of the last several weeks. the truth is, she did last a lot longer than most people expected because a lot of people thought her

tragic situation continuing to unfoed just off the louisiana coast. live in belle chasse, l.a., jim gray. >>> officials in ireland who says he did not do enough about a priest accused of sexual abuse resigned from the church. his resignation was accepted by pope benedict xvi. the bishop admits he did not challenge the dublin church policy of covering up the actions of priests. he's the third bishop to resign in four months. the vatican has come under increasing pressure to get rid of leaders who cover up a priest who sexually abused children. the pope has promised to take action to confront the scandal to bring justice to abusive priests and to protect the children. >>> that cloud of ash from the volcanic eruption in iceland is shifting now. winds are pushing it towards scandinavia. thousands of flights are taking off from airports in europe now. delays and cancellations continue, though. the good news is that the ash cloud seems to be getting smaller. nbc news chief science correspondent bazell has the latest. >> reporter: as you can see behind me in

in the sixth, it was dennis morris, a tight end out of louisiana tech.n the seventh round wide receiver terrence austin from ucla was there and eric cook out of new mexico and selvish capers, an offensive tackle from west virginia. to baseball now. nationals catcher ivan pudge rodriguez is probably rethinking a move he made yesterday when he tried to beat out a throw at home plate with the nationals down by one run in extra innings against the dodgers. we're at national park where joe torre was making himself at home just watching the game. bottom of the eighth, nats trail by a run. >> nyjer morgan sends that to left. adam kennedy scores to tie the game at three. but the game goes to extra innings. now we're in the 11th inning. russell martin lifts that one to right. but check out willie harris. has a beat on it. jumps up and makes that catch. willie was pumped. this, my friends, is impressive. willie harris reads it like a book making that amazing grab. good effort by harris. to the 13th still tied at three. not anymore. russell martin rips it to center

and the search is on for 11 people still missing after an oil rig explosion off of the coast of louisianas, coming up. >>> and i'm sharon gibala with wjz-13 traffic control. fog is causing problems on the roadways and we'll tell you what they are, after the break. >>> 13 hour and 2 minutes,the nfl draft starts. who will get the next ray rice. we'll talk to michael strahan this morning. he was a second round draft pick of the giants. strahan's a real good guy. you want to talk about relaxed and you'll see him on the show at 6:45. we'll talk about what's going on in the minds of those young men as they look towards their future and the nfl. ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we're going to see dense fog burning off around 10:00 today. you can see, pretty much everywhere else, we have the fog advisories and school issues on the eastern shore. 70 at lunch and i think that's dependant upon the fog burning off earlier on. on its way to a high in the low 70s. this is the 22nd of april and pleasant. >>> and here are the eastern shore school advisories. kent county schools are late because of fog and queen anne's sc

the rig exploded off the coast of louisiana. a week of flights being canceled most of europe is now flying again on schedule. that huge cloud of volcanic ash exploded down from ice lan and as you know, shut down european air space for a long time. >> a second navy seal was found not guilty in connection with the alleged beating of a terror suspect. a case we have been following at fox and now on the third seal, matthew mccabe. the iraqi who said he was roughed up by the seals is not an ordinary suspect, accused of master minding the grisly murders of four american contractors in fallujah, if you recall, people in the streets celebrating as the contractors turned bodies were first dragged through the streets and then two of them hung from a bridge. and joining us now is neil pucket, the petty officer matthew mccabe, awaiting trial. thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome, good to be here. >> jamie: i'm most curious initially about your client's reaction, supportive of fell le seals and happy they're acquitted. how does he

robert king to the program from louisiana state university. he was a junior and he went back to school and entered the school paper and then for a while he thought about getting a master's in business education, but the "washington post" saved him from the fate of personal wealth by recruiting him as a reporter for the post and now she labors under the slave wages of journalism. what's left of journalism. thank goodness the "washington post" owns caplin testing or there might be more problems here in washington, d.c. with journalism. on the model lee am pleased to introduced robert and jon jeter but i am now jealous because i haven't written a book, and i am pleased that he has done so. the only thing i ask is i get to ask the first question after they make their presentations. by the way with a few exceptions i will represent all white people here tonight. [laughter] i know that you're always asked what do black people think about this, so you can ask me what white people think about this. robert, jon. [applause] [laughter] >> good evening. f

the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boustany: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. boustany: i rise in support of h.r. 4994. this legislation contains provisions that will make tax season a little easier for many american families. and therefore it's worthy of my support. there are some good bipartisan ideas in this bill. for example, it makes sense to shield employees from burdensome paperwork requirements when they use their employer provided cell phones to call their spouses to see if they need to pick up milk on the way home. our colleague from texas, sam johnson, he introduced that legislation and at last count it has over 200 co-sponsors from both parties. this bill also includes bipartisan legislation that chairman lewis and i introduced to make it easie

the blast happened about 50 miles off the louisiana coast. the federal government has conducted surprise inspections at 57 problem coal mines. the goal is to help prevent another explosion like the one that killed 29 miners here in west virginia. the president will deliver a eulogy on sunday for the victims. here's justin now. >>> 5:56. we have a one-hour delay in king county, 90 minute delay in queen ann's county. fog delay around most of the area. sun comes back and 70s this afternoon. we'll try to repeat that tomorrow. but 60s and rain showers come in saturday afternoon, even thunder. more rain likely on sunday. that could be a washout. showers continue early next week. one more check on the roads, here's kim. >> we have fog warnings in effect for the entire stretch of 895. as you see on the beltway. traffic looking pretty good at frederick road. we have an incident at wilkins avenue. variety of accidents around baltimore city, including an injury crash in sykesville. i'll get you all caught up with your news, weather and traffic when good

years ago, they wanted to build a natural gas platform off the coast of louisiana. they were having a dispute whether to do and open loop or a closed loop system. can you explain the difference in that? guest: i do not know that answer. in terms of importing natural gas, a few years ago, we have much more natural gas than in the united states makes its -- both developments not as likely for as much as they were a few years ago. i am not familiar with opening close links. host: florida, independent. caller: i worked on the texaco account in my 22 years of advertising. i have some statements to make for you. where are they going to be refined? you have to modify various coastal seaports with the same result you had in new orleans, with the destruction for hurricanes. your eastern portion on the map , you got those grants without paying any royalties. you got that for free. host: do you think that is a mistake? caller: i think it was a contrived mistake. these people have so much power. they have this little mistake written into contracts so they pay no royalties on th

>> we were, you know, following-- we were tracking the storm as it made its way up from louisiana. and it kind of actually snuck up on us a little bit faster than expected, and we were only able to catch a glimpse of the tornado before we realized that it was heading right for us, and also, we tried to move, but we didn't have time, and we ended up getting hit by it. >> reporter: experts say the storms that hit the southeast today were especially powerful. >> not only are we talking about multiple tornadoes but we're talking about very violent, strong tornadoes. and any tornadoes that are on the ground have the potential to live for a long time. we did have a track that moved through western mississippi that flattened many homes, damaged many buildings. >> picking up trees! >> reporter: there have been 41 reports of tornadoes so far, and more storms are expected tonight. >> glor: joining us now on the phone is mississippi governor haley barber, who has just been on a tour of the affected area. governor, tell us what you saw. >> there's tremendous deffization here around zazzue city

be glad you don't live in louisiana or michigan. the website ensure.com listed the cheap hest and most expensive states. louisiana topped the list because of flood related claims. maryland fortunately is in the middle of the pack. of course rates miner dc as they are in new york city, detroit and most of the major cities around the united states. for more go to the web page. >> now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and the most powerful radar. >> looking good for that dairy farm field trip tomorrow. >> yeah. i would like to see some pictures of this one. you out there with the crows. doing dairy walk. kids and cows and kelly. lot of c and kid sounds. i think the rain will be gone but maybe mud and other things have you to watch out. let's take a look at the most powerful radar. things clearing out. the grounds still damp from the rain. a closer view. show you where that rain is a cross the eastern shore. if you are watching from the edge of queen anne county here up through the delaware maryland line in toward th

terrell brown, cbs news, louisiana. >>> in west texas, some wild weather caught on tape. take a look at this video of one of two tornadoes that touched down thursday. the first was a huge funnel cloud that raced through the panhandle about 40 miles southeast of amarillo. luckily it hit in a mostly rural area and no injuries or damage has been reported. another funnel cloud was also captured on video in the area. again, no injuries or major damage reported. amazing. >>> and now to a modern day case of rome burning. at the height of the financial meltdown, a number of senior staffers at the securities and exchange commission spent hours watching internet porn instead of overseeing the crashing financial system. the sec's inspector general investigated 33 employees, 31 during the last 2 1/2 years when the financial system nearly crashed. one senior attorney spent eight hours a day looking at and downloading porn. he agreed to resign. an accountant was blocked 16,000 times in just one month from visiting porn sites but bypassed sec filters. he received a 14 day suspension. 17

threat to the governor or the people of louisiana. michigan governor jennifer gram holm got it five days ago, which renders the three day deadline meaningless. fbi warned the governors they were coming and advised staffers not to open them but turn them over to police immediately. official down played the threat. >> we obviously look at the things to determine if there is actually a threat contained in the letter. and in this case, it does not appear to be a threat. and it is more of an expression, really of first amendment rights. >> letters came from anti-government group called guardians of the free republics. which on the website advocates peacefully altering the government doing away with taxes, foreclosures and driver's licenses among other things. while the self proclaimed guardians do not profess violence, fbi worries it could encourage others to act. >> governor o'malley said he has not received one of those letters. >> one poll showed a new low for president obama's approval rating. according to a cbs news poll, overall job

i will also donate money to the local center in louisiana. as bad as louisiana is right now, we need health care. they voted against it. they should have been gone a long time ago. i'm waiting for the 2012 elections with president obama since the supreme court made the decision to flood the process with money, i will give to dollars, $3. i object to the caller is said it is a rich man's game. no. when you give small donations, you can take over a rich man's game. host: this is called the wild card in the money race. it says that one wild card this year is the impact of last year's decision limiting direct expenditures by corporations or unions on advertising supporting a particular candidate. boston, antonio, on the independent line. caller: no, i'm not making any political donations. peace to you and to everyone listening. i have been in this country for 45 years. i hope the american people right now can understand what is going on. you had a woman calling -- oh, i like obama. he does wonderful things. he works very hard. i liked obama the s

the louisiana lieutenant governor and brother of u.s. senator mary landrieu will be snorn as mayor. also acclaimed poet sonia sanchez is here. april is national poet's month. she is out with her first book of poetry in a decade. we're glad you have joined us. mitch landrieu and sonia sanchez coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly we're looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >>♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> on may 3, mitch landrieu will be sworn in as mayor of new orleans. he follows a legendary family from new orleans including his father and former mayor and his sister, current u.s. senator mary and joins

the platform went down 50 miles off the louisiana coast. and crude oil leaking from the oil well may cause a major environmental disaster. abc's t.j. winick has the latest. >> reporter: the deep water horizon burned for more than 24 hours, before sinking below the surface of the gulf of mexico thursday. for the family of the rig's 11 missing crew members, hope of their rescue is fading. >> they may have been aboard the rig. and not able to evacuate. >> reporter: calling the chances of survival slim, the coast guard will call off the search before dawn this morning. >> just come home. that's all we want. now. we can't wait another day. >> reporter: 115 workers are known to have survived the blast. jay kersey's son was one of them. >> he'll be here in an hour. i can't wait. >> reporter: authorities are facing another race against time, environmental. a sheen of oil surrounded the drilling rig, even before it sank. >> coming from the lower seabed. and that's all we can say at that time. >> reporter: more than 300,000 gallons of crude oil a day

right now huge amounts of oil are leaking from that rig off louisiana's shore. estimate as much as one thousand barrels of oil escaping each day into the gulf of mexico, each day. and bad weather in the area, still hammering cleanup efforts there. an al-qaeda group front in iraq confirms the two of its top figures have been killed. confirming what u.s. and iraqi officials reported that the two men were killed in the joint operation near tikrit north of baghdad. the u.s. describes the deaths as potentially devastating blows to al-qaeda in iraq and terror network says the deaths will not affect operation. goldman sachs revelling at the housing market. and even compared the investments to quote, frankenstein turning against his inventor. the e-mails were released ahead of the hearing where the ceo lloyd blankfine and other executives will testify, excuse me. a goldman spokesman accuses them the cherry picking which e-mails to release. the u.s. millions says it has president obama support for new high speed weapons that can strike anywhere on earth within an hour. p

states like florida and louisiana did not have the union support of their applications like tennesseend delaware had and i would argue that should be a knock on what those states-- >> so states in this commission were punished if they promoted reforms that were so forward leaning that the unions opposed them, this hurt the state's applications. >> if you want bold reforms you must allow states to cross the unions. because the unions are the ones preventing bold reforms. >> paul: what are the examples from florida and louisiana and let's throw in the district of columbia here because michelle, the superintendent has been in a pitch battle with the teachers in her state, in her district, over teacher tenure. all three of those states are trying to change collective bargaining agreements. >> to allow what? >> well, to allow merit pay and teachers to be paid based on how the students are doing. and to teachers who are bad. to be able to not give teachers jobs for life after only two years in the classroom. and things like that. the other thing that the administration made a big deal about

coast guard officially closed the rescue mission off the louisiana gulf coast. it has moved to revery. 11 missing crew members are presumed dead after the blast on tuesday night. jay gray. jim, doreen, back to you. >> jay, thank you. >>> scientists say the volcano was spewing less ash today and plume of smoke is low. two major airports in iceland are still closed because of the volcanic ash. but elsewhere around the world, airports are continuing to operate normally. however, all other airports in europe are operating and still working to clear out the backlog from all the flights that had been canceled. some people think it can be another week before the passengers get where they want to go. >>> wellpointe is one of the nation's largest insurers. secretary sebelius wrote wellpointe a letter. she urged the company to stop canceling insurance policies for women with breast cancer. that letter came after reuters, the news service, reported that wellpointe, uses a computer formula that automatically targets members who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer an

think you for welcoming me to louisiana.you for the outstanding conservative leadership that david vitter has shown in the senate. i do not think he will find a more conservative or principled voting record. he has a tough election. we've got to help david and make sure that he comes back for six years in the united states senate. we have seven children. my wife is back home with six of my kids. we have one in college and an almost two-year old. they are watching us on c-span. -- i want to say hi, honey, and to the kids. one of the things we know is the sacrifices people make when they're in office. we have to understand that. i ask people, people come up and say, what can i do to pray for you? first, i say, pray for the families of those out on the front lines. without their families there, nothing is possible. what i'm going to do in my talk is i'm going to speak for a few minutes and then leave some time for question and answer. one of the things i've learned since i've been out of politics for three years, i get the ques