speer, and the gentleman from louisiana, -- ms. speier, and the gentleman from louisiana, mr. cow, will each control 20 minutes -- mr. cao, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. speier speier -- ms. speier: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. speier: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. speier: this resolution recognizes the workers who perished on the deepwater horizon following the explosion may 20 of this year. we offer our prayers and condolences to their families. h.res. 1347 was introduced by our colleague, the gentleman from louisiana, representative charlie melancon on may 11, 2010. the measure was reported to the committee on oversight and government reform which waives the measures to expedite the consideration the floor today. the measure has support of over 50 members of the house. mr. speaker, the death of the 11 workers on the deep

these all report to the area command in louisiana. at a hire level we have what we call a regional response team. those are federal place that have responsibilities for spills response. it will be department of interior, e.p.a., coast guard and inch were oa. and they look at resource requirements. if you had a decision on where to put boom between mississippi, alabama and louisiana. they would coordinate it. if something gets large enough where it is a national issue, it would come up to the national response team, and the national response team is the same players except in washington and the inner agency. offense, the coast guard is on the nearble team. we co-chair it with e.p.a. noa, commerce, d.o.i. and so forth. so there is a way to bring up resource or policy issues that cannot be resolved at the lowest level and work up the chain. there is an are -- is also an allowance that if it becomes complicated, and it is complicated in this case, that the president has the option of declaring something called a spill of national signific

>>>anger growing in louisiana as oil is reaching critical marshlands in the gulf. breeding grounds. louisiana's governor wants to build sand barriers to stop it from causing any further damage. >>> the duchess of york is embroiled in scandal. sarah ferguson was caught on tape offering a tabloid reporter posing as a businessman access to her ex-husband prince andrew in exchange for money. her spokesperson said the duchess is devastated and regrets the embarrassment. >>> "lost" ended its six-year run last night. the finally wrapped up some loose ends while maintaining some of the mystery. if you missed the final episode, what is it any time. go to wjla.com. >>> a skimming scheme at a local restaurant could have people taking a close look at their next bank statement. three similar issues like that in the past several months. how can you keep your money states? brianne carter has more on the story. >> good morning. this case allegedly happened at the cheesecake factory in northwest. an employee used a device to get the credit card numbers. unsuspecting diners may have

if we let it. >> president of plaquemines parish, southern louisiana. thank you very much for being on our broadcast tonight. >>> we have been hearing a lot over this past month about blowout preventers, which in this case, of course, didn't prevent anything. and other pieces of the puzzle that may have contributed to this enormous environmental catastrophe. tonight, though, we want to connect the dots a little more closely in this case. our senior investigative correspondent lisa myers got a detailed briefing from an independent expert who has studied much of the evidence so far. he has a theory about the big picture, what went wrong here and why. >> reporter: since the night of the accident, berkeley engineering professor bob bee and his team of experts have been gathering evidence and interviewing those involved, giving many of them confidentiality. bee helped lead a similar independent investigation after hurricane katrina, on why the levees collapsed. his voice still is affected by breathing so much mold. he spoke in public about this accident befo

this brown pelican, louisiana's state bird, is now black with oil on one of louisiana's barrier islands. as state wildlife officials try unsuccessfully to rescue the board, louisiana governor bobby jindal pleased with the federal government to let him build new barrier islands, sand berms to do what booms clearly can't. >> one of the answers may be just coming in and burn the marsh afterwards, that's not enough of a plan. we need a better -- we need more urgency. we need a better plan. >> reporter: today governor jindal took the media on a tour of the coastal wetlands he is desperately trying to protect from the onslaught of oil. >> you can see the reality is, just going in here to try to clean this up will cause damage to this area, and the birds. >> reporter: the governor wants more help from washington. >> bp needs to pay for this, but absolutely the government needs to be in charge. >> reporter: plaquemines parish president, billy nungesser, says it's time for president obama to take control. >> he seems to care, but he needs to put his foot down and demand someone take charge. >> r

this was shaping up to be a great year for louisiana.super bowl and started a party that seemed to last through mardi gras. there was a new mayor for new orleans-- mitch landrieu, elected in a landslide. almost five years after katrina, despite further destruction by hurricanes rita, gustav and ike, louisiana was no longer just coming back, it was back. then the oil spill happened and everything seemed to stop. now the gulf coast is waiting. it's a disaster in slow motion like a nightmare where you can see a bad thing coming but are helpless to do anything to stop it. people here just want to catch a break. you all were ready for a good summer for a change, right? >> oh, yes, we were. the army corps of engineers came in last year, redid all the beaches, just got repaird from gustav and ike. needless to say this was a blow to us. >> couric: a blow to a region that's been sucker-punched again and again. mother nature has not been kind to the gulf coast, and dealing with a disaster that's man-made is only adding insult to injury. >> this is

that well is near the coast of louisiana.nk that is where we're going to try to keep it all off shore, louisiana. it's unfortunate about the beaches and as of today there's about 15 acres of marsh in louisiana that has been hit by this. that's just not what any of us ever want to see. >> woodruff: i want to ask you quickly about the chemical dispersants. the federal government has asked bp to use a less toxic type. they're talking about the serious trade-off we now know between certain kinds of these chemicals and the effect they have on the oil in the environment. how confident are you that the that using the chemicals to disperse the oil is not creating a worse danger than the oil itself? >> well, we've been working on the epa with looking at alternatives. some of them have been very difficult to source in low quantities from overseas. there's one that has some specific health concerns that we have. i think the epa has as well. what... the correct-sit has been used for many many years in the gulf of mexico on many spills an

louisiana. what amount has been since the explosion just off theecoast of louisiana. -- what a month that has been%-e coast of louisiana. it directly impacts us, but people across the country feet are sharing our feelings of pnxiety as the oil gushing continues. they are joining together to provide relief for those most affected by the tragedy. i know i speak for all louisianans when i express how graaeful we are for the outpouring of support. as we work towards a solution, none of us should lose sight that there are families of lost that is the greatest tragedy. it is something that everyone in harder to remember. i have been all along the louisiana coast in the last few weeks meeting with those economically devastated. they have been hit hard by the immacts of this bill. they have clearly expressed that they do not want a handout. they want a job and a paycheck. through the vessels of opportunity program, many of these folks have been hired tt man the coastline and the protection effortt under

president, we appreciate your coming to louisiana. we appreciate the clear commitment you made to act in a timely manner and do whatever it takes. but that commitment is now been broken because we cannot get so far, a timely clear answer from the corps of engineers and others on this emergency dredging barrier island plan. we need more boom and deployment. we need that land boom immediately to block oil from our marsh. i am asking the president respectfully, we need that immediate positive answer. i will be following up again today and with the leadership of the core and working with the state until we get that positive response. thank you. >> i am persuaded after the meetings we have made today and what we have been able to see that this is the nation's problem, not just louisiana's problem. the nation is pulling together and moving aggressively to solve it. i am persuaded that the president has solving this problem as his top priority. he has delegated these two secretaries to get that job done and they are working night and day to

new orleans, louisiana.ir force one as they pull up the stairway so that the president can come down and begin his tour of the gulf coast region. look, a very sort of unpleasant situation with the weather there today. so there is some question about whether or not the president will fly or not. but he has arrived there where it looks like it may have rained in the last few moments. he will be getting a complete update on what is going on, what his government doing and what efforts are being made to sort of stop the stem of oil, the flow of oil, to stem the flow of oil from the hole in the ground some 90 miles off the coast of louisiana. a serious ecological damage. a serious economic crisis in the making and the president wants to show that he is there with his team of people getting work done, doing the very best they can for the people of the gulf coast region. the president will speak later today and fox news will carry those comments live in -- as the day progresses. now, federal counter terrorism expert

>> kristen dal grant live for us in louisiana. thank you. >>> englant gland's dutchess of york is apologizing for her, quote, serious lapse in judgment after she was trying to sell access to her ex-husband prince andrew in exchange for nearly three quarters of a million dollars. it shows sara ferguson accepting a downpayment as she promises to introduce him to the prince. >> 500,000 pounds when you come -- can to me, opens doors. >> after that video was revealed she posted regret and also admits that her finances are, quote, under stress. prince andrew, second son, she herself is heard of the tape saying, andrew, quote, never does accept a penny for anything. >>> after a sound defeat, the republicans were quick to claim they had regained momentum after winning a special congressional election on friday. he won where president obama grew up with 39% of the voed. he will be the first republican to represent hawaii in nearly two decades and only the third since statehood 51 years ago. democrats played down the result blaming local el

one out of every 70 jobs in louisiana is seafood-related. and shrimping accounts for more than 14,000 jobs in that state, with a total economic impact of more than a billion dollars. meanwhile, the worries about the gulf disaster now forcing many store owners in that region to stock up before supplies run low. >> there are probably three times busier than we are and most of the customers are worried about the gulf shrimp, they want to have that. we have a unique flavor and people are really concerned about that, so they're stocking up, putting it in their freezer so they'll have gulf shrimp. uma: many stores are looking to suppliers from the east coast and to southeast florida. bill: uma, executives at bp have been defending the oil giant, saying the explosion was an accident and has done everything it can to stop the oil flow. in a moment i'll talk to an oil executive from bp, the chief operating officer and get his response and some of the information that phil keating is reporting there, we'll get to that, too, coming up in 25 minutes. we

i was born and raised in louisiana. i went to high school there, college there and graduate scho there. my family spent many, many summers vacationing along the gulf coast. my mother lost her home of 45 yearin hurricane katrina and the recovery process was time consuming and at many times, incredibly frustrating. i know firsthand that the people in this region cannot afford lengthy delays in addressing economic losses caused by this spill. i volunteered for this assignment because i'm passionate about the gulf coast. it is a place i call home and i want to be a part of the solution. finally, as we respectfully inform the committee, i have been asked to testify at a hearg shared by senator landrieu of louisiana this afternoon, therefore, i may need to excuse myself if this hearing runs past 2:30 p.m. if that happens, i will b pleased to answer any additional questions from this committee in writing. and with that, i welcome your questions. >> thank you. but if we need you for additional questions, we will want you to be

in louisiana will come from those offshore wells.t's a major source of revenue for the state in terms of supporting jobs along the coast. jobs from utility boats to individuals who live there and work offshore -- those are fairly high paying jobs. that becomes a major source of revenue for the state. income tax, sales tax, and business taxes. host: james richardson of louisiana revenue estimating conference is our guest. we are talking about the economic impact of the good morulf oil spill. we want to get your reactions. democrats, 202-737-0002. republicans, 202-737-0001. independents, 202-628-0205. mr. richardson, can you explain what the revenue estimating conference is? guest: yes, this was created in 1987. . ss s ss host: is there going to be an impact on jobs because of this host: we are talking about the oil spill in in the gulf. robin, democrat in cleveland, tennessee, you are up first. caller: i had heard at one time that the state of louisiana really doesn't receive revenues from the oil wells that are out in the gulf or whe

. >>> more than a month later louisiana governor bobby jindal is not holding back his frustration. he has had enough of waiting for the government. the crude continuing to wash up on the beaches and marsh lands, jindal is launching a new plan of attack. >> reporter: if you want something done you've got to do it yourself. that message from louisiana governor bobby jindal who says bp and washington are too slow to clean up the oil contaminating the gulf coast. >> even when we report sightings of oil it is not responded to quickly enough. >> reporter: the oil on the beach is brown but the cleanup response is all red tape. >> excuses. leaders don't use excuses. >> again we have a national disaster, and we are being told to wait. >> we're asking bp to step up to the plate. i'm beg the federal government now to do the right thing. >> reporter: jindal backed by passion al parish leaders has his own plan to begin building sand barriers around precious he is tu airies. >> blackhawks, grinnooks. >> reporter: louisiana residents remember all too well the last time they waited for help. hurri

he is in louisiana today along with janet napolitano. at 5:30, we are live in louisiana with a look at what is happening later today. federal officials are looking into another tragic disaster. today arc congressional commitee will hold a hearing in the state of west virginia concerning the mine close that killed 29 workers. investigators say there was a dangerous build-up of methane gas inside the mine. >>> investigators are trying to find out what killed a six- month-old anne arundel county boy. his body was found inside a home in laurel on saturday. police say there was no sign of trauma on his body but the home was in disarray. they say he was with a woman but she wasn't his mother. she believe the boy's death is suspicious. >>> the debate over slot machines in maryland goes court today as a developer is suing the anne arundel county elects board about a planned slots parlor in hanover. the developer says a petition to let voters decide to building the parlor was fraudulent. >>> coming up, trouble in paradise. a state of emergency de

we'll be right back. >>> louisiana's democratic u.s. yea.usic playing and yelling] with chase sapphire you always get an expert advisor immediately. man: chase sapphire, this is brian. hi, brian. we're on vacation and would love to change hotels. you call. we answer. [faint music playing] problem solved. is the music too loud? ♪ ♪ go to chase.com/sapphire. >>> louisiana's democratic u.s. senator the one you don't associate with the hooker scandal, responded to the huge bp oil spill off the coast here in new orleans with a call for the country to recommit, to double down and hold steady to oil drilling. >> our country needs this oil. i mean, there is no question about that. we have to produce this oil at home unless we want to be completely reliant. we've got investigate, fine, clean up and then do the research necessary so this will never happen again. and we must continue to go forward. >> we have to continue to go forward. just as we've always done, for decades over and over and over again with each successive oil spill, explosion and fire

important for louisiana. important for the gulf. it's important for the entire country. >> reporter: oil is pushed into louisiana's marshes affecting critical breeding grounds. some fishermen believe it may be beyond saving already. >> it's over an inch thick, maybe more. it's like peanut butter or fudge. the marsh is already destroyed. it's here. you know, and look at here. it's already here. this is going to die. in a couple days the grass is gone. >> reporter: secretary of the interior ken salazar and homeland security secretary janet napolitano will lead a delegation to the region to fly over the affected areas and take a look at bp's response. >> if we find they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing we'll push them out of the way. >> reporter: there is already another setback. the straw they inserted into the leaking pipe is only siphoning half as much as it was a few days ago. >> do i have confidence they know what they're doing, no, not completely and that is why we are here providing input and providing oversight to

but no louisiana blue crab. like everybody else around here, carbone is worried about whether he'll be able to buy enough seafood to stay in business. and he worries that louisiana once again won't get the attention he thinks it deserves. >> we are such a big powerful nation. we feel like a third world country. we are slower to respond to southern louisiana than we are to tragedies around the world. >> reporter: carbone's disappointed with the federal response to the disaster, and he'd really like president obama to provide more frequent updates to people in the coastal states. >> he is making a second visit. we welcome him. we are glad to see him again. it would have been nice if he gave us a daily briefing and told us what was going on behind the scenes. he was talking today what has been done. it would have been nice to hear from him what is being done currently behind the scenes. >> reporter: george lods also needs some encouragement. he has a seafood wholesale business, and a huge freezer full of product. a

miles into louisiana's marshes and two major pelican colonies now cuted in crude, the governor says they are working on chains of sand that would protect the coastline. they are considering a broader plan to use sand berms also. >>> the debate over slot machines in maryland goes to court today. a developer is suing the anne arundel county elects board about a planned slots parlor in hanover. two groups are fighting the proposed paar el because they fear it will put laurel park out of business. >>> as of july 1st, full scale gambling will be coming to west virginia. we have a report. >> reporter: this is the present in charlestown, west virginia. slot machines, 5,000 of them. and this is the future in charlestown, full blown casino gambling is coming here on july 1st thanks to a referendum overwhelmingly supported by local voters. in 2009, as a slots parlor, this facility paid $257 million to west virginia coffers. the take and the attacks are expected to be significantly larger. training classes for dealers started here in february. retired new jersey policeman joseph montez already

forget louisiana on that one.rica, subliminally, is becoming convinced they cannot handle major catastrophes. we agree with everything he says. host: so you think the country is ill-prepared for another katrina, another disaster down the road? guest: excuse me. i have 12 years of absolute proof. i listed 14 thing where the coast guard says this, the corps of engineers says this, the fda says this. it is the same thing that we faced during katrina. the government cannot get it done, it is that simple. host: david from asheville, north carolina. caller: thank you for the opinions you are expressing because they are some of the most nuanced that i have seen. it is refreshing. we need to reform the environment. i wonder if you could say something to the fact that we need to get corporations to start redesigning products infrastructures to work more closely with the way that major functions. we are completely dependent on these types of products. i appreciate your bringing it up, but what can actually be done about it?

i was born and raised in louisiana. i went to high school there, college there and graduate school there. my family spent many, many summers vacationing along the gulf coast. my mother lost her home of 45 years in hurricane katrina and the recovery process was time consuming and at many times, incredibly frustrating. i know firsthand that the people in this region cannot afford lengthy delays in addressing economic losses caused by this spill. i volunteered for this assignment because i'm passionate about the gulf coast. it is a place i call home and i want to be a part of the solution. finally, as we respectfully inform the committee, i have been asked to testify at a hearing shared by senator landrieu of louisiana this afternoon, therefore, i may need to excuse myself if this hearing runs past 2:30.m. if that haens, i will be pleased to answer any additional questions from this committee in writing. and with that, i welcome your questions. >> thank you. but if we need you for additional questions, we will want you to

sam, down in louisiana.utiful venice, louisiana, with the latest down there. >> good morning again, elizabeth, george, juju, good morning, everyone. let's start with 14 counted tornadoes last night. more severe storms today. from that great lakes western great lakes area all through the mississippi river valley. from pierre to fargo to bismarck to north platte to dodge city, large hail, possible tornadoes in these storms as well with damaging winds. let's get to the big warmth. look at the heat all the way through the mississippi river valley. day two of some record highs. it looks like chicagoland at 90. st. louis 92, minneapolis at 91. all the way down to the gulf and we'll continue to watch the subtropical low off the coast of the carolinas. will this be our first tropical system sometime between now and wednesday? we'll watch it. >>> it is monday morning and i am adam caskey. it will be a lot like yesterday. there could be some spotty showers. there'll be a shower that will pass over the dulles airport i

bobby jindal, louisiana's governor, surveyed the damage. >> we don't want to see oil anywhere along louisiana'soast, but we especially don't want to see this oil in our fragile wetlands and our fragile ecosystem. >> reporter: bomb p. had two more setbacks today. a mile under water this tube is capturing a little more than half the oil it was a day ago. with wildlife trapped in the crisis, some birds suffering, others dying, camardelle also worries about this nearby island. a home for hundreds of nesting brown pelicans. their future as much at risk as the people of grand isle. >> it's first time in our life that we experienced something like that. you're realizing how valuable the water is to our livelihoods. >> reporter: this oil runs for seven miles on this beach and it comes at the worst possible time for this community. most people here from fishing or tourism, work for four months for money they will live off of all year long, and this is that critical time. right now grand isle's economy is drowning in oil. russ? >> mitchell: mark strassmann, thank you very much. and b.p. is catching new h

que continúa 35 días después a 5.000 pies bajo el agua, el principal ejecutivo de bp aseguró en louisianata la última gota de petróleo admitió que su reputación está en juego. >> reconocemos la ira y la frustración estamos haciendo todo en nuestro poder y lo más rápido posible. la empresa ha perdido una cuarta parte de su poder. también en la corte de louisiana este es un desastre horrible, al medio ambiente y no descansaremos hasta que se haga el trabajo, intentará sellar la tubería este miércoles. >> vamos a ver si tiene éxito lo que den mica en inglés que es tratar de acumular una cantidad de y material de cemento para ver la fuga para contenecontene manera sólida. otros dicen que el gobierno tiene que ser más y ser incierto. >> el gobierno federal no sabe el individual de la catástrofe que entonces tenemos nuestras dudas y entonces estamos arreglados la respuestas sale. >> el gobierno federal está banal intención presión a pesar que es cierto que solamente bp o empresas petroleras como estas, tiene la capacidad y la hefb para controlar el desastre. >> el comandante de la operación en

people on the coastline of louisiana, mississippi and alabama very concerned. we can tell you because we took a 3 1/2 boat ride, that the oil is 35, 40 miles away. you can see if it wasn't for this protective boom it would be on these islands, they're amazing wildlife refuges, where migratory birds come. the islands used to be 20 miles long, but because of hurricanes over the years, katrina, george, it's now 16 miles. the fear is years to come, the islands will be gone. they're uninhabited. a couple hundred years ago, there were a coupled hundred years ago who lived on the islands. there's wildlife refuge and concern it will go over the boom and then to the coastline. >> gary, have you seen any oil other than the oil you just showed us? now, it seems like it's gotten smaller, some people say maybe it's gone deeper but what have you actually seen? >> reporter: we expected this island to be under oil because on the boat ride over, we saw huge clumps of oil for many minutes at a time while we were traveling at 12 knots. when we got here, it was a surprise it wasn'

dozens of miles of louisiana coast are coated. beaches are closed and wildlife threatened. >> i don't feel they are doing everything i can. >> many are frustrated with bp and its efforts to stop the oil spill. their latest move is a straw beds removing half of what it was days ago. >> we are united and want the same result. we want to stop polluting the ocean and we want to kill this oilwell. >> 6 million gallons of oil is polluting the waters of the gulf. more of that is going to come ashore. the government says they will take over it if attempts to stop the oil leak keep failing. bp is once again attempting to seal the oilwell by mid week by bringing barges out. >> thank you. >>> congress will be looking into last month's deadly mine explosion in west virginia. a house committee will hold a hearing in beckley, west virginia, near the upper branch mine where 29 miners were killed off in april 5 explosion. if the west virginia governor and relatives of the victims are scheduled to testify. if the conspiracy trial in the robert won

meanwhile, the oil reached the beaches and marshes of louisiana. the governor's frustration is palpable. he wants the federal government to give permission for an emergency permit to build barriers around the coast and for bp to hire more workers to help clean up. >> the day we feared is upon us. the heavy oil made landfall. we have to do everything we can to feet this away from the wetlands. >> reporter: in a pool of entrepreneurs with ideas and how to clean up the spill, including actor kevin costner, this test is said he has the answer. >> non-toxic, biodegradable and edible. >> reporter: a food additive in the tablet form which soaks up the oil and allows it to be recycled. >> and they absorb all the hydrocarbons in the small compound and release them back into the water. and you take this, you can recycle it and take them back to the refinery and recycle them and everything. >> reporter: officials are frustrated and admit they need to press bp harder for a quicker response to the oil spill n. venice, louisiana, john than sery, fox news. >>> me

but louisiana isn't waiting for bp or the federal government to help. the state's governor told reporters sunday he's taking matters in to his own hands. >> it is clear the resources needed to protect our coast are still not here. >> reporter: governor bobby jindal says the state has begun building sand barriers to protect the coastline and its fragile wildlife. as for local residents, they don't care who or how. they just want the water clean. but many experts believe that nt would even be possible until crews dig a relief well at the bottom of the gulf and that could take months. and the white house says the justice department has been gathering information about the oil spill, but won't say if a criminal investigation has been launched. michelle, back to you. >> tara mergener in washington. thanks. >>> during an interview yesterday, former republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin suggested the obama administration is too close to big oil. >> if there's any connection with the contributions made to president obama and his administration and

we'll get the latest from tom bearden in louisiana, and then have our own debate on offshore drilling. >> woodruff: then, an update from new york on the investigation into the foiled bomb plot in times square. >> brown: margaret warner reports on the showdown at the united nations between iran and the west over nuclear weapons. >> this morning iran's president offered the same tired, false, and sometimes wild accusations against the united states and other parties at this conference, but that's not surprising. >> woodruff: we look at the proposal to merge united and continental airlines into the world's largest airline with travel writer rudy maxa. >> brown: and ray suarez talks to poland's foreign minister about his country's future after the air crash that killed its president and many other leaders. >> this tragedy was really a shock and a reminder of earlier times that we thought had been confined to the past. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. the william and

reporter: patti ann, the president spent more than an hour at the coast guard station, in venice, louisiana and took a preef a brief aerial tour and got the briefing on the efforts to plug the oil leak and he said, oil well owner, bp will bear the cost. >> president barack obama: let me be clear... bp is responsible for this leak. bp will be paying the bill. as president of the u.s., i will spare no effort to respond to the crisis for as long as it continues. >> reporter: the president also met briefly with a group of fishermen, telling them he didn't want to sugar-coat anything and called the spill a big mess, it is, he said, potentially unprecedented environmental disaster. and, president promised to help them get federal aid to deal with the economic impact, to the gulf region, and, meanwhile, the oil continues to gush into the water, it is believed to be about 9 miles off the coast of louisiana now and could hit land on monday. the president's trip to the gulf is part of the administration's move to step up its response to the disaster and also, cut off criticism, he flies back to washi

kristen dahlgren has more from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: louisiana's coast line a once rich and fertile wetland now almost too much to bear. >> as you can see out here -- >> reporter: crews wind past oil log boom and on to pelican breeding grounds coating birds and eggs. >> it's inconceivable like this happens and nothing happens about it. >> reporter: like the oil the outrage is spreading. >> all i've heard for the last week is excuse whys the coastal plan can't be done. a list of them. boy they got a list of them. >> reporter: one by one louisiana's parish presidents called out bp and the government. asking why they still haven't gotten approval to dredge barriers and why hundreds of trained captains are sitting idle when they could be laying boom. >> we have trained about 200 fishermen who are not working. >> reporter: there are also frustrations with the top kill. bp's latest plan to try to stop the leak has been pushed back to wednesday. >> deadline after deadline has been missed. >> reporter: drawing ire from the administration who insists it's still in charge. >> if they

oil continues to wash up on the louisiana coastline today. from the well in the gulf of mexico right now. and a new nasa images from space give you an idea of how widespread the problem is. the beach in grand isle louisiana shut down and law makers are asking tough questions like why is bp in charge of solving a problem that it created. >> this is an all hands on deck crisis. and we need to use every asset the united states has including the defense department and all of its most sophisticated technology. >> bp says the next effort to stop the flow into the gulf of mexico won't get underway until at least tuesday. crews will inject fluid and cement into the well hoping to clock it. >>> right now, police are investigating another young girl's death in florida that may have resulted from school bullying. >> inside the room we found a diary and inside the diary there are entries and she was being bullied at school. >> it's very, very sad. it's very, very sad if that's what happened she was bullied at school. >> police say the 11 year older girl

: wave after oil soaked wave keeping pounding the coast of louisiana. and there's no end in sight. the louisiana governor says bp has done little to protect his state. >> we will not say simply, let the oil come to louisiana, we'll clean it after the fact, that's not enough. >> reporter: they are counting on these boons to keep the oil from coming on to shore. there's nothing to keep the oil from invading this wildlife preserve. the last new effort to stop the spew could come as early as tuesday. engineers plan to shoot mud then cement into the hole that lies a mile beneath the surface. >> in terms of not trusting bp, there's nobody that's more devastated by what has happened and nobody that wants to shut this off more than we do. >> reporter: but ken salazar publicly questioned bp. >> i'm angry and frustrated that bp has been unable to keep this well from leaking and to keep the oil from spreading. >> reporter: salazar has promised to push bp out of the way if they cannot stop the oil leak. >>> the justice department officials have been at the gulf reg

and louisiana. so not only from katrina but also the oil spill and i can understand where he's coming from. but i want to bring us back to the issues of the bill itself. so i want to thank mr. filner for being very patient with our colleague from louisiana. one point that we probably haven't talked about with regard to this is the challenge that we have in front of us with regard to nursing and the nursing shortage. so, as so many of the nurses are going to be retiring now over the next 12 years, and we look at the ability for us to replenish that hole that is going to be created, there's going to be a dynamic shift within our health professions, a lot of jobs and responsibilities that the nurse corps would be providing today, they're not going to be providing 10 years from now. actually, there will be a dynamic shift within health care itself and their profession and their skill sets are actually going to get higher and even better and more improved and jobs for which they're doing today are going

tom bearden is posting updates from louisiana on the rundown.tal health challenges after the january earthquake. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. - aptioning sponsored by.a- acneil/lehrer productions aptioned bya- edia access group at wgbha- ccess.wgbh.org

the gentleman from louisiana. mr. cao: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to my distinguished colleague from the state of louisiana, mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. . scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague from new orleans. this is a sad time for those of us from south louisiana. it's a sad time, especially as we look at what's happening ery day as more oil gushes into our marchland, our valuable, fragile ecosystem. but if there's anything that eclipses the sadness that we're experiencing on the coast, it's the loss of those 11 lives, the 11 brave men who died on that horizon rig and the families that they left behind. so many of those young men left behind young children and wives who now have to cope with the loss and somehow find way -- find a way to move on. our prayers go out to those who lost their lives and those families who are continuing to experience the tragedy that we're all so sorry for experiencing othe gulf coast. so it's a sad t

the louisiana governor bobby gin gindel is concerned about the chemicals being used to disperse the oil. >> let's be clear the oil is here, we're not talking about tar balls ore mulls fide oil, we are talking that the heavy oil is here on the louisiana coast. >> officials want the army corps of engineer to build a plan to build sand barriers to block the oil from reaching delicate coastal wetlands. >>> maryland senators wants president obama to block drilling off the louisiana coast. they are especially concerned about drilling in the atlantic after the oil spill desaster on the gulf of mexico. they say a similar mishap could hurt national security because virginia is a crucial operational and testing area for the navy. >>> a physical altercation between police and a woman at the preakness. >> you cannot go punching police officers. >> the scene that led up to the incident. >>> a mild start as you head out this morning with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. we ah! silver one. that's not a volkswagen. ♪ [ tires screech ] ♪ [ sighs ] ♪ that's two for doubting. [ chuckles ] you hit

they declared a fishing disaster in alabama, louisiana and mississippi. and south korea halted all trade with north korea over the sinking of a south korean warship. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: we've updated our gulf oil tracker widget. now you can watch a live video feed of the underwater gusher, as well as explore different estimates for the size of the spill. in our newshr plus science series, we check in with miles o'brien of "this week in space" for insights into the current "atlantis" space shuttle mission. on our making sense page, paul solman and boston university economist larry kotlikoff debate our economic future. are we headed for prosperity or more debt? all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again, to our >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been p