the booms had failed; oil was on shore; pelicans were coated with red crude. but yesterday we found it teeming with life. patti holland is a biologist with the u.s. fish and wildlife service. each day she and her colleagues patrol the bay looking for animals in distress. >> so what we look for in the pelicans in the adults is if they've been diving into the water, their heads are going to be that reddish-brown color. if they're sporting nice white tops, then they're looking pretty healthy. >> reporter: these are louisiana brown pelicans. they were threatened with extinction until very recently. in the early '70s, scientists found that exposure to the pesticide ddt caused the birds' egg shells to become so thin they couldn't sustain reproduction. after d.d.t. was banned in 1972, queen bess island is one of the places where nesting pairs were planted to re-establish the species. >> they brought birds to these islands to get them to start nesting in these areas once they got a suitable habitat for the brown pelican because the brown pelican was listed as an endan

i was just clean oil off of brown pelicans -- i watch us clean oil of a brown pelicans and deal with the damage down there and i ask myself if it were television pictures of citizens with the radiation burns and contamination, what would be the tolerance of the argument that our system did not permit us to do the planning that we need to do. i believe the action that is required is to get all the branches of government and all of the elements of the problem including federal, state, local etc involved in determining what we need to do to make it work and be able to plan. actually, i believe there is some progress in this regard. i will give you an example. there was a mandate that required state emergency andgers to produce plans there was a program instituted to get army guard assistance to those state emergency managers to create those pledges. one of the curiosities of the federal system is that only some of the states have completed those plans and not all of them will share them either with their neighboring states or the federal government. for a variety of reasons. might view

now here's one of a guy and a womb cleaning a pelican.pped, too, in the original photograph, they're actually cooking a pelican. and then, one more, this is a rescue worker throwing a boom. it turns out he was on a booze cruise. i think the lesson here is, we can't trust this bp anymore. in other bad ocean news, the lobster population on the east coast has fallen to such low levels that the regulatory agency in charge of lobstering suggested a five-year ban on lobster fishing. this is on top of the damage in the gulf, which is possible hard times for many popular seafood chains, which of which is making big changes to its marketing plan. >> come on down to red nothing. empty plate of succulent, imagina imaginary shrimp. piled low with none of the trimmings. come hungry, leave hungry. red nothing. you're going to love what we don't got! >> jimmy: how can nothing have a color? [ applause ] this morning, our president, president obama, signed into law the most sweeping financial reform since the great depression. the idea, i guess, is to pre

. >> californians have no desire to see their pelican's coated with oil.hree months later, the public policy institute of california found support for offshore drilling and tanked. last year, but gas prices soared most people supported offshore drilling. the latest numbers show a 16. shift, 59 percent are against it and it could be because it took so long to cap this oil well in the gulf. and how competent the oil can be prevented by the government? only 7 percent said. compaq, 21 said fairly competent, and 37 percent said they had no confidence at all. >> the change in public sentiment is not include the republican candidates. carly fiorina and meg whitman both support all short drilling. ♪ >> support offshore drilling. >> and one half has fog, one- half has a sunny skies, and inland is warmer about a 10 degrees and dan yesterday. also warmer in the north bay, 77 degrees in santa rosa. temperatures closer to the coastline are where there were yesterday or a few degrees cooler. it is cooler in san francisco. with that fog sticking around and our weather he

but i didn't have a chance to really thank michael for his brown pelican that he took in monterey and it's such an interesting photo that i threw it in there again. >> it's just a plastic pelican. he takes it around everywhere he goes. >> he has one at the grand canyon. [ laughter ] >> one of the airports. >> yeah. >> flat stanley? you know the little kid? we'll take the little cutout of this little kid -- >> haul it around. >> thank you, michael. >>> it is 5:56. coming up in our next half hour, marin county supervisors have pulled the plug on pg&e's smartmeters. >> we'll tell you why the board wants the utility to stop installing those devices. >> as the sunrises over what could be the cannabis capital of california, it is the potential dawning of a new day for big box pot shops. we'll tell you which city council decided to allow them and what's next. ,,,, our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and

images of pelicans struggling for the sludge flashed around the world. this was quickly being described as america's worst environmental disaster. for bp, it was a nightmare as well. the chief executive attorney was in the firing line. he had become eight figure. >> and nobody wants this thing over more than i do. >> the leak has threatened the standing of president obama. he has been challenged to show his administration is on top of the crisis. he has repeatedly visited the gulf coast. today he gave his reaction to the news. >> i think it is a positive sign. we are still in the testing phase. i will have more to say about it tomorrow. >> what has been achieved on the seabed is only a temporary fix. it is the beginning of a test of the pressure inside of the well. finally shutting it down may still be weeks away. bbc news. >> ever correspondent art in washington with the latest. >> i think it is a significant milestone. you heard david say it could be weeks before the cap is finally closed. what they are doing now is carrying out very carefully monitore

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pelicans and snowy plovers that might peck at oil still on the beach. by tonight, most of the tar balls have been removed the source unknown, more still could wash up. >> three years later the same thing happened again and again investigators were scratching their heads wondering where the oil was coming from. here is our report from december 2001 and ktvu's victim jim vargas. >> the oily birds started washing ashore the day after thanksgiving. of 300 birds 125 have died. most of them are common meers which live at sea except during breeding season in the spring. the injured birds are being treated at the oiled wildlife care rescue center in cordelia. >> question had some birds that have actually come in to shore dead. others birds that based on their exams and their condition when we have had them come in life we have decided to euthanize them. >> reporter: those is that stand a to live are being force fed and given time to recover from the cold for a few days. then volunteers are cleaning them with mild dishwashing soap and soft water before they are

last month, cornell university researchers found it teeming with a healthy colony of pelicans and ternsis week, a growing number of birds-- an estimated 10,000-- were tainted by oil. they may just look dirty, but for many it could be deadly. but there is also hope. the kind that fits in the palm of your hand. using sensitive camera lights, biologists recorded 22 newly hatched baby turtles released into the atlantic near the kennedy space center. they're the first of about 7,000 rescued from the gulf as eggs. under normal circumstances one in a thousand would survive. but scientists say in the oil- smeared waters of the gulf all the turtles would surely die. now these hatchlings have a fighting chance. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric reporting from new orleans. thank you for watching. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org program. >>> the incentive to go solar powering down. why the state is pulling the plug on a very popular program. >>> a police chase ends with the death of a 15

still, these fishermen like brian sherman, now tasked with rescuing oiled pelicans, don't see the same view down here. >> when we're out chasing the birds, we're kicking up oil and dispersant underwater. we see dead mullets on the beach, dead birds. i think it's going to get worse. >> reporter: officials acknowledged that just because you can't see oil doesn't mean it's not there. there seems to be a substantial amount unaccounted for, under the surface and in hundreds of thousands of smaller patches and sheen that isn't easily skimmed. brian? >> thanks, michelle. >>> a quick note on the aftermath of severe weather that plowed across the middle of the country over the weekend. in eastern iowa, they are cleaning up after major flooding. a burst dam sent an entire lake, about 9 miles long, surging into a river. dozens of vacation homes, cabins, tens of thousands of acres of corn and soybeans were destroyed in this and the wild summer weather then moved east. yesterday, a tornado touched down in part of new york city. >>> when "nightly news" continues in just a moment, the box office bloc

more than 3,500 pelicans, sea turtles and other wildlife found dead. oil is suspected. bp has paid $256 million to people who lost income and profits because of the spill. today, three environmental groups released a plan to rebuild louisiana's oil-tainted coastline. >> what we can do is make the coast more resistent to future spills and that is a lot of what the restoration program will do. >> reporter: the five-year plan calls for restoring barrier islands, using river diversion to bring much-needed sediment and using sediment to fill in cuts and restore land bridges. making these wetlands spill resistent comes with a price. the groups want congress to come up with $2 billion for projects already approved but they say to truly make this coastline healthy it could cost up to $20 billion. they want bp to make a down payment of $5 billion to get the effort started. to return the coast not just to the way it was, but the way it should be. tomorrow, national incident commander thad allen will hold what's expected to be a tense and difficult meeting with the parish presiden

this pelican so oiled, it can't fly. >> any bird with some oil on it and it can be a blotch of oil, is at extreme risk of dying. >> horrible to see those pictures again, matt. i want to bring back the pictures of the mysterious bubbles at the bottom of the ocean there. because tonight we're hearing from a scientist -- a federal official who is familiar with this effort who's saying that there's some concern that this may be the sign of some sort of leak? >> reporter: it could be, dan. now, those bubbles have been coming up for the past couple of days. bp has downplayed it, saying they don't really know what it is and don't think it's a major concern. clearly federal officials think differently. they're taking it extremely seriously right now. >> possibility of a methane leak, they're saying. let me ask you a question. why would bp not want to siphon the oil up to the boats on the surface? can't they then sell that oil and isn't that what they're in the business of doing? >> reporter: well, they could, dan. on the one hand, bp doesn't want any more oil flowing into the gulf. and the oth

hayward this is a picture of an oiled pelican. >> the end may have been written when hayward went before a congressional committee and deflected blame for the spill saying he was out of the loop managing the well that blew. >> i wasn't involved in any of the decision making. >> so you are failing to cooperate with other investigators as well? because they are going to have a hard time reaching conclusions if you stonewall them, which is what we seem to be getting today. >> i am not stonewalling. i simply was not involved in the decision making process. >> reporter: two days later, a tone deaf hayward further enraged people by jetting off to england to watch his personal yacht compete in a ritzy boating race. this from an alabama senator as the oil kept gushing. >> that yacht ought to be down here skimming and cleaning up a lot of this oil and he ought to be down here seeing what's really going on and not being in a cocoon somewhere. >> reporter: haywood's 28 year career with bp exploded a as decisively as this oil rig. but his departure doesn't change the job ahead, stopping the gusher f

officers were searching for him after he jumped out of a pickup truck and ran away from police towards pelican harbor. he was arrested on felony warrants including assault with a but deadly weapon and cruelty to trial. the san mateo couple burglarizes a home of a family who died in a vehicle accident. they were charged with destroying furniture walls and doors and stealing car. michael pleaded guilty to burglary and vandalism. he faces 11 years in prison during. she faces a year prison term third day will be set september 1st. your forecast would lose the haj. >> your favorite day james a shot at downtown san francisco we are seeing more fog but we continue to seem to warm up so that sun should come out to the afternoon bringing temperatures up. san francisco 54 degrees by noon time getting to 5864 is a high today in san francisco but sampras's the one of the cooler spots today. satellite shows more fog and the pitcher not quite is widespread is what we saw yesterday it encompasses much of the bay area and up through the north is well. by about 6:00 hour continue to stay the same spot may be p

we create thousands of new jobs, from picking up tar balls to scraping oily crap off pelicans to creatingull [ bleep ] propaganda, like this ad. and these economic benefits are here to stay, because once we start a spill, we don't have any idea how to stop it. we're bp. putting america back to work. cleaning up our [ bleep ]. [ applause ] >> jimmy: oh, bp, we can't stay mad at you. congratulations to megan fox and brian austin green who got married -- let me rephrase that. congratulations to brian austin green who got married to megan fox, which is the greatest accomplishment by a "90210" cast member ever. they got married in hawaii late last week and yet we're just hearing about it today. thanks for nothing, twitter. i have to admit, megan green doesn't sound as, like, as hot as megan fox. she sounds like a realtor now. meanwhile, sandra bullock's publicist confirmed that she and jesse james are officially divorced. it was finalized in texas last week. i guess something happened between them. i'm not sure what. all i know is that jesse just popped up on j-date, so -- i want to try someth

have you considered using that shirt to fish out pelicans in the gulf?i could use it as a fish net, but i'd probably catch a lot of oil globs and that's about it. >> jimmy: the new catch phrase for sal. speaking of the oil spill in the gulf, after months of budge bmb it looks like bp's ceo tony hayward, who said i'd like my life back, is about to get it. reportedly replacing him with a severance package they say is in the neighborhood of $20 million. they should pay him that money in t form of oil dumped on his house. [ applause ] and then we should kill him. i don't think he -- i don't think he should be replaced. his work -- he's not finished. he still hasn't ruined the atlantic ocean. he hasn't ruined the pacific ocean. he said today he plans to spend more time at home spilling every liquid in his kitchen cabinet. all right, lol you s.o.b. my dad spotted this on the news. last week a dam burst in tempe, arizona. our local affiliate abc 15 was on the scene and got this unique eyewitness account from a young man named lucas henderson. >> we are continui

oil on the beaches and i saw it behind grand terre island and i saw the oil in the mashes where the pelican rookeries were. i see the devastation that's down there . we're going to make good on the claims from individuals and businesses down there. anyone who has been impacted like you've said should go to the claims offices immediately, file the claim s. we'll just have some documentation for it. we're writing the checks. we've written as of this morning $138 million of checks. so we are going make good for it. we put aside $20 billion in an escrow account that will be used to pay claims not only just for now but for as long as the impact is there on your businesses. and that will be not only after we shut the well off but this cleanup is going to take some time. so it's not a one-time claim. it's claims that will go through the months where your businesses are impact. we also realize there's a season alty of business down there. and the summer is where... that's where a lot of the earnings come from and we're going to take that into account and try to make people whole. we're there for th

we are transporting brown pelicans from the rehabilitation facility to the tampa bay, fla., area. >>e have 32 birds today that will be released. so far we are over the 400 and mark of birds that have been released back into the wild. >> "washington journal" continues. neil irwin used they wrote an article about the economic recovery being driven by global imbalances. what do you mean by that? guest: things were out of whack. there were and balances where china and other asian nations were saving too much and spending too little. we had a consumption binge in america. it was funded by those asian nations. there are similar imbalances within europe. a lot of people thought that once this recession arrived and the crisis happened that finally all the imbalances would get righted and we would end up in a sustainable place in the world economy. what seems to be happening is something different. all the old patterns are coming back in various countries are going back to the old. there has been a steep rise in consumption which means trends of going back to using debt to fuel economic activ

, but then were this s thought. >>> white pelicans were injured before the bp oil spill but then were trapped by the oil. they had a checkup wednesday at their new home at a zoo in chicago. it looks like one was getting a massage. let's go back to meredith. deep tissue, i say. always go that direction. >> all right, ann, thanks very much. connecticut, parts of long island to some big storms yesterday. st>>g biormsz moving through, but the goodeg nws is that's moved through and that's good. but we're also looking at what's happening in the tropics. a tropical wave could strengthen in the next few days. it will bring heavy rain to south florida. it will affect the oil spill site. and then as we look to the coastal areas, we are looking also, as we move into the u.s., sou can see a slight risk of trong storms from chicago all the way back into montana, possibility of isolated tornado or two from iowa on into wisconsin. a lot of rain developing with this system. some areas could be seen >> good morning. i'm craig herrera. lots of 50s everywhere. if you are expecting someone to come into s

i looked straight into the eyes of the brown pelicans and other wildlife who are lost and dripping with the blood of our mother earth. but the most startling thing i saw that day is not what i saw, it's what i heard. nothing. on a boat in a marsh that should have been crawling with life, i heard nothing, no birds, no insects, nothing. the earth is dead there. the plant life soaking in crude is dead or dying. upon returning i couldn't get the images out of my head of what i witnessed. the voice of this generation's fishermen, who are the sixth generation of son setting his feet left over in an uncertain future, the waves with oil rising and falling, the collective sound of a culture and a people crying out for assistance while fingers are pointed and hearings are held. to what lasting effect the oil spill will have on our people and environment, that remains to be seen, but i say, let that effect be the story of not only survival, but of overcoming, just as the story has always read, there are other things i saw that day, things that made me swell with pride to live among the disease, th

we are transporting brown pelicans from the center here in louisiana to the tampa bay, florida area. >> we have 32 birds today there will be released. they have benefited. >> now they are getting riled up. >> up next, security and exchange commission chairman mary schapiro testified on capitol hill about wall street regulations. then the state judiciary committee vote on elena kagan's nomination. later, "washington journal." on tomorrows "washington journal" jane and how agencies are organized. brian bilbray on washington. we will talk about the buildup of counter-terrorism capabilities since 9/11. the fda prescription drug approval process. "washington journal" is live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. >> c-span is available in of a 100 million homes. it is all as a public service created by america's cable companies. >> the chairman of the sec told congress today that her agency had increased the enforcement activities in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and has implemented reforms to avoid repeating past failures. mary schapiro's testimony was her first public comment sinc

you watch us clean oil off of brown pelicans and the country gets script with the damage that is occurring down there. i asked myself, if it were television pictures of the citizens with radiation burns and contamination, what would be the tolerance of the argument that our system did not permit us to do the planning that we needed to do? i believe that the action required is to get all of the branches of government and all of the elements of the problem, including federal, state and local involved in determining what we need to do to make it work to be able to plan. i believe there is some progress in this regard. there was a mandate that required state emergency managers to produce plans and there was a program instituted to get army guard assistance to those state emergency managers to create those plans. here is one of the curiosities of the federal system. only some of the states have completed those plans and not all of them will share them either with their neighboring state or with the federal government for a variety of reasons. my view is it would be a mistake for this country to

you watch us clean oil off of brown pelicans and the country gets script with the damage that is occurring down there. i asked myself, if it were television pictures of the citize with radiation burns and contamination, what would be the tolerance of the argument that our system did not permit us to do the planning that we needed to do? i believe that the action required is to get all of the branches of government and all of the elements of the problem, including federal, state and local involved in determining what we need to do to make it work to be able to plan. i believe there is some progress in this regard. there was a mandate that required state emergency managers to produc plans and there was a program instituted to get army guard assistance to those state emergency managers to create those plans. here is one of the curiosities of the federal system. only some of the states have completed those plans and not all of them will share them either with their neighboring state or with the federal government for a variety of reasons. my view is it would be a mistake for this country to wa

when you see the pelicans, you have to call alabama to report it. i would think local control works better. one thing i will say about b.p. is this, they have followed through on things they told us so far. i don't have all the answers, as i said, and i'm not here to complain. i know my residents are anxious. they are worried about the day-to-day impact on their lafse and they are worried about the long-term impact on how this is going to change our way of life. i don't think a moratorium on drilling is the way to go. but i know we must have safeguards in place so this never happens again. accidents are going to happen, but our response should be not an accident. there needs to be a stronger and better plan and one that can be triggered immediately and the response needs to be driven locally. thank you for inviting me. >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. several of you mentioned that b.p. $5,000 payment plan. how accessible and responsive has that plan been and you indicated, mr. mayor, that you thought it might be inadequate to meet some of the curr

trying to battle to keep the oil out of the marsh and the seafood bed and the estuaries where the pelicans live. we're now fighting a new battle, an economic battle against this moratorium on all energy exploration in not only deep water but shallow water which is going on. we've been trying to point out is that in fact if you look at the safety recommendations made by the president's own scientific panel, right after the explosion of the deepwater horizon, the president assembled a team of scientists, engineers, experts he picked, we didn't pick he picked to come back with a 30-day safety report to improve safety on rigs. they came back with the recommendations. many of the recommendations they came back with are things that are already being implemented out there in the gull biff companies who have a safety record much different than b.p., company that was been in even deeper water. the deepwater horizon was 5,000 feet below the surface. there are companies drilling in 10,000 feet that haven't had any problems because they do follow a different set of safety standards. in fact, they have

when you see the pelicans, you have to call alabama to report it. i would think local control works better. one thing i will say about b.p. is this, they have followed through on things they told us so far. i don't have all the answers, as i said, and i'm not here to complain. i know my residents are anxious. they are worried about the day-to-day impact on their lafse and they are worried about the long-term impact on how this is going to change our way of life. i don't think a moratorium on drilling is the way to go. but i know we must have safeguards in place so this never happens again. accidents are going to happen, but our response should be not an accident. there needs to be a stronger and better plan and one that can be triggered immediately and the response needs to be driven locally. thank you for inviting me. >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. several of you mentioned that b.p. $5,000 payment plan. how accessible and responsive has that plan been and you indicated, mr. mayor, that you thought it might be inadequate to meet some of the curr

and then here you see me there talking to -- we're talking about the pelicans that have been cleaned and how they're recovering and how soon we expect them to return them to the wild. next slide, please. one of the beauties of the gulf of mexico is the marshes, the wildlife, all of the incredible things you see. this is one of the dedicated gentleman i mentioned who works for u.s. fish and wildlife, jack, and he's on the water boat and this is what they do. they survey the marsh area to see if oil has gone into that section so they know where to put the boom or where to make replacements. here you see coast guard, the commander of this particular area, it was the protected area, the marsh section, and this is commander claudia gelsar and she has been working really hard to keep the oil out and to minimize the damage to this much protected area. next slide, please. it's somewhat hard to imagine when you think of the oil coming in, how would you possibly stop it, what i would kind of say, coral it, to be safely burned and evap ate -- evaporated. this is where you see an area where the

. >> reporter: more than 3,500 pelicans, sea turtles and other wildlife have been found dead. on our journey we saw some flocks of birds, but not as many as usual. even in their favorite nesting grounds. even though the oil is now largely out of sight, government officials say it could keep washing up on the beaches for weeks. and scientists warn, matt, that it could be years before we know the full environmental impact. >> all right, lisa, thank you very much. that's lisa myers in new orleans for us this morning. just ahead, for nearly a week she believed her daughter had been killed in a tragic accident. turns out she actually survived. there had been a mix-up at the hospital. that mom speaks out in a live interview. but first, these messages. >>> coming up, he exclusive new details about chelsea clinton's wedding, which is now just two, count them, two days away. natalie is live at the site of the big affair. >>> we're going to catch up with snooki and the rest of the "jersey shore" gang after your local news. >>> good morning. it it's 7:26. i'm laura garcigarcia-cannon. >>

when you see the pelicans, you have to call alabama to report it. i would think local control works better. one thing i will say about b.p. is this, they have followed through on things they told us so far. i don't have all the answers, as i said, and i'm not here to complain. i know my residents are anxious. they are worried about the day-to-day impact on their lafse and they are worried about the long-term impact on how this is going to change our way of life. i don't think a moratorium on drilling is the way to go. but i know we must have safeguards in place so this never happens again. accidents are going to happen, but our response should be not an accident. there needs to be a stronger and better plan and one that can be triggered immediately and the response needs to be driven locally. thank you for inviting me. >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. several of you mentioned that b.p. $5,000 payment plan. how accessible and responsive has that plan been and you indicated, mr. mayor, that you thought it might be inadequate to meet some of the curr

we are transporting brown pelicans from the rehabilitation center here in louisiana to the tampa bay, fla., area. >> we have 32 birds that will be released today. so far, it is over the 400 mark. [inaudible] . . ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator harry reid. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. unlv. every time i come here, i have to tell everybody, my wife was a cheerleader here. [applause] it is an understatement to say thank you for being here today. this is a thrill for me, to be present at the university of nevada, las vegas. it is an understatement to say that nevada is being tested economically like never before, but we have to put nevadans to work in our economy back on track. we have a lot to fight ahead of us, but more importantly, we have a lot of fight left in us. [applause] and really, how we react to this crisis is about renewing our future and not repeating the past. there is one way to get out of this mess, being honest about what does it -- what got us into it. we have all watched very closely, or at least when we read the

we are transporting brown pelicans to the tampa, florida area.ark that have been released back no the wild >> in a few moments, federal chairman ben bernanke speak on med kell health for small businesses. and next, a discussion about the future of the postal service. joot national commission on the bmp p deep water horizon oil spill continues its first hearing with a manl and the eek logical and social affects of this bill. that's here on c-span at 10:00 eastern. the senate judiciary committee is set for the supreme court nomination of ee lenna kagan. >> watch world leaders from this week and the past 25 years with the c-span video library. it's washington and the world, your way. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says making credit accessible to small businesses crucial to the economic recovery. he said that not enough is abouting done to help small companies. this is a half hour. >> thank you, everybody. i am the director and the community affairs officer, and i would like to welcome you. we have the director of the committee on consumer af

this land belongs to the brown pelican and the other sea birds that populate our coastline. this land belongs to the shrimp and the crabs and the oysters and the speckled trout and the redfish that have thrived in our waters long before we arrived. this land -- excuse me -- this land belongs to the alligator that has survived and thrived here for perhaps millions of years, long before we arrived. in those 280 years, never in that time have we so fouled this area as has this corporation, british petroleum, with this disaster that's currently going on in the gulf. while there will be investigations well into the foreseeable future as to the specifics surrounding this catastrophe, one thing is abundantly clear to me, this accident was the result ultimately of greed and gross negligence. we must find a way to build into today's corporate structure morals, ethics and responsibility orwell continue to have these catastrophic mishappens inflicted upon our people and the environment. one may occur that we will not be able to recover from. we may not be able to recover from this one.

today, we are at signature air outside of the new orleans airport and we were transporting brown pelicansthe will dilatation center in louisiana to the . [jet engines] >> that one is getting riled up. >> "but tv in prime time" wraps up to night. we reviewed the stand of custer and courage in consequence by carl rove and diane ravitch on killing the american school system. >> the most important mission for a journalist is to confront those who are in power in question those who are in power so that we can prevent abuse of power. >> since 1986, jorge ramos has been anchoring the evening news for univision third we will spend an hour with him on sunday night on s'ons "q&a." >> for the past six months, he has served as the president of the european union, a post that rotates during the leaders of the european countries. he focused on the steps the european union has taken to stabilize the european economy, including an aid package for greece. this is about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentleman, please take your seats. i would like to open with the first point. the commission statement on the re

. >> reporter: these are louisiana brown pelicans. they were threatened with extinction until very recently.