randall pinkston is live in pensacola beach this morning and here with us now, good morning. how much has this made a difference for the residents there? >> reporter: good morning, betty, quite a difference, i would say, a combination of optimism and anxiety. oil is no longer washing ashore in beaches in pensacola, florida, optimism because the economy is gradually improving, tourism is coming back but they're also anxious. there are so many unanswered questions. for example, the ultimate impact on the environment and when will all of the claims be settled. there's still an ocean of uncertainty. louisiana state officials flew over a sheen of oil still coating the gulf, one year after the biggest environmental disaster in the nation's history. in a marsh near the mouth of the mississippi river, mud mixes with oil. part of what's left after more than 200 million gallons of oil spilled out of the doomed deepwater horizon. 11 men died when the oil rig exploded including 24-year-old adam weisy. his body was never found. >> it's hard to know that's where my brother is. my brother i

cross-talk different reactions towards the arab awakening i'm joined by hussein of july in pensacola he's director of americans for democracy and human rights in bahrain and san francisco we crossed the stevens in this he's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco and in new york we have matthew schaffer he is a writer for the national review online all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want to before we start our discussion here let's take a look at some of the issues and reactions to the arab awakening. what is this state them off all security interests revolutionary sandstones have brought some to the streets across the arab world people were told western baghdad was in egypt and tunisia meanwhile in predominantly grain ruled by sunni minority. usually silence and this note of truth intervened some points and all of this double standard home to the us feeds and so does neighbor wayne striving toward so does in the nation it peers and acceptable as a transponder to the interests of the west while in

the gulf coach beaches are clean and open for business but one pensacola beach says large oil splotches lurk offshore. >> the surf brings it in and that's why we will have an effort under way for the next ten years in terms of beach clean-up. >> reporter: but patricia ramon and her grandchildren are not waiting that long. they are back swimming in the gulf for the first time in a year. >> as far as bringing the little ones to the beach we were leery of that. they said everything is fine. >> reporter: while tourists are returning, many business owners from florida to louisiana say there is a long way to go until the region fully recovers. randall pinkston pensacola beach, florida. >> some storms causing heavy damage across the midwest including this massive tornado near bowling green, missouri. it's just one of several twisters that hit the region yesterday of. the winds tore through some homes and barns, power also knocked out in some areas. no injuries though have been reported. >>> there is no relief in sight for crews battling wildfires that burned more than a million acres in texas.

the cleverest pensacola junior strong daystar the new disc. maidens accused of incompetency a media bias to get out the forces after near strike kills at least five rebels on the frontline. this currency is dead it is deceased is is it is extinct it can not survive. plans to bail you out desperate workable sparking anger among europeans concerned that strong economies are once again forced to pay for others to profit off the eurozone and. the thousands of women dying every year at the hands of violent husbands in russia to calls for a change in a law to encourage those suffering in silence to come forth and. i rule has made steady gains against the dollar and the bureau since the start of the year stronger all prizes are adding further impetus to its rise join me for more on that out of the stories in our business. what you are to live from moscow nine am here in marina joshing the friendly fire of a nato airstrike has killed at least five and to get out the rebel fighters in libya some sources suggest it may have. only add to the criticism co

personnel carriers inside or around the cities he's using guerilla against that they're really cleverest pensacola in general strummed to start the new this would be a stalemate the u.s. and the brits basically they want to arm the rebels you know that could happen in fact it's already happened they raided some arms depots eastern libya and then this out there related french presently already have surface to air missiles and b. two pieces out of libya so it's probably somewhere in shot in central africa so this is already happening can you imagine if these rebels are armed by the cia pentagon s.a.'s from britain and all that can be measured this is six months we don't have new just to suit. so as a foreign intervention in libya drags on the struggle to justify gets tougher as you'll see on our cross talk shell coming your way in just over an hour's time. that their regime is kids around here and their government as a whole is something that the whole entire world does not have the word doesn't really want to have if you rule so the world has actually moved and saved lives if i may jump in here joh

personnel carriers inside or around the cities he's using guerrilla against guerrilla cleverest pensacola generals from the start the knew this would be a stalemate the u.s. and the brits basically want to arm the rebels you know that could happen any fact has already happened they raided some arms depots you know eastern libya and this out there related fringe out there and they already have surface to air missiles and he took these out of libya so it's probably somewhere in shot in central africa so this is already happening can you imagine if these rebels are armed why do cia pentagon s.a.'s from britain and all that can be measured this is six months we don't have none too soon. so as the foreign intervention in libya drags on the struggle to justify it gets tougher as you'll see on our cross-sectional coming your way in just over twenty minutes time. his kids around here and their government as a whole is something that the whole entire world does not have the word doesn't really want to have a furor so the world has actually moved and saved. lives if i could jump in here john john j

right i guessed right why the companies don't western china and we're going to go sooner or pensacola sent you know where to get you going to get at least thirty percent ok of the gas the very act so these moves to you are the difference between the first spectrum from the fed the room area and the agreement that the medal. good bye to chinese it's not just china that's accelerating towards economic supremacy india is seeing the growth of a new middle class his appetite for spending is growing where there are these pressure to reports from new delhi who need tejal is living the dream age of twenty eight the former investment banker is now running a restaurant and bar in the heart of south delhi then years ago if i were to take before coming up with this for my father would have given me a good. finance to do this to find some opportunity and less than my own can. but in the past ten years india has experienced enormous change and with a came a new set of hopes for the world's youngest population. market is huge the opportunity of huge i mean audiences big and spend money tales bar is

the rebels and end directly talking with gadhafi what the saying is that you know the cleverest pensacola in general strong to start the new this will be a stalemate and this explains why the u.s. itself the obama administration itself has realized that there's got to be some sort of negotiation this thing is which positional force your goods and negotiate from as it stands. the rebels they don't have anything apart from these few of the eastern cedars in syria and iraq so the british for instance they have been cause for forty eight hours now sending a yes trained specialists to train these forces in the east this could take months to sleep possible people are already talking about a cease fire next week like a measure of you know soundness you know this is the turkish government the turkish government is making a bridge between cut afy and the rabble so next week they're going to host a meeting with bull started and start to negotiate a cease fire that's the only possible solution like as soon as u.s. went out of the equation viaducts on the hearts of committed by africa out of their he

cousins that live-in toronto canada and my cousin of the rights as a retired navy service man in pensacola. of that time my father was in the unitednd states in pearl harbor is where we were stationed. i step what in america first at pearl harbor. i.r.a. rived as a daughter the listed servicemen youalet would be a houseboy or is to word in the admiral and here i hady begun my a journey probe i grew up in the neighborhood and my little brother is confused wary he fits in with gender and racial background. [laughter] that began my ethnic journey. but i struggled with trying to figure last name, color, i etc. and don't fit the se stereotypes of what is typically american. you costly struggle to find a place where you fit in.arne in a lot of ways are resolved it to say it is noting so bad. first of all, you stand out. join u.s. navy 1977 when i matriculated at the military medical school in bethesda. my parents could not afford me to medical school the only way was to a list in the navy which you all paid for and i got us scholarships spending 12d years of your life i said 924 years because it

in toronto, canada, and my cousin on the right -- the only boy -- is a retired navy serviceman in pensacola, florida. my father had received orders to the united states, and it was in pearl harbor we were stationed. so i first set foot in america in pearl harbor. and so i arrive inside the navy housing at pearl harbor, the daughter of an enlisted serviceman who was a valet. that's what you wanted if you were a filipino, to be a valet or steward in the homes of the admiral, and i began my american journey. here i am on my fifth birthday with my other class mates there, the girls in the neighborhood and my little brother who's rather confused where he fits in, but he found his way. [laughter] so that really began my ethnic journey. one of the things i struggled with was trying to fit in. your height, your size, your color, et, et, don't set the stereotype of what's typically american. you constantly struggle to find a place where you really fit in. i learned to resolve this by saying, you know, it's not so bad being the underdog. first of all, you know, you look different, people remember you

rick is an independent from pensacola. caller: i was an independent after 2006, but the way -- i was a republican after 2006, but the way they manage the country, i became an independent. i will stand for some of democratic ideas. we have to raise the cap on social security taxes. i do not know the exact number, i think -6000. he probably knows the cap. i think they should raise it to $200,000. the point i would like to make, the only thing that i believe will save this country is if we have a constitutional amendment that limits terms. congressman should be limited to 12 years, six, two-year terms, two, six-year terms for senators. anybody who has ever studied politics knows that the incumbent has an incredible advantage. term limits is what we need because we need to get fresh blood, people who have built businesses, engineers, doctors. we do not need as many lawyers as we have because all they do is transfer wealth. guest: i am not a lawyer fortunately. i actually agree with you. i have come 180 degrees on this. i used

this is what the scene looked like from the east room as we listen to paul from pensacola, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. joyce, let me put a different slant on this. i retired about 20 years ago. i feel they have had a very positive military career. i raised three children. two of them college graduates. when i joined the navy, i was making lots of money. i made base pay, $77 a month. i got b.a.q. for $55 a month. and i think probably due to a good manager, wife, we have taken -- never got anything extra from the military whatsoever. we have just taken our military pay and i guess survived. she's turned that -- we started at $77 a month, 55 b.a.q. i joined the navy in 1956. this has evolved into a net worth -- i guess i'm bragging. a net worth over a million bucks. so i feel that the military has been great to me and my family. guest: i think most military families who are serving today share your pride. your wife is one of my new heroes. there are a lot of military spouses out there like your wife, watching those finances, keeping the focus on the future well-being f

and even the little dime-sized oil pockets there, that washed up on the beaches of pensacola. the first to discover it. now, today, you look at the beaches. and they look completely clean. we did water testing, as well. our independent lab at texas tech found no petroleum or oil by-products in the water at all. now, we were not able to test for the dispersement in there. there's a lot of questions about where that is and what it did. let's get to the boards. we have a lot of weather to talk about. severe weather through the middle of the country today. we have a snowmaking system. 11 states under winter weather watches, warnings or advisoryies. and texas is in the middle of a big fire danger today. 33 wildfires burning in the south, in the southern u.s.ng >>> and here's what's ahead on your "gma morning menu" -- the country singer whose family member was abducted from her home. is there new information? and why police may believe the killer came from her community. or the abductor came from her community, we should say. >>> also we'll take a look this morning at the royal diet

this is what the scene looked like from the east room as we listen to paul from pensacola, florida.ood morning. caller: good morning. joyce, let me put a different slant on this. i retired about 20 years ago. i feel they have had a very positive military career. i raised three children. two of them college graduates. when i joined the navy, i was making lots of money. i made base pay, $77 a month. i got b.a.q. for $55 a month. and i think probably due to a good manager, wife, we have taken -- never got anything extra from the military whatsoever. we have just taken our military pay and i guess survived. she's turned that -- we started at $77 a month, 55 b.a.q. i joined the navy in 1956. this has evolved into a net worth -- i guess i'm bragging. a net worth over a million bucks. so i feel that the military has been great to me and my family. guest: i think most military families who are serving today share your pride. your wife is one of my new heroes. there are a lot of military spouses out there like your wife, watching those finances, keeping the focus on the future well-being for

this go to michael who lives down there in pensacola. go ahead.aller: i just want to say, this whole incident serves as the perfect example from washington to take notice of the dire need of government regulations for these powerful companies in these types of businesses. this would not have happened in norway are other countries do to their more concern for the environment. this is all halliburton problem. people like dick cheney and their cronies, they spent -- a set all of this kind of thing up, they delight -- they delayed true progress for profit -- they delayed true progress for profit. they are getting less and less regulation put on them and they lobby for this constantly. meanwhile, the country is just being destroyed, environmentally. host: that was michael. we will pick up this conversation again here of around 8:15 a.m. eastern time. we're talking to two members of congress from the gulf coast region. we will continue to take your phone calls again. if you are interested in the commission hearings and investigations done on the gulf co

. >> panama city, looks like sugar, right around pensacola and destine. gorgeous.torian homes, but they are specifically talking about the beach. >> the number one beach in the entire united states of america is -- >> myrtle beach, south carolina. that surprised me. i thought the nation's best beach would probably be in hawaii or california. you know? >> they said hawaii, a couple of beaches were in the top ten but not number one. >> i don't think i've ever been to myrtle beach. everybody loves it. it's a lot of fun and lovely. >> the number one beach in the entire world -- >> of's never been to this either. >> in turks and caicos. >> turks is gorgeous. the sand is like powdered sugar. the water is crystal clear. you can walk up to your waist and see your feet. >> my friend goes to parrot cay. what if you and i were left wild in turks and caicos what would happen? >> what are you talking about? >> i don't know. i read in the paper and said, guys, we have to talk about this woman. usually i am not for multiple cosmetic surgeries. i think they represent a greater des