as bonnie washed out over south louisiana, the coast guard ordered bp ships to return to its idled ships as quickly as possible. this was welcomed news for workers stuck in port. >> this tropical storm is not a big factor. i think we should go and work as hard as we can. and try to get this resolved as soon as possible. >> reporter: bonnie was making a beeline for the oil leak when the storm fell apart. >> the tropical storm never had a fighting chance. it was dealing with a lot of wind aloft. tropical systems. storms and hurricanes do not like strong winds aloft, what we call wind shear. >> reporter: almost all the ships evacuated the rig site ahead of the storm except for ones providing live pictures of bp's new containment cap which has been holding back the flow of oil now for nine days. >> this is very good news because we left the cap in place and were able to contain the oil going into the environment. >> reporter: before bonnie chased them away, workers were about to perform a static kill, the first step in a ten-day process to permanently seal the well. the frustration is felt b

>> reporter: for folks in south louisiana, fishing comes as natural as breathing. >> that's the bait right there. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly three months, folks here can finally stop holding their breath. what's it like to finally get back on the water and fish here? >> love it. >> we love it. this is heaven to us. we've been missing this for a long time. >> reporter: captain verne ledoux says it was almost worth the wait. any concerns at all? because you're going to take these fish home, clean them up, eat them for sure. >> for sure. >> reporter: any concerns? >> no concerns whatsoever. >> reporter: just about the time b.p. got the cap on, the waters were declared safe to fish in and apparently safe enough to have other kinds of fun in, too. so while the sport fishermen are having fun out here, the big guys are still out here laying boom and i can guarantee you they would much rather be out there earning a living on the water than dragging these things around. it's been a few weeks since we've been in grand isle and, quite honestly, i'm seeing less oil. maybe all the

that is kind of part of our problem here in south louisiana, in particular. almost like a hurricane was sitting over us instead of moving on. the damage being occurred, it continues and grows and we did not know what the end is going to be and we can begin a recovery. certainly, there is a great deal of hope. we don't know what the impact will be. the oil hitting our shores now may have leaked months ago. the oil that is an our marshes now obviously did not leak yesterday. so, how many more months will we continue to be battered even after the leak is close, we don't know. host: michigan, republican line. caller: that is mississippi. i have a comment and a question. it's got i asked the last caller to get right to the question because we are running out of time -- host: i asked the last caller to get right to the question because we are running out of time. caller: petroleum-based products. and he said we need to get away from a bad parent -- from that. how do you propose getting away from the petroleum products and not be dependent on oil? as far as i know,

. >>> crews are trying to fix a busted wellhead in a south louisiana waterway. barge slammed into an abandoned well yesterday causing a shower there of water, natural a gas and oil. they've used 6,000 booms to contain the area. officials don't know how much gas and oil is being sprayed but it will taken ten to 12 days to fix. >>> a lesson in not casting asperkss or jumping to conclusions. shirley sherrod vowed she will sue the conservative blogger who put part of a speech on the web, andrew breitbart. last week he posted a portion of the speech in which she appeared to make rar shall remarks. as a consequence she was asked to leave her job. she got an apology and then her job was offered back, a new job. breitbart was not to get sherrod fired but to show what he think is hip pock kracy. he may have to tell that to a judge though. >>> the clinton wedding guest list got a little less secret. president obama did not get invited. >> he said it will be tough enough to have one president at the wedding. he she'll mair investment banker marc mezvinsky at a private wedd

. >> sport fishing has opened in south louisiana.s there any move afoot to at least think about opening commercial fishing in the gulf coast again? >> well, the part of the government that looks at those issues, looks at them at a daily basis, at this point, as of this morning, there was no decision to change the closures, but obviously, if they think it is safe, we want to see people back out on the water. we'll make that decision. >> carol browner, thank you so much for your time this morning. we do appreciate it. we'll have a lot more from the gulf coast here in a little while. as we said, sport fishing has opened up again. there are actually some guys down here at the marina getting ready to go out and take paying customers fishing down here. that hasn't happened in almost three months. we'll have a report on that in our next hour. right now back to jeff in new york. >>> harry, thank you very much. now to the policering heat wave smothering the country right now. the 90-degree temperatures won't go away. cbs news correspondent el

as bonnie washed out over south louisiana, the coast guard ordered bp to return its idled ships to the deepwater horizon site as quickly as possible. bonnie was making a bee line for the oil leak when the storm fell apart. almost all of the ships evacuated the rig site ahead of the storm except for ones providing live pictures of bp's new containment cap which has been holding back the flow of oil now for nine days. >> this is very good news because we left the cap in place and were able to contain any well going inoil going into the environment. >> reporter: workers were about to perform a static kill, the first step in a ten-day process to permanently seal the well. the frustration is felt by everybody, even those on shore. >> they finally got things rolling where they could get things accomplished out there and this is just going to delay it. >> reporter: gulf coast residents are trying to avoid another delay in protecting the beaches. nbc's mark potter is in mississippi. >> reporter: along the beaches, residents are breathing a sigh of relief, they, too, avoided a major storm and o

in fact a very real example is occurring right now in south louisiana. just yesterday there was a rally in south louisiana where over 10,000 people showed up to oppose this arbitrary and capricious ban by president obama on drilling in the gulf. . and they try to pit it as safety versus jobs and in fact the president's own safety commission, he appointed after the explosion of the deepwater horizon, said that the moratorium is a bad idea and in fact they went on to say that this moratorium will decrease safety in the gulf. that's right. the moratorium that the president himself imposed that's costing our state thousands of jobs, thousands more people on unemployment that would much rather a job than the unemployment check than president obama's offering them, their job is taken away by the president not for scientific reasons, because the president's own scientists say the moratorium's a bad idea and will decrease safety, but for political reasons. and in fact as my colleague from louisiana pointed out our entire delegation has been trying for six weeks

everything that makes south louisiana lively and viable will be affected. state as a whole. it's really going to hurt us >> what would you like to see happen today? >> like katrina, this is a crisis for which we have not had a road map. there's not been an experience it is new territory. what is enough? everybody is doing their best to try to find the best answers including president obama. he is not an oil and gas expert. he has them at his disposal. i think he's doing his best to make use of those experts. long term, we have to look at and it has to be studied more closely, the impact of the mor toreum. we are not yet out of the katrina crisis. our businesses have not popped back from that experience. to go into another loss such as this, it's detrimental as an understatement. >> we are at signature air outside of the new orleans airport. we are transporting brown pelicans to the tampa, florida area. jo we have 32 bird that's will be released. it's around the 400 mark that have been released back no the wild >> in a few moments, federal chairman ben berna

in fact a very real example is occurring right now in south louisiana. just yesterday there was a rally in south louisiana where over 10,000 people showed up to oppose this arbitrary and capricious ban by president obama on drilling in the gulf. . and they try to pit it as safety versus jobs and in fact the president's own safety commission, he appointed after the explosion of the deepwater horizon, said that the moratorium is a bad idea and in fact they went on to say that this moratorium wi decrease safety in e gulf. that's right. the moratorium that the present himself imposed that's costing our state thousands of jobs, thousands more people on unemployment that would much rather a job than the unemployment check than president obama's offering them, their job is taken away by the president not for scientific reasons, because the president's own scientists say the moratorium's a bad idea and will decrease safety, but for political reasons. and in fact as my colleague from louisiana pointed out our entire delegation has been trying for six weeks now to

in fact a very real example is occurring right now in south louisiana. just yesterday there was a rally in south louisiana where over 10,000 people showed up to oppose this arbitrary and capricious ban by president obama on drilling in the gulf. . and they try to pit it as safety versus jobs and in fact the president's own safety commission, he appointed after the explosion of the deepwater horizon, said that the moratorium is a bad idea and in fact they went on to say that this moratorium will decrease safety in the gulf. that's right. the moratorium that the president himself imposed that's costing our state thousands of jobs, thousands more people on unemployment that would much rather a job than the unemployment check than president obama's offering them, their job is taken away by the president not for scientific reasons, because the president's own scientists say the moratorium's a bad idea and will decrease safety, but for political reasons. and in fact as my colleague from louisiana pointed out our entire delegation has been trying for six weeks

we know as we extend our defense of the coastline from florida to south central louisiana. we are in pace at this point by the end of the month of july to have 1,000 skimmers in the inventory. we are just below 600 and we will continue to ramp up, including our international sources of supply. and we continue to aggressively acquire skimmers. some critical resources that we're starting to come to grips for, it my not be intuitive to you but interesting to note, we are using about two million timex suits a day. that is the light suits we use to clean up the beaches. we may run into a natural supply issue. those suits are used for a variety of other emergency response purposes. we will be looking at the source supply and how we deal with that. as we increase our aerial surveillance, we will put some more people out there. we will have trained people that can characterize the oil we see and any issues regarding wildlife and so forth. so this continues to be a very complex nuance and broad based response, a lot of things going on. in addition to everything else, we brought the

you want to shut down the government in the south, louisiana, and texas and say go home and we'll pay you? or do you want them to telework at home where they can do, where they can get and connect to a veterans administration that someone is having a difficult problem. maybe somebody with prostate cancer, how can i get my treatments? telework. telework makes all the difference. a tornado? a tornado hits and destroys, telework gives you that ability to do it. continuity of government, saving money. man hears what he wants to hear but what he's disregarding. this is disimportant. this is a good yes vote for continuity of government. this is a good yes vote so you can serve your constituents. this is a good yes vote if you really want to save money. the vote to save money today, the vote that will save money, will be the vote for this bill. i want to thank again mr. issa. and i urge you, mr. chairman, if you can take -- i think the motion, the recommit has a lot of good things, but i think it's more important that we come together and find some things that we can come together and work i

the president is coming up with policies that are hurting the people of south louisiana and then this moratorium, not only does it go against the safety recommendations of his own scientific experts, but it now is costing us thousands of jobs. so there's an unemployment debate going on in this house today, well, one of the reasons we've got unemployment is because of the president's policies. he should rescind that moratorium. a federal court twice now told him to rescind it and he refuses to do so, he refuses to listen to his own scientific experts who say it reduces safety in your gulf because you'll lose your most experienced crews. you increase our dependence on foreign oil and it's imported by tankers and 70% of oil spills are because of tankers. now the president has increased the likelihood for future spills in the gulf with this moratorium that's running jobs out of our country. i yield back. mr. broun: thank you, mr. scalise. i appreciate that. it's going to make everybody's gasoline go up, it's going to make electricity price gups. i said here on the floor in a speech -- go

that's a concept that's not louisiana or the south it is a concept around the family unit and the importance of that unit. >> as you have been out over the past years touring and talking about this book what reaction have you had, particularly in places like louisiana and alabama and georgia? >> it's really been gratifying. now, i have to assume those people that would be upset don't turn out. [laughter] >> good thing. but those people that turn out have just really they have been interested in genealogy and interested in their own family tree and interested in the concepts. what surprised me the most without question is i was doing my initial touring with this were the number of people who would come up to me after everything was over and they would say, you told my story. this is my story. and i would be very gratified about that especially if i understood. if i looked up and it was an african-american woman and from louisiana who said, you told my story. i would look up sometimes and it would be a man or it would be a vietnamese woman. an immigrant. the details were different but being ma

and it will be rainy from south texas to louisiana. >> temperatures in southern california will cooloff after a warm weekend. denver will be near 100, 10 degrees hotter than usual. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in eastern kentucky after flash flooding killed at least two people over the weekend. one woman died when she was swept away by high water. the other victim was leaning off a bridge and fell in. the storm badly damaged a water plant, leaving about 7,000 people without running water. they could be without service for up to a week. >>> we are following developing news from the gulf of mexico. engineers have detected some seepage on the ocean floor near that blown-out well. >> and the government is demanding that within 24 hours, bp submit a plan for reopening the well that's been capped since thursday. john hendren has the latest now from buras, louisiana. >> reporter: the associated press is reporting oil cleanup officials are concerned that capped well may be leaking methane gas. despite that news, after three days of tests, thad allen, the government's point man

south. showers and thunderstorms from texas to louisiana. gusty winds, hail and isolated tornados in north dakota and northern minnesota. heavy downpours in the southern rockies. >> phoenix climbs to 106. salt lake city 99. boise 94. mostly 80s from the twin cities to detroit. 90s for much of the east coast. >>> well, it was the old man and the sea, more than 100 times over. >> there were white beards everywhere you turned in key west over the weekend. looks like christmas. dead ringers for ernest hemingway gathered for a look-alike contest at sloppy joe's bar where the author once hung out. a man from vero beach, florida, was crowned this year's papa hemingway on his 12th try. >> the 64-year-old winner says like hemingway, he enjoys drinking, fishing and women, but he admits unlike hemingway, he can't write. >> honest guy. we'll be right back with more "world news now." if you fight to sleep in the middle of the night, why go one more round ? you don't need a rematch, but a rethink. with lunesta. lunesta is thought to interact with gaba rec

as we have expanded our defense of the coastline from florida to south central louisiana, we are on pace at this point by the end of july to have 1,000 skimmers in the inventory. we are below 600 right now and continue to ramp up from international sources of supply. resources have been freed up as a result of the emergency role making and stand by response. and we continue to acquire skimmers. some critical resources that we are starting to come to grips with you, but interesting to note, we are using about two million tyvek suits a day. white suits we use to clean up the beaches. we may run into a sfly of those. they are used for a variety of other emergency response purposes and we will look for a source of supply. we are looking at putting more qualified observers. in addition to the pilots that are flying out there, we have folks from other places to characterize the oil we see and issues regarding wildlife. this continues to be a very complex and broad-based response. a lot of things going on. in addition to everything else, we brought the helix producer online. and that will have

maybe and they've even except it bobby jindal and indian governor in the state of louisiana and now in nikki haley south asian woman to south in south carolina but that is they've only accepted these two people because they change their religions to fit in with american politics jindal always raise hindu then converted to catholicism haley's a sikh who became evangelical and now likes to pretend that it's always been that way. well now i think you have heard from a lot of people that you're not a christian and i really don't believe that in one ear if at a record straight that they are now and when did you become a christian well and thank you for asking the question i converted to christianity thirteen years ago we belong to now horribly united methodist church in lexington both of my children were bad and are christians and we live and strengthen our relationship with god every day through the christian faith. every day now you can preach diversity all you want but you know republicans would never ever elect anybody of the muslim faith into office they like to use that as attack as an attack on obama

that will continue to threaten the panhandle area of florida, over to the south-central portions of louisiana. in particular, it will move oil into areas are round mississippi sound, bretton sound. as we see oil and water waves that can next to lake ponce a train, we expect the oil -- over towards the bay and towards the parish as well. -- we had tar balls found and3 florida yesterday. when you're looking at five different vessels that might have bent on of the source scene. it might of been the way the oil traveled here. i would be glad to answer detailed questions on that, moving for. i am here to meet with bp officials. we of several civic and events that are scheduled to take place or might take place in the next seven to 10 days. they are assisted with the response. the first one is the hook up of the helix producer, the third production platform that we will try to hook into the current cap configuration. the "discover enterprise" is taking oil right now. we are producing to the choke line to be q 4000. we plan to take oil out of the kill line. you're in the process of trying to hook th

south of florida. sadly, the latest forecast models show it going in a bad direction -- right toward louisiana, all that oil in the water. and so already tonight the governor of that state has declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm. the good news? while oil cleanup workers will have to get out of there, the cap on that well will stay on unlike the last storm, and it won't mean more oil spewing into the water, or so they tell us. that story is where we begin here tonight with our own anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is a big vote of confidence for the sealing cap and bp and good news for the people here in the gulf who could be in the crosshairs of this storm. boom, the gulf's symbol of defense, is hauled away this morning at mexico beach on florida's panhandle. put out to protect, it can become a danger if picked up and pushed inland in a tropical storm or worse. >> i want to make sure that the boom that is out there is there to protect and not to harm the environment. >> reporter: along the coast, what stays gets tied down and

louisiana. >> reporter: bonnie was already churning the waters in the gulf of mexico, with 40-mile-an-hour winds pushing waves to five feet and more. even before the storm crossed south florida this afternoon, watches went up from destin, florida, on the panhandle to morgan city, louisiana. bonnie was expected to gain strength and reach the oil spill site by sunday as it continued toward louisiana. in the gulf, dozens of vessels began moving away from where the "deepwater horizon" rig once stood, after evacuation orders were issued last night. but in new orleans, retired coast guard admiral thad allen-- overseeing the spill response for the government-- said he does not expect the flotilla to be gone very long. >> the intention right now is to put the vessels in a safe place, so they can return as quickly as possible to resume their operations. we're probably looking at a very limited window, something around 48 hours. >> reporter: the well-cap that's harnessed the gushing oil for eight days will stay on and ride out the storm a mile below the surface. and while bonnie passes, work has temporarily halted on the relief well designed to stop the oil for good. once the

it's now just south of the bahamas and expected to head in toward the gulf of mexico aiming for the lower mississippi valley, especially around louisianaere likely it will make landfall. slow strengthening is expected in the next 48 hours, but already it's been bringing quite a bit of rain to the caribbean islands as well as the florida peninsula, and expect that to continue. and that rainy area will head northward. all of you in this area really need to watch out and keep updated with what your local reports are telling you. that's a look at your weather for now. and i'll leave you with your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ >>> tinndged by etheir loved osa prefecture, ntl jan message tham ot "bel will kim rinformation. bu stedly idha the ntbu tesf aer sthkoa. eanon i aewonreeonct fureorrsp,ait s edd inhe

it dumped heavy rain on south florida, but there are no reports of injuries or major damage. kelly cobiella is in grand isle, louisiana, tonight. kelly, the ships are leaving but b.p. is keeping the well shut tight. >> reporter: and it should stay that way, katie. waves from the storm wouldn't won't affect it. but with the ships now leaving the site, engineers will have no information on how this cap is holding for at least two days. with the storm bearing down, a small army spread across the gulf coast to stop the oil is scrambling to get out of the way. nearly all work on the water is on hold. at b.p.'s well a mile under sea, some cameras have already gone to black. web sites tracking marine traffic show the "discoverer enterprise," the main ship that sits over the well, now moving south. >> the intention right now is to put the vessels in a safe place so they can return as quickly as possible to resume their operations. >> reporter: the ships with r.o.v.'s, those unmanned submarines, will stay in place unless the seas become too rough. the rigs drilling the relief wells will likely leave tonight as soon as they fin

then, heavy rain will follow the storm over the next couple of days, as it moves into louisiana and stays in the deep southeaboard. places from washington, to philly and new york, will get to 100 degrees at some point. we also have to talk about the severe storms that are kind of leaving minneapolis and chicagoland and detroit. and swinging into the northeast all that weather was brought to you by purina. this is odd because it's a friday concert. last year, it rains almost every friday. now, i'm in miami and it's raining. but it's gorgeous in new york. george? >> and still smiling in the rain. thank you, sam. >>> cat cora's here with america's recipes today. and cat's many hats, executive chef at "bon appetit" magazine. a writer, too. "cat cora's classics with a twist." these come -- >> all come from "classics with a twist." exactly. this is fun summer grilling. i love it. the first recipe is jerk pork chops. jerk seasoning is a mixture of all-spice, cinnamon, nutmeg. >> from jamaica. >> right. i'm going to make a quick mixture with jerk seasoning. you can get this at your local grocery store. olive oil g

washed up today on this beach near grand isle, louisiana, but bob dudley will inherit a much smaller spill. back on june 30, the blob was about the size of south carolina. but the well was capped july 15 and now it's scattered across the surface of the gulf. but there are deep underwater plumes that alarm scientists and deep concerns about b.p.'s credibility. which ceo heyward defended again today. >> i believe b.p. is showing what corporate social responsibility really means. >> reporter: not in communities like grand isle where tony heyward is mocked as tony baloney. lifelong resident leoda bladsacker says her community might give b.p.'s new ceo a fresh start but it's no guarantee. >> you see what's really going on. this is ground zero. unless you're here and you feel it, you don't know what the hell your talking about. >> reporter: has that been a problem until now? >> yes, yes, it has. >> reporter: as new ceo bob dudly is playing up his southern gulf coast roots, he grew up in mississippi, but many people here still make their living from the oil industry. even so, dudley will face a tough crowd here, katie. >> couric: mark, meanwhile the

louisiana. >> woodruff: and, on this 60th anniversary of north korea's attack on the south, jeffrey brown revisits that first hot conflict of the cold war, and explores its continuing legacy with warren wiedhahn, a u.s. marine veteran of the war, plus historians michael beschloss and alex roland. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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. >> woodruff: the campaign to toughen financial regulation in the u.s. reached its climax today. it came nearly two years after the financial meltdown that triggered the current recession. >> woodruff: the financial overhaul bill was one of the chief items on the president's agenda and he signed it with fanfare, before an audience of 400 lawm

louisiana. >> reporter: churning his 21- foot boat through the waters near the gulf of mexico, 60 miles south of new orleans, capt. ryan lambert is angry. his fishing guide service is essentially dead in the water, because of the oil spill. and he's even more worried that chemicals sprayed into the gulf waters to disperse the oil-- nearly two million gallons-- will haunt this amazingly beautiful and bountiful bayou country for years. >> it's done exactly what they want it to do, it's sinking the oil out of sight, out of mind. you know that's... that's dispersant is to disperse it and to sink it down. when it goes under how long are we going to have to clean it up? how many years will it come in because it'll be coming from the depths. >> reporter: but not everyone shares lambert's fears. at the farmers market in new orleans, you can still find shrimp -- fresh caught and for sale. the shrimp seller here --whose husband catches the fish she markets -- was thankful for anything that helped get rid of the oil that was ruining their business. >> i'd like to see the oil gone which everybody want to

louisiana coast. here you can see the south korean ship, an oil tanker converted to the largest oil skimmer in the worldand this is the site of the deepwater horizon explosion. they're doing relief wells, and burning off gas, and many other relief operations. here you can see oil near the surface at the leak site. "washington journal" continues. host: for the next 45 minutes, a discussion regarding the 2012 elections, and politics that goes along with that. on the cover of this week's edition of "the christian science monitor" -- nancy pelosi, house of policy, behind the speaker's personal brand of power politics. tell us about her brand of power politics, and how will factor into the 2010 midterm elections? guest: to be asked to do something about whom so much is written, you have to dig to find something different. what strikes me about how she gibbons is how well she knows the back door to her members. she's been 40 years of fund- raising, and knows anyone who has ever written a check of more the $1,000 to the democratic party, and those who they are connected to. it is not the money. it is the polit

louisiana. >> headlines as a gunner in san jose chocolate read says he's going ahead with plans to put a ball park on the november ballot moving as to the south bay. he made the decision without major-league baseball ok. here's what it would look like when it would complete. the giants oppose the move they say it violates their territorial rights as owner has been waiting for a committee to look at options but timing is important here for san jose if counsel wants to put a before voters in november they have to do that before august 3rd meeting. a date for up will be set today for the perjury trial of barry barnes he was he's been charged with lying to the courts about this curious. he was going to be going to court march 2nd but the judge ruled key evidence could not be used prosecutors appealed that decision but lost it may not be too much year before his trial and again. we will learn more today no delays for ac transit this morning that may change the way above sickouts did continue into its fourth day yesterday 190 drivers called and said that pushes the number past 800 marks for the week the attention has led to a finger pointing homici

louisiana senator david vitter. and the president of the parish. we'll also survey the political landscape with two congressional leaders. south carolina democrat james clyburn and indiana republican mike pence. plus, president obama turns to bill clinton to sell his record. we ask the panel if turning to the comeback kid is smart politics. the power player of the week hooks me up with his pastime on "fox news sunday." hello again from fox news in washington. day 90 of the oil spill in the gulf, here is where things stand. government announced a one-day extension of the test to determine if the new cap on the b.p. well is holding. the test is set to end late sunday afternoon. but the president point man retired admiral thad allen says even if the cap is working they plan to go to a containment oil to bring oil to the surface. phil keating is reporting from the gulf for the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: b.p., thad allen and the engineers and scientists like what they have seen and not seen so far. we are 65 hours in the testing period with no new oil gulfing in the gulf of mexico -- oil gushing in the gulf of mexic

come up from the south east to the northwest right through the area where the operations are and the oil . so it's brought in oil, unfortunately, from the panhandle of florida to louisiana at a higher rate than it has been over the last few days. the waves do not allow us to skim. the booms are ineffective and the dispersant can't be laid down. so we're waiting until saturday when the waves come down. and we're going to be ready to be back out on the water. crews have been working in the evening and at night right now through these three days to clean the oil on the beaches. >> suarez: after your boss tony hayward testified to congress, it was announced that you were not in charge of the response by b.p. what's changed? there's this new entity called the gulf coast restoration organization. do you still report to tony hay stpwhard who do you work for? >> well, i'm on the board of b.p. and i do record to tony hayward, the c.e.o. of b.p. the original intent was to set this organization up after the time that the well was killed and then we would set up a long-term restoration organization. what's changed is after the meeting at the white house where we agreed that we woul

south florida, leaving behind some flooding and minor damage. but bonnie is now expected to strengthen as it takes dead aim for bp's leaking oil well. the storm is expected to hit the louisiana coast tomorrow night. and officials have already closed the flood gates around new orleans. work on the oil spill has come to a stop as an armada of vessels pull up anchor and chug out of harm's way. get the latest on this dropping story all weekend at abcnews.com. >>> but that's our report for tonight. for all of us at abc news, good night, america, and have a safe, wonderful weekend. >> dicky: tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" -- >> jimmy: lindsay is in the same jail that paris hilton was in. it's the coolest jail there is. i'm actually hoping to get my daugt entire that jail. >> when she opens the door, we're going to be quiet so we can hear. >> lindsay, fight for your right to party. fight for your right to party. i'll wait for you! i'll wait for you! >> we also had mc hammer playing on the opposite team. >> jimmy: how was haller? >> we asked him, repeatedly, hammer, don't hurt them. and it turns out, he was far too legit to quit. >> jimmy: he was? >> oh, look at that -- >> give me t

louisiana senate 29. the most expensive races in the house -- south carolina district two. minnesota. virginia district 7. in washington area, $4.1 million. just a look at how much money is being raised for this year's 2010 congressional election. next call from pittsburg. this is steve on our republican's line. good morning. caller: this is something i have been preaching for years. i wish everyone would disconnect from citizens united. i have acquaintances who have been in public office and i am told all they do it the second they get there is spend their time raising money. i think it has to be linked to -- if we are going to finance it -- they have to have term limits. host: you think term limits is the answer? caller: the combination of public financing and term limits. host: generally, republicans are against either of your two proposals. you are calling in on the republican line. how'd you square that with the majority of your party? caller: i think it is common sense. i see these people going out to campaign every night, looking for money. they need to spend their time doing s

florida, georgia, hawaii, illinois, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, massachusetts, new jersey, new york, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, and south carolina. as you know, we have about $3.4 billion to distribute der the second round of race to the top. which should be ough to fund ten to 15 stat, depending on the size of the winners. but as i have said many times before, this isn't just about the money. this is about working together and putting the needs of children ahead of everyone se. this entire process has moved the nation and advanced education reform. children, particularly disadvantaged children, are the big winners here, because we have all learned souch more about how to find common ground around the things that we know will make a difference in the classroom. i congratulate our governors, our chief state school officers, ected officials, superintendants, principals, team teachers and parents. they're showing the courage needed to get the job done. thank you. i'm now happy to take your quesons. [ applause ] >> and thank you for your address today, secretary duncan and for choosing the national presclub as the place you

louisiana rise? >> address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cao: mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss the ongoing maritime conflict in the south china sea and the need for the united states to support long-term sovereignty of the vietnamese people. given this conflict will destabilize trade in its region, this is a matter of great importance for all of us in this esteemed body. since the summer of 2009, reports of maritime disputes in the south china sea have risen. i continue to hear of aggression from chinese ships and submarines interfering with the freedom of navigation of neighboring asian countries. i also hear of aggressive actions being taken towards the united states interests as well and this is particularly troubling and unacceptable. according to reports, china has committed aggressive maritime acts against southeast asian countries including japan, the philippines, taiwan, malaysia and especially the people of vietnam. china claims that ocean territory includes many islands and extends into much of the south china sea. if we were to look at the map of these south china sea, we'd see that china is here, vietnam is