moving ané getting these people to work together is part of the problem. and with deltaand northwest, they worked out that seniority and a matching before then they announced the deal. they knew how they were born to progress. that wasn't the case at u.s. air, and it created a problem. so, it's a big job. there's an old saying in the mergers that if a merger works properly, everybody's going to be upset. well, the key is fairness. fairness to both sides. continental has some very junior pilots who are captains still on the property. we have guys who are senior them, on the street furloughed. so, that would have to be addressed. ok, so when negotiating with these airlines do you think pilots. what will you guys be asking for as far as pay issues? pay issues. we have never been willing to negotiate in the press. but, i will say this, i think a good starting point would be where the delta and northwest contract is. that's a good place to start. times have changed, hopefully the economy is turning a round. we gave up a lot at united with basically a gun and our head, going t

but the members of delta sigma theta, we promise to keep dr. height we have the promises to keep, and as her sisters of delta sigma tet -- theta, your legacy, so many miles to go before we can sleep. god bless. [applause] >> a passage from her book, dr. height loved delta, and in her words, from open wide the freedom gates i've been asked to read this from her book. look back on my life in delta segue theta, is signifies your your sister's keeper. you sister pledged you or made you, a woman who cannot adequately feed her children because of insufficient income. a woman of africa, asia, and america, trike to earn a living for herself and her family. all over the world. so as long as i live, she writes, pride and sisterhood will sustain my active concern wherever women are striving for equality in justice. that, she said, is the legacy that delta segue ma theta has left me. got applaud. [applause] >> from the beginning, dorothy height understood, supported and championed the modern women's movement, and i rise tonight to make sure that everyone he

and when it comes to the mississippi delta i would move back east communities. et new orleans out of their and move back east communities on the lower delta that louisiana is so important. well, they are important, but you're not going to save them. we can save them ultimately and were talking about billions of dollars and we should not be spending billions of dollars for small communities in louisiana. i can say more, but -- >> okay, howard, i wanted to go legalistic on this notion of right. now, i think you could make it pretty clear case that a lot of environmental issues ultimately have to do with their survival. and we have a right to survive if we make it comes to shell argument about it life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. at least two out of three. but what i wanted to ask you is beyond survival, because we supposedly have a level of environment in degradation that is not for survival aired and is there an intrinsic, is there an intrinsic right to be saved from any abuse of the environment? >> i'll put it this way, that yes there is. but the problem is th

to turn the water back on in the delta requires one very simple plane. requires an amendment to pass the u.s. senate to override the biological assessment that was written by a nameless, faceless bureaucrat accountable to no 13 barbara boxer, chairwoman of the public works committee, could put forward that amendment. she has revoked -- she has refused to vote for an amendment. she has refused to stand by. the first thing i will do is walk into senator dianne feinstein's amendment and turn the water back on. >> in the interest of time, we will limit our responses now with this portion to 30 seconds. >> let'should hedge fund manages continue to be taxed at a lower rate than most of the rest of americans, and if so, why? >> i don't think we should be raising taxes on any activity in america right now. we of a problem with too many taxes, not too few. if you look at hedge funds in particular, to the degree that we increase regulation and taxes on hedge funds, we're going to drive the activity off shore to other nations where they get the profits and there wi

the vast oil slick from the shattered well on the seabed has coated miles of the mississippi river delta with thick red sludge and it's only going to get worse until the leak is plugged. tara mergener is in washington with more. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. well, a month after the disaster, there is still no fix. a live video was posted online yesterday and the picture isn't pretty. bp has until today to come up with a safer way to break up the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the epa ordered them to switch to less toxic chemicals thursday because of environmental concerns. so far bp has used more than 650,000 gallons of the dispersants. >> to use the least toxic of those makes the most sense. >> reporter: bp now admits the blown out oil well is spewing more than the 210,000 gallons a day previously estimated. in fact, some scientists think the number could be as high as 3 million. the oil giant released a live video of the leak for the first time thursday, but only after repeated requests by congress. >> it's clear that they have been hiding the actual conseque

this is the place where the land is thinking on the mississippi delta and so it's thinking about a centimeter through. and that induces a rapid sea level rise. and that's on top of the storms made this island in the following 150 years retreat landward two thirds of a mile, some of the fastest eroding stretches of coast in the world. and it also lost about 75% of the surface area. i was just devastated. it is very strong concerns and this had happened before that these islands eventually will disappear because of the rapid sea level rise and because of extreme storms that come in, the combination of the two have triggered this. >> what sparked your interest in this hurricane in the story? >> i went in the 1980's. a friend of mine took me down there, and another colleague. and i grew up on the outer banks of north carolina and were familiar with very large sand dunes. our house was set back from the beach and we were up 60 feet and went through many hurricanes with no problem. and then they took me to this extraordinarily low place and it didn't even resemble a barrier island to me. and they s

a couple years ago when we saw the delta and northwest merged, that created the first global airline.nited and continental will be able to compete with delta. you can fly from any point of the world to any other point in the world. on the consumer side, that is the benefit. host: why couldn't we do get beforehand? guest: you could, but you had to fly in two different airlines. it gives you the ability to bid for the largest contracts out there, where you have people like exxon mobile flying at the front of the plane, along as a mileage and giving you the biggest fairs. host: you mentioned the other merger. how is this one different from the first merger you mentioned? guest: they are not that much different. you have to large national airlines that had incomplete route maps. -- you had two large national airlines that had incomplete route maps. now, you have a new delta air lines that can fly anywhere in the world. continental was a very fine airline. it had a lot of frequency into latin america. unita had very little frequency. continental could not have -- could not have direct flig

the light winds, it may drift it farther to the west towards the mississippi delta. hat is way too far away to tell. winds will not be onshore in the northern gulf for the next several days, if at all. but the mississippi delta and certainly the west coast of florida, long term is system not out of the woods so to speak. john and kiran, back to you. >> you mentioned, rob, that people have a lot of questions to ask bp. coming up in ten minutes' time, we'll answer those questions. we'll talk with doug suttles. >>> music facing a long recovery after getting four months of rain. the rivers are receding and revealing the misery in nashville this morning. >>> the gulf oil spill putting thousands of fish and birds at risk. what's being done to prevent more? we'll get together with two experts who will tell us. >>> at 7:52 eastern time. how concerned should you be if you give your kids well-known brands of allergy medicines. numerous violations found at a facility used to make children's medicine. ♪ >>> 14 minutes after the hour. happening now, tensions over greece's growing

the ymca, the national council of negro women and delta sigma theta sorority dewey de dr. height love to those organizations like the devil who loves sin. [laughter] and of course, dr. height, the bearer of the torch from dr. mary mcleod bethune. dr. height, our shero. but for me, words that wonderfully kafta dr. height are words that yet another one of my sheros just used. marion wright edelman spoke of dr. height as a woman of uncommon. there is something else about the on comparable dorothy height and it is this, that she challenged each of us to strive towards uncommon greatness. she urged each of us must sore to the height of our possibilities. but, dr. height warned us that no matter how high each of us might soar we will never have done enough if we do not then turn and help somebody. so let us say it again and again but more urgently let us do what is called for in the mighty words of dr. mary mcleod bethune , words that ordered every step of dr. irene height'g and purpose filled life. let us climb, my sisters and brothers but let us remember to lift others as we cl

to turn the water back on in the delta reqres one very simple plane. endment to pass the u.s. senate to override the biological assessment that was written by a nameless, faceless bureaucrat accountable to no 13 barbara boxer, cirwoman of the public works committee, could put forward that amendment. she has revoked -- she has refused to vote for an amendment. she has refused to stand by. the firsthing i will do is walk into senator dianne feinstein's amendment and turn the water back on. >> in the interest of time, w will limit our responses now with this portion to 30 seconds. >> let'shou hedge fund managers continue to be taxed at a lower rate than mostf the rest of americans, and if so, why? ion't think we should be raising taxes on any activity in america right now. we of a problem with too many taxes, not too few. if you look at hedge funds in particular, to the degree that we increase regulation and taxes on hedge funds, we're going to drive the activity off shore to other nations where they get the profits and there will be no regulation whatsoev

there you can see the mississippi delta. that is the extent of the oil and it continues to come out and cause tremendous environmental damage. there are the clouds i continue to come in. tomorrow morning -- that continue to come in. temperatures in the mid 60's. after the clouds we will see more sunshine. temperatures near 80 degrees. were sunshine into the holiday weekend with a weather front coming our way. -- more sunshine into a holiday weekend. the weekend overall will be pretty good. we will have to keep an eye on that area of low pressure, but it will be moving out by late in the weekend. temperatures near average. the traditional beginning of summer. >> 50 characters on your twitter account. >> 50 characters on your twitter account. ♪ ♪ ♪ my country ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring ♪ how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrie

the oil slick strikes shore on the tip of the mississippi delta. claiming ever more casualties including this pelican. environmentalists say the leak may be much worse than we thought. >> the holes are growing, so the amount of oil coming out may be growing? >> absolutely. >> reporter: 94 wedge january environmentalist frederick said the oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers probably destroyed the sand filter, leaving coarse sand eroding the leak holes. so the sand would enlarge the holes because it's going to grate at the hole itself and make it larger? >> it's like a sandpaper all the time. so for each hour this flow continues, the holes will be bigger and bigger. >> reporter: that could mean far more oil is pouring out than the already staggering official estimate of 210,000 gallons a day. >> they understate the volume coming out. they understate the impact. they overstate the effectiveness of the response. >> reporter: bp is shipping the first of two 40-foot domes to contain the leak and siphon out the oil. it's a temporary fix that won't be

the slick is now reaching the mississippi delta. and the damage to wildlife is already evident. this man of war struggled barely alive. >> also 35 endangered sea turtles have turned up dead along the gulf coast shoreline, but wildlife investigators say they have no signs of oil. so lesli, what they are trying to determine is whether those turtles were caught in the nets of fishermen who were eager to increase their shrimp catch ahead of the oil spill. >> manuel, you just told us what the crews are trying to do to contain this oil. what's being done to help with all the wildlife? >> reporter: well, that's what they are trying to figure out now. they are looking at turtles, whether they ate fish that were contaminated by oil, whether they were caught in the oil spill, although now they are trying to investigate the fishermen. that's one example. they are trying to keep that oil slick from getting to the marsh areas that are all around us here. these vital wetlands where they feel it can do some real damage. we are talking about wildlife to the food supply, and also to future hurri

i certainly did that in the case of the delta northwest merger. o be a guy who travels all the time and knows about these things. so there will be a few hick cups but if it can be done over time as delta and northwest did it as smoothly there shouldn't be enormous disruptions. >> woodruff: we heard kwame also say there could be lay- offs. what's your reading on that? >> obviously they're not going to be as many jobs in the combined airline as there are in the two standing alone now. i think most of the lay offs will come from mid management and management where you have people doing the same job in both airlines. however, certainly will there will be front-line lay-offs as well. i don't think it will be massive because they're not really cutting that many flights. you need the same amount of gate agents and ticket people and luggage handlers as before. >> woodruff: why does this merger make sense for these two airlines? >> because they're both losing a lot of money. if they can avoid duplicating staff, routes, if they can sink their... sync their f

. >>> satellite imaging shows oil in the gulf is now reaching the mississippi delta and the chandelier islands. this has capped one of the three under water leaks. now the company doesn't expect this will reduce the amount of oil spewing out, but it will allow bp to drop a single containment box over the breech. >> it will seal over the leak and then we'll engineer piping that goes up to a barge and will be able to funnel that oil that is escaping now. >> right now, the 100 ton dome is on a barge headed for the site of the leak. bp says it will be in place tomorrow and operational by the weekend, they say. >>> investigators are hoping they will be able to get into that deadly west virginia mine in the next few days. 29 miners died in an explosion april 5 at the upper big branch facility. but so far, gas levels have been too high in that mine for the investigators to get in there and figure out what happened. >> the last minute push is on before they head to the polls in england, still, see the weird way some people are tracking the race for prime minister. and how long can this beautif

we need to expand the dam north of the delta. we need to expand the flaps south of the delta. those are the steps to take our 48 year-old water infrastructure and to the present system. if we do not do that, we will continue to have a sequence of dry years and white years. during the dry years, do not make it worse by having the government sponsored. those of the steps we should take for the long term. senator boxer did not help when senator feinstein tried. >> this is an issue that requires government action. the balance with the endangered species act, we need to have people at least as important as fish and go that is not happening with the endangered species act. when senator offered a one time to a one-year exemption to the endangered species act so we could get the pumps turn back on in the central valley. he was attacked by boxer and senator feinstein. i am proud to accounts that the senator is one of my supporters. i agree with mr. campbell. we need more storage and conveyance in california. we ought to do this with a bond that has been so larded up in pork that it doub

. >>> the oil spill has reached the mississippi delta. >> bp says they should stop -- start suctioning oil by monday. >> this is the cap bp used to stop one of the leaks. >> it will significantly reduce the flow. >> the ceo insists the combination of containment, the water runs and a relief dome will work, but it could take months. >> we are doing a controlled burn off and disbursing application on the surface. as this moves closer to shore, it will stay dynamic. >> the company is shipping a massive containment dome designed to pump out the oil. this video was taken by an underwater robot. >> we have 400 people. . >> the cost could be off the scale, too. >> bp will get a bill for the damages caused. >> with the spill already leading casualty's with wild life, that could go on for years. >> in recent days stormy seas have prevented controlled burning, but it will begin again today. >> next , j [inaudible] >> doug hill will say how long this great weather will stick around. >> strasburg getting closer to washington. coming up in sports, we have more of the nationals. a lot on the line fo

the delta is being covered. when we get everything, we will have 3 million seats available. this is important as we look at implications of the current and what might be needed we continue to attack this on the surface when conditions allow. you have to have good weather. you have to have the right air- conditioner. >> do you mind if i interrupt you? let me ask this quickly. i understand the principle thing used is corectsit. i understand it is more toxic. is that true? >> the decision is based on the response plan and what has been used. we are going to look at the relative toxicity. >> is it more toxic than other alternatives? >> there is quite a range. >> do we know what the impact of the toxicity is with respect to organisms in the water? >> i might refer to my colleague. >> the dispersants that are approved for use in an oil spill have been through extensive testing, and they are rated for their toxicity relative to different species. they have been approved, and once they are on the list, they are available to be used. >> my question is lists are one thing. we have just

levys on the mississippi river reduceded the amount of silt that was carried downstream and built the deltae first place. as the marshes die off, salt water from the gulf intrudes further and further inland, killing even more of the grass. dave says the spill will just accelerate the process. >> you watch these islands disappear. coastal erosion taking its toll. ultimately now with this oil getting saturated in the marsh, it's going to kill the grass. by killing the grass, the islands disappear. it hits you. i hope they can be saved but it's going fast. i'm 54 years old. i can show you maps when i was 20 years old, areas had marshland. now there's eight feet of water. >> how are you making out. >> reporter: louisiana officials who have been watching all this want to do something to protect their shores. they've long wanted to rebuild some of the eroded barrier islands to provide better protection from storms. in the wake of the bp oil spill, they've asked for federal permission to start dredging sand from off shore to lengthen and add height to the islands that remain. >> the sad part is go

right now at my absolute back or two our back a few miles southward, we have the delta national wildlifeefuge. it's home to some 400 species of endangered animals and they'll really be susceptible to that oil when it comes closer. so will the grasses. and when that happens, these islands can virtually fall apart. >> a few months back, i flew over that area in a helicopter. it is beautiful and critical from an environmental standpoint and also to protect that coast from hurricanes and the like. it's a tragedy. reynolds wolf on the scene for us. we'll continue to follow this in the days ahead. >>> and when we come back, we'll have the latest on the times square investigation. and tomorrow on john king usa, we'll have the latest on both stories. the investigation into the sometimes square attempted bombing and the spilling of oil into the persian gulf -- gulf of mexico, excuse me. ♪ hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whol

oil has reached the mississippi delta. bp is hoping a 100-ton contraption will serve as a temporary fix for this. eight barges hauling the device 50 miles offshore to the site -- a barge is hauling the device 50 miles offshore to the rig and they hope to have it working in less than a week. >> it is meant to funnel and channel the flow of oil from the seabed up to the surface. >> bp capped one of three weeks at the well last night. the move will not come off the flow, but bp says it will make it easier to fix other problems. the bulk of the huge oil slick is not expected to make landfall until the end of the week. >>> the death toll is on the rise in tennessee after severe flooding. a man's body was discovered in a field in gipson county. the death toll now stands at 18. the water is -- in national, 9 -- in nashville, nine of the deaths and most of the flooding occurred. >>> here in our area, a bit of relief to the humidity we have been having. it feels a lot more like a typical spring day. brian van de graaff is here with

. >> reporter: the oil slick strikes shore on the tip of the mississippi delta. ing ever-more casualties, including this pelican. environmentalists say the leak may be worse than we thought. >> the oils are growing. the oil coming out may be growing. >> absolutely. >> reporter: norwegian environmentalist says the oil explosion that killed 11 workers, probably destroyed the sand filter. so, the sand would enlarge the hole because it's going to grate at the hole itself and actually make it larger? >> it's like sandpaper all the time. so, for each hour the flow continues, the hole will be bigger and bigger. >> reporter: that could mean more oil could be pouring out than the staggering estimate of 210,000 gallons a day. >> they understate the volume coming out. they understate the impact. and they overstate the effectiveness of their response. >> reporter: b.p. is shipping the first of 2 40-foot domes to contain the leak and siphon out the oil. it's a temporary fix that won't be in place for days. as the band sassafras gives the oil its own soundtrack. from louisiana

right now, in my absolute back or to our back a few miles southward we have the delta national wildlifehome of 400 species of endangered or protected animals and susceptible to the oil as it comes closer, so, too, a lot of grasses. long-term exposure kills grasses. when that happens islands can fall apart. >> i flew over the area a few months back in a helicopter. it's beautiful, critical both from an environmental standpoint and also to protect that coast from hurricanes and the like. it's a tragedy. reynolds wolf on the scene for us. we'll continue to follow this in the days ahead. >>> when we come back we'll have the latest on the times square investigation and remind you tomorrow on "john king usa," the latest on both stories, investigation into the times square attempted bombing and continuing coverage and continuing spilling of oil in the persian gulf. we'll be back in just a second. without drowsiness... ...so i stay as alert and focused as someone without allergies. for me, claritin is the perfect allergy medicine. i only live claritin clear hey, pete. yeah, it's me, big brother

. >> reporter: at the delta marina in empire, louisiana, manager louis houvenaeghel said he's planning from a commercial and recreational fishing ban. >> it's hard to hear myself say it that we're going to benefit from a tragedy. but what else do you do? the people we saw going fishing this morning, i talk to them on a daily basis, and they need to know what exactly... where does the rest of my life stand? where is my livelihood going to be tomorrow? >> reporter: to the east, in alabama, 750 people jammed a town hall meeting in gulf shores seeking reassurance, and they were told what they wanted to hear. >> the headline was we're not going to close the beaches. ( applause ) >> reporter: local government officials and b.p. representatives fielded questions and comments. tony kennon is the mayor of nearby orange beach, alabama. >> b.p. needs to take action on that side of it. i appreciate their pledges, i appreciate their commitment to make us whole. but like my daddy said, "it ain't what you say, it's what you do." >> reporter: connie bryars works for a vacation rental firm with a lot a

. >> satellite images show the oil has reached the mississippi delta. >> the oily film is beginning tosettle, threatening more(d[Ñn four hundred species of animals, fébirds, and marine life that cl this estuary home. >> we already have extensive damage of shore. >> secretary of the interior ken salazar stressed bp must get control of this bill precooks the future of the life of their company hangs right now in in decision -- they must get control of the spill. they are rushing to get a giant dome over the leaking well, hoping to control the oil. bp officials are not certain it will work, and environmentalists are skeptical, too. >> parish leaders push forward with their plan to stop the oil from reaching the shore line. they are employing barges that will provide moveable barricades to try and contain the most dangerous areas of the slate. >> the slick is apparently on the move. models show oil could make its way west of the mississippi. >> this would devastate all of coastal louisiana. >> there is also concerned it could reach currents in the gulf that would carry it along florida's w

satellite shows it is reaching the mississippi delta. and the damage to wildlife is already evident. this portuguese man-of-war struggled to stay alive. >> homeland security scet secretary -- secretary janet napolitano, along with others will tour the region tomorrow. >>> if you're waiting near someone to get home from work, let's check the roads. >> we have three accidents. one of vem involving -- them involving a motorcycle. on the outer loop. and again, it is involving a motorcycle. causing a backup just past 97. meantime nbeckliesville, we have another vehicle involving -- accident involving a motorcycle. that accident at falls road. unfortunately, no real alternate. and as far as getting around that accident scene. >>> now, meantime, there's a crash involving a motorcycle in catonsville on newberg avenue. another accident in sykesville on circle drive. painters mill road, at red runt. in aberdeen, a crash on philadelphia. at old philadelphia. and three accidents in the city, north mlk, at pennsylvania avenue, east lombard at south ca

satellite images show the slick is now reaching the mississippi delta. and the damage to wildlife is already evident. this portuguese man-of-war struggled, barely alive. >> manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the coast guard is once again planning to burn off some of the oil on the surface. >> the water is slowly starting to recede. revealing the true extent of the damage across tennessee. and it is very bad. jessica is following the story from the newsroom. jessica? >> reporter: it's a grim picture in the historic city of nashville. the country music hall of fame and the grand ole opry house both were flooded. rescuers had to pluck stranded residents from their flooded homes. at least 10 people were killed by the flooding waters in nashville alone. and there are fears the death toll could increase. weekend storms dumped more than 13 inches of rain in just two days in the nashville area alone. vic? >> that is incredible, jessica, thank you. they declared 52 of the state's 95 counties as disaster areas. >>> some say speed cameras improve safety.

over a company, it's whether you want to vote to collectively bargain, so you get the worker right sgls -- >> so deltanes can fire the union employees. >> this is whether they have the right to do it or not. >> cheryl: at the end of the day, the worry is the job market and unemployment at 9.9%, and the unions are organized and paying out more union workers, you have to lay people off. it's still a reality in this country. >> they certainly are. but the greatest thing baseball did was fire the umpires and hire scabs. baseball has been good ever since. union strikes killed baseball. the unions get so much power and tleb this is political. they gave them rights they shouldn't have gotten in the g.m. bail-out and why they have rights on healthcare. this is politically driven. >> cheryl: making the point that the president was elected by union states. >> julian, you are, i don't think you're a union member. i am, i belong to two unions. they've been very fair and they've been good for me and very good for the industry. >> the point he is making is -- >> julian? >> i think, i agree with wayne. i imagine you

satellite images are showing the oil reached the mississippi delta and the islands off the louisiananing the crew is close to coming ashore now. there's some progress in efforts to cap the leak. jay gray is monitoring the situation for us and joins us live with the latest. jay? >> reporter: yeah. we are in this marina where, again, for another day most of the shrimp boats have been idle. very frustrating. bp has been able to stop at least one of three leaks on the deep horizon well. good news, you would think, but say it is absolutely done nothing to stop the flow of oil pouring into the gulf right now. an oily fill silver medal beginning to settle over the wetlands that edged south louisiana. threatening the more than 400 species of animals, birds, and marine life that call this estuary home. >> will have extensive damage and already have extensive damage offshore but don't know exactly what. >> reporter: secretary of the interior, ken salazar, touring the region today stressed bp must get control of the spill. >> the future, the life of the company, hangs right now in decision beca

along the mississippi delta marsh, patience has receded as quickly as the physical oil -- as the oil is beginning to code the wetlands. >> finally, we may be getting a realistic answer to how much oil has entered the gulf of mexico. >> bp said only 5,000 barrels were surfacing. live pictures requested by the u.s. congress clearly shows otherwise. >> we're in the range of 40,000-100,000 barrels a day. >> [inaudible] >> the epa says part of the response must change and fast. they told them to find and use a toxic chemical dispersant by sunday. 25% of all organisms died or the dispersant was used. >> we can see what is on the surface. it hasn't impacted we have done. >> of the oil will stay away from some of the gulf coast states. after 72 hours, things could change dramatically. the government's new task force is expected to release its findings sometime on saturday. >>> the man plead guilty to the elizabeth smart kidnapping will serve at the federal medical center in texas. he pleaded guilty to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation in exchange for testimony against

there is a need in the delta. they are trying to get grants different states and cities have not received what was sent out. many kids tearing the summer feeding program are not able to get there becauue of lack of transportation. how can this part of mississippi get some of the funding? there is a eed in jackson mississippi. hoo can we get access? guest: your question unddrscores some of the cooplexity with an issue like this such as3 program in place and the families aware, but theekids have to be able to get to these programs. this idea of a race to the top, it is very important if you want to make a difference on an issue like this. i urge you tt be in touch with your representatives. this bill can provide transportation. the idea of a governor saying if transportation is one, let us it is very important. the bill has to work in the state and commuuity level.+ host: republiian line. caller: thanks for bringing this to the attention of the public. %+e nutritional value it bothers me. i have recommended for years

latest on bp's plans to stop the leaking oil that is creeping deep near delicate marshes of the mississippi delta>>> plus, the silver springs second grader who asked michelle obama about immigration has another question for the first lady. >>> and a medical set backe >>> today, the man who oversees america's 16 intelligence agencies are handing in his resignation. dennis blair is stepping down amid pressure from the white house. during his 16 months in that position, blair has dealt with security lapses and spats with the cia. in a statement, president obama said the intelligence community has "performed admirably and effectively under blair despite many challenges to the nation's security." there's still a large plume of oil and gas spewing into the gulf of mexico despite efforts to contain it. bp released more real-time video showing the oil leak and have live webcam of the flow. the company now agrees that what experts have been saying, the daily flow exceeds 5,000 barrels per day. it's siphoning that amount right now from the oil well but more continues to leak into the open ocean. lawmakers

, but what it was capable of doing over time to a sensitive area just 40 miles from the gulf and the deltaf the mississippi. megyn: and yet, juan, i know we're still in the midst of this, but hindsight is 20/20. >> okay. so, i mean, maybe the government should have done more more quickly, but i think, again, i don't know that janet napolitano is to be chided for failing to know the capacities of the defense department in dealing with an oil leak. i don't know where that's coming from. i think the real conversation here, megyn, is about what this does to conversations about offshore drilling. megyn: what does it do? >> and the fact that president obama had come out and said that he was for offshore drilling as part of trying to get his energy deal through which is part of concessions he made to lynn say graham -- lindsey graham. to me i think we should have drilling here domestically, but i don't think it's going to happen after this disaster in the way that it would have been happening before, especially along the atlantic sea board. now you see senators from new jersey and virginia, even

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from the university of miami says images from his satellite facility shows oil has reached the mississippi delta and right off the coast of louisiana. the and the images also show oil is drifting to the south toward a current that could carry oil to florida and the keys. residents and business owners on pensacola beach, florida say people are bracing for what could be the worst. >> we have a lot of news crews here, a lot of government here. unfortunately, i don't think you guys are too interested in fishing. >> right now you'd never even know there are thousands of gallons of oil out there but when it gets here i believe we're ready to just strike back. >> meanwhile bp has capped one of the leaks on the well gushing 200,000 gallons of oil a day. mike taibe joins us live. they capped off one situation but that doesn't mean it is all good news with that, certainly. >> reporter: no. this is really a good news/bad news story, tamron, with the bad news far outweighing the good. take a look at this. i'll use it as a wind indicator and it has now turned in the last hour. the water on that side, waland

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. >>> a satellite expert says oil has reached the mississippi delta and is close to coming ashore. oil still leaking into the gulf. it's taken nearly two weeks but bp is hopeful it has a plan to contain the huge gulf oil spill. the hundred ton metal and concrete box is designed to plug the massive leak should head to sea shortly. we don't know how effective it will be. it's never been tested at 5,000 feet. another sliver of good news. overnight engineers managed to cap one of three leaks from the damaged well. mike tie waibbtaibbi, what's th situation? >> it's not just biloxi, it's the entire coast knowing what's happening, the slick is getting closer, but favorable weather patterns are continuing to hold the slick and its dangers offshore for at least another couple of day. it appears to be the case. trace amounts of oil have been found along the coast, barrier alands, mississippi coast and off the louisiana coast as well. the weather window has allowed those responding to do two things. basically to deal with the slick itself, the oil already in the water, by using chemical disper

i'm going to the mississippi delta. i'm going to write about soil and people and i'm going to write about the richest land. why does the richest land on earth remain after two centuries the poorest region in the united states? i'm going to drink the water, have cold beer and eat a lot of catfish. >> host: thank you for being on booktv with us. >> guest: thank you for a much. >> charles bowden is the author of "down by the river," and "down by the city he quote he's a contributing editor for mother jones and ceq and writes for harbors magazine. to find out more, visit latimes.com/festivalofbooks. from the 2010 virginia festival of look in charlottesville virginia, rebecca sklott reveals her book, the immortal life of henrietta lacks. >> she was a port tobacco farmer who was raised in southern virginia and eventually move to baltimore where she is diagnosed with cervical cancer at 30 and without her knowledge her doctor took a small piece of her tumor and put it into a petri dish and her cells became the first immortal hum

we did have some impact, more impact on the shoreline in the mississippi delta area than previously, and so folks are really greefl out there with strategies to protect the marshes. >> reporter: b.p., which leased the sunken rig, also said it was having more success and now capturing 3,000 barrels of oil a day from a tube insert into the busted pipeline to a ship on the surface. but just what proportion of the spill that represents remains a question. federal officials and b.p. originally estimated the rig was gushing at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day, but outside experts say that figure could be 10 times higher. far from the gulf shores, more anger today from members of congress about b.p.'s ability to handle a spill of this magnitude. transportation committee chairman james oberstar. >> almost a month has passed. the response and its proven equipment and technology have failed to stop most of the continuing oil discharge or to contain most of the oil already discharged. >> brown: but in his opening statement, the committee's ranking republican took aim at government oversight in the

one challenge will be stabilizing the niger delta. militants there have repeatedly disrupted oil production. russian special forces today freed an oil tanker hijacked by somali pirates in the indian ocean. the vessel named "moscow university" had been seized on wednesday, along with 23 russian crew members. it carried a cargo worth $52 million. russian forces killed one of the pirates in the rescue operation. ten more were captured. in india, the only surviving gunman from the attacks on mumbai in 2008 was sentenced to be hanged. mohammed ajmal kasab is the pakistani man caught on camera storming a train station during the mumbai assault. 166 people died in the three-day siege. luxury hotels, a train station, and a jewish center were the targets. kasab can still appeal his sentence and apply for clemency. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. but for now, back to judy. >> woodruff: new details emerged today about events lea

the delta therefore is a difference of 199,000 jobs for the state of illinois. this needs to go back to the drawing board. this bill needs to be defeated and pulled out of the record and let's get about the business of serious job creation and not just falling headlong into an orthodoxy that's a complete failure. i yield back. mr. levin: i now yield two minutes to another distinguished member of the ways and means committee, mr. lewis of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of this jobs bill. we are making progress, but there's still far too many people who want to work but cannot find a job. we must not stop and we will not stop until each and every person has a good job. but until that time comes we must help and take care of our brothers and sisters that lost their jobs through no fault of their own. this bill extends emergency assistance to unemployed americans. it also provides funds to help states create jobs and assist struggling families. every day individual