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industry. the white house is now involved. and the military is prepared to move ships and personnel to the region. this morning we're covering the story like in one else can. suzanne malveaux. and rob march yiano tracking th winds. let's start with reynolds wolf. >> reporter: the latest we've got. despite reports, the coast guard hasn't confirmed the oil has made it to shore. at 7:00 eastern time they'll make an aerial reconnaissance. i can tell you it's been very active in this area, venice, louisiana. but this is certainly not the only one. there are many ports just like this. yesterday, bobby jindal declared a state of emergency for the state of louisiana. with that, they put out 170 feet -- 170,000 feet of emergency booms and putting out another half million before the next couple of days. they are acting quickly to try to stem the flow, the advance of this tremendous oil. >> you went out on a boat to get a closer look at the oil slick and how it's moving around in the wind and current. what happened to that? >> reporter: yesterday we went out and, did go out on the crew runner, 65-foot work boat right up the mississippi delta into the gulf of mexico. we made it a mile off the coast. we had the mississippi going into the gulf and water from the gulf was actually being forced northward with the strong wind from the south. actually it was like moving inside a giant wash tub so to speak. it was pretty rough to say the very least. we were forced to turn back. >> reynolds wolf, in venice, louisiana. we'll keep checking back with you. thanks so much. the weather is making the cleanup effort more difficult. high winds are making for choppy seas and that makes p means it's harder to contain the oil spewing into the golf each day. rob marciano has more on what to expect today for the hundreds of vessels out there trying to help. >> good morning, guys, the winds are not favorable for this operation, pushing everything onshore. we talked about this yesterday. that just takes the top surface of the water, including oil, in the direction the wind is blowing to, that would be the louisiana coastline, also the mississippi coast line and the alabama coastline and the florida coastline not out of it either. it is posted because the water rising up, because of the winds. today's forecast does bring it onshore to the mouth of the mississippi river and barrier islands to the east of like upon cha train. and main even towards alabama. looking what the google earth forecast shows, these lines indicate what noaa thinks the oil is going to do come the weekend. notice the shift over to pensacola on monday. we're talking about hundreds of miles of coast line and thousands of people and certainly hundreds of species of animals going to be affected by this over the next several days and several months unfortunately the way it looks right now. we'll talk more about this throughout the morning. meantime, the federal response to the oil spill disaster is growing. the massive slick comes at the time when president obama is calling for a major expansion of more drilling. >> the white house is holding a press conference promising an all-out response to the growing disaster. what's the latest this morning. >> reporter: it's quite amazing. we saw a half dozen officials at the briefing, saying that the federal government is doing everything it can. what was striking about this briefing, kiran, was the fact that they knew so little information just when exactly it was coming, how much damage it would do to wildlife, what type of preparations people needed to make. they don't know how bad it's going to be. we heard from janet anapolitano saying this is an emergency. the president has reached out to the five governors of states impacted by this and homeland security and interior and administrator of the epa, all of them heading out to the region to do a flyover to see how quickly the oil is going to get to the coastline. they have mobilized federal resources to make sure to mitigate some of the damage here. here's how president obama put it yesterday. >> i have ordered the secretaries of interior and security and lisa jackson of the environmental protection agency to visit the site on friday to ensure bp and entire u.s. government is doing everything possible not just to respond to the incident, but also to determine its cause. >> reporter: it is fair to say that the obama administration is on the defensive this morning. they had an administration official put out a statement to push back on some of the criticism that's coming from local officials, people saying, okay, you're preparing for the worst-case scenario, why didn't you do this from day one, not when we saw this yesterday, this full mobilization. an official saying on april 20th, the coast guard was out there, it was an emergency response to try to find those missing miners out there missing and now considered dead, that that was the initial response and that they set up the teams and they have been working very closely with the oil company, bp to figure out what's going on. they have new information indicating this is worse than they thought. the administration doesn't want this to be obama's katrina and they are promising, pushing back very hard. >> what about the broader issue of offshore drilling in total? the president has made this a key issue. now there's a battle going on in the senate whether or not there should be a moratorium. this has to be a setback. >> reporter: i asked, is there anybody on the podium giving second thoughts no the wisdom on offshore drilling. one is this is one example, a catastrophic disaster, but one example of what was not safe, what didn't work. there are other hups of oil rigs humming along and everything is fine. they are not concerned about the overall safety of the oil rigs out there and this kind of accident happening again. secondly they say there is a process here that will take years before you have expanded offshore drilling. you've got to have private contractors who are going to be bidding on contracts and they got to want out and do this and make sure it's safe. that is something that's going to take -- they said up to five years. this debate can continue and perhaps it will never happen. perhaps the expansion of offshore drilling will never happen because there's plenty of time where you get to the point where you have the expansion to begin with. clearly, a much more cautious for the administration because of this serious accident. >> suzanne malveaux, thanks. the fallout starting already. we'll speak with bill nelson about his effort to block the president's planned expansion of offshore drilling. president obama whittling down his short list of candidates. sources tell cnn elena okkagan considered to be a front-runner. strong winds sent a helium balloon crashing through a fence on takeoff and forced spectators in australia to run for their eye lives. the balloons are carrying cutting edge telescopes and astronomers get a clearer view of space. they have to pick up the pieces of years of work. it's not clear whether anything can be salvaged, but they are promising another launch. >> they'll get back on their feet again. a man named leslie buck has died. if you have picked up a coffee to go in new york city, he helped to perk up your day and maybe put a smile on your face. he designed the we are happy to serve you paper cups. he died the complications from parkinson's disease. when you grab your coffee, raise one in memory of leslie buck. a criminal investigation now launched against goldman sachs. when i grow up, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to work with kids. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. 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so many of you are telling us, why isn't anybody in jail because of this? this is just the next step in investigations into what went wrong. this particular case though, not necessarily the cause of all of the problems in the economy. it's one case that they are investigating about cdos. >> when we talk to carl levin the other day and he was talking about all of the stuff going on at the company, he said he didn't know if it is illegal. he said if it wasn't illegal, it should have been. >> that seems to be the crux of what's going on here -- >> what should have been though -- >> goldman sachs for the past ten years has been making an awful lot of money. that's what old goldman sachs it was to do. that was its mission, to make a lot of money. the question is, did they break laws in making that money. many people say the s.e.c. has a tough case in front of them. they have said sometimes the feds and s.e.c. on a big case they think they can get, they announce it at the same time. this time it's different. it's not clear how strong the case is. >> christine romans, thanks. still to come, we'll give you an update on the oil spill disaster. companies like goldman sachs are blamed for the economic problems we're dealing with. there's another group of companies that played a role. credit rating agencies and allan chernoff will join us. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i thought investment firms were there tdd# 1-800-345-2550 to help with my investments. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so where's that help when i need it? 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>> no. >> reporter: but when she fell behind on her payment, that lender this already sold the mortgage to investment bank morgan stanley. >> the basic idea was let's take a bunch of mortgages -- professor lawrence white teaches at stern school of business. >> here's these 100 mortgages, they've been packaged up to now we'll call a security. >> reporter: securities of anticipated mortgage payments that wall street firms sold to investors. that's where the credit rating agencies come in. there are three players, standard and poor's, moody's and fitch. to tell investors what's the likelihood james and other home buyers can make their monthly payments, which are supposed to flow to the investors. the rating agency said homeowners like james were likely to pay their mortgages, very likely. so they gave those mortgage securities their top marks an effort critics say to generate more lucrative deals from wall street. >> the rating industries, if you want, betrayed the people by having models that did not recognize the objective risk conditions in the field. >> reporter: giselle james fell into foreclosure just like millions of other of home buyers who could not afford their mortgages. >> it turns out that, no, this wasn't so safe. the rating firms had been way over-optimistic. >> reporter: based on aaa ratings, ohio's pension funds bought 263 of the mortgage securities. when the housing bubble popped, the investments plummeted. s&p 500 and moody's and fitch cut their readings from super safe to junk. but it was too late. ohio's pension plans lost $456 million. >> our investors and retirees were victims of what the rating industries did here. it's up setting. many of them know the systems have been hurt. they worry about getting their checks every day. >> ohio is not alone. connecticut and california lost millions of dollars and they, with ohio are suing the rating agencies. those agencies say they are going to defend themselves. but they are getting heat in congress. and the financial reform bill now before the senate tharks would decrcreate a new office t require oversight and more transparency of those credit rating agencies. john and kiran? >> it goes back to giselle. you asked, do you think you could think you could afford this house. she said no. >> she is a smart woman but not smart in the way of finance. she was a librarian. she was convinced by a mortgage broker, don't worry, you'll be okay. she didn't believe it, but she believed the mortgage broker, then the dominos just began falling. >> what a tangled web. thanks for breaking it down for us. the debate over arizona's immigration law is now impacting the national past time. i have astigmatism. so my old contact lenses would sometimes move out of place and blur my vision. my eye doctor said there's great news for people with astigmatism. acuvue oasys for astigmatism. they work with the way my eyes move and blink, which helps them stay in place. and this is the only lens of its kind made with hydraclear plus. i'm seeing more clearly, crisply, comfortably, all day long. now life doesn't have to be a blur. [ male announcer ] for a free trial pair certificate, go to getacuvue.com. acuvue oasys for astigmatism. ♪ 27 minutes past the hour. the fierce debate over immigration spreading to america's past time. a few dozen activists protested arizona's new immigration law outside the cubs game yesterday. the arizona diamondbacks were in town. the new law requires police to check whether a person is in the united states legally if there's a reason to suspect that he or she is not. critics say it will foster racial profiling. if you get closer to the border, you'll find many supporters, some loud and angry, who say this law will actually save american lives. john mccain heard from some of them and casey has this "a.m. original". >> reporter: kiran opponents of arizona's new law have marched through the cities of phoenix and tucson. we're in casa grande, it's in smaller towns like this where one support for a crackdown is strong. >> as a normal citizen, what do we do, besides wondering and frustrated? >> reporter: at a town hall meeting with john mccain and police chiefs, one residents discussed a solution of his own. >> shoot, shovel and shut up. these people are herded up like could y cows and horses and driven across the border. they pay good money to do it. why don't we make a few examples and maybe the rest of them will get the idea, that hey, they shoot back. >> i understand your passion but that's not -- i think frankly in the tradition of america. >> reporter: casa grande is more than 100 miles from the border. the sheriff estimates 80% of the illegal immigrants who enter in arizona pass through the county. in one month, sheriff's deputies were involved in 64 high-speed pursuits with suspected smugg r smugglers of illegal immigrants or drugs. >> we've seen the tactics change over the last couple of months here and become increasingly dangerous. >> reporter: the sheriff has become the voice of the county's exasperated residents. >> everybody across america is watching arizona right now. we live in this. and the violence is off the chart. >> reporter: at the nation's capital -- >> i wouldn't dare speak for anybody else. most of us in law enforcement welcome this legislation. >> i am going to stay. >> reporter: at the local vfw where he's treated like a celebrity. >> i liked you when i first saw you and i even like you more now. >> reporter: others say arizona's new slau the natural reaction to what they consider the federal government's failure to security the nation's borders and solve the illegal immigration crisis. his main concern is the safety of the county's residents and i have his deputies. and that safety is being compromised every day by smugglers. >> casey wian this morning. thanks. the closer you gets to the situation, the opinions are very different than other places of the country. 31 minutes past the hour, wall street giant goldman sachs reportedly the focus of a criminal investigation now. sources telling the associated press that it is as a result of the referral by the s.e.c. the daughter of one of the 29 men killed in west virginia's upper big branch mine says the mine's owner is offering each family a $3 million settlement. massey said accepting a deal would not bar families from taking legal action. it was the worst disaster in more than 40 years. a state of emergency in louisiana, a 600 square mile oil slick has reportedly now reached the coast. so far robots working under water have not been able to stop the leak spewing crude into the go gulf each day. other strategies could take months to set into place. it's hands on deck for the obama administration. >> the president is promising more military help and barbara starr is live at the pentagon for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. some booming equipment already on the way there, some of the cleanup gear, but also there could be things showing up like c-130 aircraft to drop oil d disbursing chemicals and even the troops could go if it becomes the type of disaster expected. they may need troops to help clean it up. the bottom line is, this is now a signal that this is far beyond the scope of civilian agencies or the companies involved. that's when the military gets called in, when the rest of the government can't deal with it anymore. it's looking to be a major problem. >> british petroleum says it asked the military for help. that's a little unusual. >> reporter: it really is. that got a lot of raised eyebrows at they made that public statement it was coming to the military to ask for more of the underwater technology to scope up the spill. the military doesn't do offshore drilling. they may not have anything useful for the company. it has to go through the civilian agencies. the u.s. military does not respond to private industry requests. certainly there's no ability in the law to do that. it kind of shows how this is beginning to layout. bp saying they need massive help now. the military responding, but still, there has to be this matchup, what can the military actually provide? it may be very limited. they may not have the technology to help bp in this disaster. john and kiran? >> barbara starr this morning, just such a tragedy. we're continuing to follow the major story. we'll have more coming up. still to come, here's another tragedy, 18 american military veterans take their lives every day. that time of war, what more needs to be done to save the american heroes? we'll put that question to athe assistant secretary to veteran affairs tammy duckworth. last year more than 6,000 u.s. veterans died by suicide. that's about 18 every single day, brave men and women who survived danger on the battle field only to surrender their own lives back home. many are dealing with mental illness, and the numbers obviously impossible to ignore. tammy duckworth, her helicopter was shut down north of baghdad and lost both legs and partial use of one arm. now the assistant secretary for public and governmental affairs. good to see you again. we had the fundraiser tournament on sunday. >> yes, thank you for being great supporters of that. i spent nine months in the fisher house and my husband was there 13 months, i don't know i could have thrived and recovered without that place. >> it was a good day. but let's turn to this issue of military suicides. it is such an important and tragic issue. 6,000 members of the military, eastern active duty or veterans kill themselves each and every day -- every year and five are under the direct care of the veteran's affairs administration. what does the va need to do to attack this problem? >> i'm so glad you brought this up. it is such an important issue. it is something we are working very closely on. i'm not a mental health expert or suicide prevention expert. i still serve in the military. here's where i see it from a soldier's perspective but also as a member of the va team. we need to do more. we need to have better dialogue that takes away the stigma of mental health issues and increase access. we have over 20,000 mental health experts across the va. we started off suicide prevention hot line in va. this past year we have a chat room. it is critical. it's about getting the care to where he or she is. >> the house subcommittee on oversight administrations for the veterans affairs committee, is pretty critical. he wanted to have a hearing and asked you to attend. why wouldn't you comply with the request? >> the hearing was on suicide prevention outreach and advertising. we wanted to send him the expert somebody like jan kemp. i've testified before congress many times -- >> he still wanted to see you there. >> and i'm happy to go. but let's -- i want to make sure we have a good dialogue about suicide prevention and what needs to be done. to do that, i can speak from layman's terms and talk about the fact that anybody that attempts suicide, that's unacceptable. any veteran waiting for care, that's not acceptable. but we need to do more as an organization and need to do more as a society. that's why we wanted to make sure we had the right people there to answer the key questions of how do you increase suicide prevention among this population. >> in canceling that hearing, this is what the congressman said, many of the returning veterans bear wounds that can'ting seen are difficult to diagnose. we can't wait for them to come to the va, they need to go to them and be held accountable and be trans parent with the progress of their efforts. he says to them, clearly you're not doing enough here. >> we are not doing enough. other society is not doing enough. we're doing more now than where we were a year ago. we had 6800 saves from the suicide hot line. 225,000 telephone calls and started the chat room. i still personally -- when i watch too much news coverage, think of iraq. so i have to have this real strong dialogue in our country about mental health and what we need to do. >> i talked to steve robinson from veterans for america. he says one of big problems is the hand-off to the veterans affairs administration. warrior transition units at army bases across the country. have been criticized by some people. there was an article in "the new york times" that said this, for many soldiers, they have been warehouses of despair where damage men and women are kept out of sight and fed prescription drugs and treated harshly by noncommissioned officers. these are mostly under the pursue of the army. at ft. carson there's a project where va is involved to assess soldiers, before they transition out of the military, i guess designed really to speed up them receiving benefits. what do you think of these wtus, are they doing the job they need to do? they are headed up by regular military. do those need to be looked at to ensure the transition between active duty and veteran stat as you say status smoother? >> we need to keep a close eye on this, this is the most vulnerable population of veterans, the ones not doing their mission in combat but waiting to transition. they may have a physical wound or mental health as well. having va there is critical. we're watching and we're trying to increase that access. in fact, as a member of national guard, we're using national guard and reservists so much more in the war than we have in previous wars. we're there at the reat t reintremendous grags process. get more va staff into the facilities to make sure we get that very positive handoff. my experience with the handoff in 2005 when i was injured and recovered, would be very different today. we things like women's health care coordinators at every one of our va facilities. people that didn't exist when i was going through six years ago. they have made a great big difference. we have more to do but we're getting there. >> it's good to see you this morning. thanks for coming in. rob will have the latest on weather conditions in the gulf. plus, this morning's travel forecast right after the break. it's 44 minutes after the hour. weren't expecting that? 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living in feartown, the life of a latino in phoenix as the battle hins are drawn over arizona's new immigration law. the a.m. fix blog is up and running. head to cnn doikt sl.com/amfix read your comments throughout the show. let's get you updated on our breaking news. an ecological nightmare in the making. the oil spill has reportedly reached louisiana's shoreline. it has been declared a spill of national significance, covering an average 100 miles long and 45 miles wide. the slick is passing over the nation's most fertile waters, threatening fish and birds and shell fish. right now the white house is staging a show of force, ready to send in military reinforcement to contain the spill. the governor is saying the state must be prepared for the worst. >> i issued a state of emergency that positions us to deploy state assets and further engage the federal government. we've been working with local officials to assess their needs, command centers, we've asked bp and the coast guard to have direct contact so they've got direct communications with the parrish leaders to make sure they are getting their needs and their concerns. >> this morning we've got the story covered. rob marciano tracking the wind and waves, hampering containment efforts and we have reynolds wolf live in venice. what is the latest as the ribbons of oil are reaching the coastline this morning? >> reporter: some of the first reports we have have to do with that oil, although there have been reports the coast guard has yet to confirm those. within the hour, the coast guard is expected to goe up, aerial reconnaissance and see if it has made contact with the land. they have already moved about 175,000 feet of that emergency boom around parts of the state. they are expected to move another half million feet of that. they are expected to move it not just here in louisiana but other places around the region. >> you had to actually turn back. what happened? >> reporter: what happened yesterday is we did get on a craft, a 65-foot vessel into the gulf of mexico. about a mile out into the gulf, once we moved in there into an area of convergence, where you had the mississippi moving into the gulf of mexico, the strong winds moving in the opposite direction. it was incredibly rough. the seas had us bouncing all over the place. the instrument light cluster on the front of the boat was knocked off. our photo journalist losing footing and our producer, same thing. to be plain and simple to you, it's scary as hell, not just for me but also for the boat captain. >> what would happen if we had stayed that course and kept going? any chance we could have gotten knocked over by a wave? >> yeah, whenever you turn around, it could roll you over. >> reporter: this is a big boat. we're talking 65 feet. most people would say this can handle it. >> negative. no way. >> reporter: what does it say about the guys trying to contain this oil. if they are in boats this size, they have to go back to shore. >> if they were in boats this size, but most of them are on bigger boats than this, 110 foot plus, they can handle it right now. >> reporter: there's no question that the wind played a tremendous factor in creating those waves. that's a really important component to mention. that is one of the things transferring the oil from the gulf to the shores here in louisiana, threatening many of the places you have been talking about, the federally protected wildlife areas. one of ten of them could be affected. to the south, the delta national refuge, and keep in mind there are 10 in louisiana and mississippi that may be affected in the coming days. we could see the oil spread to the coastlines of alabama and even into florida on monday. back to you. >> reynolds wolf, some scary moments trying to get out there on ship and get a closer look. rob marciano is monitoring the wind and current. what are we looking at? >> rough seas as reynolds mentioned. they'll build throughout the day as will the winds. coastal flood watch has been post, was posted yesterday not because of the oil slick but because the water will be moving onshore and the high tides will making higher than normal. here's where the slick is. some of the winds we're seeing across this area into the teens and 20s as far as what sorts of winds are affecting it. all blowing the slick directly to the shoreline. last night this is what it looked like, close to the shoreline. today this is what they expect for a forecast, if it's not already onshore, it will be today. the black highlighted area is the uncertainty meaning -- if the forecast is worse than they anticipate, much more shoreline and sensitive coastline will be affected. saturday brings it east of lake pontchartrain. and you can imagine what sunday breaks, probably farther north and east. i don't see a wind shift, john and kiran, until monday or tuesday. until then, they will be onshore and onshore in a very strong fashion. back to you. >> no cooperation from the weather, that's for sure. thanks, rob. this could easily eclipse the worst oil spill, the exxon valdez. 11 million gallons leaked back in 1989. in the three months that it could take to drill a relief well and that's the worst case scenario right now, 200,000 gallons of day, this spill could dwarf that one. officials say there is a lot more in the wells than there is in a single tanker. what can official dozen now that the disaster is getting out of control? we'll talk to rear admiral sally brice o'hara. other stories, president obama whittling down his short list. sources tell cnn elena kagan is considered a front-runner. diane wood out of chicago is also said to be a top choice. the president wants to nominate someone by the end of may. two local coal miners confirmed dead after a roof collapse in western kentucky. officials say that this is a mine that had a history of safety violations. state and federal records show 40 orders to close sections of mine since january of 2009. a final police report on the whale attack says the trainer briefly freed herself before being killed. 40-year-old dawn brancheau was working with the while and she was dragged under. the video of the attack reveals she was killed in less than three minutes. a headache for rush hour travelers after an electrical fire brought the subway service to a grinding halt overnight. several people were treated for smoke inhalation, the intense heat damaged a series of power lines. subway service is back up this morning but it is delayed. this is not exactly what nasa had in mind. strong winds sent a helium balloon and state of the art telescope forcing spectators in australia to run for their lives. the balloons carry cutting edge telescopes that are supposed to give astronomers a clearer view of space. next time nasa says the public will not be allowed so close. >> all of those years of work and it comes crashing down like that. they don't think they can salvage any of it. >> back to the drawing board. >> right now it can only cost them cash, but some goldman executives will pay with their freedom? possible criminal charges against the bank that can't lose. living in feartown, latinos in phoenix fleeing illegal or not, in fear of the backlash from a new immigration law. also at 7:30, oil spilling ashore hundreds of gallons behind it. we'll check in with the coast guard on efforts to stop what could be an epic environmental disaster. it's ten minutes past the hour. what did we make better ? communities. industry. energy. her. this. lives. how ? by bringing together... information. ... people ... ... machines ... ... systems ... ideas... verizon helps businesses worldwide... including fortune 500 companies... find and achieve... better. better. better. better. ♪ 13 minutes after the hour. christine romans is here "minding your business." the sec complaint may get bumped up because looking into the collateralized dead obligations. >> doj, no one is giving us anything on the record as to where they are into a criminal investigation into goldman sachs. they say given the recent focus on the firm, we're not surprised by the support of an inquiry. we will fully cooperate with any requests for information. we would fully cooperate with any requests for information. leads you to believe this is just beginning. in fact, the reports are it's the s.e.c. that referred this to the department of justice on thursday. this would be a criminal probe into goldman sachs' trading, the very kinds of things the s.e.c. has already charged fraud for. as you know this is all about one transaction between the big hedge fund manager, a guy who's a billionaire, who wanted to bet short on some mortgages and according to the s.e.c. helped design and pick the bad mortgages to go into this product, a product that goldman sachs sold to other investors without disclosing. at the very fascinating hearings this week on capitol hill, lloyd blankfein addressed s.e.c. case. >> we strongly agree with the s.e.c.'s complaint, i also recognize how such a complicated transaction may look to many people. to them, it is confirmation of how out of control they believe wall street has become, no matter how sophisticated the parties or what disclosures were made. >> so there you have it. i mean, this is just the beginning of the troubles i think many people think for goldman sachs here. this is a not very surprisingly a criminal investigation. because, look, when you've got an s.e.c. case of this magnitude, you would expect the feds to look at it. is this business as usual as he was saying, very complicated stuff? we understand how you can look at it from the surface and not understand how it works, or was there something illegal going on? >> analysts say it's going to be tough to prove. fraud is tough to prove. in in case with all of the complicated derivatives it might be harder to prove. >> there's a back story going on about why s.e.c. didn't try to settle with goldman. there are many people who say goldman might have been interested in. >> the hearing, inside and outside, you chasing fab tourre down the hallway. >> chasing him with all of these other people and french press mobbing him. what's your defense, sir? >> you say he looked like he wanted to throw up. >> then i heard somebody yell, how does it feel to be the american responsible for trying to destroy the american economy. here's this man trying to get out. >> protesters were wearing prison colored jumpsuits. >> a lot of people are saying, we want to see someone really -- >> they want blood from someone. >> we'll see. the criminal investigation underway. still to come, we're going to be speaking with rear admiral sally brice o'hara about the attempts to contain the spill. will the military lend a hand, and how soon can they stop the flow of oil? my subaru saved my life. i won't ever forget that. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. welcome back to the most news in the morning. we're following the latest on the oil spill? louisiana. president obama sending three top officials to the state to see firsthand the oil slick. >> four states are on alert, louisiana, mississippi and alabama and florida. let's bring sally brice o'hara in with the u.s. coast guard. great to see you. where is the bulk of the oil spill? how much is coming ashore? what's the status of efforts to keep it from coming onshore? >> good morning. thank you for the opportunity to talk this morning. i want to assure you that the federal government has had immediate sustained and scaled response to this incident. it is very serious. we have good coordination among all of the federal agencies, but more importantly the responsible party, bp, has had close oversight of their actions to respond and cleanup this oil. our first priority is to get it stemmed at the source, but that is ongoing with all of these surface efforts at sea. and now our focus has turned to the shoreline. we've 180,000 feet of boom deployed. >> they are trying to stop the spill underground. what are they and how likely are any of them to work? >> they continue to try and work with the blowout preventer. there's technology they continue to apply to cry to get that crimped to stop that flow. they are also engineering a dome that will be lowered to the ocean floor to enclose that area that's leaking. and then we'll be able to have a line rise to the surface from which we can extract that product until they can get the relief well drilled, which is the permanent solution to closing down the well that is causing this leak. >> admiral, last week about this time last week, maybe a day earlier, we heard from the coast guard, they said things seemed pretty good. was the coast guard premature or too quick in saying there is no oil leak, it looks like it's contained? is too much trust being put in the oil industry to assess incidents like this? >> initially, you'll recall this incidents started as an explosion with significant fire. so the oil that was leaking literally went up in flames, burnt off and then as the rig collapsed, sank to the bottom, then we realized we were still having some leakage. and it has been apparent that the quantity has been better calculated and understood as we've learned more about where the leaks are, as we've observed on the surface what the spread of the product has been. it has allowed us to refine. the science has helped us refine the estimates of what's being discharged. >> if i could, though, we were told by mary landry that submersibles had gone down and there was no oil leak. was that assessment premature? is there too much trust being put in the oil companies to assess the situation? >> there was a 5,000-foot line that had to be assessed. so it took very careful scrutiny with these rovs to look at every piece of that pipeline and riser to ensure we knew what was happening. it was then we detected two leaks and more recently this week the third leak. we've learned more as we have gone through continued evaluation, technology assessments and scientific examination of what we're seeingen on the surface. >> on top of that, the president is talking about helping you guys out, meaning the coast guard, first responders to this, by bringing other aspects of the military to help you out. where will they be of the most help? and where are they going to be deployed as this disaster starts to grow and get closer to the coastlines? >> well, we have a number of different efforts that are ongoing. at sea, we're working to apply disbursements to break up the oil. there are skimming operations to collect the oil. we've collected more than 20,000 barrels of oily water mix. that will be ongoing. that's going to be sustained effort for quite a while to come. we have the controlled burn that was very successful. we're waiting for a window of weather to save safely do another controlled burn and keep it from getting to shore. as we've watched trajectories and seen this spill moving closer to shore, the focus has been to get booms in place to protect critical habitats and also have boats and skim equipment at the ready when this comes to shore. there are a number of volunteers being employed on the beaches. we're working with the federal family and certainly very carefully watching the responsibility party, bp in their efforts to fight the oil. >> can i come back to the point one more time. you didn't aps the question. the government took a look and said it's 5,000. is too much faith or trust being put in the oil companies to assess incidents like this? >> i believe that it has to be a combined effort by the industry, specialists as well as the government specialists. as we move through our understanding of what we were dealing with, 5,000 feet bhoe the surface, it has been continually refined as we got more information and assess that information and as we combine that assessment with what we're seeing on surface. it has been a very difficult and complex effort to precisely state what the release has been. but we continue to bring every asset to bear just as we have been doing since this started on the 20th of april. we continue to bring assets to fight this oil. >> rear admiral sally brice, thanks for joining us. good luck in the efforts contain the spill. they call it living in feartown. latinos fleeing, illegal or not, some say because of fear from backlash from a new immigration law. 27 minutes after the hour. when i grow up, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to work with kids. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. 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>> well, there's certainly immense potential consequences. this is such a fragile eco system. we have thousands of birds of aquatic life. we also have our swampy grasses and marshland that protect us from more coastal erosion. >> in some cases they say the disbursant is toxic as well. i know they are doing hundreds of thousands of feet of boom to keep that oil away from the shore. how big of a calamity are we looking at in terms of the environmental impact? >> well, it could possibly be immense. as oil comes up, it depends what state the oil is in. some of it has been out there for a very long time so it has aged so it will be mortary and go oey. it is the motion that will cause more damage to the ecosystem. >> 80% of your product from the shrimp comes from the gulf coast. you spend half a million dollars getting ready for the season and make your money during the season which is now. what is your impact on your business that you're bracing for? >> what it is, it's like a farm. we're been nurturing our crop to harvest and can't get in the water to harvest. we're in bad shape. we would like to see bp come down there and talk to the locals and let the locals get out in the water and help them with the oil spill. locals know the water better than anybody else. and they got a stake in this. you know, i think bp is making a big mistake by not going to the local communities and getting with the people that live there and know the waters best and willing to work and do the job. >> what would be some of the things you would be able to do as local fishermen and locals who are familiar with those waters? >> our fishermen know how to dodge run. they know every nook and cranny in the water. their livelihood is at stake. they could put out booms and everything. they tell me what's going on in the gulf right now is not doing the job. the fishermen saying that if they let them get out there, they think they could do a better job. >> right. and are you guys going to be asking for compensation from bp? >> well, we're going to need some help. we're going to definitely need some help. this is a disaster. we definitely need some help. i wish bp would come down here and just talk to us. the way it looks now, the only ones that come out of this is the lawyers. >> thousands of water foul are nesting right now, it's the height of the breeding season. when you look at the fear about the long-term significance of this, not just right now in the short term but in seasons to come, what are we potentially looking at here? >> well, during this time, we have our red fish coming in and they are spawning. we certainly have my gra tri birds flying in from the south. they use this as their nesting grounds. it has a potential not only for affecting what happens this year, but in future years as a reproductive cycle is broken. >> dean, you also feel that there was some corner cutting going on, one class action lawsuit being filed on behalf of the commercial shrimpers against bp. who do you think is to blame for this? >> i believe this is all greed. this all happened because of greed. apparently bp didn't take the necessary steps to have the valve in place to close the thing. it seems to me they should have had a backup system. it all comes down to greed. they are looking to save money. and we're beyond that point right now. what i would like to see bp do is come in and put our locals back to work, the people they put out of business, people them back to work. use our hotel and restaurants, let our communities continue to strive. you know, right now we're just a shut down community. nobody got no money left. everybody put all of the money into getting ready for shrimp season and we won't be able to harvest our crop because of the greed of bp. >> it certainly will have a devastating impact both environmentally and financially. dean blancheard and dr. louann white. we appreciate talking to you. >> from the ocean to dry land and the failout from the new immigration law in arizona. has it created a hostile environment for latinos here legally? 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[ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: you don't want to go? you were happy here? why are you leaving? [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: he says he doesn't want his immigration status to jeopardize his wife in any way. anna is a family counselor and says she can't leave because of her job. >> i'm a citizen, i'm no criminal. i went to school, i have a master's degree. i'm a professional and i still have to feel this way. i think it's unfair. >> reporter: a critic might say that you chose to marry someone undocumented. >> how do you tell your heart not to? we're not machines. we're not robots. we're humans. >> reporter: anna says she's sure other families are leaving because of fear. >> they were hoping for this exo dus of undocumented people. now it's happening. isn't that -- aren't you giving them what they want? >> they are going to regret it though. they will regret it. >> reporter: how? >> financially, they will not have people working the farms. they will not have people working, picking up strawberries. >> what will you tell people about why your husband is not living with you? >> i will tell them the truth. this is why he's not here. he had to leave. he's not wanted here. and i don't feel that we are wanted as latinos, we're not wanted here. my heart is broken. i'm in pain. >> reporter: 13 hours after we met them, they spend their last morning together as a couple in arizona. then it's time to head out. she wouldn't say where he was going. and she doesn't know when she'll see him again. anna and her husband are not alone. we talked to several families who told us, they too will leave arizona if the law is enacted within 90 days. john and kiran? 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>> it's going to be a sea of white and a lot of people bearing skin in central park this weekend. bring your shades and take it easy out there and wear the sun sauce if you're sensitive to that for sure. if you live in the midsection of the country, we're looking at a lot of red all the way up to the canadian border, pretty wide expensive where we think there will be severe weather today. temperatures in the lower to mid-80s in in spots. the ingredients are there to produce thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes. a pretty wide swath. it. we did see thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes, six reported tornadoes yesterday. those lines of thunderstorms have begin to wound down, with the exception of this one, still some development with this line of thunderstorms. we'll see that increase throughout the day today. then it will kind of stall out. we'll probably see rain producing flooding across the mid-south from memphis, tennessee, south towards nashville. rainfall over the next couple days will be heavy at times during that time span. all right. southeast winds continue to come in off the gulf of mexico. this oil slick is coming onshore. there's no doubt about it. we have coastal flood warnings and watches posted for southeast louisiana and mississippi and alabama. with winds blowing 20 to 25 miles an hour now, it's taking that top layer of water and anything on it and moving it onshore. this is coming and it's imminent at this point. as far as the forecast is concerned beyond tomorrow, we'll talk about that at the top of the hour. the sensitive wetlands of louisiana and mississippi look to be definitely inundated by at least the leading edge of this sheen. hopefully they can keep the bulk of the more quag lated cruel oil offshore. right now trying to fight back the oil. >> they have a huge monumental task ahead of them. it's 50 minutes past the hour. your top stories a few minutes away, 120 miles of oil starting to creep ashore on track to be one of the worst environmental disasters ever. we're live in louisiana. we'll show you what it looks like right now. >> get your kids off of facebook now. the plea plea from one middle school principal who has his kids in an uproar. 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will have each other but they may not have me. they may not have their dad. will you be there dad? >> reporter: sick, scared and worried, bruce wrote that letter to six lifelong friends, men who knew his voice, who could be fathers for his daughters. he decided to call them the council of dads. by late july, weeks after his cancer diagnosis, bruce took the letter 200 miles north to vermonts the home of his childhood friend, jeff. >> he said to me, i want to find some time to spend alone with you. >> reporter: nothing could have prepared him for what bruce was about to ask. >> of course, without skipping a heart beat, i said, bruce, absolutely yes. >> i was saying, will you just be there. will you take this one side of me and will you convey them that idea? >> jeff would capture bruce's adventureous side, his philosophy, get off the beaten track. that's the spirit bruce wanted jeff to teach eden and taidi. >> i will get them out of their comfort zone and help them to see the world. >> reporter: it would take five more men to complete the council. childhood buddy, ben edwards, to show the girls where their dad came from. college roommate, matt stier, to help them live life with passion. poet, josh layman, to make them take time to reflect on life. business partner, david black, to teach them to never give up. close confident, ben sherwood, to challenge them to always ask questions and then linda, who would be in charge of them all. the council now formed snapped into action. >> you are safe now, don't worry. in the months to come, each man assumed his role and began making special connections to eden and taibi. >> we sat down and were talking about who these men are. they were going through it and saying, there is tractor jack and he took us skiing and there is chocolate chip david, because he likes to make chocolate chip cookies with us. already, in their minds, each of them has a personality that they already associate with them. >> it's amazing. you can hear more about bruce's extraordinary story this weekend on the special edition of sanjay gupta and the saturday morning right here on cnn. it's so amazing to be surrounded with such amazing people in their life. >> that's so great, if the worse were to happen, his daughters would be well taken care of. we are back with your top stories right after the break. don't go away. to find cleaner, more efficient ways to power flight. and harness our technology... for new energy solutions. around the globe, the people of boeing are working together, to build a better tomorrow. that's why we're here. ♪ i got an egg [pop] i got gum a kazoo a candy necklace i got one of these [pop] a stamp helium fabric softener ear plugs [pop] lipstick two pills a day is what it takes to stay alive if you're hiv positive. those pills cost about forty cents a day. good friday morning. thanks for being with us. it's the 30 lth of april. i'm john roberts. i'm kiran chetry. we are tracking several big stories. our top story, the leading edge of an oil slick now the size of jamaica reportedly washing ashore in louisiana. it could devastate the environment and the economy. we say reportedly, because there has not been confirmation from the coast guard. a state of emergency has been declared. even president obama getting involved offering additional military help. we are live from louisiana to washington. >> lawsuits, boy cotts and protests planned in more than 70 cities this weekend against a strict new immigration law in arizona. we will tell you about an officer that says it is illegal. >> one school principal is telling the parents of his students saying, keep them off face back. he says there is no reason for kids to be using social network sites. why he thinks you should take your middle schoolers off-line. the a.m. fix blog is up and running. go to cnn.com/amfix. we will be reading the e-mails throughout the morning. what a mess off the coast of louisiana. ugly, poisonous to wildlife. now hitting parts of louisiana shoreline as we speak. the tides of crude now threatening. the military prepared to move ships and personnel to the region. the undersea leak feeding this spill, still uncapped and efforts to slow the 200,000 gallons of oil a day have failed. >> we have a number of different efforts that are ongoing at sea. we are working to apply disbursements to break up the oil. there are skimming operations to collect the oil. we have collected more than 20,000 barrels of oily water mix. that will be ongoing. that's going to be sustained effort for quite a while to come. >> well, this morning, we are following the story like no one else can, bringing you the latest information on the efforts. our reynolds wolf is live along the louisiana coast. also, rob marciano standing by with crucial information about how important the weather is in terms of the operations today. suzanne malveaux live at the white house. we are also going to be talking to florida democratic senator, will nelson, now calling for an immediate halt to the expansion of offshore drilling. we go to reynolds wolf who is live in venice, louisiana. give us the latest on what they are doing today. >> reporter: the first thing we have going on is plenty of action. people have been laying out about 175,000 feet of that protective boom over parts of the coastline, not just here in louisiana but in mississippi and eventually into spots around the gulf coast, alabama and into florida. they are not going to stop there. governor jindal has ordered another half billion feet of that emergency boom. one of the places possibly first affected will be some of the wildlife refuges. one of them just a short distance from here, the delta national wildlife refuge to our south. there are ten of those, especially in parts of louisiana and mississippi that may be affected. when this moves into these areas, these are environmentally sensitive spots. right over my shoulder, you can see some of the grasses. when the oil moves into these places, it can kill some of the grasses. the roots are the anchor for some of the soil that you have back in these areas. if you have those grasses die out, the root systems are gone, it will change the landscape here forever. some of the other animals affected, the oysters, bottom feeders where you have the river and the salt water meeting. they could be contaminated. birds affected very quickly. you get the oil on the feathers, the birds can't fly. if they can't fly, they can't feed themselves and could starve to death. shrimpers are going to be affected and fishermen and the pristine beaches in alabama and florida, people go where the crystal clear waters are, they refer to as the emerald coast. if it makes its way onshore, detrimental environmentally and economically. >> so we talked a lot about that actually with one of the shrimpers. he said this is the start of the harvesting season. he is very, very upset, not only at the impact on his local fish sherees and areas but the financial aspect. i want to ask you some questions about the disbursement and setting the oil on fire. some say that the disbursement is more toxic than the oil to the waters. >> reporter: well, that is certainly one of the big issues they have out there. one of the things -- the great thing about the fire is it tends to remove some of that crude. they have only set one so far. it will remove 90-50% of the crude they were able to corral. they were fairly successful. you have to have just perfect weather conditions. today, tomorrow, it is not going to look like that situation. the weather may improve in weeks to come. that may be an option farther down the road. from now to then, i don't think this oil is going to go anywhere. let's steend it back to you. high winds and waves are pushing the oil slick closer to shore. rob marciano is tracking the black tide. >> it comes up as white because the oil reflects the sunshine. i have a high resolution shot i want to show you. the box-highlighted area, that's where the slick is, the most dense area in white. the sheen goes a little farther beyond that. west of new orleans, those clouds indicated that the winds went onshore yesterday afternoon. there are no clouds in mississippi and florida. we know the winds turn to onshore. there is a closeup shot. winds are going to continue to be very strong today. anywhere from 20-25, 30 miles an hour. potentially, coastal flood watches still posted. tides are going to be unusually high. that's the worst thing we could ask for at this point. last night, this is where the slick was. when you see red, that means that shoreline that is affected or will be. mouth of the mississippi, the delta refuge, that will be inundated moving up towards the chandelier islands and the barrier islands of coastal mississippi by saturday and sunday. that's the forecast. we don't expect it to change because the winds aren't going to change. i don't think the winds are going to go remotely offshore until monday or tuesday. mother nature is certainly not helping the cause. back to you guys in new york. >> rob, thanks so much. they also say that they are not going to be able to try another controlled burn until the winds die down as well. >> a little too rough down there. they have good a big problem on their hands. they want that cleaned up. >> it is all hands on deck says the obama administration responding to what it calls a spill of national significance. top administration officials will be taking an aerial tour offal gulf spill today. >> suzanne malveaux is looking at the political end of this. was too much faith put in the industry, was the coast guard prompt enough in its response, what's going on at the white house? >> reporter: it is certainly very obvious the obama administration is on the defensive that some local critics said they did not respond fast enough. white house officials putting out statements early this morning and yesterday, fighting back, saying, look, from day one, the u.s. coast guard was involved in this operation, this rescue mission. they were hoping to find the 11 missing. there were federal officials, department of interior officials from day one. yesterday, at the briefing, the white house briefing, there were at least half a dozen officials they put out and very little answers to some questions, basic questions still unknown, what kind of damage this is going to cause, what happened in the first place. what they are trying to do is make sure this is not president obama's katrina here. they are letting people know that they have got people out there. so the president was on the phone with the five governors of the states that are going to be impacted. also, the secretaries of homeland security, the interior, the administrator of epa, all going to be out there with the aerial tour, working with federal officials to make sure there is a plan in place. as you know, already some local officials and people saying, why didn't we see this kind of mobilization from day one. the white house is pushing very hard against that. john, kiran? >> suzanne at the white house, thanks. >> for get drill, baby drill. the governor wants to halt any jur offshore drilling as the oil spill worsens. thing as taking a chance? as having to decide to go for it? at the hartford, we help businesses of all kinds... feel confident doing what they do best. by protecting your business, your property, your people. you've counted on us for 200 years. let's embrace tomorrow. and with the hartford behind you, achieve what's ahead of you. ♪ in the north of england to my new job at the refinery in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. ♪ with the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico far worse than anyone expected, president obama is promising an all-out response from the federal government. this crisis comes a few weeks after the president announced the expansion of offshore drilling to areas now off limits. senator bill nelson now wants those plans shelved. he wrote a letter to the president to that effect. senator joins us from pensacola. david axlerod reiterated the white house policy that there will not be any new drilling for the foreseeable future anyways. the executive order was announced not long ago. it will take time to ramp things up. what is it specifically you are asking the white house to do? >> stop the five-year plan on drilling on the offshore continental united states until we get to the bottom of this. you know, the president wants to pass a climate change bill later on. a lot of the senators, especially lindsey graham, wanted that to include offshore drilling. i think that's dead on arrival now. >> now, your senate colleague, mary landry, who admits, she is a supporter of the oil industry, says, let's not rush here. there is a lot at stake. this is an isolated incident. let's not do anything rash here. what do you say to her this morning? >> well, that's why we need the investigation. why didn't those hydraulics work when the blow occurred? is there something wrong with the cement that was ceiling the hole around the pipe? what about these remote operated vehicles that are down there now trying to mechanically crank those valves shut. they have tried and tried and it hasn't worked. obviously, we have got a serious safety problem. >> certainly, they tried to close that blowout valve. things have changed so much, senator, over the last few days, from what we initially heard following the sinking of that drilling rig. we had initially heard from the coast guard. doesn't look like there is any oil leaking from the wellhead. things seem to be pretty good. was that premature? >> it may be but i don't know how to assess blame. i know that the folks are panicked down here. this thing is going to start moving east toward florida. we have our pristine beaches. we have all of this tourism. we have the delicate bays and estuaries. so it is important that we get to the bottom of this. this is why i have tried to keep drilling off of florida, keep it at least 125 miles off of florida so that our economic and environmental and the military interest. this is the largest testing and training yar for the united states military in the world. you just simply can't have oil rigs where your testing your most sophisticated weapons. >> certainly, there is a lot at stake in that area. let me come back to something that suzanne malveaux told us from the white house a few minutes ago, that is, the white house, the administration is pushing back very hard against criticism that it didn't mount a vigorous enough response in the early going of this. what do you think about that? >> no, i think they did. i have talked to ken salazar, admiral mullens several times. i have talked to the white house. they were on top of this. what can the military do? the coast guard takes the lead. what can the coast guard do, except put out the booms, try to control burn, try to scoop up the 230,000 gals they have already scooped up. you have got to rely on the oil company to get down there and work those mechanical valves and everybody is at the mercy of them. >> is too much faith being put in the oil company to look after the drilling rig, to make sure that everything is in accordance with staafety standards to, ful disclose what's going on beneath the surface of the sea? the initial estimate was that it was 1,000 barrels of oil that was leaking every day. the government went down there and took a look and says, oh, no, it is five times worse. is there too much trust being put in these oil companies? >> well, very possibly. that's why you've got to have safety backup systems and they've got to work. that's the role of the government now containing this spill but then getting to the bottom of this and why did we have this failure and don't let it happen again. >> senator bill nelson from florida, pen sacola. still ahead, stocks, the biggest gains in nearly two months. minding your business this morning, 18 minutes past the hour. . boom, boom, pao, if you are a bull. if you have money invested in the stock market, you have seen a recovery. stocks go up when investors think that companies can make money and are making money. they are as we are getting the report cards from these companies, they are finding they are much better than last year. last year was total, utter anigh lation for corporate profits. look at the dow. another triple digit rally. you and i mentioned maybe last week that sometimes it didn't look like the rally was coming on with too much steam. in the last week or so, yesterday, four stocks up for every one stock down. >> but there was a 200-point drop the other day too. >> on that drop, it tells you that people decided that they wanted to try to get in. >> there are still a lot of people that want to get in. >> it was also the fears in europe that caused that dip. >> they have not been resolved. now, we are starting to get in and take a look at the books of american banks and try to figure out, how much exposure do american banks have. most people aren't too concerned about american banks being hurt. they focused on exxonmobil earnings. those were very, very good. jobless claims why not as bad as people had feared. 448,000 people filed for first-time jobless benefits. it is not a disaster. that's what people were looking for. we are going to have gdp later today, which is likely to show some growth again. >> is this for the quarter? >> this is fort mo the most rec quarter. stocks rise when investors think companies are going to make money. the question is, how many of us are still investors and how many have missed the big, long ride. there are people who swear to me that the dow has got to go to 14,000. there are others who swear it needs a 30% correction. >> everybody agrees that the hiring needs to start again. >> that's right. people who don't have a job are not investing in the stock market. that's for sure. that shows you how we have these two things happening in the economy. >> there is a reason why they put that label on the top step of a ladder that says, don't step up here. >> you get to 14,000, it's a long way down. >> it is 3.75. >> of gdp growth? >> three-quarters of positive growth. a year ago, i didn't think we would be able to say we have three-quarters in a row, we are up again. we will find out how much growth that was in the most recent quarter at 8:30. i will be back in seven minutes to tell you. >> i was losing my mind. it's a new york uniform. >> there is a call from one principal for parents to get tough and say, get your middle schoolers off face babook. there is no need for them to be social networking. what do parents and teachers and the students think of this ban on social networking? 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>> relatively safe, not as safe as i used to feel. >> reporter: you don't carry a weapon? >> that's my personal philosophy. when i'm out here, i don't want to look threatening to somebody who might have a weapon and probably has me outgunned. >> reporter: krents, who was 58, was killed just last month, march 27th, while working on his raunch. he had radioed his brother, the sheriff said, but the only words his brother could make out were illegal immigrant and hurt. when his brother radioed him back, there was no response and krents didn't show up to meet his brother later on as planned. a rangers helicopter spotted krents' body around midnight. his body was found along size his vehicle. his guns untouched inside t next to him, his dog, also shot. it is a tragic ending to something that according to krents had been building and building. the krents ranch is next to the mexican border. he had been worried about the increasing illegal foot traffic and criminal activity on his ranch for years. krents in 2005. >> i've been overrun. it is costing us lots and lots of money. >> reporter: yet despite his frustration, he would often give food and water to those illegally on his land. his wife, sue, says, all they wanted was to live in peace. >> i have been seriously, seriously violated. >> reporter: in november, 2007, fed up, sue krentz sthent letter to congress. we are the victims. we are in fear for our lives. despite all the backlash over the new arizona law, his family and friends say this is exactly why tougher immigration laws are needed? >> i hate to think we needed that kind of proof but i suppose. we said something was going to happen. it happened. >> reporter: there were fresh footprints at the scene, the sheriff says and deputies followed them for more than 20 miles all wait here to the border but were unable to catch the suspects. the sheriff says that they did gather dna, including fingerprints at the scene but they are still trying to figure out who they belong to. those crossing the border are more brazen than ever been robbing ranches. one was hit 18 times in the last three years, 18 times. have you seen illegal immigrants, drug smugglers walking through your land? >> oh, sure, people with the drugs and people carrying food and water. >> reporter: his family blamed the federal government for ignores their pleas. we have paid the ultimate price for their negligence incredibly securing our border lands. >> reporter: do you blame anyone for your friend's death? >> i don't know who to blame. we are trying to figure out right now how do you get the border patrol deployed on the bored and not 30 and 40 miles north of the border playing cops and robbers in these mountains. >> reporter: rob krentz may have been thought of as a quiet man but in death, he is a booming voice for the ranchers wanting to be heard. randi kaye, cnn, douglas arizona. time for this morning's top stories. anxiety and fear in louisiana this morning after reports that that massive oil spill is beginning to wash ashore. president obama is sending the heads of three government agencies to the region today. he is also pledging to use every single available resource to help control the spill. >> they will replace some trains in downtown boston this morning. witnesses say that the heavy smell was consistent with an electrical fire. they say that they treated some 20 people for smoke inhalation. strong winds sent a helium balloon crashing to the ground. twlint a fen went through a fence and hit an suv. spectators running for their lives. the balloon was supposed to carry cutting edge telescopes into the strat toss fear for much clearer views of face. nasa saying, it's a setback but we will try to again. next time, the public will not be allowed so close to the launch in case they have some issues. >> you see that guy running. an expensive mishappen to say the least. oil reportedly lapping up against the louisiana coastline threatening to destroy not only franlgic fragile marsh land and wildlife. >> i had a chance to talk about dean about shrimpers. this was supposed to be the harvesting time that was just beginning. what is the impact on your business that you are bracing for? >> well, basically, what it is, it is like a farm. we have been nurturing our crop to harvest and we can't get out of the waters to harvest wechlt would like to see bp talk to the locals and let them help them with this spill. they know the water better than anybody else. they got a snatake in this. i think b.p. is making a big mistake by not going to the local communities and get with the people that live there that know the waters best, willing to work and do the job. this is as disaster. we are going to need some help. i wish b.p. would come down here and just talk to us. the way it looks to me now, the only ones that are going to come out of this is the lawyers. >> there is a one class action lawsuit filed on behalf of the commercial shrimpers. who do you think is to blame for this sh. >> i believe this all happened because of greed. parent lirks apparently, they take the necessary steps to have the vafls vaf vafls in place. it comes down to greed. they are looking to save money. we are beyond that point. what i would like to see b.p. do is come in and put our locals back to work. >> in louisiana, by the way, it is opening shimrimp season earl to allow shrimpers to salvage what they can. just in to cnn, some encouraging news about the economy. christine romans "watching your money" noinjoins us. > three quarters in a row of growth. 3.2% growth. how does that compare with the end of last year? it is slower than the end of last year. this growth looks like it is more balanced than the growth we saw in the end of last year. last year, you had 5.6% economic growth. that was driven by companies that were restocking their shelves, because they have nothing on the shelves anymore. that was pretty one-dimensional. our exports are up a little bit and our imparts, whiorts are up bit. 3.2%, three quarters in a row now of growth. this will help the economists who have been saying that the recession probably ended sometime late last year or last summer. >> it has to keep going this way. does if do anything to tamp the concerns of a double dip recession? >> slower growth than last year but more balanced. they will say that this is the right direction to be going. critics will say, we have spent so much money. there are so many things trying to hold up the economy. for now, 3.2% economic growth, not necessarily with the jobs growth. >> still looming across the pond is the debt crisis. >> it is looming and it is there and we are all watching it. >> christine roy mamans. get off of facebook. it is not cool in your school. a new jersey principal calling on the parents of his students to ban them from facebook. we're going to talk to him coming up. ♪ 11 technology can be a pretty tricky balance. one educator says when it comes to facebook, he wants his students offline. the principal of benjamin franklin middle school told parents, it is time for every single member to take a stand. there is absolutely, positively no reason for any middle school student to be part of a social networking site, none. here to explain his point of view and how it is going over with parents and students is the school's principal, anthony orsini. thanks for joining us this morning. >> sure, good morning. >> we have heard a lot of stories about bullying and cyberbullying and when kids are attacked online and some of the worst situations, take their own lives because of it. what was behind your decision to send this call out to parents to say, you kids don't need to be on facebook, don't take a stand. >> i am surprised by the attention of it. i send things to my parents all the time. essentially, there wasn't anything specific. it's just that younger and younger students and kids are trying to be on social networking sites. facebook puts the age at 13. i disagree by a year or two when it is appropriate for a middle school age student to be on there. we are just finding, it is all so new, that kids aren't emotionally ready to deal with thing said about them on a site. >> it is easier to say things when you are posting them that sometimes come off as cruel. one of the interesting things i noted in some of your notes is that you say your guidance counsel or, 75% of one counselor's day is spent with dealing with social networking site issues. what do you mean about that? >> it is not necessarily bullying cases. what happens is, it consumes their lives. so two friends might get in a little tiff with one another, frank and john might even, it could be boys, get in a tiff and say something about each other and then 30 people comment about it. people are commenting about this, which is really a nonstory but this issue across the country, which i find amazing. what happens is when you are 13 or 14 or a middle school age kid, you can't handle it. it stays with you forever and it kind of consumes everything about their lives at this age. >> i think a lot of parents, the reason it has got a lot of attention, a lot of parents are saying, i don't know what to do. i know my nieces are on these websites as well. they are not 13. anyway i want to ask you what the reaction has been from the parents. >> okay. >> what's it been sfllike? >> directly to he moo, the parents have been very, very supportive. some parents say, we have had great conversations at home and some of us are still deciding to allow us to do it. that's what i say. i am imploring them and giving them the opinion of an educator in their community of what we see. we know they are good parents. all of our parents are good parents. they can't control what someone else goes on and goes on there. there is this new site that is on, this form spring, that is unbelievably cruel that has partly pushed me to write this letter. >> formspring is a site that somebody can go on the site, post a question and people can comment on it and that has led to some cruelty? >> anonymously. >> sort of like the writing on the bathroom wall but compounded because so many people can get access to it. you said the parents have been supportive. some of your seventh graders told our cnn affiliate, he is the principal of the school. it is none of his business what we do after school. some are not happy you are doing this. what do you think about their arguments? >> well, you know, i'm a red sox fans in the middle of new york yankee country. they are great with their opinions. our kids have been articulate in regard to forming an opinion and they are talking to their parents, which is great. some of their reasoning isn't always -- it is middle school age reasoning. we have several students who aren't allowed to be on these sites, who are titleotally well adjusted and have friends. we know students that aren't on the sites and being talked about are just fine. we really want to just protect the kids. we are just giving an opinion and an opportunity for parents to be able to say, you know what, maybe this isn't a great idea anymore. let's wait a little bit until they are older. social networking sites are a great thing, just not for middle school age. they can't handle it. >> principal anthony orsini, you guys must be doing something right. our executive producer, jamie, went there when he was a young guy and there was no such thing as the internet. thanks so much. >> thanks so much. >> my son and daughter went there too. no social networking back then. severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes target parts of the midwest in gulf areas. rob marciano with your travel forecast coming right up at 45 minutes after the hour. boston and 56 degrees. a high of 74. might be having a good night tonight but a great day leading into it. >> and tomorrow, even better. rob marciano is keeping track of everything for us. we are talking about enjoying this sunshine. meanwhile, a big problem on the louisiana coast. >> you guys have deserved it. you have earned it. it has been a long winter for you. here you go. warm air coming up the east coast. midsection of the country will see this batch of severe weather starting to slow down, at least the southern half o of it. cold air behind this thing. 47, for a high in denver, warm air streaming up in the gulf. mid-80s in dallas. 72, kansas city. severe weather today. a handful of reports yesterday they will be more widespread today. through missouri and parts of arkansas and northern louisiana. tonight and tomorrow, farther towards new orleans. kansas city south to oklahoma city, this is the only spot at least right now where we are seeing rough weather holding on or try toing to redevelop. these cells are beginning to pop as they progress towards the north and east. over the next couple of days, a threat for rain. 4-8 inches potentially from little rock to memphis up through bowling green. no clouds here. clouds here. these are onshore clouds coming in showing that the wind shifted yesterday. they haven't shifted yet across mississippi and alabama and florida. they will likely do that later on today and tonight. the thick oil here, almost kind of looks like a hurricane symbol. the sheen fanning out ahead of that barely visible here on this satellite. notice how close it is to the mouth of the mississippi. if it is not onshore now, it will be within hours. no doubt about that. winds are so strong out of the southeast at 20-25 miles an hour. coastal flood warnings or watches have been posted, just for the water, not even the oil slick. i don't think the winds are going to shift a more favorable direction until monday or tuesday. so they have their hands full for sure. back up to you guys. >> rob, thanks. listen to this, another medical warning, be aware of the medical warning, be aware of the ride on a rough roller coaster, because of possible ear damage. we will tell you what that is all about coming right up. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. and you can get a big deal on last-minute flights, too. while everyone else's prices are on the rise, priceline finds the empty seats to save you up to 50% off published fares when you name your own price. big last-minute savings from the home of the big deal. stories about your your health at 54 minutes past the hour. it is being called a new era of fighting cancer. the fda approving their first of a kind cancer vaccine. the drug, they say, actually trains a patient's own immune system to fight tumors. >> if you love the thrill of a roller coaster, amusement park ns constant competition to top that. as they continue to push the limits of speed, acceleration, g-forces, doctors are warning, the thrill rides could damage your ears. the study from henry ford hospital in detroit says the force of acceleration from a coaster can cause a common ear injury called ear barrel trauma. it can lead tomorrow pore rather hearing loss. >> due anything? 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