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Watching. israel approving an investigation into a deadly raid on an israel-bound flotilla. the eu saying israel could open at least one border crossing to commercial traffic. a geological survey in afghanistan reveals a trillion dollars of untapped mineral products. a pentagon memo says afghanistan could become the saudi arabia of lithium. we are waiting now on a news conference from a north carolina congressman bob etheridge. he was caught on amateur video getting involved in a physical confro...

Ability to do their job. it has a very chilling effect on them. shannon: how tough is it to do that job? it seems like it would be one of the toughest in the world. >> its an extremely tough job. on average border patrol agents are assaulted once every eight hours, and its unreasonable to expect border patrol agents to just sit back and not respond appropriately. they have the obligation to protect this country, and with that comes the obligation to protect themselves, because you cant protect t...

That are hurting. the fact that hes going to use this address to shift emphasis away and focus now on bringing comprehensive legislation now on energy when the american people first and foremost are concerned with stopping this leak and cleaning up the mess, that is what they care about. shannon: nancy supporters and critics alike admit the president technically cannot stop this leak himself. is he getting beat up too much in your opinion? >> absolutely brad. you say only the government can solv...

Confrontation with a young man on a street. this piece of tape wound up being posted online. it went viral. we only saw one side of what happened from that tape. here is the congressman and his explanations. >> i apologize for my actions, they are unacceptable. i served the people of north carolina for a long time. no matter how partisan and no matter how difficult things get sometimes, thats no excuse for my response. im sorry, i apologize. >> was there any other physical contact other than wha...

One of the richest companies on the face of the earth and that is exactly what obama is doing. >> what this president is doing and what hes done from day one is blame others. he blames bp, he blames bush. blame whoever you want when its invent for to you take leadership. they say this president has failed tahoe. >> brad, what would you have had him do. >> he waited nine days before he made a statement on this. he waited 14 days before sending high level members of administration down. >> thats n...

Ground, 5500 vessels are out there. they have forced bp to do things that bp doesnt want to do including making sure the escrow account is available. a lot of the media is we want the show and tell. we want him out there talking about feeling our pain, and i do understand that object, brad and i will say that thats where the white house address from the oval office is important. british petroleum chained their name to beyond petroleum. to take it one step further he must have legislation i think...

Two. that hasnt been communicated. i think the president is taking the community to communicate what has gone on during this crisis step and what is going on with the escrow account that they are forcing bp to put aside so they can pay the claims out. shannon: is this too little too late, brad? >> this is overcome pen say theeing for leadership that should have been 50 days ago. this oval office address to the nation -- shannon: live to the president, his remarks now, they are live on the gulf i...

... lets bring in our political panel to talk about it. brad blake man form per deputy assistant to george w. bush and nancy skinner a sinned today indicated talk show host. i have to warn you we may hear from the president in a minute. well break away if that happens. nancy let me ask you this, hes using the oval house to this. the first time hes doing it to address the nation tomorrow night. what do you make of that significance? >> i think the president has heard the criticism from the media ...

Shannon: we are awaiting a news conference from north carolina congressman bob etheridge. he was caught on amateur video a few days tea go, he got involved in a physical confrontation with a young man. here is the news conference. >> i want to call this press conference so i could say personally how i apologize for my actions. they were unacceptable. i have served the people of north carolina for a long time. no matter how partisan and no matter how difficult things get

Meeting with locals on the ground. we will hear from him probably in the next hour or so again once hes met with some folks there on the ground. he talked about the issues of coordinating communication there. he also talked again, a very hard line about bp and the fact this hes going to talk to them about why these claims arent getting handled more expeditiously. lets bring back in our folks, brad blake man i had to interrupt you sorry, for the president. let me get you to finish your thought th...