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Be affecting the area. its a great opportunity to let them know that our beaches for the moment are okay. but you know, we do not know, its a big unknown, what the future is going to be like. >> well, thanks to all of our guests, kenny, thank you, baker, thank you. and emily, thanks to you as well. and the best this holiday weekend. its a big one for you, we know and the rest of the summer. thank you. lets get to a break here in the cnn news room.

Ahead of the fourth of july holiday weekend. baker clark owns the best western. navarre beach outside pensacola beach, florida. and kenny glavine is with the four seasons hotel in biloxi, mississippi and emily is here with the marketing manager for kaiser realty in gulf shores, alabama. everyone is on board, baker, this is the beginning obviously of peak season for navarre beach and the best western there, whats the outlook for the holiday weekend? >> tomorrow night weve got about a 50% occupied...

This? the summer in general, account for your entire years profits? >> about 80%. >> about 80%. our runs from about middle of may until the middle of august. we run pretty near 100% occupancy all during that period. with that being said, were running about 50% across the board so far. and it looks like its going to get worse. now well say our beaches are fairly clean. >> hey, baker, is the top concern the oil? is that what is holding down the bookings? or is the overall sluggish economy playing ...

Cnns thelma gutierrez has the story of one woman fighting to stay in the united states while her son fights to defend the country. >> reporter: somewhere in phoenix, arizona a mother lives in fear. her son is at war and in many ways, she is, too. her name is maria. she welcomed us into a small apartment she shares with five children. maria told us, it was risky to go public with her story. but she wanted her voice to be heard in the national immigration debate. maria and her husband came to the ...

tourist-based businesses. good morning, everyone. im tony harris, those stories and your comments right here, right now in the "cnn newsroom." reformer in chief, president obama is set to lay out his vision for overhauling immigration laws. the president will deliver his first policy address on this very polarizing issue minutes are from now at american university school of international service in washington. lets do this. lets get to our senior congressional correspondent dana bash...

Beauty of this region. the oil spill is just the latest blow to a place that suffered multiple economic disasters and decades of environmental degrad dags. the region still hasnt recovered from hurricanes katrina and rita. thats why we must make a commitment to the gulf coast that goes beyond responding to the crisis at the moment. i make that commitment tonight. >> all right, baker, my question is this -- you, yourself, have lived through the impact of the hurricanes in the gulf. one of your ho...

Address, all 18 minutes of it, from last night regarding the gulf oil disaster. we want to hear from people representing specific interests like toufrp, the environment and the fishing industry. baker clark owns a hotel in florida. he is with us from pensacola. casey calloway, an environmen l environmentalist via skype from mobile, alabama, and clint guidry, joining us from beautiful new orleans. good morning to all of you. let me get going to you. baker, i want to begin with you. specifically i...

face-to-face at the white house today. well hear from the president coming up next hour. also this -- >> hes going to get osama and bring him back. >> what a story that is, a neighbor voicing support for a one-man mission to capture osama bin laden. good morning, im brooke baldwin in the cnn newsroom. day 58 of the gulf oil catastrophe, and the president now officially taking on face to face here bp officials and estimates on the amount of oil gushes into the gulf. they keep risi...

We dont know if we can stop it. its a wait and see situation to see whats going to happen? >> so what are you dealing with right now, luke? are you able to work at all? has everything been closed down? give me a feel for what youre dealing with day by day and are you bringing any money in at all? >> well, no moneys coming in. the shrimping is closed right now. our oyster season is closed. theres a lot of boats that are able to get hired on by bp to help with the oil clean up. we have a lot of pe...