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shower. 73degrees at reagan national. know what youre thinking. that is still warm. 68 at dulles. 74 in fredericksburg. satellite-radar, lets take a look. showers off to the north and west. well see some sunshine to start the day and then well see the clouds build in a little later. it will be an okay day with a mix of sun and clouds. more clouds this afternoon. mix of sun and clouds. a few late-day showers. more details in just a moment. back to you. >> thank you. we want to look at...

we hope youre starting your day off okay. robin is on her way back from south africa this morning. its great to have elizabeth vargas back again. >> its nice to be here again. on a busy morning, news-wise. >> president obama waking up in the gulf this morning, after taking heat from residents fed up with the oil disaster, now entering day 57. the newly released internal bp documents have made a disastrous situation worse for the oil company. strong evidence that they cut safety corners...

damning documents released from washington detailed documents from an energy that refers to the gush iing nightmare days before the explosion. meanwhile president obama will make the gulf oil disaster the first top uk of his oval office address last night after wrapping up the two-day trip to the gulf coast. nbcs kristen dahlgren is live in pensacola beach with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the presidents mission comes amid the shocking revelations. in the documents re...

louisiana, mississippi, alabama, florida and god knows where else. we believe tomorrow night when the president speaks we may get a new estimate of how much oil is gushing into the gulf. no matter what the number, we already have started to see its toll. now, i know it seems like weve been talking about this oil for a long time, and maybe youre getting tired of hearing about it. i understand that, but this oil isnt keeping track of days or weeks. this oil, this crude is relentless, and...

hubbard. >> and im vinita nair. bp cut orders before the deepwater horizon exploded and sank, causing this. now, 57 days ago. >> the company has promised to suction more oil in the coming weeks. none of it is happening fast enough for gulf residents or the president. john hendren is in washington with a preview of tonights sfeech. good morning, john. >> good morning, todd. good morning, vinita. president obama is in the second day of a kind of listening tour in the gulf. it seems he is...

rainfall accumulations momentarily. theres a thunderstorm complex over ohio that pushing to the east, falling apart. lets look at rainfall totals. in morningside, prince georges county, over an inch. three-quarters of an inch in gaithersburg. highly isolated downpours. today, low a deposing. increasing clouds and may be a stray shower this afternoon. -- low 80s today. at kenilworth ave. on the beltway, construction is moving out of the way. traffic out of southeast d.c. is good into ...

lets talk about the very latest. headline in "the new york daily news" the president realizing his poll numbers are going down. hes got to do something. tonight, hell have an oval office address. it will be the first of his administration, trying to show people exactly what hes doing. hes trying to take control, i think. >> only use the oval office for very special events not the economic meltdown, not the increase of troops in afghanistan, not the health care debate but this, this the...

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...

I mean what are you doing? you cant make fools of us down here. so its something we never see in politics. >> it looks like the democratic party in south carolina is really, really a mess. >> i dont know if its a mess no more than the republican party in some parts of the country where they have internal feuds and fights. the fact is, wolf, if you walked in with a cashiers check made payable to get on the ballot, $10,400. youre a citizen of the united states, it is against the law to discourage ...

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