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northern suburbs it is drizzle at the present time. give yourself extra time and take an umbrella with you. high temperatures only in the upper 50s and low 60s. take a light jacket along with the umbrella. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. we say good morning to sarah. you are reporting downed trees. the winds are only 10 miles per hour. >> it is interesting. we have a problem on the harrisburg express. that is now clear. greenspring valley, in steve...

turtles have died, about half a dozen bottle nose dolphins have died. the sea turtles have not been thoroughly examined yet but federal officials say this seems related to the oil spill. and they admit they have no idea whats happening in the deeper waters because they cant watch it. katie? >> couric: kelly cobiella, kelly, thanks very much. this disaster began four weeks ago tonight when the oil rig exploded offshore and later sank into the gulf. on capitol hill, sharyl attkisson repo...

industry executives on capitol hill regarding the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. we will be covering that for you. and the climate legislation will be revealed today. a big day on capitol hill and elsewhere, loss of action to tell you about. we are doing big things. and it is costing president obama. floating inside a klaus his historic success. big problems, big achievements, big costs. they say that his legislative record during this crisis-ridden presidency already put him in the ...

"face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. admiral thad allen who is in charge of the federal response of the gulf oil disaster is with us this morning. thank you for coming, admiral. were starting with you because of this very bad news yesterday from the gulf. the attempt to put this giant house, as it were, on top of that oil well down at the bottom of the gulf cle...

captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. admiral thad allen who is in charge of the federal response of the gulf oil disaster is with us this morning. thank you for coming, admiral. were starting with you because of this very bad news yesterday from the gulf. the attempt to put this giant house, as it were, on top of that oil well down a...

i dont know how. >> i dont know either. there had not been an oil spill like this since 1969. valdez was a tanker, but this is the first spill since 1969. harold ford, i understand, bill mauren and others are upset and trying to pope fun at the president, but the last time there was an oil spill like this in the united states, i think barack obama was 7 years old. >> well, they are saying the leakage could find its way up the east coast. the impact it could have on the economic recover...

>> the real issue is immigration, more immigrants not less. that may be counter intuitive to some people but you will only have jobs if people start businesses. who wants to start a business? the experience of immigrants that come to our country is that they worked very hard, they are very entrepreneurial, and they regress ports being the average. that is the history of immigration. that is why our country has been so great is we have always had these waves of immigrants from around th...

But as we heard from the top senate democrat on the senate floor this morn his expectation is that amendments process wont be abused and allowed to drag on. >> i know that there are republican, democrats want to. improve this in a way that they feel is appropriate. i hope the debate will be civil. i hope that we can have limited time on these amendments as a republican leader said yesterday. i look forward to that debate. it should be important issues it is one of the most important issues to co...

is coming from across the country and around the world. well keep an eye on it for you in the next two hours of "happening now". we begin with this fox news alert. you see a view of the rose garden there at the white house. we are waiting now for president obama to emerge from the executive mansion there to speak about the oil spill off the coast of louisiana and expect him to touch on the gdp out today, which is better than people expected. jenna lee will be along in moments to talk...

i want to get your reaction to the floor vote in the senate. and here is the headline in "the wall street journal" today. finance bill hit an impasse. this debate behind closed doors where financial industry lobbyist and watered-down reform or kill it altogether." before we go to calls, one more graphic. both sides are spoiling for a fight over this bill. democrats say they will use the votes -- republican said there will now be able to win concessions. chalk on the democratic line. go...