reporter: in fact, last night a white house official confirmed to cnn that after vilsack made his decision monday, president obama was briefed on it, fully supported the secretary s demand for sherrod s resignation. so here we have another story about how unforgiving washington can be. but as you know, the last part of this story, john, kiran, is that vilsack apparently is considering going ahead and reconsidering this, getting all the information in, which probably is a thing that should have happened at the first place. back to you. it also appears to be, at least on the surface, another example of how something totally out of context put out there on the internet can ruin somebody s life. yeah. well that s absolutely right. you have to watch out for that and you have to vet it a little bit. i think we all do it in this business. there s a lot of great stuff that happens on the internet. a lot of really good bloggers. but there s also bad information
in the enormous disaster. it s a blimp. cnn and its viewers have been granted exclusive access to board. rob marciano and amber lyon on a tag team operation that s under way at sea. reporter: we re just pulling up to the coast of gulf shores, alabama. because this blimp just slides across the water, these guys have a great viewpoint. when they spot anything wrong, they tell the pilots to then radio down to that vessel right there. rob marciano s on that. reporter: we are on the lead strike team vessel that s heading out to the gulf of mexico to work with ten other vessels of opportunities that are skimming out there and that blimp that s going to help us. it s going to be quite an experience. lieutenant j.g. scott mcbride with me. what can you tell us? basically what s happening here is the air ship is flying approximately 22 knots.
stong s travel documents and then tried to sell them on line. they could face up to ten years and prison and a quarter million dollar fine. we ve all had bad days when you are just a little off your center. whoopi goldberg had that kind of day yesterday. cnn s jeanne moos shows us. reporter: if whoopi seems a little loopy, it s not your imagine nation. welcome to welcome to a day of hot top issues right here on the view. reporter: next thing you know, she became a hot topic. are you feeling all right? you know, i have to fly drugged, so i m still slightly drugged. reporter: she said she had just flown in from an aids benefit in vienna. she a fearful flier who has to knock herself out to get on a plane. well, her plane may have landed, but whoopi still seemed highs a
asking for the entire time because i know what s fair and equitable manner means because of my history. i know it more than the secretary because i have worked on the other side of it at the usda. rural development included. there s not anyone as dedicated to it as i am. that s what my life has been. ensuring there s fairness and i wouldn t have changed my actions. this is a story of misunderstanding at best. manipulation at worst. with elements of racism, knee-jerk reactions, a cya attitude mixed in. the truth, buried or ignored in all of it. cnn s joe johns walks us through and shows us how we even got to this point. reporter: this is a story about race and politics in the south. the personal journey of shirley sherrod. a top ranking agriculture department official in the state of georgia who gave a speech to the naacp a few months back and made personal disclosures about whether she was going to help a white farmer who came to her for
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