were going to publish addresses, and that could have been a targeting list for terrorists. by all accounts now, the government convinced the washington post not to publish the addresses on the website. it looks like you see it there. plenty to see, plenty of locations around the united states where the intelligence community operates. barbara starr for us this morning. we ll get more reaction later in the day. thank you. president obama is expected to tackle the economy and tell republicans to get out of the way in a speech at the rose garden today. the white house says the president will call on congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of americans, something the gop blocked three times in the past few weeks. you can watch the president s rose garden speech live at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on cnn and cnn.com/live. well, the latest economic push comes as the new poll from politico shows the economy is still weighing heavily on people s minds and weighing down
his one-person campaign out the back door. now greene had told cnn that the speech would run 20 minutes. it lasted closer to seven. he has said that he will give interviews and more speeches in the future, but he was not available at any point yesterday. we tried several times to answer our questions. john. he seemed to be fairly general on the issues, so what was it that people liked about him and what do you think his chances will be in november? reporter: people in my view liked the fact that he is being criticized so roundly and stood up and spoke and faced the public. there was the introductory speaker really rallied the community saying he is one of our hometown people, and he is being pillaried by the world and let s get behind him. his chances? it would be a stretch to think that any democrat in the state could beat jim demint right now. but as one person in the audience said, look at alvin greene s already done, he
the tea party express to write what he thought was a satirical letter from the president of the naacp to abraham lincoln. that letter was filled with some racially charged comments. over the weekend, a spokesman for another major tea party group, the national tea party federation, said they have had enough. we in the last 24 hours have expelled tea party express and mark williams from the national tea party federation because of the letter that he wrote which he, i guess, may have considered satire, but which was clearly offensive and that is what we do, self-policing is the right and the responsibility of any movement or organization. now mark williams, who s never at a loss for words, said he was finished giving interviews on the controversy. he canceled an appearance on cnn but he did release a statement slamming the national tea party federation. we can show you that graphic on the screen here. apparently i have offended the
intelligence community has grown out of control to the point where no one knows if it is really working anymore. two utah employees are on leave this morning. state officials are trying to figure out if they are responsible for an infamous list circulated across the state. 1,300 people all accused of being illegal immigrants. the list also includes personal information like birthdays, addresses, phone numbers, even pregnancy due dates. we are talking live with utah s attorney general coming up. and the fix blog is up and running. go to cnn.com/amfix. but first, after days of encouraging news, the government s point-man on the oil disaster says a seen has been detected on the sea floor. this suggests that the well could be damaged and bp may have to avoid making the situation worse. we are live in florida this
tony, we appreciate your time for us this morning. tony is the the pulse of pulso latino on 1550 a.m. in tulsa. his show is more popular than ever, i would imagine. tony, thanks. good luck with that. keep us posted. good morning. thank you. this morning s top stories just minutes away, including the oil spill in the gulf not spilling right now. is the stain it left on the president though permanent? cnn s ed henry and candy crowley weigh in. also, hundreds of pets abandoned at overcrowded shelters because the cost of caring for them overwhelmed oil spill victims who have fallen on hard times. but viewers saw this story and really answered the call. we ll have more on we ll have a wonderful update for you on what s going on at this shelter. why dr. sanjay gupta is preparing to jump into the hudson river this weekend.