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This response have been inhibited by anything having to do with what we call jones act or jones act waivers. all the vessels that are operating outside three miles do not require jones act waiver. and we have been able to use foreign flag vessels out there as we have needed. there have been consideration given to jones act -- >> heres what we will do. we will continue to listen to the briefing and if we hear some real news here, we will turn it around for you. putting a positive spin on the disa...

Table for new york governor mario cuomo for the first broadcast of "larry king live." decades later i talked to the guys here at cnn and told them i would like to end the nightly show on cnn. they have graciously agreed to, giving me and my wife more time to get to the kids little league games. i will still be a part of the family hosting several specials on major national and international subjects. >> 25 years and more than 50,000 interviews. that adds up to a lot of memorable moments with "la...

Hospital. and came out in a body bag. >> all right. so, you know, it behooves you to think about this, even if youre not a veteran. >> make us an empowered patient. >> thats what i try to do here. >> so you get the note, you get the letter. what do you do now? >> even if it you dont get the note or the letter, you dont want to become one of those 99,000 people who die in the hospital from an infection. now, some of this is beyond your control. however, there are some things that you can do. and ...

The company. comments like those, she believes, would have been edited out by the bp reporter who interviewed her. randi kaye, cnn, new orleans. okay. one of the biggest outlets of the country for people to express their anger and outrage at bp has disappeared. well, it did, at least for a while. josh, what happened to the boycott bp page on facebook? >> it was a big deal. were getting all these messages in the newsroom about it yesterday and you know throughout this whole crisis one thing i h...

Everyone connected to this decade long investigation. deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. a cnn oil alert on day 72 of the disaster. hurricane alex is complicating efforts to contain the cleanup of the leak. a 12-foot wave stirred up by the storm sends skimming ships back to port. in afghanistan, an attack on a key base. insurgents attacked an air field in jalalabad and killed at least 32 people. nato says several taliban fighters died. more questions today for supreme court nominee elena kag...

The oil and chemical dispersants may have done to the crop. >> thats the big question mark. will it have an impact? yes. to what extent? we dont know. >> youre online right now, and we are too. ines ferre is following the top stories trending on the internet. ines? >> tony, its called car surfing and some teens are doing it in california, causing a lot of controversy. also turning on google and on cnn, larry king announcing hell be hanging up his suspenseders, soon. lets get to our lead stor...

Pretty much touching everything, including consumer spending, the housing market, really touching everything in the economy. but ive got a little bit of a silver lining for you, tony, to leave on a hope note here. there usually is a pause when there is a recovery under way. so hopefully this is just a little brief pause, right? lets try to stay positive. >> its been a recovery in fits and starts. see you next hour. remember the $180 billion of your taxpayer dollars that went to bail out insura...

Will continue to evaluate the programs and offers as the situation and environment evolves. also reaching out to gas station owners, public citizen. it wants gas station owners to speak out publicly against bp. bob jukness, for one, says hes not signing up. >> am i frustrated with some of the things that have occurred in the gulf? yes. am i disappointed in the clean-up efforts to date? yes. but at the end of the day, im still associated with the bp brand, and i have to do what i can to salvage m...

Past executives from meltdown firm aig are the guests of honor today. the presidents financial crisis commission wants to know all about those super risky derivatives at the heart of the collapse. the cnn money team is all over this. christine romans is covering this story. christine, lets start with something of an explainer. whats a derivative? >> what is a derivative? oh, tony. please. derivative is at the heart of this whole mess we have ourselves in, and the derivative were talking about he...

But earliest depends on political hurdles, which the president acknowledged in a may speech. >> of course its going to be tough. thats the truth. anyone who says its going to be easier or i can wave a magic wand and make it happen hasnt been paying attention to how this town works. >> reporter: the arizona law is a new problem. the obama administration is considering a legal challenge to that law which could be filed next week. meeting with the president, they urge quick action. >> is immigratio...