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Path. >> yes, it is. heres the deal. we talked about condos in a minute. sales are improving a little bit because prices are being slashed and one reason they are not doing better is its hard for people to get financing. as vegas is really struggling, casinos are investing in the pool scene. day life has replaced the night life. they started rehab because it was a non-revenue day and they opened up the pool to everybody. you didnt have to stay at the hotel. such a huge success, it has grown and ...

So as of right now, jamie, it sits completely empty. its ready for prisoners to move in, but the city just cannot hire the staff to work it. if can you believe that. >> jamie: so what happens now with this building? its not like they can turn it into condos. >> no. they sure cannot. but its essentially a waiting game right now. the city is in the middle of a hiring freeze. we did an interview with an l.a. city councilman and unfortunately the situation doesnt look too much better because this ye...

>> we have a conversation with emily gonzalez who runs condos and an man who runs an ice cream stand. the united states is sends aid to pakistan over the next five years. secretary of state hillary clinton in islamabad says the money is strictly for civil improvements like water and power, know security strings attached. >> we know that there is it a perception held by too many pakistanis that americas commitment to them begins and ends with security, but, in fact, our partnership with pakista...

Will no longer flow. the situation they hope will get no worse than it is today. let me give you good news for the people in the going. one of the things they need is to get tourism back on track. and because they have lost the very important months of june and july, and they were afraid they were going to lose the entire summer season, as of about 10:00 this morning locally in gulf shores, alabama, there was an uptick in the number of people making reservations for condos and hotels. its not th...

We have a checking process. every enumerator that goes out will have some of their work redone and we match cases to detect that. >> neil: you have a lot of condos and buildings where they tried to ask the questions and werent allowed. how do you allow for that? >> i want to thank those condo associations and doormen and building managers that have helped us out. weve also used the good graces of local officials to call into the apartment buildings to make sure that the civic duty thats inherent...

Through the night, efforts that even the youngest of a showgoers appreciated. >> i thought there was going to be more, like, tons of oil, cause i thought they werent going to do the air show, but its clean so far to me. so -- and i believe that they did a very good job on cleaning it. >> the businesses, too, are finally cleaning up. tourism officials say revenues soared to $25 million. their normal take when with the blues fly their hometown. >> most of our hotels here on the beach are filled. c...

25% decline in business during the fourth of july weekend. extra beach clean-up crews worked overnight. >> i thought there was going to be more like tons of oil because i thought they werent going to do the air show, but its clean so far to me, so -- and i believe that they did a very good job on cleaning it. >> the businesses, too, are finally cleaning up. tourism officials say revenues soared to $25 million, their normal take when the blues fly their home town. >> most of our hotels here on th...

25% decline of business over fourth of july weekend. cleanup crews worked through the night. efforts that even the youngest of showgoers appreciated. >> i thought there was going to be like tons of oil. because i thought they werent going to do the air show. but its clean so far to me. i believe that they did a very good job on cleaning it. >> reporter: the businesses, too, are finally cleaning up. tourism officials say revenues soared to $75 million. their normal take when the blues fly their h...

Bp claims and handouts, if you would, and this community stood together to decide were going to fight it in the one way we know which is to play host to great events and great facilities and beaches as you can see behind us. its still pristine white beaches. >> give me an idea of how this works? 35,000 tickets handed out for free. >> through various means. obviously there was a mad rush on the internet through ticketmaster, over a million hits within the first five minutes snapped up about 20,00...

Indicated hes going to be fairly liberal in that regard. some things are fairly obvious, commerce after fishermen and wholesale seafood retailers are directly affected but that leaves other people who are indirectly affected, even though there may not be oil on their beaches. heres what feinberg said about that. >> we have to look at each and every case. there may not be oil on the beach. do you -- are you losing business this year because you cant take charter fishermen out to fish, you cant ta...