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>> senators dick durbin and chuck grassley introduced a bill that mandates tv coverage of spreerm oral arguments. there was testimony from former senator and judiciary committee member arlen spector. this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. im pleased to call this hearing of the senate judiciary committee on administrative oversight on courts to order. we have an extremely distinguished panel of witnesses here today. we want to welcome the senator to the committee ...

him singing right now. he is a good musician as well. jeff daniels will join us in the 9:00 hour. that is coming up in a couple of hours. first, lets go through the morning forecast with tony. >> good morning. a cool start to the day with a mix of clouds and sun. it will be an okay day today. not bad. we will take a look at how things are shaping up with the satellite/radar. no rain this morning. we have clouds in over us. as steve was pointing out, there are breaks in the clouds. it...

air force tech who died on a top secret mission to laos. >> i live it every day. it haunts me. >> and, good morning, everyone. im brooke baldwin in for tony harris. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. want to begin this hour with a question for you. what if the gulf oil spill saturated floridas beaches? im talking getting deep, deep down in there, but the law wouldnt allow anyone to clean it up? in fact, federal rules may be limiting the cleanup ...

>> reporter: tony, it seems that some shorelines may be more sensitive and delicate than others. so five staging areas had been set up in gulf coast states to try and concentrate on those areas, including venice, which is where im reporting from now. back to you. >> samantha, appreciate it. thank you. got to tell you the oil slick could devastate the seafood industry, even the perception that shrimp and oysters and fish could be tainted has business owners worried. heres dan thomas with affili...

>> reporter: of course, any of the seafood caught locally has the potential for being effected by the spill, and here that means about 95% of what you see since its caught in local waters. what has them to most concern is the effect the spill might have on oisers and on the shrimp. >> nobody wants tainted shrimp. nobody wants an oyster thats going to be tainted because when an oyster is a natural filter. so you know, if oil gets up in there, its going too take on the flavor. >> reporter: there a...

>> im still working that out. >> martini in one hand and chocolate in another and what a ride? >> what a ride. kyra, have a great weekend. >> you too. what a way to leave us. here are the top stories for friday, april 30th. >> some people work along the coast and some people just consume what comes off of it. either way, its part of who we are. >> an economic and environmental catastrophe looming on the gulf coast. the massive oil spill moves closer to land and the impact could reach a...

louisiana shoreline by tomorrow. there is apparently five times as much oil leaking as originally estimated. its headed straight for a wildlife refuge. oyster beds, fisheries, volunteers have prepared to deploy oil-skimming booms along the shore, and may face a major battle. the blown-out oil rig may be dumping more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil into the gulf every day, enough to fill an olympic size swimming pool to a depth of two feet. and of course, 11 people who were on the dri...

Air force tech who died on a top secret mission to laos. >> i live it every day. it haunts me. >> and, good morning, everyone. im brooke baldwin in for tony harris. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. want to begin this hour with a question for you. what if the gulf oil spill saturated floridas beaches? im talking getting deep, deep down in there, but the law wouldnt allow anyone to clean it up? in fact, federal rules may be limiting the cleanup process by...