slew of public officials. nine top democratic officials they say are targeted. including city councilman and other elected officials. some have denied wrongdoing. but reports say other political operatives have admitted to stuffing the ballot box with fakes votes has been routine. the judge will conduct a hearing in september on the dna request. voter fraud unit, we ll keep an eye on this developing story. i ll say. good work, eric. it s day 104 of the disaster in the gulf and this morning we re learning that the coast guard has signed off on requests from bp to use toxic chemicals to break up the oil. this despite a warning from the epa that the chemicals should be used only in rare cases. kris gutierrez is live. is this one of those examples? you re exactly right. we were told in the past that bp