again, this is a live puck chur here. looks like a bit of a dust stuff going on in there right now. you can see the view in the back. keep an eye on these live pictures. sometimes they change inexplikably. trying to make it out. might just be a little dust going by. a little cloudy there right now. but still, that s a live picture you re seeing. now, of course, the recovery efforts go. we ve been telling you about this giant skimmer ship billed as the largest in the world. the a whale. we were wait thong thing to get done with its test so it could get to work. we were told it could take some 20 million plus gallons every single day and skim. well, the tests are done. it failed. this thing will not be used, we re told now, because it was just not up to the job. so let s move beyond that now. i want to turn back to reynolds wolf down in new orleans for us. and to get back to this issue of this pressure and why it s so important. reynolds, good morning to you
throughout the day. nora? and, charles, what about that super duper skimmer? why did they beach that thing? reporter: everybody had such high hopes for this giant skimmer, could hold 100,000 barrels of oil if it had to. it is used to sucking up heavy oil. and this is a more dispersed oil, a lighter oil than what this thing is capable of doing. so it was sucking up more water than oil. so it s been beached for now. all right. thank you, charles. and for the latest updates and analysis on the gulf oil spill disaster, you can always check msnbc.com. sarah palin s teenage daughter is shopping around a reality show. bristol and her ex-boyfriend levi johnson stunned everyone this week when they announced that they re now engaged to get married. well, apparently bristol is willing to forgive johnson s repeated slamming of the palin clan and the press and overlook
appears to be safe. plus, president obama s approval with white voters is plummeting. improving the economy may be the only way to get those voters back. is there anything the president can do to make that happen? also, payback time. the president was tough on wall street. now wall street is getting tough on them. a lot of democrats up there finding when they call wall street for campaign contributions no, one is home. and the oil spill. where have you heard this before? things aren t going so well in the gulf as expected. the giant skimmer deployed in the gulf, that i ve been pushing for, that was supposed to scoop up all the oil isn t working as expected. is this nightmare ever going to end? finally, let me end with which party wins the white house in 2012. big surprise. i think you know who it is. let s start with michael steele. eugene robinson who loves this column is a columnist nor the washington post. patrick j. buchanan is an msnbc political analyst. i don t know where t
hampering clear up operations in the gulf. the giant skimmer is called a whale exposed to be able to supg up 21 million gallons of oily water each day. operations may be delayed until storms pass. this comes as bp reports the cost of the spill more than three billion dollars. authorities in iowa launched an investigation into that deadly accident 4th of july parade yesterday in bellview two spooked horses galloped through a crowd, four injured remain in critical condition. the one who died, was married to the man driving the carriage when the horses began their rampage. i m ainsley earhardt we return to on the record. for more information check out our website. welcome back to on the record i m dana perino in for greta van susteren. last week i had the opportunity to sit down with a
approval with white voters is plummeting. is there anything the president can do to make that happen? also, payback time. the president was tough on wall street. now wall street is getting tough on them. a lot of democrats finding when they call call street for campaign contributions no one is home. and the oil spill. where have you heard this before. things aren t going as well in the gulf as expected. the giant skimmer deployed in the gulf, that i ve been pushing for, that was supposed to scoop up the oil isn t working. is this nightmare ever going to end? finally which party wins the white house in 2012. big sur prize. i think you know who it is. eugene robinson who loves this column is a columnist nor the washington post. i don t know where to start except to say this guy, even on a bad news day is a good news story.