get paid remember our fees were decided by the court and they decided they were reasonable, and we cannot get paid unless the court approves and that is the case in every civil rights case, otherwise, when someone s silts are violated unless the government had enough people willing to run around and prosecute, a lot of civil rights violations would be unprosecuted. shepard: blake, maybe use some of the money for law school. guest: take after mark. shepard: congratulations. the white house put a ban on deep sea billing in the wake of the gulf disaster. president bush did a similar thing. today, the white house lifted the ban a month ahead of schedule. why? the science and, all together now, politics coming up. stay tuned.
all of the damages caused by its spill in the gulf. according to the times, bp says a ban would put in danger restoration efforts that officials want b approximate, to voluntarily support. despite the report bp executives insist they have not backed away from their commitment to set aside $20 billion for those affected by the gulf disaster. i m a little confused about those seemingly conflicting statements. what is going on here? it sounds like they are putting a gun to our head. if you don t let us keep doing what we re doing, we congress, obviously, wants to shut down their opportunities to keep drilling. they say their business plan means they have to keep drilling if they are going to keep making money. if you do the math, they don t necessarily have to keep drilling or at least immediately. if you told them they could never, by the way, drill again in the gulf coast, they actually might have a problem. that is a legitimate concern. but nobody is saying that. but in the immed
and the number and polling. i m cheered. i think gosh, you know what? america has invested money and time. i think might be in politic to say but a lot of the waters washed away corrupt police and police politicians. mitch landrieu is now mayor. and joseph child has come out because he was helpful to rebuild the community in the world. you look at the numbers. having to do with education, healthcare. they re all on the way up. i just, i think it s an amazingly positive story. so much of the news media cover is about remaining problems. it s ironic, because the last gulf disaster almost derailed one president and sort of did. then the latest gulf disaster caused problem for the current administration. look the spill appears to be over. but there is a lot of job loss there. the oil industry that employees a lot of people isn t over for people in the gulf. bret: topic, the ken
america has invested money and time. i think might be in politic to say but a lot of the waters washed away corrupt police and police politicians. mitch landrieu is now mayor. and joseph child has come out because he was helpful to rebuild the community in the world. you look at the numbers. having to do with education, healthcare. they re all on the way up. i just, i think it s an amazingly positive story. so much of the news media cover is about remaining problems. it s ironic, because the last gulf disaster almost derailed one president and sort of did. then the latest gulf disaster caused problem for the current administration. look the spill appears to be over. but there is a lot of job loss there. the oil industry that employees a lot of people isn t over for people in the gulf. bret: topic, the ken mehlman came out in an article saying he is gay.
bottom of the hour now. a quick look at what s driving the day. president obama kicks off a busy week of campaigning having him crisscrossing the country for fellow democrats to play up the economic agenda and facing tough questions on the road about the proposed islamic center near ground zero. first shrimp season since the gulf disaster. they worry whether some try to sell oil contaminated shrimp. japan s economy grew .1% in the second quarter. adding to concerns about the slow pace of a global economic