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Oil from flowing into the gulf. right now, bp says its capturing most of the oil. and were watching the big board today. stocks opening lower. its been tough so far. the dow is down almost 200 points. tough earnings news from some of the largest companies and a lack of consumer confidence as we. jon: doesnt look good. a couple of states are backtracking, after plans were revealed that would allow federal use of money for abortions. molly henneberg is reporting live from washington. so molly,...

>> 61 days and the news is still developing, the disaster in the gulf. tar balls and slicks of oil bearing down on the beaches of a popular torist spot, a new one. local businesses there so concerned, the oil could close their beaches and their businesses and keep tourists away. elizabeth prann is reporting live from destin, florida and i know theres new concern in the area. what are they doing to try to get people to come down? >> right, well, we just heard a couple hours ago that tar balls hav...

Your screen to try to help those people who are right now trached and cant do much of anything in that vehicle. weve seen them bailing some of the water out of the vehicle. firefighters in the distance there? >> there they are. as we heard from mr. myers, theyre going to try to get a boat in there to get them out. >> they have also put out a call for a dive team as well. you are making the point that you are getting calls of other people being trapped or in periods of difficulty in other parts o...

Point gain on the heels of a massive european bail out plan. the dow down about 9 points at the moment. what is ahead for today? jenna lee is reporting. >> reporter: hi, jon. last thursday we had the worst day in the markets ever. yesterday we had the best day in the market in a little bit more than a year, and today the markets are flat. investors are saying they are not quite sure if decks this market will go in next, they think its up but they are not sure, thats why we see golds rallying ins...

Actually the presidents pick, but as youve heard from all of my distinguished colleagues before me, this would not be a surprise at all if it, in fact, we do end up confirming what nbc is reporting. ill tell you what is really interesting from this pick, from my perch on capitol hill, what ive heard especially from senate democrats, don, is, look, were getting close to election day in november and many of the democrats in the senate who are up for re-election are moderates from swing states. and...

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Reporting and we are checking with the best political team on television. wolf blitzer is standing by on the phone, as well as our jeffrey toobin, as well as gloria borger, all standing by. dana bash as well. and we are also speaking to our mark preston, who is joining us from washington and kate balduan is going to join us in just a little bit, live from washington as well. in the meantime, as we report this and we work to check on this, what nbc news is reporting, i want to go to gloria borger...

>> timing is everything in comedy. okay. ♪ but, to be fair, it is a two-way street and i think the white house likes to play games with fox news. i will show you some tape. it has not been altered in anyway. we didnt change anything or do anything. i will show you some reporters outside the white house. now, notice how quiet it is when the msnbc reporter is reporting. and then watch what happens with fox. again, we havent changed it in any way. >> ef. election does make a couple of problems go...

>> timing is everything in comedy. okay. ♪ but, to be fair, it is a two-way street and i think the white house likes to play games with fox news. i will show you some tape. it has not been altered in anyway. we didnt change anything or do anything. i will show you some reporters outside the white house. now, notice how quiet it is when the msnbc reporter is reporting. and then watch what happens with fox. again, we havent changed it in any way. >> ef. election does make a couple of problems go...

Washington, british columbia and even alaska and it looks like, i dont think we are going to be talking about major destructive waves at all, in fact, im sure were not, but the first potential waves moves in toward the san diego area around 11:45 local time. so, in just about an hour and a half, potentially, feeling no little bit of an effect into southern california, a good time probably to stay off all the beaches into southern california for this afternoon as well. >> brian: rick reichmuth is...