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Processors who have been sidelined because of the oil spill. jack cafferty is off today, but among the stories that we are working on, fake drivers licenses and birth certificates which are used to get real u.s. passports and an undercover probe reveals massive fraud, and security fears close a u.s. consulate in mexico. we will talk about the raging drug violence and the impact on the immigration debate here with cnn national security adviser fran townsend. you know, when i grow up, im going t...

Government and it always has been. its also, frankly, while we believe the commitment during the bush administration had not only been consistent, weve seen in defense of them now, weve seen an inkres in consistently and commitment to fight and take on criticism. and i think the obama administration is rightly concerned just as were seeing this commitment by pakistan, we now have this information come out. >> is pakistans spy agency aiding americans? thats the next question. nick is going to joi...

That go unpredicted. well, that very small unseen low is now tearing this thing apart, and pulling the clouds away from the center which was right there. so, all of the cloud cover you see right here is caused by sheer, and when you get sheer in the thunderstorm or in a hurricane, you have two different things. sheer in a thunderstorm can cause big tornadoes, and sheer in a hurricane just simply takes top right off, and disorganizes it, and that is what we have right now. this is a tropical depr...

Deepwater horizon actually operated safely, and they didnt have any problem for seven years, and he said, quote, this rig was exhibit a for a well-run rig. wolf. >> all right. allan, thank you very much. allan chernoff reporting. jack cafferty is off today. and the new video raising questions about the time square bomber and his relationship with the pakistani taliban. and does the news media blame shirley sherrod and the controversy? we will talk to donna brazile. and times so tough for o...

As much as we are, it is very hard to justify hiring big jets to swan around the world. it may make his travel a little harder but the prime minister believes its up to him to set an example, unquote. are you listening, nancy pelosi? of course, having top government officials fly commercial can cause nightmares for security types and it certainly is not as convenient according to "the sun" camerons meetings in washington had to be scheduled around british airways flight schedule. never mind all ...

He was extremely impressive. i spoke with his staff about that. he could have flown first class on that commercial flight. he flew business class because he was -- wanted to make a statement. didnt fly in coach but business class. not first class on that british airways flight. because he wanted to make a statement about austerity during these difficult times right now. >> indeed. >> jack, thanks very much. once again the weather is threatening to get in the way of emergency operations along t...

Social security is their major source of income, and more than any other single source. the government has yet another crisis on the hands, and this one coming down the tracks in plain sight for years. and yet, it is not being dealt with. already, this year, social security is slated to pay out more in benefits than collection contributions. and theres that whole issue of the trust fund that you should pardon the word trust because it is filled with nothing more than government ious, because the...

Jack cafferty is come up next with the cafferty file, and then the speech that ignited this race firestorm and what shirley sherrod really said and the missing context of that initial clip. and the con trovetroeversy of rn this country. and also, my conversation with the congressman meek who is meeting with the agriculture secretary to talk about lessons learned.

We should have investigated. we should have done more. >> and having spoken with some members of the congressional black caucus since the apology to shirley sherrod, i can tell you, wolf, they are happy about the apology but i also spoke with the democratic source who is really familiar with their thinking here and that source told me that the apology is all good and well but at the same time there is a lot of concern about the process. how did they get to this point? that its clear to them a lo...

Pious elected officials would follow suit. if the present security for commercial travel is good enough for the common folk, then it should be good enough for the elected official or government employ years, because everyone is replaceable. and since when is business class slumming it? last row of coach, maybe. and this one, can we can britain to take it back and save us from obama, reid, and pelosi. if you want more, go to my blog at cnn.com/caffertyfile. jack will be back in the next hour. w...