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Take a week or more depending on the oceanic current. oil-polluting waters polluting the beaches on the shores. were live at pensacola beach and they have to be holding the collective breath. >> indeed. good evening to you, harris. the economic forecast is dismal. ask anyone up and down the street. looks like a normal day, bright, sun shining day and widen out the view and its anything but normal; particularly on 4th of july weekend. the beach is sparse and has been all day. no one is in the wat...

This? the summer in general, account for your entire years profits? >> about 80%. >> about 80%. our runs from about middle of may until the middle of august. we run pretty near 100% occupancy all during that period. with that being said, were running about 50% across the board so far. and it looks like its going to get worse. now well say our beaches are fairly clean. >> hey, baker, is the top concern the oil? is that what is holding down the bookings? or is the overall sluggish economy playing ...

What explains that. >> yes, smith travel research issued some numbers for the most recent week they have statistics for, the week ending june 19, and during that week, you had occupancy rates along the gulf coast of 67.4%. in other words, just under 7 out of ten rooms, occupied for the average hotel, and, they say that this is a 9.2% improvement over this time last year, however, smith travel research cautions that last year, was particularly bad for the hotel industry and it is dangerous to use...

Interesting thick here the two meat plants are outside the city limits, those would not be subject to the law. also renters would have to have certificates of occupancy. immigration status on there. the battle is just beginning. the people there say they just want to get a handle on this before it gets out of hand, shep. >> shepard: trace gallagher from our l.a. studios tonight. trace, thanks. hundreds of people right now are waiting to find out whats going to happen to their homes and everythin...

Whether its private industry or public private partnership, that people start developing better mechanisms to respond to this kind of disastrous situation. but for the press pool, i just want to thank the business owners as well as the mayor and governor, first lady for talking toed that and myself. as you can see, this is a spectacular beach. we have got missy whos got the wonderful edgewater inn. >> and george whos go got a prisk restaurant, and midge whos said shes seen a 40% drop in her occu...

The problem were having is people are not coming down here for fear of the oil being here and i dont know why theyre canceling the reservations. i was on the beach and its absolutely gorgeous out there. the sands clean, theres no oil in the water, theres no smell. its just like business as normal, theres just nobody here. >> put it in perspective. how full is your hotel and where is it right now? >> were running normally this time of may wield be running 60% to 70% occupancy and i believe we had...

All right. good news. summer is almost here. hopefully youll have a vacation planned. well help you on any budget whether on a road trip or looked for a luxury resort, were helping you snag a deal on any hotel room. to help us is todd marks, senior editor at "consumer reports." thanks for being mere. >> my pleasure. >> you took a survey of 27,000 travelers. what did they tell you. >> they spent a collective 150,000 nights in hotel rooms around the country and what they told us essentially is tha...

To, like a lot of airports around the world, jammed. and the latest from the website of emirates is no plane going into the no fly zone in europe until at least monday. they are not even taking bookings until the air space is safe from the particles. so the hotels are to the point of bursting and cost emirates $1 million a day to put up the first few thousands affected. the others stranded since the first days are on their own. the sheraton jeremiah beach hotel where we are now, 250 rooms. 100% ...

The law is a bit shaky. jane: bob baer, thank you. >> thank you. jon: we have this fox news alert for you on a story we just brought you within the last hour, a florida medical examiner has now released the cause of death in a murder case there. a coral springs man charged with murdering his wife just one day after he held a tierful press -- tearful press conference saying her children missed her. hes accused of killing his wife nearly two weeks ago and trying to hide her body with. surveillance...

Developers are making money, the banks are making money, but they cut their losses by moving the inventory. >> reporter: and occupancy is up more than 20% since may. >> back in 06, we had almost a five-year supply of inventory. its been reduced to a year and a half. >> reporter: its also given rise to dozens of bulk sales, as low as $63 a square foot. >> about 280 a foot roughly in a marketplace where it typically cost $300 a square foot to construction. >> reporter: thats in buildings that once...