emergency spending designation which is kind of freeze it up as you pay as you go balance budget restrictions. but they believe, the republicans believe that deficit spending is a serious issue with voters. and remember when jim bunning came out and blocked benefits. whoa joe bun, he s kooky. and now behind him just a few months later. never thought they would see that. thank you martin kady. and coming up the hurricane, hurricane alex had stirred up trouble for cleanup efforts in the gulf, now it s a tropical storm. we re live in pensacola. plus, congressman ed markey, who s been ripping bp for not considering hurricanes in their response plan. he joins us next. and stay up to date on the gulf oil spill including how you can help. logon to our website oilspill.msnbc.com. i m a random windstorm.
as it develops? reporter: since the day it was announced that a wave was moving through the caribbean. that s how closely people watch tropical activity along the coast anyway. but since we have this oil looming off shoor, everyone s concerned which way the currents, which way the winds will blow the oil on the surface. alex? charles hadlock, thank you. reporter: sure. for more on the oil spill including new images of the disaster and time line of events, log on to our special website at oilspill.msnbc.com. britain s prince harry is in new york city today. this is day two of the three-day visit. it afternoon, he ll try his hand at america s favorite pastime by throwing out first pitch at today s mets game against minnesota twins. we re going to have more on this royal visit in a live report coming up shortly. right now, the group of eight world leaders are taking one last set of exclusive meetings at a canadian resort before they join up with the larger group of 20 in toronto
actual legislation. thank you so much, jonathan. have a great weekend. up next, we ll go to pensacola, florida, where more beaches are being closed today where more oil is washing ashore. brian williams on his exclusive interview with bp s new man in charge of planning the cleanup, bob dudley. stay with us and be up to date on the gulf, including how you could help the disaster. logon to our website, logon to our website, oilspill.msnbc.com. [ tires screech ] [ female announcer ] when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with free high-speed internet and free hot breakfast. comfort suites. power up. two times with comfort suites or any choice hotel, you can feed a family of four. book now at choicehotels.com to start earning your $50 restaurant gift card.
5,000. a delicate process, 60 to 90 feet at a time before stopping to recalculate. we re all working in the gulf of mexico and this all depends our livelihood depends on stopping this leak. i ve been working in the gulf for 29 years and i ve never experienced anything such as this. reporter: on deck, workers assemble a steel casing more than 2,000 feet high. they will eventually be lowered over the relief well, helping to stop the flow. milissa rehberger, nbc news, new york. they begin drilling for the first relief on may 2, the second on may 16. both relief wells are progressing on schedule. they hope to have them working by early august. for the latest headlines on the situation in the gulf, head to our website, oilspill.msnbc.com. our world view begins this morning in southern china where at least 132 people are dead following severe flooding.
his company in a given week. it s not possible for a ceo to know everything that s going on at every level of production. he has a down stream business, an upstream business business, n upstream business, natural gas business. he has to be all things to all people. but he can t be the master of everything. the congressmen are very unfair in expecting a ceo to know what happened at a meeting that took four or five levels below him took place four or five levels below him to which he had no access or information. they don t understand what a ceo does. thank you very much for all of your perspective on this. we appreciate it. thank you. for the latest headlines on the situation in the gulf head to our website, oilspill.msnbc.com. in turkey a man is running for his life. a building security camera captured the bystander bolting