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Of gallons saddled in the sand, in rough turf it can break up and foul the beaches again. so far, the attempt to dream them out have been unanswered. >> we had tar mac that are four to six inchs thick. we dont want a perception issue like in early spring when everyone thought we had oily beaches, oil critters everywhere and dead carcasss. in reality, we hadnt been touched. >> reporter: mayor cannon walks a difficult line between promoting the pristine beaches and outlining persistent problems th...

So-called tar mats. in rough surf the tar mats can break up and foul beaches again. >> we dont want a perception issue like we had in early spring when everyone thought we had oily beaches, oiled critters everywhere and dead carcasses. when in reality we hadnt been touched. >> reporter: the mayor walk as thin line with enthusiastically promoting his beaches and outlining problems that might give tourist as second thought coming back. there is a real question, jenna, how much is enough when it co...

Of gallons saddled in the sand, in rough turf it can break up and foul the beaches again. so far, the attempt to dream them out have been unanswered. >> we had tar mac that are four to six inchs thick. we dont want a perception issue like in early spring when everyone thought we had oily beaches, oil critters everywhere and dead carcasss. in reality, we hadnt been touched. >> reporter: mayor cannon walks a difficult line between promoting the pristine beaches and outlining persistent problems th...

But the global economy not doing as well as many people would like it to, so people really watching those vacation dollars, making decisions about where theyre going to go, they might be choosing to stay closer to home. as we saw, americans stay closer to home. >> whats interesting about this report is the flights to orlando saw an international drop. they only saw 2% while domestic was almost 30%. >> this summer in particular, orlando is very popular because of the wizard world of harry potter ...

>> exactly. you got it. news flash. >> you must think women are very stupid. >> they are not stupid at all. >> hang on, mike. i let you talk. now let me talk. >> okay. go ahead. >> jay-z on my ipod and so does barack obama doesnt make me like him now. the reality is the dogs dont like the food. women dont like his health care plan. americans dont like his health care plan. they are uneasy about the economy. >> you are out of touch. >> he went on this show. >> if you are out of touch. >> mike, le...

You got it. news flash. >> you must think women are very stupid. >> they are not stupid at all. >> hang on, mike. i let you talk. now let me talk. >> okay. go ahead. >> jay-z on my ipod and so does barack obama doesnt make me like him now. the reality is the dogs dont like the food. women dont like his health care plan. americans dont like his health care plan. they are uneasy about the economy. >> you are out of touch. >> he went on this show. >> if you are out of touch. >> mike, let me finish,...

You got it. mainstream and views that need to be exposed. news flash. so i applaud the dnc for doing >> you must think women are very stupid. >> they are not stupid at all. this. >> you think it is okay to >> hang on, mike. define your opponent even if i let you talk. now let me talk. you are defining them wrongly? >> okay. go ahead. >> jay-z on my ipod and so >> wrongly? does barack obama doesnt make me like him now. >> thats what he did. the reality is the dogs dont he said for example, that h...

A cnn poll shows 73% of african-americans think some or all of tea party supporters who generally lean republican are racially prejudiced. and only 26% of african-americans think the republican party does a good job of reaching out to minorities. nelson says republicans have been calling her lately for advice and shes sharing. >> if all of your messengers are gray-haired white males, middle-aged white males -- theres nothing wrong with white males, imneat saying anything bad about them but it is...

Big discrepancy here? >> reporter: a couple of reasons. one is geography. louisiana was affected first, so those claims were filed first. also, bp is now requiring more documentation than it did early on in the disaster. and that makes it a lot tougher for floridians because their claims can be more complicated. why? some are based on public perception. and you talked about this a bit in the last block. lets say people cancel their vacation at a florida beach because theyre worried about oil was...

>> see, thats how -- im a mother, ive got two little kids and im supposed to give them seafood? >> i have an 11-month-old. >> you have a perception issue. youre a chef and you love seafood and you care about the industry and youre trying to help them by conveying this to people but you have this huge perception because of what people are watching on tv every night. >> the perceptions are wild. people are coming into my restaurants not wanting to eat seafood at all. >> right. >> cod and things li...