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Understand what is happening at a given time along that entire front. and to marshal the resources proportionately in the way that they could. im sure people running this for admiral allen and for bp in houston are -- im sure theyre good at what they do and are doing the best they can. im just doubting this organizational framework is big enough. this is not just my bloviating but this is what i am hearing where for example, from people who were directly involved in the exxon valdez clean-up. >>...

He drowned in his car. the woman who raquel was trying to help when she waded in the floodwaters, that woman was rescued safely. a moment ago i told you a story of the plight of oystermen in alabama. ill bring you the conversation i had the one of the oystermen there and how the spill is affecting them.

Can win support for this. and because they think theres a public outcry to do something on energy. >> so you expecting, jim, a grand declaration of some kind tonight about energy, about the way forward? >> i think so. i dont think youre going to get in to specifics about what that bill would look like. but thats what democrats on capitol hill want. they want very clear direction, in a very clear indication from the president that hell use his political muscle to get those extra ten votes that th...

I think heirers dead right. were going to have to do something with the state or local governments or teachers are going to be losing their jobs, firefighters, policemen, the rest. that money redirect it. some of the stimulus money was used for harebrained things like giving college professors like myself summer research money. that dont create any jobs. lets move some of that money to where it will have impact in the near term while we address some of those bigger problems but those bigger prob...

Supporters had a proposal providing up to $50 billion for state and local governments. the presidents letter doesnt mention a dollar figure but it stresses, "already this year, we have lost 84,000 jobs in state and local governments. if additional action is not taken, hundreds of thousands of additional jobs could be lost." even some democrats have reservations about new spending. this morning, house majority leader steny hoyer said he preferred to allocate unused stimulus money to save the job ...

To walk 7,000 miles and raise money for the families of military vets? >> well, i think my feet had better days. what inspired me was that i found out that thousands of military families across america are struggling financially and of course, i was in iraq at the time and i didnt really know what one person could do to help so many families. and to raise 5 million dollars to put a serious dent in the problem. i discovered several people that walked across america, some who did it the right way ...

Of the most successful british companies. the stock exchange value has dipped since this disaster happened. that would have happened anyway. no ones saying that the united states president is to blame for that. but simply, a lot of people are saying, hes not helping the situation. and hes not helping the situation for american shareholders either. >> you know, all this against the backdrop of that little game thats coming up in about, oh, five hours or so. is there -- is there an undercurrent he...

Important? i mean, how do you view that? theres got to be rough water here. >> exactly. look, at the end of the day the money that was spent in arkansas was spent to protect workers jobs. come november youre going to need the american worker out there knocking on the doors of regular citizens telling them about the importance of this election. everywhere i heard, everywhere i went all over arkansas, all over this country, you hear about three issues and three issues. jobs, jobs, and jobs -- >> d...

Inspirational story. we talk about long-term unemployment, people that lose a job, it takes twice as long as it did to get hired again. >> he was one of the signmen, not the only person doing this but he seemed to stand out, maybe more because of his look and demeanor. his life searching for a job was profiled by media around the world and his failure to find work became a sign of the times. >> reporter: this was paul a year and a half ago at new yorks grand central station. he is stepping outsi...

Home a lot of the problems of the presidency. were there moments and times when he would reach out to you? i would think that would be a natural thing to say what do you think? >> we talked about issues. he had been talking about those same issues with experts all day. we relaxed with each other which we did and had the comfort of each others presence. just to try to have some normalcy and some time to breathe in those kind of days that were so high pressured, s tense and worrisome. both i dont ...