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What your potential interests are. >> reporter: which brings us back to bp and why it would like judge hughes to oversee the oil spill lawsuits. bp told us quote bp believes that judge lynn hughes to whom the first filed ferd case in houston was assigned is an appropriate choice to provide oversight on these cases. >> this isnt a rank and file case. this is the biggest oil disaster in the history of the country where we ought to be especially concerned about public confidence in the judiciary. >...

Day 60 of the oil disaster in the gulf coast. the leak posing a growing threat to tourism in the region. chris lawrence is there. good to see you. whats your reaction to bps ceos testimony yesterday? >> reporter: it surprised me, a roll of the eyes like what did you expect. everybody i talked to said, did you really expect tearful apologies and disclosure? more anger is directed at the texas congressman who apologized to bp. one of the guys who owns a shrimping business, he sis next time he sees...

Even to acknowledge april 16th e-mail that says this is a nightmare well. it was like pulling teeth to get him to acknowledge that. there is a point in time when you become absurd and ridiculous. i think thats how he looked to the american people. >> it was an eye-popping, jaw-dropping moment in the hearing. republican congressman joe barton apologizing to bp. he blasted the obama administration for the $20 billion escrow fund for damage claims. >> im ashamed of what happened in the white house ...

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>> reporter: this man, lynn hughes, is the federal judge in houston, texas that bp would like to supervise all of the lawsuits filed against it. essentially judge hughes could make decisions worth billions of dollars to bp, and thats cast a spotlight on his own financial ties to the oil and gas industry. judge hughes owns land that produces oil, land that he leases to oil companies. he gets annual royalties from whatever they pump out. in 2008, the most recent records available, he received roya...

Gotten money from bp. do we know what theyre doing with the money? >> reporter: theyre rolling out a new ad campaign to reassure tourists that from florida to louisiana, there are beaches that dont have oil on them, and the city of new orleans is about as close to the oil spill as phillie is to manhattan. >> right now, theres jazz going all through the city of new orleans. >> right now, new orleans is new orleans. >> reporter: his commercial is what louisiana wants you to remember. but this is w...

Of the month, and just amazing. people just stopped in their tracks when they saw this. >> this is good, but maybe a max contract and some help on the team might go a bit longer way in convincing lebron to stay in cleveland. but that cant hurt. thank you, ines. have a great weekend. . well have more on the breaking news about the shake-up for bps tony hayward. thats after the break. youre in the cnn "newsroom." the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those whod climb mountains or sail ...

More than 1 million gallons of oil. thats what admiral thad allen says was collected from bps blown-out well in the 24-hour period ending at midnight thursday. the latest wildlife report says 103 sea turtles were recovered alive, while 158 found dead. deadly results in the northern plains. take a look at this here. more than 60 reports of tornadoes in minnesota and north dakota. at least three people were killed in minnesota. that number could go up as crews go through the destruction zones. and...

Day of the disaster in the gulf, admiral thad allen says a little more than 1 million million gallons of oil was collected from bps blownouts well in the 24-hour period ends at midnight, thursday. 629 oily birds have been found alive, more than 78800 dead. president obama heads to ohio today to focus on the economy and to mark the 10,000th road project funded by the recovery act. it is expected to create more than 300 jobs. convicted killer ronnie lee gardner was executed by firing squad, th...

Actually hit a human being and you watch them move to some extent, it was violent, and i didnt find it to be clinical at all. bp has a favorite judge in texas. we will show you why. [ male announcer ] prilosec otc traveled to fairbanks, alaska. home of one of the coldest, longest nights on the planet. and asked frequent heartburn sufferers to take prilosec otc for two weeks. the results? prilosec otcs 24 hour heartburn protection gave a whole lot of people their days and nights back.