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>> we appreciate your time as well. thats grover robinson. we did reach out to bp for comment. we have not heard back. today the fastest three minutes of news. we begin by taking you around the world. we go down to the wire with a new lose for the loud world cup horns. you know, that drill. youve heard the buzz in your ear for the last few weeks. i dont have to do it. its on the tv behind you im sure at this point. and how to rent a country. all set? hit the clock. first up, al qaeda may hate ...

Rain. jon: how is alex affecting oil cleanup along beaches? >> reporter: that was the fear that it would go near the site of the spill. waves 10-12 feet in some areas. that means for the skimmer boats that rely on calm waters are out of business. its a big storm, a wide storm and as far east as louisiana we are seeing 30-40-mile-an-hour winds along the coast. thats really hampering cleanup efforts today. jane: steve harrigan live from padre island in texas. thank you. >> its day 72 of the disast...

Little break and you get to go home for the fourth of july y understand you have big plans to see the twilight "eclipse" movie. >> well my daughter, my 12-year-old daughter would love it if we could go out and see that movie. i look forward to going with her. >> thats the price of being a dad these days. thank you, senator, appreciate you being with us. >> youre welcome, thanks. were keeping our eye on the gulf coast where hurricane alex is expected to make landfall just a few hours from now. ...

Administering the escrow fund didnt even know. you have to forgive people along the gulf coast if theyre confused about all this. amazing. >> reporter: yeah. sounds like it was a deal worked out between the government and bp, somewhat recently. >> they should tell the guy in charge, dont you think? >> reporter: yeah. the first major storm of the hurricane season, tropical storm alex back out in the gulf of mexico. it is gaining strength fast. what does that potentially mean for the oil spill c...

On the gulf coast everyone took a break to watch the game as well but back to the reality, day 69 of the gulf oil disaster. we saw yesterday the first named storm developed, first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, tropical storm alex. dont exactly know for sure where its going. were starting to see more computer models give us a better idea maybe. were continuing to learn more over the next 24/48 hours and these things can turn on a dime. were wondering how this could affect the oil ...

>> jeanne? we are having trouble hearing you. lets see if we can get a better signal and get back to her. you can hear the noisy demonstration is making it difficult to weed out the information. tropical storm alex is headed for mexico now. it could mean big things for the oil cleanup in the gulf. alex is not expected to hit this area directly. it could churn up lots of wind and waves in the area. if alex does change course, slams into the area of the leak, crews would have to clear out and th...

Control. the ability to command and the ability to control. weve got orders going out, but theres no one to be out there to move those boats to the right place to get that oil before it gets to the shoreline. so we need to mobilize the department of defense to come in and help admiral allen do this. >> so the criticism of that point of view has been, look, the military is not trained in any specifics of oil cleanup. but youre saying that what they are trained in is the command and control that w...

>> he doesnt meet criteria for psychosis. hes not schizophrenic or have schizophrenia. he doesnt hear voices. god isnt telling him gary, go get him. hes a normal person. he handles himself in society. he has a job and pays his bills. >> according to a neighbor, is ultimate goal is for osama bin laden to face justice here on u.s. soil. >> hes determined. he goes every year, and he says he wants to go. he doesnt want to kill him or anything like that. he wants to get him alive and bring him back t...

Begin to change perceptions that the president is asserting control where he can overpayments of claims, not necessarily capping the leak. shannon: while we are awaiting the president and a briefing from the person in charge of the oil cleanup. one of the big stories today concerns the amount of oil leaking into the gulf. when the rig went down we were told there was a leak of 40,000 gallons a day. that jumped to 20 200,000. then up to a million. the coast guard told us it what is up to 1.6 mill...