Tar Globs News Today

Containment cap covering the gushing oil well in the gulf. robots have taken off the existing cap. well have more on that in a moment. the coast guard says it will wait for more in-depth testing to find out if oil found on texas beaches is from the spill. the coast guard initially said the tar globs were not from the bp spill but that may have been premature. wild life officials say the first 100 sea turtle hatch lings have been evacuated to floridas east coast. they are the first of several hun...

Pensacola, florida have reopened the beaches for swimmers, but people are working to clear the peach of the t beach of the tar globs. joining me now is shelley gates of the fish houserestaurant. good morning. how are things looking there? give me your assessment of things. >> they are trying to come out and clean up and we are going to hope for the best. were almost 70 days into this and were still as confused as ever. were getting more and more frustrated because were not allowed to help. >> yo...

Fence encircling the financial core. its against the law to go within five meters of that fence. if you do, you can be arrested. they can stop you in and around this area and check your bags. and a lot of people are saying that their civil liberties are impinged upon. the bottom line is the plchief police said that a number of people made threats to cause property damage and it is his job to protect it. it is very clear that thats what they intend to do. >> kevin tibbles, thank you very much for...

Will attempt to put a better cap. if successful, it could have the leak completely contained by monday. the first of two relief wells could be finished by the end of the month. retired coast guard says construction might take until late august. the texas coast guard says new lab tests show the tar globs that have washed ashore in texas are not from the gulf of mexico oil spill. more testing will be done to try to figure out where they came from. thats always exciting, after a day of practice...

Tourists to the gulf coast? plus, here and there. the spy with the pretty face may be on the move again from russia to where next? and the barefoot bandit goes international. this time he has taken his criminal antics to the caribbean, one step ahead of the law. good morning, everyone. welcome to msnbc saturday. im alex witt. its 11:00 a.m. here on the east coast. lets get you to what is happening now. we have new and encouraging news on the 82nd day of the gulf oil disaster. crews will at...