it turns out that if the oil hits the beaches, that s actually probably the easiest to clean up. so it s a concern, obviously, for tourism and a concern to an entire gulf region that economically depends on the tourist season and this period of time when people are out of school. those beaches will recover. because those big globs of oil, when they hit the beaches, we can send people out there to scoop them up and dispose of it properly and the beaches will look pristine a year or two years from now. he s to meet with bp executives in washington. bp seems willing to defer dividends in order to set up a victims compensation fund of some kind. both sides are working out the particulars. back in gulfport the president is saying he was gathering information to help him confront bp. we al talked about claims to make sure that people here in mississippi and throughout the region are going to be