and community development proje projects, and those, too, will start to wind down soon and what we are left with is a mountain of debt to put a drag on the economy and not a boost. >> reporter: now the vice president's office which is overseeing the stimulus plan defended the program noting that the examples given by the two senators account for 25% of 1% of all of the money spent on all stimulus projects. >> wolf? >> thank you, lisa. and in "the situation room" right now, breaking news, bp begins the critical attempt to plug up the blown out well in the gulf of mexico. they are pumping mud into what is called the static kill operation. we have the latest details. civil liberties groups sue the government to halt a plan to kill u.s. citizens who are designated as terrorists. the target in question, an american cleric who is described as bin laden's heir apparent. outrage in virginia after a nun is killed in a horrific