escaping. when agents approached him on the plane he looked up and said, i was expecting you. this morning we're getting a clearer profile of shahzad and the financial problems he was facing when he allegedly turned on a country that had just honored him with citizenship. deb feyerick where police have been collecting a good deal of evidence from the suspect's foreclosed home. what's the latest? >> reporter: first we'll start with the investigation. after all of that planning to build a bomb and try to create chaos in times square. faisal shahzad is talking. he was interviewed at jfk when he was first arrested but also been spending much of the day talking to investigators. so much so they waived his hearing. he was supposed to appear in federal court. he did not, so investigators could find out good information. how did he get to the region? who did he meet? not only the leaders but people who may have been training along with him and likely plots. that's key. this is the first time we've seen this in the united states, the car bomb. investigators want to know things like that. that will help in their planning in the future. everything has to be verified. a source i spoke to yesterday told me in the upper circles they are calling this a close call. there was a moment during sunday night where in fact faisal shahzad did fall off the radar. he simply disappeared. he was on the way to the airport and there was a phone interception trying to block a flight on the emirates airline plane. according to the associates i spoke to, at the same time, multiple jfttf teams were being assembled to execute a search warrant on his house. when he was found and arrested by jfk, in the words of my source, everyone was shocked. they didn't know exactly where he was. you've got a lot of layers. he did buy his ticket in cash. there was that phone intercept but his name was put on a no-fly list but late in the game. because he bought the ticket at the last minute, other airlines check who's on the plane. they weren't able to check his name until after he had purchased the ticket. it really was quick thinking, not only about the airline but the border patrol agents. why are we standing here in connecticut? this is the house where he lived. there are a number of boxes of documents that seemed to be tossed in the backyard that gave us details of who he is. we do know that he worked as a financial analyst at a global company. really, last year seems to be the turning point for the young man. in june of 2009 he left his job. it was an amicable departure. at the same time his house was in foreclosure. his family was preparing to move away, his wife and two young kids. at the same time his wife was moving to the midwest he left for dubai and spent eight months overseas. it is believed it is during that time he came under the influences of whoever may have talked him into doing this attack on times square when he returned back to the united states. this house was no longer his. he moved into a small apartment and a month later he bought a gun and that's when authorities believe he began gathering the materials to put together the bomb in the car. >> deb feyerick, thanks. >> the arrest of the accused times square bomber was blown up the case in his native pakistan. pakistani officials have made a number of arrests connected to the not there even though shahzad is claiming he acted alone. nick robertson is on the phone from karachi. >> caller: we're hearing from law enforcement officials here of more arrests today. we don't have numbers or don't know who they are. we do know there are more arrests today. that follows from the two arrests yesterday, coming very quickly after communication was established between u.s. authorities and pakistani officials. it does appear that the investigation continues here. we don't know how many people have been arrested today. but it does seem that the pakistani authorities are still active in this area of karachi where he attended the university at one point. this is not the area where his family most recently lived, that was close to the afghan border region, kiran. >> we're also hearing from shahzad's family in pakistan. what are they saying about the news of this arrest and the fact that he's claiming that he was indeed behind this plot? >> caller: from his family's visit, we heard from a cousin, that defended him saying that this village, there's been nobody linked with jihadism. so they are putting up a strong defense, saying it doesn't make sense. the father had a respectable profession in pakistan. so it's a shock for them, the family and close neighbors. but also they are putting up a strong defense of this man himself and the rest of his extended family, kiran. >> nic, there's an interesting report out of the associated press claiming that pakistan's army is saying that it doubts that the pakistani taliban was behind this times square bombing. they said the claim should be taken with a pinch of salt. any other comments or reaction froms the pakistani government or whether or not they buy this? >> caller: they said it is something they want to distance themselves from. when you talk to people on the streets they are concerned about this because there's another representation -- pakistan already has bad reputation -- >> looks like we lost our connection with nic. also coming up at 6:40, we'll speak to former cia officer jack rice and david kelley about the charges shahzad is saying and how much is to be believed by law enforcement. the massive oil slick slowly but surely is making its way towards the shore. rob marciano is looking at where it is heading and so far, rob, folks have gotten lucky. will the look hold out? >> reporter: very lucky indeed. that's the big question. it's a race against the clock. right now conditions are very favorable as far as the weather is concerned. we had the strong south winds over the weekend pushing that oil directly to the shoreline. now the winds have turned lighter and will be that way for the next several days. some of the dispersants they are putting on the oil is helping show the spread. 2,000 square miles of this thing, going 150 miles into the gulf of mexico. at the fringes it's spotty and difficult to see where it was. we went up in the air and saw it did get in the chandelier islands. there is where it is right now. the forecast over next several days, maybe a slow progression to the west. no progression expected to the north. that's good news for the folks of mississippi and the coastline of florida for now. what they are doing to prep, they are cleaning the beaches before the oil even gets close. the theory here is if the less debris there is on the beach and if the oil does come, it's easier to clean it off the beach. these are bp contracted workers scrambling to get the beach clean. and it may be as clean as that i have seen here in quite some time. no promises as far as next week goes so they've got to cap that thing and figure out a solution before the weather turns worse and inevitably it probably will. >> thanks, rob. new this morning, a scathing fda inspection report shows more than 20 problems at a plant that manufacturers several varieties of children's cold medicines, including tylenol and benadryl. the drugs were recalled over the weekend. the inspector say the company used raw materials contaminated with bacteria and failed to follow up on complaints of black pe particles in the drugs. we'll talk to carl neilson. trying to determine whether it is an appropriate use of force to taser fans who walk out on the field. a philadelphia cop used a stun gun to drop a 17-year-old fan in his tracks. police are backing the officer's actions. another fan jumped out during last night's game but police didn't use a taser to apprehend them. >> he called his dad, i'm thinking of running on the field, what do you think? i don't think it will be a good idea. it would be a once in a lifetime chance and he did it. a couple of teams said we don't have tasers, we don't allow them in new york. no, we don't tase fans either. the philadelphia police said we didn't know what this guy was up to. we wanted to take him down. >> don't run out in the field. still to come, we're going to the gulf of mem cxico, where we're getting a first-hand look on the oil slick. favorite strea. the one that runs through a field where pollen floats through the air. but now, with the strength of 24-hour zyrtec® to relieve my worst allergy symptoms, indoors and outdoors... let's go before the fish stop biting. they won't wait for us. but that's okay. zyrtec® is the fastest 24-hour allergy medicine. today, we battle wits with the trout. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. ♪ hey, ask our doctor about garlique, okay? garlique's clinically proven ingredient maintains healthy cholesterol naturally. eat right. exercise. garlique. ♪ 14 minutes past the hour. welcome back to the most news in the morning. for crews trying to clean up the oil spill in the gulf, the time to act is now because the calm winds and waves are giving them a break. >> officials say the slick should remain at sea the next couple of days. already marine life is paying the price. david mattingly is live in venice, louisiana. david, you saw firsthand the impact the oil is having on the wildlife. what have you seen so far? >> reporter: we went out into the gulf of mexico looking for oil. we found it, but what we found in the oil made it even more disturbing. take a look. both captains told us where to find it, an ugly reddish-brown wave of oil. the seas are still rough, but right here in front of us, looks like a red, muddy line through the water. that is the oil. national wildlife federation president believes the impact on wildlife is inevitable. >> it's been treated so it's breaking up and disbursing into the water column. >> reporter: all the way down. i'm going to grab a towel here. this is rubbing up against the side of the boat. there it is. that's what's in the water, sticking to the side of the boat right there. if this is doing this to the boat, what is it going to do to anything that lives in the water? >> hard on the fish and shell fish. >> reporter: the oil seems to go on forever. over here, as far as the eye can see, there's a red line of that oil going right across the gulf of mexico. it is endless. as bad as it looked, it was about to get worse. this was something we didn't expect to see. this is a sea turtle, right here in the water, right near the top, swimming right in the middle of that oily mess. >> he's having trouble, that's why he's doing that. >> reporter: clearly stressed. the turtle has to come up for air? >> yes, when it does it's picking up the oil on the surface. >> reporter: taking it into its body? >> yes, if you're drinking oil it's not good for the digestion system. he's in distress. >> reporter: it seemed to be having breathing problems and after a few moments it disappeared into the reddish oily muck. we're about to take off, didn't want to leave without getting a souvenir. there it is, the gulf of mexico oil spill. that's one leading band of it, see how it's floating to the top. all of this is going that way back towards shore. and this is what it looks like almost 12 hours later. you see how this is all separated after the oil has come in contact with the dispersant, coming down to the bottom of the bottle and up here the nasty oil film, almost a small microkaux of what we saw in the gulf of mexico. >> eventually it does get eaton how long did is that take? >> reporter: we hear different things. there are people that say it will stay in the environment for years before it disappears. the concern is right now, what the marine wildlife that is out there that particularly, the turtles and mammals that have to come up for air, they encounter that slick, that sheen on the top. and they have to encounter this material floating in the water column. tiny little pellets, they go down as far as you can possibly see. that turtle was coming up multiple times, almost like it was gasping for breath as it would come up and swimming ee erratically. >> there's nothing they can do at this point to plug the gushing leak from the well. david mattingly, thanks so much. coming up next, we're talking more about the i'oil slk in the gulf. it could also impact your wallet. christine romans, "minding your business" next. oil is still leaking off the coast of louisiana. british petroleum has a good plan. they are hoping to create a giant vinegar spill to turn the gulf of mexico into a delicious salad dressing. >> if only it was that easy. >> hardly though. that oil spill hurting more than just marine life from coffee to tires to a lot of other goods you count on every day could see an impact. good morning, christine. >> a lot of stuff comes down the mississippi river and a lot of things imt ported up through new orleans. there could be disruptions to the shipping lanes. i'm calling it the logistics tango, to make sure you don't see disruptions. this will be critical over the next 60 to 90 days. coffee, you've got a lot of coffee beans coming up here. several weeks have been stockpiled ahead of time to make sure their manufacturing facilities don't run out of green beans so you wake up with folgeres in your cup. a ten-day fishing shutdown is going to probably mean shrimp prices will go up. we do think they will go up and other seafood as well. sport fishing shut down there. did you know rubber, the biggest import lane for rubber is right up there through the gulf of mexico? it could have an impact on what you're going to pay eventually for tires. what does it matter if the traffic is still coming through the gulf of mexico, why does it matter if the oil slick is there? these big ships have to be power washed before they can go to the offloading facilities in the port of new orleans. think of the time and backup, for example of grain barges coming down the mississippi. you have to power wash the ships before the grain can be offloaded. that could be a difficulty. 60% of our exports come through there. we bring in a huge number of bananas and fruit. all of those big ships will have to be power washed. and we've got higher prices already 6 cents higher for gasoline prices. the amount of oil we're talking about is a thim bl full in a market full of supplies. it's the psychological impact. you have gas prices moving higher. so we'll watch for that as well. >> christine, thanks so much. the water is finally beginning to go down in nashville, that's just revealing the extent of the real damage left over by the catastrophic flooding over the weekend. 25 minutes after the hour. a guy nafor 65 dollars.ce, wants a room tonight we don't go lower than $130. big deal, persuade him. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. and you can get a big deal on last-minute flights, too. while everyone else's prices 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for nashville and surrounding counties in tennessee. the cumberland river, which cuts through downtown is still receding. officials are worried as the water recedes they'll find more victims. the flooding downtown has shut down electricity and that is complicated things more. here's a look at how things stand this morning. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning. it is looking a little better. the daylight is starting to appear here. you might see it reflecting over the cumberland river. it's going by at freight train speed. as you point out, the effort to try to get the water of those places hampered by lack of electricity, the water got into the wiring and that never goes over too well. as the water recedes, the fear is the death toll will go up. we went with two teams in cheatham county in a small town that was hard hit. we meet captain tony clark, whose only had about eight hours of sleep. >> we still need to go in and do our search, i understand that. just in case, we need to see if we can get into the house. >> reporter: these specially trained firefighters were here over the weekend and now they are back to make sure everyone got out alive. >> this will keep us from having to search these houses again. we'll mark them and know they are clear and we won't have to come back and waste resources again. >> reporter: located down the stream, nashville city is still battling the water. it still has a long way to go and so does captain clark. >> everything is clear here. we're going to our next area from here. >> reporter: a half mile from city hall, on a road that is now a boat ramp, we hit a ride with different firefighters searching where only boats can go. for derrick, these are familiar waters. his son usually plays soccer on the field 15 feet beneath us. the floodwaters have brought new dangers, of which propane tanks are just one. you've got to avoid the traffic lights. out here the water plays tricks on you, some houses don't look so bad until you realize you're looking at the third floor. sunday when the crews first came out it was to warn the residents the floodwaters were coming. two-thirds decided to stay. ever since then they have been pulling in all of the people who stayed behind. >> it got ugly and said they would sleep on the roof or whatever, they wasn't going to leave. we picked them up the following day off their roof. they got their wish. >> reporter: just trying to get close to a home for a look isn't easy. first, you have to clear the trees. >> you don't know what's underneath you, trampolines or swimming pools. >> reporter: you don't find anyone and head back. you wonder how long it will take to get back to normal. from the looks of things, it's going to take some time. those search teams will be out again today searching once more to see if they find anyone. the death toll right now in the state of tennessee stands at 19. >> martin, thanks so much. we're crossing the half hour. prosecutors say the suspected times square bomber faisal shahzad is talking and admitted he got bomb-making training in pakistan. there it blows again, the iceland volcano. what was the name again? causing more trouble for flyers over europe. a new ash cloud forcing british officials to close down air space over northern ireland and scotland this morning. the leading edges of the oil spill grazing the shoreline. bp expects to lower a metal container over the biggest leak this week and the goal is to suck the oil to a drill ship where it can be collected. as the spill spreads, bp officials met with washington lawmakers over how much money the oil company will pay for the cleanup and its economic impact. there were charges that federal regulators were asleep at the switch before the disaster occurred. brian todd is digger deeper this morning. >> reporter: new concerns about the government agency that ov oversees the oil business. they understated the amount of previous oil spills in the gulf