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plus, the one good thing that might come out of this tragedy is that americans might finally agree it's time to wean ourselves off our addiction to oil. but not everyone agrees. i'll take on two former senators who are for more drilling. plus -- the forgotten war. afghanistan. nbc's richard engel was with american troops when they came under fire this weekend and filed an unforgettable report. >> reporter: it's the most intense assault ever on the outpost. >> there's much more to see. author sebastian junger who has been reporting from afghanistan will join us. also candid camera...

trooper wesley brown were announced this afternoon in a joint press conference in the governor. maryland stated police and local police. but not until we dug up court records from 2006 did we learn a detail that trooper brown's family had not heard until tonight. craig melvin is in prince george's county now with more on this. >> reporter: he's many a baltimore jail tonight. he'll be back here in prince george's county for a bond hearing. police say it was williams who actually shot and killed trooper wesley brown. and tonight we learned that williams has been charged with actually t...

animal advocates say is going wrong with the effort to save wildlife. before we get to that, i want to show you something, take a look. it's a picture you're all too familiar with, the oil pouring from the gulf floor. oil on its way to the shores of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, florida and god knows where else. we believe tomorrow night when the president speaks we may get a new estimate of how much oil is gushing into the gulf. no matter what the number, we already have started to see it's toll. now, i know it seems like we've been talking about this oil for a long time, and may...

moments. his aides surrounded him briefly and then the general stood without help walking on his own. several minutes later karl leaven answered the ken on everyone's minds. >> probably didn't have enough water to drink coming in here this morning, bohea appears to be doing very much better. >> reporter: about 20 minutes later, a round of applause greeted general petraeus as he took his seat. >> little light headed there. it wasn't senator mccain's questions. i assure you. >> reporter: he was ready to answer lawmakers questions about the wars in iraq and afghanistan but senator leave...

from an energy that refers to the gush iing nightmare days before the explosion. meanwhile president obama will make the gulf oil disaster the first top uk of his oval office address last night after wrapping up the two-day trip to the gulf coast. nbc's kristen dahlgren is live in pensacola beach with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president's mission comes amid the shocking revelations. in the documents released on monday in washington that bp took cost-saving measures that greatly increased the chances of the catastrophic spill. one of the engineers on that rig ...