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"nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. it was a spectacular explosion, a massive fire and genuine human tragedy involving 11 missing men. tonight, the oil platform that was on fire off the coast of louisiana is gone. it sank today into the waters of the gulf of mexico, and the first thing a lot of people thought about was all that oil. this can't be good for the environment. it's where we start off tonight with nbc's ron mott. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. we are at the naval air station just outside new ...

I think ultimately more candidates than not are going to want to campaign with the president. he's still personally popular. there are places in the country, house races in the south he's not going to want to be near that members of congress aren't going to want him near that either. >> it is amazing barbara boxer could be at risk. >> if that's an the case there are polls that suggest it is in the realm of possibility, democrats are going to have a tough time everywhere. it is going to be like massachusetts across the country. >> greta: thank you. america has been worried about what iran might...

>> couric: good evening, everyone. working on an offshore oil vig one of the world's most dangerous professions, and tonight there's a disinterpret search in the gulf of mexico for 11 workers missing after their rig exploded late last night. the deepwater horizon is now burning and listing about 40 miles off the coast of louisiana. the coast guard is searching a huge area, more than 1,100 square miles for any sign of survivors. kelly cobiella has more on the search and what might have gone wrong. >> reporter: as the massive oil platform continued to burn late this afternoon-- leaning...

>> bill: also tonight the far left continues to brand the tea party as racist. there is a very specific reason why. a factor investigation on using the r-word as a weapon. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. how to handle wall street thugs. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. president obama wants new laws to regulate speculation on wall street and impose investment standards on the banking and finance industries. the president is correct in dealing wi...

today i released that attorney general's memorandum and announced that alaska was joining the other states in florida's legal action against the federal government. >> greta: have you spoken to the attorney general in florida? have you designated your attorney general to do so? have you spoken to the governor of florida? how do you get in? >> our attorney general has spoken with the attorney general in florida. they a telephone call. i understand the attorney general from florida was very happy to hear we will be state number 20 in that particular action. that's where we are. >> gret...