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I think she'll be able to at least speak the language. >> no question about it. we look forward to it. >> thank you so much, mr. mayor. thank you, buck lee, and good luck to you down in pensacola as the storm approaches. and is the president taking on too much? strategists weighing in next. this as we continue to track the tropical storm alex as we watch it right here only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] everyone deserves

No long-term effect. but a lot of scientists are scratching their heads saying we're not so sure, it's never been used in a volume like it is here. >> i don't know how a company could pay for what somes to be enduring centuries of damage. this is horrendous. it's great to have you on, kerry sanders. you can't see it on tv. but you say it smells horrible. take your word for it. buck lee is the executive director for the santa rosa island authority in pensacola. buck, thank you for coming on. this mess, tell me what it's looking like and feeling like and smelling like now in pensacola? >> in pen...

Holding bp's feet to the fire, setting up this escrow account to make sure that if they were to go bankrupt or something like that or if they continue to lose shareholder value, money is set aside in advance of that so these claims will be processed for the small business owners and personal homeowners facing all kinds of duress right now. i went out on a tour of pensacola beach with the man who oversees things out here, his name is buck lee. he's pretty tough on the president. he was saying he went to a rotary club meeting where he basically told the local folks here when asked who do you bla...

Office, the most symbolically powerful setting at his disposal to convince the american people that he's doing everything he can to manage the worst oil spill in american history. new poll numbers show that he does have a lot of convincing to do. 71% of those surveyed says he hasn't been tough enough on bp. ed henry is live for us in pensacola this morning where the president is going to start his day. good morning, ed. >> reporter: he'll start at the u.s. naval air station, thank some of the troops here who have been helping deal with this crisis. then he's going to hit the beach and hear fro...

Yesterday along pensacola beach, the people i talk to are frustrated, not just at bp, but the federal government, as well. >> take me to your sand -- >> take a tour with buck lee, who runs pensacola beach, and you will see a picture-perfect summer scene. but lee knows, big gobs of oil are likely to wash up here soon. and he's furious that a month ago he requested four tractors from the federal government to help sift the sand and only one finally arrived monday afternoon, just hours before president obama came to town. >> just sitting over there. so finally, the word got through, we raised eno...