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exclusive report reveals federal investigators are looking into whether 50 children were vitims of human trafficking amid allegations they were illegally employed to clean slaughter houses. we begin with a high stakes fiscal fight now underway here in the nation's capital. the treasury secretary said today could be the day the u.s. reaches its borrowing limit. once that happens, the treasury department will start taking extraordinary measures to make sure the nation pays its bills, but those measures could run out sometime in june. now it's up to congress to raise the debt limit. m...

Collect in two days more than has been skimmed and collected over the entire 78-day disaster. however, high waves out there are preventing a real solid assessment of its productive capabilities. so hopefully by the end of the week the wave size in the gulf will diminish a little bit so the ship can get a true performance side. jenna: that's on the cleanup side. is there anything going on commercial-wise, can any business be done? >> nothing is happening at this commercial dock. but shrimper dock, docked, shrimper boat, docked, shrimper boat, docked. all the nets are hoisted up. basically in th...

Makes you want to cry. i hope there's something to celebrate. is the money on the way? >> the must be is on the way. sometimes you have to deal with humor to deal with. we've been working so hard on this. they sent us a letter to say we can't pay you because we don't have a phone number. our real anger is the county, we have reserves, we are able to deal with this. i can't imagine our local businesses trying to survive being able to withstand this. >> so i guess my question would be what do you say to the bp officials who are sitting, hopefully not sitting on their couch watching television, b...

Moved him to say that. but as far as his position in the house, i'm very happy to lead that up to the house leadership. >> good answer. senator cantwell, quickly. is president obama doing everything that he can do to address the bp spill, or did he defer to bp for too long? >> well, we're going to have a hearing next week on the coast guard subcommittee how we can expedite the tech knowledge process. knowing the pensacola economy, you know how important it is that we have the best neck tolg to assist us in the cleanup so we need the solutions out there. >> did the president defer to bp too lon...

Katrina was one of a kind, the worst natural disaster in american history. an 80-mile wide, 250-mile deep into the state hurricane is one of a kind and no comparison but the intensity of this in spots and the fact it stayed on the ground over 100 miles makes it a very nasty, nasty tornado. >> shepard: one of the questions is if you need federal help. wheat the assessment, governor? >> i believe we will qualify for federal assistance. a lot of individuals, hundreds and hubs of people lost their homes or they're to damaged they can't be lived in. federal assistance will be important for them. lo...