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What context makes that okay not only is joe barton keeping his powerful committee post, and not only are republicans defending him in public, he is so not a pariah over this, joe barton is actually being sought touted as a special guest at a fund-raiser for one of his fellow republicans, for cliff stearns of florida. mr. apologize to bp himself, is not only keeping his gig as the top house republican on energy, he is being touted as a special guest as the draw at an event designed to raise campaign money. what should be more politically damaging than doing fund-raising with joe barton on? how...

Someburg, and other areas are sending relief aid. so far these nations with private donors have contributed $2.4 million in aid. the u.s., china and the european union are pledging millions more. the folks there will need it. two republican lawmakers call on one of their colleagues to resign from a top committee post because of his apology to bp. we are watching oil disaster politics heating up. and a risky mission to hold back oil in the gulf coast, and we ride along with the national guard. (announcer) energy security.

Other cities, and this is the first insulation in new york city, and the pianos will be donated later to schools and community groups. so if you are in new york, you can bang out a tune on the piano there. >> i took piano lessons when i was a little boy. did you? >> i did, but you need a lot of patience to stick with it. >> you are like me. i like to play a little bit once in a while, but i'm not very good. >> i would like to take lessons. >> if i were in new york, i would sit down with "bumble boogie" oar something like that. he started out apologizing for bp, and now congressman joe barton...

Says, quote, the damage of his comments are beyond repair. those comments, accusing the white house of forcing bp to fork over what he called a $20 billion slush fund and saying, sorry, to bp. >> i do not want to live in a country where any time a citizen or a corporation does something that is legitimately wrong is subject to some sort of political pressure that is again in my words amounts to a shakedown. so i apologize. >> congressman jeff miller, another gulf coast republican, who was the first to call on barton to step aside from his committee post says nothing is changed and barton's com...

Leave his committee post. time now for the "xyz" of it. all this week, i've been touring the gulf of mexico on the cnn express. it's our mobile coach that allows us to move from town to town following the story. the story i've sought is the one of families and their passions in this part of the nation. in many other venues, the environment and business are loggerheads. if the mix of salt and freshwater is as affected as it was by hurricane katrina, the irony is after having their livelihoods destroyed, they now depend on bp for work by using their vessels to help mitigate the damage of the s...