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Wounded in the legs. we have seen this before. what people might not know. while the drug activity and violence seems to be focused on mexico, these drug cartels have tentacles that reach deep into the continent at united states. >> in small rural areas, we are not just looking at the big cities, we are going right to the communities where we can make the biggest impact. >> reporter: thanks very much for inviting us in today. we'll be with you throughout the day. operation bombardier it's being called. martha: john roberts, thank you very much. bill: a big, big job. massachusetts congressman a...

This is finally the point where the left and the right now agree that obama has had a lackluster performance to say the least when it comes to responding to this oil spill. and i think there's this growing realization that obama just isn't going to have a bull horn moment. remember the bull horn moment when president bush stood in the rubble three days after 9/11, said i can hear you and approval ratings went to 90%. obama's are less than half that now and falling because people feel that he's helpless to stop this thing. >> jon: let's get your take on that, elliss, you're from the gulf coast....

This is finally the point where the left and the right now agree that obama has had a lackluster performance to say the least when it comes to responding to this oil spill. and i think there's this growing realization that obama just isn't going to have a bull horn moment. remember the bull horn moment when president bush stood in the rubble three days after 9/11, said i can hear you and approval ratings went to 90%. obama's are less than half that now and falling because people feel that he's helpless to stop this thing. >> jon: let's get your take on that, elliss, you're from the gulf coast....

This is finally the point where the left and the right now agree that obama has had a lackluster performance to say the least when it comes to responding to this oil spill. and i think there's this growing realization that obama just isn't going to have a bull horn moment. remember the bull horn moment when president bush stood in the rubble three days after 9/11, said i can hear you and approval ratings went to 90%. obama's are less than half that now and falling because people feel that he's helpless to stop this thing. >> jon: let's get your take on that, elliss, you're from the gulf coast....

The opposition party try to offer something worse than that. is that a fair assessment? >> yes, it is. we saw that yesterday with the republican congressman apologizing to bp. i'm sorry you destroyed the gulf. what's he apologizing for? >> that's beyond beyond. is the ultimate problem, and then i'll let you go, the fact that we don't have a competitive primary process? so we're not getting the yield of the competition that may be better because the incumbents are reelected 95% of the time. as a result, that's why they accommodate special interests and don't care about the voters. is that the p...