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On one of the most important weekends of the year. we'll be live at the beach tonight with the very latest. the other industry that's taking a big hit is seafood, and tonight i'll talk to top chef tom coliccio who went down to the gulf to see for himself whether he thinks their seafood is safe to eat. then later the man of the moment, lebron james, sure he is one of the best players in basketball history but why are mayors and governors across the country falling all over themselves to get him for their teams? we got lots to cover, a lot of ground to cover tonight but we'll start again wit...

Oil spill. thick gobs of oil are now washing up in mississippi. crews were along the beaches yesterday collecting tar balls. the local mayor says, "it's hit us now." the white house says vice president joe biden will be in the gulf tomorrow after four visits by president obama. this will be the vp's first since the spill began. also we're watching alex, a tropical storm again moving back into the gulf and right now it is not on track to hit the oil leak area directly. >> but any last-minute shift in its track can potentially shut down the containment effort for as much as two weeks. of cou...

Hospital on friday for fluid retention related to his heart disease. cheney has a long history of heart problems and suffered his fifth heart attack in february. some major developments to tell you about in the gulf oil spill. a milestone of sorts today. it is now day 70 of this disaster. we're watching another potential problem going on. alex, the storm moving back into the gulf, it is a tropical storm again. right now not on track to hit the oil leak area directly but the last-minute shift of course could potentially shut down the containment effort for up to two weeks. >> right now withou...

Already dropped that rock. we have already seen weather rise here, this will be the biggest weather impacts on the spill since the spill occurred. we're talking waves directly over the spill and probably a westward component of oil. cameron bay may actually be able to deal with some of this oil. now not heavy concentrations, but there will be some westward component of this, so nothing good comes from a tropical system in the gulf, because as you know, it's pretty much like a bowl, and once you get in it, it's hard to get out and includes the waves that alex has produced and will continue to p...

Oil well, that storm could stop the containment effort, for up to two weeks. right now, tropical storm alex is pounding mexico, and guatemala. >> jamie: former alaska governor sarah palin bringing her message to the lone star state, taking president obama to task. her fiery comments, you can't miss it, next. >> the administration is kind of... the government needs to take over more aspects of our private industry. scares the heck out of me! thanks to aarp, we can have more nights out.