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Before going in the water. i'm standing on the beach right now and it is glorious here. >> glorious. all right. dan, one last thing here. do you think, what kind of headway have you made in that psychological battle? you've been putting out campaigns, several other beaches have as well trying to get at people's heads, hey, we are open and you can still come here but a lot of people turned off by the idea of a couple tar balls showing up. what kind of headway have you made in that psychological battle you're trying to win? >> i have to tell you, i am so appreciative of the visitors that have ma...

>> reporter: absolutely. >> reynolds wolf, thank you. giving us an idea of things along the coast in alabama. what's happening in florida, particularly panama city beach? an important time for them there as well. let's turn to a man we had on a couple weeks ago and talked to us about how they're doing. we'll check back in with dan rowe. he is the president of the panama city convention and tourism bureau joining us now on the phone. sir, we had you here. thanks for being here again. we had you here a month ago. tell me the difference and how things are in panama city as far as oil, tar balls, ...

Vacation dollars and when they continue to bring them to the gulf coast we all win. i am so thankful to them. >> dan rowe, we appreciate you being with us once again. we will continue to check in. >> i hope all of you have a happy 4th of july. >> thank you so much. we're hoping you all have a happy one and a successful one as well. thanks so much. again, dan rowe with the visitors bureau down there, panama city beach. more on the efforts to bring tourists back to the beaches next hour. taking you back to gulf shores, alabama where they're counting on of all people jimmy buffet to save the da...

well, the party is on its way for this weekend. they are hoping. this beach is not closed. however, like many of the beaches along the gulf, it is under what they call a health advisory right now. we'll explain exactly what that means and if those kinds of warnings really are affecting tourism on what people are hoping is going to be a big weekend for the bars and restaurants and the beaches and the hotels along the gulf coast this holiday weekend. also, we're used to hearing a republican criticize the president. but when this republican did it now some republicans are calling for ...