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good evening. and with so much to worry about in the gulf, tonight, that gathering storm we first told you about yesterday has nerves on edge, a new edge. it's right there in the kri caribbean, growing stronger. just minutes ago, it became the first tropical depression of the hurricane season. and today, the cleanup commander said they are approaching d-day. do they order everybody off the sea? it's now day 67 of the crisis, and jeffrey kofman is tracking the storm from louisiana tonight. jeffrey? >> reporter: good evening, diane. that's right. just what this lurching recovery effort...

good evening. and with so much to worry about in the gulf, tonight, that gathering storm we first told you about yesterday has nerves on edge, a new edge. it's right there in the kri caribbean, growing stronger. just minutes ago, it became the first tropical depression of the hurricane season. and today, the cleanup commander said they are approaching d-day. do they order everybody off the sea? it's now day 67 of the crisis, and jeffrey kofman is tracking the storm from louisiana tonight. jeffrey? >> reporter: good evening, diane. that's right. just what this lurching recovery effort...

limit should be adjusted. and obviously, having the limit less cost tens of millions of dollars to the fund. and now we're dealing with the unprecedented spill on top of those additional risks. >> i think your this, but you do not know whether your company have the ability to deduct from taxable u.s. income payments resulting from civil claims? >> senator mccain, i preface my comments that i am not a tax attorney. my understanding is that there are deductions that are available to us. we will take them on to the constraints of law. >> maybe you could have your legal department provid...

check and balance in washington we need support from the national committee. >> did you want to grade mitch mcconnell? >> i'm not going to grade anybody but i'm a big fan of mitch. he's done more with less than about any political leader has in this last 15 or 16 months. it's been -- we've had the bear minimum. we haven't had enough votes to stop anything, and have had good arguments. we have won a lot of arguments but not many votes. and on important issues he has held the republicans together, helped us make our point and provide a real difference of opinion between democrats and r...

recreational fishing in order to ensure that seafood will remain safe for consumers. that is slightly more than 22% of the federal waters in the waters of the gulf of mexico. a closure of this size is bound to have devastating impact on the fisheries in the gulf where commercial fishermen harvested more than 1 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in 2008. on monday, secretary of commerce gary locke determined that there had been a fishery disaster in the gulf of mexico due to the economic impact on commercial and recreation fisheries. the affected area includes the states of louisian...