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>> i am. a weird one that does half diet, half regular. >> half diet, half regular. >> high maintenance. >> twist of anything. certain kind of straw? >> a twist when i'm not working. >> talk about a giant sinkhole. i love sink holes. not this one. swallowing a house near tampa. the house had to be condemned, the house got stuck in the ground. neighbors said it happened so suddenly all they could do was watch. the homeowner, running errands at the time. no one was hurt. he was having the property evaluated for sink holes when the ground opened up. relief from the scorching heat on the way for t...

Coastline. it's a vindication of sorts for sarah palin. >> we will drill baby drill and mine baby mine, because this is for the sake of our nation's security and our economic prosperity. >> offshore oil drilling was a top campaign issue for john mccain and sarah palin in the 2008 presidential race, but it was only last november that vice president biden mocked palin over her oil drilling message. >> sarah palin thinks the answer to energy was drill baby drill. it's a lot more complicated, sarah, than drill baby drill. you know, the result is further dependence on foreign oil, fewer jobs. >> th...

♪ 15 minutes after the hour. in a few hours' time, president obama will unveil plans to expand drilling off the coast of mexico, it calls from offshore drilling from the tip of delaware down to the coast. suzanne malveaux is live at the white house. >> reporter: it's something president bush had tried to do before and we heard that mantra, drill, baby drill. it's unusual we're hearing from the obama administration on offshore drilling. it's a controversial proposal. here's what it looks like. here are some of the areas they are proposing the open for offshore drilling. we're talking on the...

Drill. live pictures there from andrews air force base where the president will make his announcement shortly. white house correspondent, suzanne malveaux has a preview. good to see you. what specific areas is the president targeting with this announcement today? >> reporter: tony, you might recall the drill, baby, drill, slogan, that mantra. that came from the republicans, mccain and palin during the campaign. so this is a very controversial thing that is happening that the president is unveiling. some areas that will be affected to open up to off-shore drilling include the east coast from de...

Henry? more now on president obama's plan to open vast areas to oil and natural gas drilling. the plan the president announced would open about 167 million acres over the atlantic ocean, from delaware to central florida, also opening some parts in northern alaska. you can see that on the right of your screen. we've moved alaska to the right. it is not a fast-track deal. it will be years. the interior department, which has to study the conditions and then they lease it out to oil companies, president obama argues that this is needed to help end america's addiction to foreign oil. so, it's a t...