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Until today? >> reporter: protests are still going on. we have been here as he days. every day there's been one giant protest after another. there will be another one tonight with the arizona tea party group taking to the streets here in the capitol. we saw something else last night. protests are taking place even out of state. mets versus diamondbacks. an unruly fan or protester took to the field holding a mexican flag. certainly the protests have not died down. expecting more tonight. >> we'll follow the story. dan simon standing by in arizona as we continue on with the story. in the meantim...

They're doing their thing and for the most part, when you talk to russell pierce he says this bill is over. he doesn't want to see any changes to it and he says it's common to have legislative tweaks and so forth but in this particular situation he wants to go forward with it as is. he wrote it with the intention, again, that it would ultimately reach the supreme court and the tweaks that may or may not occur, he is really not in favor of that. >> good report, thank you very much, dan simon for us in arizona. let's go to the gulf of mexico. work to permanently seal the crippled well is appar...

Deep into the well. the reason it was delayed is because scientists found some debris on top in the well bore of one of those relief wells and they need to get that out before they started pumping the heavy drilling mud in. >> what's the latest on the scaling back of the cleanup? >> well, believe me, when people in the gulf coast region here in louisiana hear the term "scale back," it wants to set everything in motion and people get frustrated. and in fact, we went out todd an air boat to look at the area that is still impacted by the oil. remember, we are talking about an area that is seeing ...

Whistle-blower web site, wikileaks. >> three convicted murderers escaped from an arizona prison. they are considered armed and dangerous. >> democratic congresswoman maxine watereds of california could face an ethics trial this fall. waters has been under investigation for a possible conflict of interest involving a bank seeking federal aid. >> b.p.'s incoming ceo is talking about scaling back a cleanup effort in parts of the gulf where crews are having trouble finding oil. this comes as a permanent cap for the oil gusher has hit a snag. chris, what's the latest on the plans to permanently clo...

Embarrassing, however awful that truth may be. we've got to get to the truth so we don't let it happen again. i still believe that these were individuals who were making poor judgments, bad judgments, incompetent judgments. i really have some reservations with what i know at this point. only reading the papers and hearing the news reports, that it has bordered into criminality, but then i'm not a lawyer. i think it's, you know, perhaps a good show to put on a great force down in new orleans, but whether they will ever find any criminal behavior, it's a long way from here to there, in my opinio...