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the state making a decision to open the spillway and release water into some communities, burying homes in those communities to protect communities like baton rouge, new orleans, one of the extraordinary measures this state is taking. the stakes are enormous. governor jindal saying $300 million alone in crop damage, tens of millions in other property damage. there are a dozen oil refineries in flood zone. there are chemical factories, homes and businesses as well. listen to governor jindal here explaining the tough decision to open the spillway he says will protect larger communities...

Global proliferation network as well, so this is exceedingly advanced technology, making a helicopter quiet is an exceedingly difficult engineering feat, one that no doubt china and others would love to learn. jon: stephen yates was former deputy assistant to the vice president for national security affairs. steve, thank you. >> thank you jon. jon: fox news sunday will have an exclusive interview with former vice president dick cheney this weekend. you can hear what he thinks about the current situation in pakistan. check your local listings for times. fox news sunday. jenna: staying with poli...

Have been was yesterday down in the florida keys where scott carpenter went fishing for a very good cause. raising money, the astronaut scholarship foundation, and they do online auctions and things, and the folks that bid on this paid about 5,000 to fish with scott. >> scott was a mercury. >> mercury 7 original astronaut. the importance of science and engineering. >> engineering is very important. >> and how they are doing everything to raise money for scholarships for students in those fields. >> see, so everybody talks about, the president talks about we need innovation. >> yeah. >> we need...

This is an engineering feat that has never been tried at this depth with this large of a device, and it's really going to be something new. everyone hoping it works, it works the first time, because they didn't make two of these large containers. they're going to try and make this work the first time. and if they do, they will be able to collect, they say, 80% to 85% of the leaking oil, which would be a huge relief to the environmental damage that's being done out here. >> you're reading my thoughts. the next question i have for you, it's only one, if it doesn't work, what else? we hope it doe...

Beach or shoreline is tar balls or tar patties, what they are telling us to expect and what we need to see is what it actually is. that is what they say to expect and we have cleanup teams standing by ready to go to the sites, as soon as it is found. bill: hopefully we won't get to that. i know the dispersents are used near the source and that is somewhat successful and that is an engineering feat, the first time they've used it. and, doug suttles, the chief operating officer and coo of bp, my guest in louisiana, sir, if you would tomorrow, come back and we'll have more questions, okay. >> tha...