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overnight the oil company began lowering a second smaller containment box called the top hat. the obama administration says we should know by tomorrow if it's going to do what it's supposed to. people living along the gulf coast say this better work. >> they can't get this thing capped off, this is going to be a catastrophe for our natural resources in the region. katrina is long in our past. that's nothing compared to what's out there. >> oil executives did a whole lot of quicker pointing on capitol hill over who is to blame for the disaster in the gulf. look. >> until we understand...

interior, ken salazar, and his answer might just surprise you. also tonight, news on the three young american hikers imprisoned in iran since july. just moments ago her mothers were granted visas to go to iran to visit them in prison. we'll talk with one of the moms as she prepares to leave for iran. we've also got the very latest on vice president joe biden's son, delaware attorney general beau biden in the hospital tonight after suffering a mild stroke. and later on, the washington murder mystery that spawned a summer of mysteries. let's get to the cheat sheet for the top sto...

>> larry: one week from tonight, we've got mick jagger, here for the hour. right now we welcome back former first lady laura bush to "larry king live." we spent many hours together, campaigning in the white house. and now post white house. her new book is "spoken from the heart," a terrific read, published by scribners. there you see its cover. you were such a private first lady. wasn't this hard for you to do? >> it actually was not. it was really great to have a chance to do this. i wanted it to be very candid. i wanted it to be revealing. and i knew there were a lot of gaps that w...

good morning, everybody. busy morning around here this morning. >> that's where we begin. let's head over to washington and president obama's nomination of elena kagan to the supreme court. bill plante has the latest for us. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning. the white house says the president made his final choice last night and he called kagan about 8:30 in the evening and then the white house let the others on the short list know that they weren't being called. the nomination comes as no surprise to many people here in washington. kagan's name was at the very top of th...