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Commander to pass out? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the president says america's shores are under assault right now and he's promging to fight back -- promising to fight back with everything we've got. mr. obama is about three hours away interest delivering from delivering his first oval office address to the nation. the backdrop speaking volumes about the scope of this oil disaster. experts estimate right now as much as 40,000 barrels of oil, may be a whole lot more, have been spilling into the gulf, every day for almost two months. the president wrapped up his fourth t...

Larger, increased security measures and saves taxpayer money through energy-savoring features. some on the right claim a double standard when it comes to the treatment of presidential golf. "washington post" article from this weekend criticizes a conservative blog posting on president obama's decision to play golf sunday as the gulf oil spill continued to flow it felt president played a total of seven rounds of golf since the rig explosion and the beginning of the week. but the post concludes so what? surely even the president deserves and probably needs some down time. however, back in 2002 a...

>> larry: we're back with our guests, first let's check in with anderson cooper down in the gulf. what's the lead? >> the lead, of course, oil gushing into the gulf on day 56 of this catastrophe. more damning details of the hours and days ahead of the rig explosion released by congress. details we learned today, the bp ceo was warned he will have to answer for when he heads to the hill on thursday. details that show bp put profits before safety, and that fateful decision eventually led to the mess that bp has no plan for dealing with. we'll have a lot more at the top of the hour, larry. >> tha...

Crossroads as we close in on two months since the rig explosion. the president wraps up his trip to the gulf tomorrow and will then return to the white house to deliver a nationally televised address from the oval office on the spill that evening. cnn of course will carry it live, 8:00 p.m. eastern. wednesday mr. obama meets with bp officials including ceo tony hayward. on thursday, members of congress are set to grill hayward and other bp company executives. let's go to new orleans right now where cnn political reporter james carville is closely following the events including the president's ...

They would stay out of the area, you would not see that. that makes it even more concerning to us. >> what is your greatest concern as it pertains to rays or other types of sharks and the oil getting on their gills, on their skin? what potentially happens to them? >> well, i mean, i guess the worst-case scenario is direct exposure. that they're going to get oil on their skin, on their gills. a lot of these rays have a mucous coating. their skin is very sensitive. you can see how that can cause lots of problems, lots of sores and lesions. the whale sharks, they're basically swimming mouth wide ...