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assistance you need from the federal government? >> well, this is really two fights. it's the fight that the federal government in conjunction with bp, that they're waging to try to keep it as it comes into our territorial waters. at that point, with limited resources we have at state and local level, we'll try to do everything we can to protect the property of mississippi gulf coast. >> if you have the resources, all the resources that were available, would there be an issue in keeping the oil from reaching land? >> this event appears to be so massive that if you pull out every fede...

then when it's off, i direct and produce. >> this is fog. >> i drive people crazy. i think chris may have got that bleeding on the brain thing just to get away from me. >> it's one way of doing it. i will say, though, it was extraordinarily frightening. they're still watching him. but he's got the best doctor. g.w. hospital -- >> awesome. >> -- extraordinary. nothing short of extraordinary. i will tell you, too, a friend of the program, a guy that watches the show all the time, i want to say this, the second this happened, i asked mika to call joe biden because, of course, joe had th...

around here that can be just about anyone. they are concerned enough they've called an emergency shrimp season and oyster season. basically what they're saying is, get out there, get your boats out there, get everything you can. because it's not if the oil comes in, it's when the oil comes in. sam champion, abc news, venice, louisiana. a kentucky coal mine where two miners have been killed has a long history of safety violations. a roof collapse about four miles inside the mine late wednesday killed both men. federal inspection records show the mine was cited 840 times for safety v...

but looking at the volume of oil that's been pouring day by day into the gulf, you can see why some would be so pessimistic. the optimistic views that other equipment will be able to contain it and that the booms will help and that the economy and life here won't be affected that much here, andrea. >> what about anger? the feeling that first of all, bp underestimated, grossly underestimated the amount of the oil spill, but nobody in the government said, wait a second, is this accurate. they were going on the assumption that it was 42,000 gallons a day and that it was not going to be ...

not like yesterday. we have low 40's in stafford. 53 at nasa park. lexington park at 53. today, highs in the low 80's. the weekend is even better. good morning, lisa baden. >> in arlington on south gleeb rd. northbound at eighth street in the northbound direction, closed until further notice. we are hearing about emergency track maintenance from metrorail on the green line at the west hyattsville station. the first trains out, they will be single tracking until further notice. i will show you 270, nothing i- 95 in and out of baltimore, and good on 95 in virginia. back to you. >> than...