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On the gulf coast everyone took a break to watch the game as well but back to the reality, day 69 of the gulf oil disaster. we saw yesterday the first named storm developed, first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, tropical storm alex. don't exactly know for sure where it's going. we're starting to see more computer models give us a better idea maybe. we're continuing to learn more over the next 24/48 hours and these things can turn on a dime. we're wondering how this could affect the oil cleanup and recovery. some oil workers in the area being evacuated from those offshore faciliti...

>> jeanne? we are having trouble hearing you. let's see if we can get a better signal and get back to her. you can hear the noisy demonstration is making it difficult to weed out the information. tropical storm alex is headed for mexico now. it could mean big things for the oil cleanup in the gulf. alex is not expected to hit this area directly. it could churn up lots of wind and waves in the area. if alex does change course, slams into the area of the leak, crews would have to clear out and the cleanup would grind to a halt. the government's point man in the crisis says it would take two we...

Control. the ability to command and the ability to control. we've got orders going out, but there's no one to be out there to move those boats to the right place to get that oil before it gets to the shoreline. so we need to mobilize the department of defense to come in and help admiral allen do this. >> so the criticism of that point of view has been, look, the military is not trained in any specifics of oil cleanup. but you're saying that what they are trained in is the command and control that would put better organizational face on what's going on out there? i mean right now, look, they sa...

>> he doesn't meet criteria for psychosis. he's not schizophrenic or have schizophrenia. he doesn't hear voices. god isn't telling him gary, go get him. he's a normal person. he handles himself in society. he has a job and pays his bills. >> according to a neighbor, is ultimate goal is for osama bin laden to face justice here on u.s. soil. >> he's determined. he goes every year, and he says he wants to go. he doesn't want to kill him or anything like that. he wants to get him alive and bring him back to america. >> what do you think about that? >> i think he can do it. i have confidence in him...

Begin to change perceptions that the president is asserting control where he can overpayments of claims, not necessarily capping the leak. shannon: while we are awaiting the president and a briefing from the person in charge of the oil cleanup. one of the big stories today concerns the amount of oil leaking into the gulf. when the rig went down we were told there was a leak of 40,000 gallons a day. that jumped to 20 200,000. then up to a million. the coast guard told us it what is up to 1.6 million. last night we were told the well could be pulling 2.5 million gallons every single day. bp is c...