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Until they've managed to finish that drilling operation where they will pump cement in to cap this completely and permanently. but, again, we're seven to ten days away, they say, from seeing the next attempt to shut the flow of this oil off completely. >> david mattingly, thanks so much in new orleans. also in new orleans, what's happening today, a concert to try to help raise money for people who rely on that coastal shoreline. we're going to actually be joined by singer and music tad benoit. we'll talk with him in just a few minutes. about ten minutes from now about why he's decided to be ...

Into lake pontchartrain because we lost the wetlands that cuts lake pontchartrain off from the gulf of mexico. this is the same thing. our coastline is disappearing at an acre every hour. that's a very significant number. that's our protection from anything that gets into the gulf, no matter what's out there in the gulf. this is our protection from the gulf. so being a wetlands advocate to us is being active in trying to save the coast of louisiana and all of the things that the country relies on as far as like the seafood, like the oil industry. you know, we have refineries down there on the ...

All right. musicians are holding a benefit concert in new orleans today. the fundraiser is to help relief efforts for any industry affected by the matsdsive oil leak in the gulf and to raise money to protect the fragile wetlands. contemporary blues singer tad benoit is with us as well as dr. john. both are really native sons of louisiana in so many different ways. and with us now. so i understand that this gulf aid effort really came together in about a week. how did you, dr. john, get involved in this, and how did you say, i'm on board? >> well, i believe in doing anything i can to try to hel...

>> reporter: law enforcement sources say shahzad told investigators he felt america had demonized islam. >> if you don't like america or western society, please stay where you at. don't come here. >> reporter: back at his convenience store, he says he hopes others will join him. >> some may call me a snitch. my strong belief, it's better to be safe than sorry. >> reporter: blunt what some call an embarrassment to the pakistani-american community. fred? >> susan candiotti, thanks so much. all right. call them musicians on a mission. tad benoit and surprise guest, do you recognize him, dr. joh...