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As it is the policy. the president fulfilling a promise he and the first lady made to come down here and encourage others, set an example for tourists who have stayed away because of what they believe is a oil scarred beach. they haven't seen any tar balls at this beach in florida. to come back down here, the industries, charter boat captains, hotels have been hurting and that's the image they're trying to portray and project. >> i think sasha loves that hole in one image. she was rocking there. good for her. right. maybe mini golf -- >> absolutely. >> mike, thanks so much. new testing is go...

Issue, freedom of religion. >> i was not commenting and i will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there. i was commenting very specifically on the right that people have that dates back to our founding. that's what our country's about. >> reporter: the first family is visiting the florida gulf coast this weekend. the president told the people here he will not forget about the impact the spill had on the economy now that the well has been capped. no oil washed up here in panama city beach. locals say maybe just a few tar balls. mr. obama tried to emphasize this is a ...

Issue, freedom of religion. >> i was not commenting and i will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there. i was commenting very specifically on the right that people have that dates back to our founding. that's what our country's about. >> reporter: the first family is visiting the florida gulf coast this weekend. the president told the people here he will not forget about the impact the spill had on the economy now that the well has been capped. no oil washed up here in panama city beach. locals say maybe just a few tar balls. mr. obama tried to emphasize this is a ...

Others have crit sidewaysed is the vacation too short. twen hours and is effective . too little too late. >> it feels obligatory. >> put your bathing suit on and hope out . eat shrimp and we are off. >> i love the politics of vacation. president bush to president clinton to president obama, where do they g. twen hours and did they eat ice cream or a beer. >> polls don't mind the president takes a summer vacation, but it would be nice to spend a lot of time in the gulf. i don't know if a photoopis going to convince the people. panama city, the oil has not washed on the beach. tar balls are pott...

The gulf oil disaster, tar balls, ill slicked birds but this is something they were not expecting, a message in a bolt tossed into the atlantic from barbados washed up in the shores in mississippi. at first, the cleanup crews thought it was a prank. then they pulled the scrolls out of the narrow top of the bolt and red the letters, letters from a grieving mother from wales who lost her son fighting the war in afghanistan. >> it seems too good to be true, you know, both fighting different tragedy, one in war, us fighting the battle, you know, with the oil spill, and it just seems like it was me...