Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100807:12:11:00
Where you are? are they still seeing tar balls? >> reporter: well, optimism really is out and about. the oil is no longer showing up and optimism is sweeping in. that's phenomenal for many parts of the gulf coast. however, when you get to louisiana, that's a very different situation. i can tell you in st. bernard parish they had 26 different reports of oil sightings in less than 24 hours. and one fisherman by the name of a.c. comer in central louisiana has seen plenty of the oil and it makes him furious. >> that's oil. that's crude. that's no doubt in my mind that's crude. look at it. i am a f...