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Southern lake pontchartrain now offlimits to fishing after tar balls were spotted. they've also now landed on the beaches in galveston texas. meanwhile, the oil keeps gushing. to the people we talked to in the gulf, it's a war plain and simple. which is what makes the next story so potentially explosive. allegations that one of the front line fighters was out to lunch for all intents and purposes. randi kaye joins us with more. >> reporter: the oil isn't taking a vacation, why should any of the officials? which is why lots of folks here are pointing the fingers at the army corps of engineers. ...

Potential to clean up the oil but it is not being employed. what is the hold-up? >> reporter: a lot of people have high hopes for that. the first 48 hours have been inconclusive and a spokesman for the owner of that giant rig, tmt shipping offshore, says it's because of weather which has made the seas rougher than usual. the point of the test sfaz to make operational test soez it is in the best shape possible for the conditions in the gulf. it is pretty cool how this tanker works. the officials say it operates very much like an actual whale, taking in water through a series of vents in the fro...

My own family coming back and rebuilding, and going on with their lives. later tonight, more than three million out of work americans could soon be losing the only income they've got. why do most of the other democrats let them. does either party really care about working americans? we'll take you up close for answers tonight. the latest on the spill, which primarily is a weather story at the moment. rough seas making it impossible to skim the oil off the water. the boats are stuck in port. and that huge converted oil tanker is also hampered. trials of it as a skimmer are inconclusive at t...

Very minor hit. that there are basically a few buckets worth of tar balls picked up on the east side of galveston island and also on crystal beach in the ball of our peninsula and they even have a theory this could have been picked up from a tanker that drove through the oil spill in the gulf and then the tar balls fell off the tanker as it approached houston or galveston. they admit people don't care how the oil got here. they're very much concerned and hope this is not a sign that things are going to get worse. they hope to stay on top of it, just a few tar balls here and there. back to you....

Disaster to another. i've been in haiti for a while. and there you see the resilience. here, there's an interesting thing, so many people love to come down and pick this stuff up and take it off. they're not sure if there's science involved. there's health issues involved. it builds the frustration a little. people are mad about this, and everybody understands that. i think channeling that anger to something positive is the thing to do. i was showing you this application called mogul where you can come out and take pictures of the beach, the birds, the oil spill. >> yeah, i just found it. you....