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getting the mage? we've got new polling that says all of that. and this is important. recent polling may also explain why we haven't got an deal yet. we'll tell you what we're talking about. in any case, americans are speaking out today. >> good morning, speaker boehner's office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volume of normal phone calls, house speaker baine er's office reporting as many as 300 people on ho...

Now 67. >> lifeguard rosemary is a perfect candidate for silver group. program created by the american lifeguard association. >> keep kicking. hang on to your board. >> people over 50 work as wading pool attendants to free up the younger lifeguards to work deeper and more dangerous water. >> today to be a lifeguard, you can be a lifeguard at 15 years old. what knowledge do you know of 15 years old? to the life experience of 60-year-old? >> there has been a lifeguard shortage for years. even in a down economy, many expert swimmers say the pay is too low. >> remember to walk. >> senior swimmers ...

President followed by group meetings. the white house is add odds with many european governments, rejecting the call for more spending. the g8 and g-20 summit cost canada at least 897 million dollars. that translates to about 12 million an hour. that's a high hourly rate. >> peanuts, peanuts apparently and the $55,000 of course spent on the wading pool. you're not allowed to swim in and wendell goler telling us yesterday you can't go in there and to look on. it's one of the roman baths and look on and can't walk in it. >> fully engineered salmon-- >> it's ironic they're at the summit to talk a...

To reach anymore consensus than the eight leaders reached yesterday. guys, back to you. >> wendell, before we get you go. did you get a chance to try out the wading pool they spent 55 billion dollars to build there at the g8. >> that's not intended to be waded in. but a background like a lake, but it doesn't look like a lake. >> for 55,000 you can't go in it. >> get in there, wendell. >> thank you, sir. >> thanks, wendell, thanks for the update. okay. so let's talk about the other news of the morning and that is general petraeus now in charge of afghanistan. will that change the timetables for...

Now, imagine pouring that same cup of oil into a wading pool. look at this, the gulf of mexico is 615,000 square miles. a huge difference, 11,000 versus 615,000 square miles. right now the spill area is about the size of prince william sound. and there could be different things at work here. wild cards we have to think about. what if you get different -- we have different types of oil here and in alaska. different tidal patterns, different winds. they may push it up to the coast, they may also push it out into the open where it could be diluted, break up, that's still not good for wildlife in ...