184 million gallons of oil already spilled into the gulf and the locals we spoke to say the final end here, is a long ways off. >> and, phil, that is something we cannot let people forget about the residual effects. phil keating, live from st st. tammany parish, louisiana. >> gregg: washington heavy weights forecasting the fall elections on the sunday talk show circuit. the midterms usually unkind to the party that controls the white house. and republicans hope to make big gains in november. but, vice president joe biden, well, he's not conceding anything yet. julie kirtz is live in washington and, you know be robert gibbs i think set the whole thing off, last weekend. when he reappeared on a sunday talk show and ignited a firestorm, didn't he. >> reporter: it is never really a good thing, when a staff member, even a powerful one like