they recovered stood at 900. there is a huge gap there. as you mentioned at the top and as the meteorologist mentioned right before this, this is all weather dependent and yesterday we flew over the spill site and minimal skimming going on. we did see the "a whale" and so much potential there because of the super tanker and super skimmer, but the coast guard admiral that we spoke with yesterday said it has a lot of weaknesses, specifically maneuverability. it has to be able to maneuver and chase a lot of the streamers because the oil is really widespread at this point. they really say at this point "a whale" needs more testing even though it has a lot of potential. >> tom, thanks so much. in what has been a rocky relationship, president obama meets with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the oval office this morning. top of the agenda, jump starting the mideast peace process. last month's meeting was postponed so netanyahu could deal with the fallout from the