confirmed dead. they found the bodies just moments ago, something that volunteers are very upset about. they have been coming out by the numbers to the command center in langely. they have been going out every hour looking for bodies. i want to show you video of the devastation we've been seeing from the campground. it's jarring. the camp is littered with debris. not trash, but big cement slabs that have been pushed up against the trees. we found 18-wheelers wrapped around trees, tents that people were sleeping in, those, all the parts strewn across the campground. the water came in quickly and violently. we have video of the water level. it happened in the middle of the night. little missouri river rests at three feet and hours it rose to eight feet and then 23 1/2 feet. the campground was river of basin surrounded by mountain range. this surrounded the river basin. look at the presser for you. >> we will continue throughout the day in search and rescue and recovery and tomorrow for however long it takes. can you hear me back there? they say to speak up in the back. can you hear me? so far we identified 16 of the 17 bodies that have been recovered. we have a search and rescue effort ongoing. thank the volunteers that come help us. we had them all over the state to come and volunteer their time and resource to help us. we have several search teams in there now and 20 miles of river to cover. it's rugged terrain and it will be at times consuming. later today we will try, those of you that have not been in there that just got here that want to get coverage, we'll try to get you in there, some of the areas where you can see the damage that's been done. we will continue this for as long as it takes and hopefully later today we'll have information. later this afternoon we'll have briefing. what is the best time for y'all, about 4:00? another briefing at 4:00 this afternoon. >> do you have a breakdown yet on victim, children versus adults? >> i don't have that with me. >> repeat the question, please. >> he wants to know the breakdown and bodies recovered adult to children. they're all age groups. >> do you have any idea how many people remain missing? >> right now, we've got somewhere around two dozen that is unaccounted for. a lot of the people, a lot of the people couldn't get out because of the high water, but a lot has come out and gone back to their homes and we're trying to get that. we're whittling that down as we go. right now, somewhere around two dozen. >> how many miles -- [ inaudible ] >> we're talking on this river 20 miles. [ inaudible [ inaudible ] >> hay should be released today and making sure the next of kin is notified. >> repeat. >> he wanted to know when the names will be released. we'll be releasing that today when the next of kin has been notified. [ inaudible ] yes, ma'am, we recovered another victim this morning. up near the albert pike area. that brings the total to 17. 16 of the 17 has been identified. >> can you describe circumstances where the bodies are found? low on the bank, up high, all over? >> just all over. [ inaudible ] >> we identified the one we found today. >> how are you identifying them? >> family members. >> brian: you hear captain mike fletcher, the man on the scene bringing us the latest information. 17 bodies recovered and 16 has been identified and the biggest nugget of news from there, there may be 24 people or so unaccounted for. maybe 300 people camping in that area when the river went from three to 23 feet in a matter of minutes. a real tragedy there. elizabeth prann continue to monitor the situation. we want to go now to thousand oaks, california, where we are hearing from the family of abby sunderland, the young girl who has been trying to circumnavigate the world. she got in trouble in the indian ocean. listen in. >> in the middle of the ocean and it has been hard for her. >> as parents you're relieved but at the same tie you would have loved to see her accomplish the feat. how do you feel now? >> we're relieved and thankful that abigail is safe and in good hands. but same time, disappointment. what matters here is that abigail is safe. into also, she is a success. we told her that this morning. at her age, purpose to have that goal and put the wheels in motion and to pour herself into that and make that happen, is success. if she still dreams to sail around the world she has lots of time to do it. that is just one small detail. >> be back in a little over a week? >> maybe a week, two weeks. >> what does she want to do when she gets home? discussed that with you? >> no, no. she hasn't said. >> maybe pat her baby brother on the head. i'm not sure. it will take a while for this to sink in. i like that she has regained her sleep and everything else. it will be disappointment, i imagine, on her part that will gradually sink in, over the next few days. >> brian: there are the parents of abby sunderland, who indeed quite frankly have come under a great deal of criticism themselves for allowing their 15, now 16-year-old daughter to try to circumnavigate the world in a small boat. abby sunderland has been recovered by a french fishing boat after being spotted by australian officials and she has been rescued and is safe. we'll continue to bring you the details of that. >> brian: president obama just finished a phone call with british prime minister david cameron. tensions have been mounting between the two countries as the oil from the british petroleum rig continues to spill in the gulf. fox's julie kirtz has the latest on that. hello. >> reporter: no official word or read-out yet from the white house. we are expecting that later on. the conversation between the two leaders. obama call to cameron comes as harsh words from washington has been generating backlash in britain. also a fear that the disaster could have severe implications for b.p.'s investors and the relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. this is all in advance of obama's return trip to the gulf on monday and tuesday. as well as a wednesday meeting at the white house with top b.p. executives. also today in an interview with politico, obama blasts members of congress here in washington, of course. and the media about the handling of the oil spill. he also seems to imply that anti-big government types are being overly critical of him. here is a quote. some of the same folks who have been hollering and saying do something are the same folks who just two or three months ago were suggesting that the government needs to stop doing so much. the same people who are saying the president needs to show leadership, and solve this problem are some of the same folks, he said, "a few months ago who are saying this guy is trying to engineer a takeover of our society." that is a quote from president obama. on charges that he is not showing enough emotion or passion on the oil spill, the president tells politico the media demands things, the public doesn't. the public wants to see us solve the problem. that may not make for good tv he said in the interview. his comments come as the public continues to give the federal government low marks for its response to the spill in general, brian. >> brian: a lot of people said this is the president's katrina. but it's really almost like the carter days and iranian hostage crisis. just day, after day, after day, the story continues. good to see you. thank you very much, julie. >> sure. >> brian: the amount of oil gushing out of the leak may be twice as much as previously estimated. and now, the u.s. official leading the effort on the ground there is demanding a more aggressive plan from b.p., within the next 48 hours. it could have major repercussions for the environment. and b.p.'s financial future. steve harrigan is in grand isle, louisiana, with the latest on what is happening at ground zero. go ahead, steve. >> reporter: we're in a state park at the edge of the isle. you can see the oil coming up. each wave leaves a stripe before it goes back, that is the oil. you smell it here for the first time, too. the federal man in charge here, admiral james watson is saying b.p. is not doing enough fast enough. that's because estimates of the spill have doubled to 40,000 barrels a day. b.p. collecting 15,000 barrels a day. and he's giving them 48 hours to do more. local officials are trying to do what they can. in the last 48 hours we've seen the sand drop from helicopters, that's the national guard in action. the mayor here is stringing together several barges and he says he will do it to block oil to the marsh lands whether he has permission or approval from the army corps of engineers or not. of course, that heavy oil here hitting the marsh is taking a bigger toll on wildlife. here is fox's camera mman guy hernandez rescuing heron. they say to call if you see a bird. he thought it was dead until it started to blink. 90 chance it will live. they are treating it with dawn dish washing deger tent and giving it pepto-bismol which helps clean out the insides after ingesting the oil. back to you. >> brian: thank you. president obama will visit as he tours the gulf, but as he prepares for the trip, others are canceling the florida vacation. will sunshine state bounce back? joining me now is florida congressman jeff miller, and the district includes the great city of pensacola, where our hearts go out to watch you are going through right now. what is the lest situation in pensacola, sir? >> brian, thank you. i took a helicopter overflight of the coastal area today looking to try to find the big plume that people were talking about over the last couple of days. there is one about four miles off of our shore. it pretty well broken up the oil. but it's a little heavier, the sheen than what we have seen in the past couple of days. the problem obviously we've got here is a perception that the beaches are closed, that there is no fishing, and that's just not the case. i mean, you've got families on the beach. i spent yesterday going from the alabama line to destin, which is my congressional district. you have families and people from all over the country down here vacationing. unfortunately, the way it's being portrayed nationally in the media is that the beaches of northwest florida are covered with oil. that's not the case. >> brian: i think we have a map that actually the state of florida has provided that shows the sort of the situation. this is sort of an inside the state of florida map. where you see the little orange circles is where they have the greatest concern. but largely, everything to the east of those circles we are told is in good shape, places like destin, walton county, bay county. things are looking ptty good right now. >> well, it is. and the perdido key, beautiful beaches, wide-open water, and picture-perfect day along the gulf coast of florida. of course, we have a slow-moving disaster off of the gulf of mexico that we are having to contend with, not only the economical and environmental effects of that and the psychological effect on the national scale. >> brian: we have heard some reports that a lot of people are moving up the vacations to get them in before things, because they don't know what will happen later this year. are you worried about what happens in july and august? >> no question. there is a 12-week period that people along the gulf coast make 80-90% of the money it takes to carry them the rest of the year. i met with business owners yesterday on perdido key and basically they were saying there is no way they will be able to hang on because some of them have 70 to 80% cancellations right now. >> brian: wow! that is hard. let me just ask you. are you getting everything you need from the state of florida? are you getting everything you need from the federal government? are you getting what you need from b.p.? >> no. as long as there is one drop of oil in the gulf of mexico we're not getting what we need. what was disturbing today is that the skimmers are still not moving in the areas. it looks like part of the plan is as long as the tide is going out and this oil is not making it into the pass, that they are going to let it go back in the gulf. my idea is why not collect it where you can, even if it's two or three miles off of the shore, but you don't see any skimmers working in florida waters this morning. communication continues to be a bad problem with the administration and unified command. everybody is doing, i know what they can to solve the problem but it still exists. >> brian: i'm sorry, i'm running over but you are saying you need more skimmers? >> no question. the administration is saying that the jones act is part of the reason that we're not able to get some of the vessels in here we need. i say mr. president, if you need something from this congress, ask for it. >> brian: all right. congressman, thank you so much. best of luck to you. i'll tell you this. i'm going on vacation. guess where i'm coming? i'm coming to florida panhandle. you bet! >> please come. >> brian: i'll be there later this week. see you later. thanks, congressman. as we mentioned, president obama is scheduled to visit congressman miller's district of pensacola, florida, part of the fourth trip to the gulf. but do americans believe mr. obama spent enough time on the oil spill? the latest fox news opinion dynamics poll shows 45% say the president has spent the right amount of time, while 40% say he has spent too little time. only 4% say he has spent too much time dealing with the spill. changing directions now. pilot of spirit airlines are on strike over salary issues and all the airline flights today have been canceled. they fly from airports throughout the eastern part of the country including fort lauderdale, florida, and thousands of travelers expected to be affected by the strike. fox's malini wilkes is live in washington with more on that. hello. >> reporter: brian, spirit is not a major carrier and it doesn't have a lot of flights but we found a fair number of frustrated passengers at reagan airport this morning. florida airline canceled the flights today after the pilots went on strike at 5:00 a.m. it's offering passengers full credit toward another flight and extra $100 in credit. the passengers told us if they wanted a refund that spirit said that would take a fews. travelers said they are getting no help in rebooking with other airlines. >> they told me to look myself and look at maybe u.s. airways or american line and maybe they have a space i can go on my own. >> let's see. the entire ecology of the country is being destroyed. the middle east is falling apart. and i may get stuck in costa rica. i don't think i'm worried. >> reporter: well, that passenger may not be worried but spirit is a low-cost airline and others said they can't afford inflated fares on higher cost carrier. spirit airlines says it's trying to work out a deal with the pilots that allows it to "continue to offer ultra low fares that the passengers have come to know and love." the company says it offered the pilot a 30% raise over five years worth $70 million. pilots say they want a deal reflecting the sacrifices they made to allow the company to prosper. "the inability of spirit management to negotiate a contract that adequately compensates our professional members has created this dispute." spirit advertises fares as low as $9. but it charges extra fees for just about everything. it made headlines recently announcing a $45 fee for carry-on bags beginning august 1. >> brian: malini wilkes, thank you very much. is b.p. trying to keep reporters away from the oil washing up on the gulf coast beaches? we're just trying to tell the story. we are having some problems. we tell you what one reporter ran into. her tragic death caught the attention of millions around the world and set off a big reaction online. reena ninan is live in jerusalem with details on that with an exclusive interview. hello, reena. >> reporter: hi, brian. that's right. nina became the face of the anti-iranian government movement. her fiance of the slain activist speaks exclusively to fox news about what president obama needs to do when he arrives. i'll have the story after the break. mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. i love light & fit. now save money with our new super saver four packs. and at holiday inn, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. and stay rewarded with the hit it big promotion-- earn up to five hundred dollars at over three hundred retailers. >> brian: it's been a year since opposition forces in iran had protests. the slaying of neda became international symbol of the uprising. what has happened to since then? reena ninan is live in jerusalem with a fox news exclusive. hello, reena. >> reporter: hi, brian. caspian makan is the fiance of neda who was arrested and imprisoned after her death. he was eventually released and managed to escape to turkey. he now lives in canada. he made the very brave and criticized decision to visit israel. >> there has been talk on twitter, members of the green revolution that's been critical of your visit here, saying you played directly in the hands of the iranians. why did you come to israel? >> translator: the iranian government created a virtual enemy called israel. this is the beginning of the 1979 revolution. every time the people of iran think about the resolution, the current regime starts mentioning israel is the enemy. to get their attention. and they tell the people, hey, we are defending you against israel. >> if you were to be an advisor to the white house on how to deal with iran, what would you tell the white house? >> translator: president obama repeated his message that he is ready to negotiate directly with the iranian leadership. how can you negotiate with dictatorship? that is not possible. the policy of george w. bush was extreme, but obama's policy are very moderate. >> reporter: caspian makan says he will continue to use peaceful means to keep neda's memory alive. today, protest by the anti-iranian government movement canceled today for fear it might turn violent but there are some talks it might begin at sundown tonight. >> brian: reena ninan, thank you very much. new video has surfaced of the israeli raid on gaza-bound ship. the video was smuggd out by an activist on board the vessel and it shows a lot about the chaos that ensued after the israeli navy intercepted the ship as it tried to challenge the blockade. nine activists were killed in the raid and it ignited tentions throughout the middle east. report in "the weekly standard" says obama is set to support investigation in the raid. israel opposes such an arrangement and critics are speculating that the u.s. may be setting a bad precedent by supporting it. >> what the obama administration is saying if the israeli government, free judiciary and jags in the military like we have, if the israeli government investigates what it did, it's not credible. what kind of precedent is that? >> brian: all right. well, we have kirk volcker, former u.s. ambassador to nato with more on the story. mr. ambassador, thank you for joining us. what do you think will happen here if the united states insists there be an investigation and pushes israel on this matter? >> i wonder whether, in fact, israel will cooperate with such an investigation. the assumption is that a u.n.-led investigation is going to be more credible than what israel, itself, does. there are questions about israel credibility that you hear from other nations but we have to be realistic that the credibility of u.n. in israel could be questionable as well if you look at the human rights commission. >> brian: has this put a serious strain on u.s.-israeli relations? we always counted israel and they counted us as among the strongest friends and allies. >> we have seen a strain building up in the last year i felt began with the president's trip to cairo, for the speech there. where he reaching out to muslim community where the israeli felt like that they were left behind. you had settlement and issue between president and benjamin netanyahu. this is one step in there. the perception with the rest of the world is u.s. is distancing itself from israel, that is a dangerous perception to allow to develop. >> brian: were you surprised at the outrage over this? initially israel came under tremendous criticism. i think as we started to see more and more of the videotape from what happened there, that sort of backed off a little bit. but there was a real, sort of a lash against israel on this. they make a case, fairly strong case, we need to know what is going in gaza. it's in our backyard. they are bringing in all kind of rockets. >> most important thing is israelis are willing to see humanitarian assistance delivered to gaza but they need to monitor it to make sure there are not weapons targeted against israel. the activists here review to allow that channel to operate and decided instead to try to break the blockade. that, in itself, was a provocative step. when you saw the video as you described, the israeli soldiers landed on the boat trying to stop the boat were assaulted immediately. and i think the situation got out of hand. in retrospect, i'm sure israel wishes it planned better and not allowed any shooting or killing to take place. >> brian: what do you think the next something to watch out for in this? >> further pressure on the blockade. you'll see both from international diplomatic means as well as activists trying to pressure the blockade. i think they feel the reaction on international community is tough on israel so we'll keep pushing. >> brian: thank you for joining us. good to have you. >> thank you. >> brian: fox news alert, five afghan police and nato servicemen killed in bomb blast in afghanistan. nine civilians, four women and three children were killed when the bomb tore through a mini bus traveling along a main road leading to capital of kandahar province. three girls were sent to a hospital after becoming ill after suspected poisoning at the high school in eastern afghanistan. they were sick and could not stand when they arrived at the hospital but were in stable condition after treatment. some suspect militants spraying schools with poisonous gas because they oppose education for girls. family members who lost loved ones in the b.p. oil spill met with president obama this week. we'll talk to jones who lost his son gourden in the explosion and -- gordon in the explosion and ask him what he told the president. stay with us. my doctor told me, as we age... it's harder to build bone density with calcium and vitamin d alone. he recommends citracal plus bone density builder... the only calcium supplement with genistein found in nature in soy and proven to significantly build bone density. citracal. transform plain old ribs into these fall-off-the-bone honey bbq ribs. the secret's in the sauce, made with campbell's french onion soup. for these delicious ribs and dozens more sizzling summer recipes, visit campbellskitchen.com. ♪ and we can cook out more with friends. my card lets me work out more. ♪ and ours lets us eat out more. aarp helps us do our favorite thing. the new website is my favorite thing. [ female announcer ] with aarp you get so much more out of life. discover the best of what's next at the new aarp.org. >> brian: we are following a tragic story out of arkansas. 19 -- 17 people are confirmed dead with flooding in arkansas. malini wilkes has more on that. >> reporter: officials say 16 of the 17 people killed in the flooding have been identified. they believe two dozen more are unaccounted for after the deadly flash floods. authorities say they will do whatever is necessary to find the missing. the coast guard is demanding b.p. to come up with a more aggressive plan for capturing leaking oil by tomorrow. meanwhile, oil from the spill could be on its way to a gas station near you once b.p. begins selling crude from the well. the company says all the profits will go toward wildlife protection in the gulf states. iran's nuclear chief says the country will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment plant by next year. clearly defiant announcement days after the u.n. approved a fourth round of sanctions against iran. and the u.s. national team will play england today in their opening game at the world cup in south africa. many americans are hoping for same outcome as the 1950 match-up between the two teams when the u.s. beat england with a score of 1-nothing. those are the top stories right now. brian, back to you. >> brian: thank you. family members who lost loved ones in the gulf oil rig explosion met with president obama at the white house this week to discuss a variety of issues, including compensation for victims' families and lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling. joining us now is keith jones who lost his son gordon jones in the explosion. thank you for joining us here today. we focus so much of late on the environmental disaster. we forget there was a tragedy at the very beginning where 11 people lost their lives. we are sorry for your loss. you talked to the president. >> thank you. >> brian: what did he have to say? >> he spoke to everybody individually. each family was at the table and he took as much time and he answered the questions and listened to what he had to say. he talked to us, my son chris and i who both happen to be lawyers; therefore, realized early on how unfair the death on the high seas act took the opportunity to lobby the president in support of the legislation that has been introduced in both houses to make the death on the high seas act fair to the families rather than unfair the way it is now. >> brian: give us background. what is it about that act that you don't think is fair currently? >> what is unfair about it, it at it lows in my daughter-in-law's case michelle and the grandsons, the only recovery she may make in someone else's fault is pecuniary damages, loss of income in the future, after the income taxes are deduct and after his own personal consumption is taking out and reduced to present value. she recovers nothing for the loss of her husband, loss of the love of her life, the boys recover nothing from the loss of their father. from 1920 is when the statute was enacted and it's unfair. >> brian: let me ask you on another topic and it looks like congress look into that. when tony hayward said that he wanted to get his life back, that must have been a knife to the heart for you. what did you think when you heard the comments? >> i thought it was typical of the sort of things that tony hayward is capable of saying, to tell you the truth. several friends forwarded to me a petition that congre congressman sent around to support the firing of tony hayward and asked for comments. my comment was my son was lost on the transocean deepwater horizon and that's the life tony hayward ought to want back. >> brian: well, mr. jones, thank you for joining us here again. sorry for your loss. thank you for joining us on america's news headquarters to talk about this issue. >> very welcome. thank you for having me. >> brian: in other news, president obama and britain prime minister have been talking this morning and the topic is the british petroleum oil disaster. we'll cross the bond for the british per -- perspective on this in a moment. you're watching america's news headquarters. back in a moment. woman: welcome to the conference. here's your nametag, sir... annnd for you. gecko: uh... no i'll be ok, thanks. woman: but how will people know who you are? 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>> reporter: that's right. i have don't know if there was talk of the match. david cameron is indeed of the sport and he put out message support of the team this morning, it's called england football day. normally they fly the union jack flag up here in downing street of the united kingdom, and today it's the cross of st. george, the england flag. that is a rare occasion. but certainly everybody minds will be turn to that match in an hour or so time. i'm sure it goes to the two leaders equally. >> brian: listen. thank you, joey jones live from london. we appreciate it. a 1-year-old boy is now safe after being held hostage for two days. police shot and killed the 26-year-old suspect, anthony alvarez in a stand-off in sacramento yesterday. alvarez was suspected of attempted murder and armed robbery. the hostage was the son of alvarez's cousin. after alvarez was shot, the child was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. california teen sailor abby sunderland has been rescued after emergency beacons on her sailing vessel were set off, launching an international search. casey stegall is standing by with more on that story. hello, casey. >> reporter: hello, brian. the parents of the girl spoke to reporters at the top of the hour, defending their actions a little bit. more on that in a moment. first, give you a timeline of how it went down. it all started in january when 16-year-old abby sunderland set sail off the coast of southern california. her goal was to sail around the world by herself non-stop. now she had to give that dream up in april, when her boat had mechanical problems. she stopped in south-ryca for help -- south africa for help but she wanted to repeat the journey so she continued. but this past thursday when the real problems began when the mast of her boat collapsed. the teen set off the distressed signal and all-communication satellite failed. so the only thing she could do was wait. then just this morning, that distress call answered by a fishing vessel from france. the captain of the boat risking his own life, pulling the teen to safety in the middle of the indian ocean. 500 miles north of antarctica. >> we can't express the professionalism and deep care they have for abby that they acted as if she was their own kid. we just really appreciate that. >> reporter: now the world has criticized abby's parents in the wake of the rescue, saying that they should not have allowed a teenager to embark on this type of journey by herself. but interestingly, her brother held the record for a short time, so sailing obviously not new to the family. it will be another week or so before abby returns to land. she will come ashore on the reunion islands near madagascar. still not clear when she will return safely here to southern california. but her parents are happy and defending their actions this morning, brian. >> brian: casey stegall, thank you very much. it is the worst oil spill in u.s. history. it's our job to cover it. are b.p. and others making it harder for us to do our job? there has been a lot of reports that is the case. we're out there to tell the people what is going on. they have a right to know. we're getting in a lot of trouble for it. we'll talk about that when we come back. mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. i love light & fit. now save money with our new super saver four packs. >> brian: journalists trying to cover the b.p. oil spill are running in roadblocks and some are blaming b.p. and the obama administration. look, you are out there trying to do your job, tell the american people what is going on. hugely important story. here is an example of what an abc correspondent ran into during a webcast. take a listen. >> [ inaudible ] >> we're doing something called conversation. i'm not talking to your guys at all. they're going about their business and i'm going about mine. it will only take five minutes. i'll be out of your way very soon. i appreciate the cooperation. >> what? >> i appreciate it. i know i'm not allowed to talk to these guys so i'm not. [ inaudible ] what? [ inaudible ] several people have come by and asked what we're doing here and asking us not to talk to the workers here and they're just curious and i guess it's their job to prevent all the people from talking to the press. i'm not sure why that is. >> brian: the reporter goes on to say that b.p. should have welcomed because in this particular case it was a positive story. they were actually cleaning up the beach there behind him. but to some critics of the response effort by b.p. and the government instances of news media being hassled, being threatened, a whole lot of things have been going on is just another example of officials filtering what images the public can see. author, journalist and fox news contributor liz trotta is here with her thoughts on this. hello, liz. >> good morning. afternoon. >> brian: tell me what you think. >> you mentioned some of the news organizations and i'll give a list that i compiled everyone run into trouble covering the spill. new york daily news, mother jones, left wing paper, abc news, atlantic, a blog, newsweek, cbs, "associated press," times picayune newspaper and as you have seen abc news. this is no accident. a week ago in the time slot i said the picture of the brown pelican drowning in oil would be obama's biggest enemy. and he knows that. i really believe while everyone is heaping scorn on b.p. because they're not giving reporters access, there has to be collusion here. obama has a lod to lose. look at what he said to politico.com this morning. always fingering the press, always trying to control the press. interestingly enough, the media is not blaming b.p. b.p. is the whipping boy. not by the way that they don't have a fault in the fiasco but there has to be collusion when you talk about planes not allowed to leave the ground because the faa won't clear the air space for reporters. if you talk about the public beaches that we've seen. every reporter worth his or her salt knows that when you are on a big story like that, it usually at least one entity is trying to cover up. i submit you have two entities here. and that the press really unwittingly i think has fallen into this trap. and they are just giving obama a pass. >> brian: i will say i always had a great deal of respect for the american coast guard. but in some cases, it has been coast guard front line people who chase reporters away. you understand why the hired thugs from b.p. would not want the pictures taken but i have a hard time understanding why the coast guard would get involved on occasion. >> yeah, when you hear the guy thad allen who is now really proclaimed the hero of all of this because he worked on 9/11 and all of that and he's the spokesman, when you hear him say we'll take reporters anywhere and camera people anywhere, except in the cases if it is a threat to security, or safety, you know right away, that is the way out. the military made a complete establishment out of elbedding in the two wars that we're fighting and now it's even gotten into covering the oil spill. >> brian: liz trotta, we have to leave it there. but i think you made the point clear. there are a lot of reporters who are upset about the way they're being treated, trying to -- >> well, they should be. >> brian: thanks, liz. authorities in california have been trying to figure out the identity of an elderly man robbing banks there. now they've caught him on camera. we are just getting the video in now of the geezer bandit. it's not me! and we'll bring it to you next. stay with us. so, doc... so, doctor... i've been thinking... no. you know how... no. so, doc, i've got this friend... 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now for two dozen people missing after flash flooding in arkansas. state police say at least 17 people were killed at a remote campground. let's go straight to elizabeth cran live in langley, arkansas, with the latest. elizabeth. lay there, jamie, what we're learning no survivors found today. at a press conference moments ago, we also know that the death toll is now at 17, 16 people have been identified, although those names haven't been released and we know there are children in the death toll and the captain wouldn't release how many children have been found dead. police say 24 people unaccounted for at this time so crews are out. we've seen them coming in and out all morning, going out to the camp grounds and combing this very dense forest. jamie, this forest, the reason why people come visit, it's rural, very secluded. not at all, that hampers the search effort making it difficult to find some survivors and unfortunately some people who may not have survived this flood. now, state leaders are coming to show their support and we know that senator blanche lincoln, she'll be meeting with ross, as well as tom vilsack, meeting with a lot of the families, the families of the 24 unaccounted. there are about a half mile down the road and get a firsthand look at devastation, as well as the accounts of a lot of the families here. jamie. >> elizabeth prann live on the scene, elizabeth, thank you. kelly. >> all right. day 54 of the gulf oil disaster, president obama speaking to british prime minister david cameron earlier today. the conversation comes as relations between america and its oldest ally are showing some signs of strain. as the british company is being cast as the villain in america's worst ever environmental disaster. julie kirtz live in washington with the latest. what do we know about that phone call, it that very important phone call between two allies, president obama and prime minister cameron this morning? >> yeah, hi, kelly, we're told it was a warm conversation as you would inspect a-- expect and the oil spill threatened the political climate between the u.s. and u.k. and talking about his personal sadness about the ongoing human and environmental catastrophe and that president obama reassured cameron that his frustration has nothing to do with u.s. relations with the u.k. and that obama has no interest in undermining b p's value as a company. from cameron's perspective, millions of british retirees depend on bp dividends in their pension funds and cameron had sort of tried to find a middle ground here. he said he shares the frustration the u.s. frustration about the ongoing environmental disaster, at the same time obama has cranked up his criticism of bp. he said he would fire b p's top executives if he were in charge. >> not only bp, but here the president is taking aim at a lot of folks in the u.s. and in an interview with politico, what did he have to say about that. >> reporter: in that mrpolitico interview he blasted the government, members of the tea party handling of the oil spill and the president said, six months ago the oil spill happened and asked the congress to crack down on oil companies and spend more money on spill technology, a lot of members are congress he said would have accused him of big government overregulation and wasteful spending so definitely taking aim at members of congress in that interview on politico today. >> he's planning to return to the gulf. do we know when? >> yeah, he's going there on monday and tuesday, kelly, a two-day trip and he also, as you might remember, invited b p's top executives to the white house for a big meeting on wednesday and that should be interesting. >> yes, it should be. julie kirtz updated on what's happening with president obama as he deals with the oil spill. jamie. >> well, kelly, speaking of the oil disaster, american voters are finding the obama administration's response to the crisis lacking. 57% think the administration could have done more and that's 20 points higher than the 37% who think the white house is doing as much as it can. with us now for a fair and balanced debate. conservative columnist and contributor andrea, i'm going to start with you and we'll hear from the other side in a moment. am i leaving anybody out when i talk about the finger pointing that the president and the white house is doing? first congress now we just heard, the blame to them, that if he brought it up it would have been a problem and the bush administration of course, there are suggestions they created the problem in the first place because of the drilling. and those who attend tea parties they have been brought up as being to blame. have i left anybody out? and why the finger pointing? >> yes, he's recently blamed the media and blamed everybody he can possibly blame even though he said that the buck stops with him. and just a couple of days ago, last week, i believe it was, he spoke to some college students and said you need to not blame others, you need to accept responsibility. so he should take his own advice in this situation because when i blame others, jamie, it makes you look devoid of answers. and he looks devoid of answers and he looks incapable of leading and as the president, that's why you're seeing these low poll numbers, i mean, it's just, it's not acceptable that he hasn't called the ceo of bp and he called the director james cameron. if there's ever a time for summit and real relationship in a crisis, the time now is now and he's totally dropped the ball. >> the president will continue to try to have meetings to figure out a solution. joining us now, susan estridge, a contributor as well as as campaign manager. i'll give the president credit, let's say for discussion, if he knew the solution to this, he would have taken care of it, but in the meantime, while he doesn't and hasn't been able to gather together the people who do, the american public doesn't seem to be reacting very well to all of this finger pointing, even as andrea says that the media's to blame, he says. what do you make of all of this? >> a thousand fathers and mothers and defeat is always an orphan. look, what people want is for this oil to stop spilling and if the president knew how to do that, if i knew or you knew or if bp knew, it would happen. i do think that you know, in a time of crisis, it's about perception, i mean, i don't think it would have made any difference, quite frankly, if the president had been, you know, wearing a hard hat the first day or donning a fishing vest or you know, on the ground every hour. i think he's facing a version of what george bush faced when people said, you know, he's flying over katrina. why isn't he on the ground? when something like this happens on your watch, and people are suffering and really suffering, it's going to hurt you politically. there's no way around it and i think the president is frustrated 'cause he understands that you know, nobody prior to this was calling for more government regulation of oil drilling, drill, baby, drill. >> susan, it's not more government regulation that's the problem. the proper regulations were in place and regulation is not always a partisan issue, we want to keep our airplanes in the sky, we don't want cat to be sold as chinese food. we want to peop people to drive slow on the highway. this is a case of bp driving on the highway while drunk and texting and speeding and was it safer for the estridge family to drive on the same highway? yes, bp played fast and loose for the safety regulations and bp should be hung for it, this is not an industry-wide-- >> i'm surprised you know this-- >> bp is only one mention by the president. >> right. >> he's spread it out and pointed to everyone else. >> of course. >> and that doesn't solve the problem for the people in the area. >> democrats want to push cap and trade. watch next week during these hearings. they will try to turn this into an argument to push for cap and trade and make this an industry-wide problem, when it's not. thousands of these wells have been drilled before and they've been done safely. this one in particular, bp, cut corners and they should be blamed for this. and democrats should not politicize or blame shift in this instance. this is the largest environmental disaster that we've seen and there's a lack of leadership in washington. >> susan. >> and everywhere. >> if that's true, how do democrats get around it? >> i don't know how andrea knows these things that no one else in the world knows. from everything i read and see, you know, there were a number of participants in this, there were ongoing investigations, there are lots of unanswered questions. i'm just impressed that andrea knows more than anybody else involved. i think we need to get to the bottom of this. >> it's not me, susan. >> and wait, honey. that this is only bp that it has nothing to do with anybody else. >> all right, susan, how, then why don't you defend this, the obama administration gave the safety rig an award for safety, the same rig that exploded. how do you explain that? >> i'm waiting to see what these investigations are going to uncover and i have no doubt that if there-- that if you are right, andrea, the government will be all over them, justice department will be over them and bp hung out to dry, but i think the bottom line is, and i think this debate proves it, that the blame game is not going to stop the oil from spilling and it's not going to help the farmers and at the end of the day, or the fishermen or anybody else, at the end of the day people are going to have to stop pointing fingers and try to figure out what we can do to deal with this disaster. >> all right. >> and avoid another one in the future. >> and the president should listen to you because he's the worst defender. >> both sides have spoken and the president says, the media it wouldn't be a good story to show that the oil was stopping and things were getting better. not true, we'd love to show it. >> i'm sure you would. >> kelly. >> all right, a strike at spirit airlines, peelts pilots are walking off the job, refusing to return to the cockpit, forcing spirit to cancel flights today. malini wilkes has more. how is it affecting passengers who had tickets to fly on spirit? >> well, kelly, spirit only has about 150 flights a day compared to about 6,000 for a major carrier like delta, but we did find a fair number of frustrated passengers at reagan national airport. the airline canceled all flights nationwide when the pilot went on strike at . and it's offering full credit, but passengers tell us they get no help on booking on other airlines. here is what they had to say. >> we've got a message over our phone saying that the flights are on time. about 20 minutes out. so, we were rushing trying to get here and yet here and the flights are canceled. >> we'll never ever fly spirit air again, and i have to pay u.s. era additional $50 this morning and i already had checked bags on spirit. >> and spirit is a low cost airline. some passengers say they can't afford to pay the last minute fares on a higher cost carrier, kelly. >> you can certainly understand their anger, but what are the airlines and the pilots unions saying about all of this? >> well, the key issue, the key dispute is pay and the pilots said it's not on par with other low cost carriers like jet blue and air tran. the union issued a statement, saying, quote, we have sacrificed so much to see this company prosper, now, we are sacrificing our paychecks until we get a contract that reflects our contributions to this airline. spirit says it offered the pilots of 30% raise over five years, worth 70 million dollars and hopes to continue providing what it calls its ultra low fares. spirit has fares as low as $9, but charges a lot of extra fees for just about everything. it recently announced it would start charging a controversial carey-on bag fee, $45 for a karr carry-on august 1st. >> we'll continue to watch this and a lot of people are angry, thank you. >> an amazing story, 30-foot waves and a broken mast and a teenager was able to survive that after being lost at sea and she's only 16 years old. 16-year-old abby sunderland being rescued by a fishing crew. she was trying to sail the yacht around the world and her parents had sent her alone, her brother had done the same thing. she ran into trouble in the indian ocean on thursday. i don't know if i'd have the nerve to try that, but apparently the parents thought it was okay. how is she doing. her parents say she's been sailing all her life, jamie and in fact, she's doing just fine and this is a good story to report. a happy ending, we will take it we don't get those very often, do we? but first the time line here, this all started back in january when that 16-year-old, abby sunderlands set sail off the coast of southern california where she's from. now, her goal was to sail around the world by herself nonstop. she had to give the dream up in april when her boat had some mechanical problems, she stopped in south africa for help, but she still wanted to complete the journey after the repair, record or not. so she continued, but this past thursday, when the real problems began, the mast on her boat collapsed. the teen set off her distress signal and all stop light communications failed. so the only thing she could do was wait. and then just this morning, that distress signal answered by a fishing vessel from france. the captain of the vessel pulling the teen to safety in the middle of the indian ocean, 500 miles north of antarctica. a short time ago, her parents speaking to reporters and had this message for their daughter. >> she is a success and we told her that this morning that at her age, to purpose, to have that goal and put the wheels in motion and to pour herself into that and make that happen is success and if she's still dreams to sail around the world, she's got lots of time to do it. even though we have a happy ending the story not without controversy. the world criticized abby's parents in the wake of this rescue, saying they should not have allowed a teenager to embark on this kind of journey by herself. but interestingly, her brother held the exact same record for a short time. so sailing certainly not new to the family. in fact, her parents say she'd been doing it pretty much all her life. it will be another week or so before abby comes ashore. she'll land at the reunion islands near madagascar, no word when she'll return home here to southern california. jamie. >> a happy ending story. >> we'll take it. >> casey live in l.a. >> coming up ink on new tougher sanctions is barely dry and iran sure to make tensions further. the newest saber rattling out of the rogue nation next. mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. i love light & fit. now save money with our new super saver four packs. >> and here is a look at some of our top stories. the search is on today for about two dozen people that are still missing after flash flooding in arkansas. the governor is declaring two counties in his state disaster areas. montgomery and pike counties. sudden flooding killed at least 17 people at a remote campground. well, 16-year-old abby sunderland is safe and sound and apparently blogging now on a french birk boat that rescued her after she tried to sail around the world by herself. in a blog post she called her time adrift in the indian ocean crazy. police say in new mexico, about 30 gunman burst in and killed 19 men in chihuahua city, 200 miles south of el paso. >> jamie: iran's nuclear chief says they'll begin the nuclear enrichment plant, days after united nations approved tougher sanctions and iran's government has plans for ten now enrichment facilities, sites that can process uranium gas for nuclear power plants. the u.s. and other nations fear iran will use it to make material for nuclear warheads. iran is denying this is the case. >> jamie: and we're nearing the one year anniversary of iranian activist's death. remember the 25-year-old woman shot and killed on the streets of iran during a protest over the reelection of ahmadnejad? becoming a martyr, she did to many. fast forward today, caspian's fiance is speaking out giving fox the only foreign press interview. rina ninen is joining us live from our jerusalem bureau with that. >> the fiance says that he decided to come to israel to prove that quote, israel is not the virtual enemy of the iranians. he spoke exclusively to fox news about the situation in iran. so many of us in june when we saw the protest thought any day now this revolution is going to come and turn over this regime and it hasn't happened. when do you expect change in iran? >> i predict in less than two years. >> reporter: if she was able to speak one year after her death. what do you think she'd say about the situation in iran? >> this question you ask, i actually dreamed about. she told me about her wishes for the future, but i don't want to share it or talk about it now. >> reporter: caspian says he will continue to keep her memory alive through peaceful means. as far as the situation in iran. anti-government protests were canceled for fear they could turn violent and possibly deadly. for more of our exclusive interview, log on to foxnews.c foxnews.com. >> jamie: rina ninen, thank you so much. >> kelly: anger, it's growing in mexico fueled by this disturbing video we're about to show you, showing the shooting of a mexican teenager by a u.s. border patrol agent. well, now, some south of the border are calling for the agent to face mexican justice. a former customs and border protection agent weighs in on the growing crisis next. >> well, it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news, we're keeping a close eye on the developing story in arkansas. state police there saying the number of people that are missing after the flash flooding on a pair of rivers is down to about two dozen. the floods early yesterday killed 17 people at a remote camping area. and pilots for spirit airlines have gone on strike, forcing the low budget airline to cancel all flights today and spirit pilots are saying their pay lags that of competitors like jet blue and air tran. d and thet from the gulf right now. the coast card tells bp it isn't doing enough to get a handle on the oil spill and that the company must map out a more aggressive containment plan within the next 48 hours. steve harrigan is on the coast of grand aisle, louisiana. bring us up-to-date, please. >> you can see yourself some results of that spill. we are in a state preserve here, a state park, a nature preserve and see the blobs of oil coming together here in a big clump. this is what it looks like up close. it's goo. it feels like hot tar, it really sticks to anything. and this is a tidal pool we're looking at here and ordinary northwest airline you see this teeming with life, with birds, with minnows, with crabs darting around, but you can see here, this was a hermit crab here and it's now colored red like just about everything else, covered with oil and even inside, globs of oil there. as far as the cleanup, the federal commander in charge, admiral james watson telling bp they're not doing enough, acting fast enough, not enough resources on the scene and he says he wants to see a more aggressive man within 48 hours, as far as the locals here on grand isle, they're doing everything they can to try to block the oil from getting in the marshlands themselves and stinging together barges, and we've seen the national guard dropping sand and the goal to stop the oil before it gets into the wetlands. >> kelly: that's important, what you've shown us, the eco system is being devastated down there. steve harrigan reporting from grand isle, thank you. >> jamie: we know many of you are following the oil disaster in the gulf so closely and a lot of you aren't happy with now the government is responding to the crisis. peter doocy is live in our news room and he has some revealing fox news polls. peter. >> that's right, jamie, there are still 13% of americans who approve of the way at that bp has handled the-- or rather, yeah, have handled the oil crisis. and while our federal government receives higher marks, most americans are not impressed with the administration's response. >> obviously, at the top of our list was our continued response to the crisis in the gulf and what's happening with the oil spill. >> the obama administration says they've done everything they could to solve the crisis in the gulf, but most americans, 57% disagree and think they could have done more on reacted more quickly to the spill. significantly more than the 37% of americans who think the white house did everything it could. >> i don't think they have a grasp what's going on. i think to have a true understanding, they need to be down there, not just for publicity shots and they want to blame obama for everything. i think join everybody has equal shares of the blame. >> american are worried about b p's ability to make things better with 68% saying bp is in over its head and 25% saying they're up to the job. >> i don't think they know how to fix it. i think if they did, they would have copped it off or something. >> i think it can be taken care of. i don't think they're too in over their heads. i think it's going to be okay. >> they're spending a lot of money for pr, but again, what are they doing for the lives of the people along the coast? >> reporter: and people along the coast aren't the only ones concerned. 69% of americans are worried about the economic impact of the spill. >> they don't understand the magnitude of what's going on. >> reporter: with regard to the president himself, a majority, 60% think he's shown compassion to those affected in the gulf. back to you. >> jamie: thank you, peter doocy, live in the news room. >> kelly: tensions are rising at the u.s. mexican border over the shooting death of a mexican teenager. this video we're showing you is a u.s. border patrol agent firing his gun. the border patrol is defending their actions and mexico is condemning them and this brings up the bigger issue right now. are mebs and the u.s. really working together to make our borders safe? joining us live from discuss this is the form chief of staff of u.s. customs and border protection services, thanks for joining us, let's get right to it. are we really seeing enough cooperation between the united states and mexico to secure our borders? because this video, obviously, is inflaming passions on both sides, and the tension is escalating. >> well, anytime you have the 3,000 mile border between two countri countries, that's really infiltrated with narcco traffickers and other criminal organizations, you're going to have unfortunate incidents that pop up that kind of flare up public attention and public outcry, but the reality of the situation is that since president callderone's taken the administration as president of mexico in 2006, the level of cooperation between the united states and mexico and really approaching issues in the border area as joint concerns as opposed to our issue or their issue has never been-- the cooperation has never been the level it is today. >> kelly: we can hear the shots being fired. go ahead, you're talking about the cooperation increasing since president fielipe calderone has come into office. was the border patrol shooting of a teenager too excessive of a response, if you will, to rock throwing? >> well, i think it's really difficult for anyone with the information that we have available now to make that judgment at this point. there's going to be a thorough investigation, which is absolutely the right thing to do. the fbi's already initiated that investigation and that will determine it. but i can tell you this, kelly, i have personally met and had this conversation with border patrol agents who have been assaulted on the border, we're not talking about pebbles and little rocks here, frequently we're talking large pieces of concrete. talking about border patrol agents working on their own along the border and i've met agents skulls fractured and this is no light issue that doesn't require a response, but i can tell you that the fbi and the agency itself will thoroughly investigate this, if it's determined that the agent did anything inappropriately they'll take the right action. >> kelly: and steve, it's appropriate at that you point out that, but as you said, the fbi's investigating this and mexican authorities, we understand, that they drew their weapons, their rifles, on some of those agents who had gone in to investigate this very case so we're seeing the tension going on. we're seeing that nerves are freyed there along the border and this is something that's proven to be difficult for both sides to combat and the question i have for you, have both sides begun to realize what's happening on the border is a threat to both countries? >> yes, absolutely, absolutely, it used to be that we would be going down to mexico and banging our fists on the table, got to do something about drugs, got to do something about the other criminal organizations and immigrant smugglers and so on, so forth and the mexicans would come back to us and say, you've got to do something about the southbound weapons and currency coming south and funding the narcco traffic organizations and approach it as two problems that we're approaching it independently. now we really look at it as one common threat and we're approaching those together. there's an unprecedented level of cooperation. joint operations on both the south side and on the north side of the border between our officials and mexican officials. >> kelly: everyone would have to agree that's a good thing. i've got to ask you quickly and if you can give me a brief answer, are we doing enough there, we, the united states, are we doing enough there along the border? should we have more national guard troops there? should we have more of our assets there? >> well, look, over the past five years, the number of resources we've dedicated to our southwest border has just doubled and tripled and we've doubled the size of border patrol. we've put down unmanned aerial vehicles, all sorts of technology, we've dramatically increased the intelligence capability for the security agency, but it's just not enough. i mean, we spent 1/100 on defending the border that we've spent at department of defense and certainly fighting wars overseas is important and taking the fight to enemies over there, but i don't think that 1/100th of the resource ins line with where this is is a national-- >> steve, thank you for your thoughts. >> you bet. >> jamie: manage this, a car that controls how you drive and even makes the roads 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how can they help? here is a look at the top five health concerns dealing with men. and men have to deal with. there's heart disease and stroke, depression, not often talked about. prostate cancer and lung cancer, too. well, someone who wants you to know more about this is dr. david somati, a member of the medical a-team, did you know he's also surgeon and chief of the division of robotics at mount sinai hospital here in new york city and those are not video game robotics, serious prostate cancer robotics. today, doc, we thought about all the topics we'll talk about in the coming weeks, we ought to talk about lung cancer, something that does effect men in great numbers, doesn't it. >> absolutely right. thank you for the introduction. lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death among men, counting more than prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer and colon cancer and serious health hazard. the fortunately shall the good news is the number of new cases are decreasing as a result of all of the smoking and awareness and education we've done. >> jamie: that's true, you can smoke in fewer places, that's a good thing. is that the only risk factor, smoking? >> smoking is number one, that accounts for 90% of lung cancer cases. secondhand smoking is also as critical. so, if you're in the area where other people are smoking, you really want to pay attention to it. one of the things that came up is exposure to ray do-- radon, it exists in certain houses, certain states in this country have it, and it has no taste or odor, so it's very difficult to detect it. it can come from the water sources in the basement. so, that's another source of lung cancer. in fact, among the nonsmokers, jamie, the highest number of lung cancer cases. air pollution, exposure to chemicals and i know we're talking about the oil spills as we speak and fume and vapors from the benzene. major risk factors and finally some pills or vitamins, beta carotene, a lot of women give tons of vitamins to their men and pay attention to what they're taking, certain vitamins, beta carotene may have a risk to lung cancer. >> jamie: what to do about it, how to detect it. is this a cancer that you can miss? >> well, if you're watching this program and smoking, pay attention. quit smoking. that's the easiest and the best thing you can do. secondhand smoking is also very important, so you're jeopardizing your wives, your partners, your children in that environment. get the expert to check the level of radon and that's very easy to do. pay attention to the kind of job exposure and chemical exposure you may have and you know, finally, encourage your men to have healthy diets, lower the amount of alcohol consumption that they have and if you have, if you're a smoker or have family serial lung cancer, see your doctor for screening. it could be a chest x-ray, x-ray ray not show it. a low dose cat scan, like any other cancer when you find it early and detect it better outcome. >> jamie: are treatments moving along? >> treatments are moving along, but a long way to defeat the cancer. it's a serious problem. unfortunately we only detect about 20% of this disease early on, so, over 80,000 men still die from this cancer. so we still have an uphill battle with this disease. >> jamie: so, doctor, men can make some of the changes you mentioned. women can help by making some of those changes, too. >> well, women have a huge role in this. i see it among a lot of my patients that come to my office. they're the ones driving the health care are taking care of their men, but we need to wake up and do the right thing. quitting smoking is a very easy thing to do. the sooner you do it, the better it is and that stays in your system for about ten years and that's just incredible. >> jamie: here are tips, too, you can encourage your loved one, male or female, to make some of the changes and reduce the incidents of lung cancer and doc, in the coming weeks i know we'll talk about many topics. good to have you here. >> kelly: it's a good addition to have the doctor. i'm kelly wright, she's jamie colby. and next, the editorial report. >> jamie: i think kelly almost said he was jamie colby. said he was jamie colby. take care. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. o the freestyle promise® program... a unique program that gives me... the support i need, free. free ss to a certified diabetes educator... so i can ask about diet and the insulin i use. i got a free meter. and test stridiscounts. so i can spend more on what i really want. i count on the freestyle promise® program. make it count for you! only the freestyle program gives you discounts, support, and more. enroll today. gives you discounts, support, and more. mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? 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