b.p.'s experimental well cap is holding tight as we await word on the final test. the oil giant says the oil has been spilling to the gulf but it's now stopped and it hopes to keep it that way until the erelief wells can permanently do the job. phil keating is live with the latest from louisiana. hi, phil. >> reporter: hi, shannon. possibly, the b.p. mccondo well, the source of the worst environmental disaster, may have spilled the last drop of oil in the gulf of mexico. b.p. ceo wants to keep the cap, that is snug on top of the well head, in place. it has not shown any sign of any new oil leaking despite many seismic and sonar measurement, all around the well head there on the bottom of the sea floor, 5,000 feet down. so b.p. ceo would like to keep the cap in place, keeping oil that remains in the reservoir in the reservoir, until the relief well can ultimately finally kill it for good. third day of pressure testing, as well as monitoring, the pressure continues to rise slightly. down below the cap. that is a good thing. the scenario, by the b.p. ceo contradicts admiral thad allen's plan to reopen the cap well. to allow oil on the pipeline to ships on the surface. doing that would eni believe an accurate flow rate to be learned. today we just have estimates of the leak between 35,000 barrels to 60,000 barrels a day. ultimate, it all comes down to the relief well intercepting the b.p. well. and cementing it shut once and for all, called a "bottom kill." the drilling ship, the crews know how importance the performance is and the drilling continues downward carefully. >> it may take seven days, it may take a week. they want to go slow to make sure something does not go wrong. >> reporter: b.p. targeting intercepting the well by the end of july. ultimately have it cemented shut in august. >> phil keating, thank you for the update. live from louisiana. >> shannon: well, despite a tough legal battle, the obama administration is pushing forward with a new moratorium on offshore oil drilling in the gulf. if it's something they want. they were asked about it on "fox news sunday." >> it doesn't take six months to make it safer. sit around a table and get it knocked out and not shut down the oil industry. we just can't take that kind of blow to the economy. i hope they will fast track it and put whatever they want on the table to do i'm sure oil companies will agree to it and let's move forward. six months won't solve anything. >> when an airliner goes down and potentially in some cases hundreds of people are killed, that's horrible. that's horrible and tragic. we don't ground every plane the next day until the complete ntsb investigation is completed. >> shannon: much more from the leaders. catch "fox news sunday" after our show at 2:00 and 6:00 eastern. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in pakistan earlier today. she is meeting with the country's top leaders trying to encourage them to cooperate closely with u.s. and afghanistan in fight against al-qaeda and taliban. it will be ahead of summit in kabul. in kabul, three civilians and others were wounded in eastern part of city. primary goal of the clinton visit to afghanistan is refine the mission of the 9-year-old war to show leadership from the administration. what can they do to regain confidence? >> hi to you. secretary clinton tells pakistani officials she needs their help to win the war to afghanistan. to get pakistan on board, she will announce billions of dollars that u.s. will funnel to pakistan for water and energy projects. the trip comes as richard hoss, head of council of foreign relations tells newsweek the u.s. needs to rethink afghanistan, we're not winning and it's not worth it. suggesting a drawdown of troops and here is an exempt -- >> haass is a well-respected voice, former advisor for powecolin powell so it will complicate things for clinton and the administration, but others say it's not the time to leave. >> it's a difficult conflict. the risk to pull out would cause danger for us down the road. >> you don't see the former ambassador bolton and clinton agreeing on foreign policy often, but it sounds like what you will argue on cuble tuesday when she meets with the foreign leaders about the afghan fight. >> shannon: great to see you back with us today. congratulations. >> thank you. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert. you are looking live at the obama family, which looks like they've returned from the quick vacation to bar harbor, maine. they touched down at the andrews air force base. i don't think we have seen them exit the plane, but they have been enjoying themselves up there. as we see more and get more from the return, we will get you posted but it look like they're home from vaca. maybe we have the president there. there is sasha first, malia and the first lady. touching down in andrews air force base. from here, quick trip back to white house. beautiful day. we expect they might fly in for a landing on the south lawn. they enjoy their time away. again, they landed safely and headed to the white house. another news, manhunt underway for a person who shot and killed a chicago police officer this morning. the officer was wearing the uniform at the time and gunned down when the suspect was trying to steal the motorcycle. keep an eye on the story and give you more information when we get it. two people are dead and four others are wounded at a state park near seattle last night. several people gathered for a party in the park. they're not sure why it turned violent. six people have been arrested. party-goers are mostly in the teens and early 20s. the 2010 election is heating up and white house and congress have different ideas about what will happen in november. julie kirtz is here to break it down. >> what are the democratic chances in november. it depends which top democrat you talk to. last sunday, the white house press secretary robert gibbs said the republicans could gain control of the house. this sunday, vice president biden has a different prediction. his words, the democrats will shock the heck out of everyone in the mid-term. >> we are going to win the house and the senate. >> it will be a fight. president obama's approval numbers are down. the political and economic climate are both rockie. they're frustrated with both parties at washington. fox news opinion dynamics poll lays it out. 33% saying the 2010 vote for congress will express support for obama. 41% saying the vote will reflect opposition to obama. 0% saying obama -- 20% saying obama is not a factor. key house republican this morning on "fox news sunday" countered vice president's biden cheery prediction for the dems. >> american people are looking for men and women committed to the timeless american principles to get the economy moving again fiscal discipline in washington, d.c. fast-acting tax relief for working finals. >> back to vice president biden this morning, he blamed voter frustration, the polls showing that voters are thinking america is headed in the wrong direction on bad communication essentially. biden said people just don't know the details of what the obama administration is doing to help. of course, the mid-terms will be a huge test of that. >> absolutely. we have all the crystal balls out and we'll watch to see how it unfolds. thank you. >> sure. >> shannon: well, vice president biden's 2008 presidential campaign has been fined $220,000 for accepting excessive contributions. audit released friday by the federal election commission found in 2007, campaign used a private jet in a manner that violated campaign rules. vice president office with statements saying some repayment in common place after the audit and the replacement order is relatively small. it's due to the treasury 30 days after the f.e.c. issues the formal ruling and biden for president will comply with that. another border governor weighing in on the arizona immigration law. new mexico governor richardson acknowledged there are problems with the border violence but he says the arizona governor jan brewer's law is not the answer and congress should be in charge of reform. >> it's important that there be strong border security. the tradition of america has been that we are a nation of immigrants. >> richardson is scheduled to host the u.s. mexico border governor conference in santa fe this fall. that was original slated to arizona, but it was moved after governors said they would boycott the conference if it was held in arizona. meanwhile, in utah, a list containing the names of 1300 allegedly illegal immigrants in that state, stirred up more controversy. officials say they identified two state workers who created that list and gave it out to the media. the governor fired them on friday. but all of this has many wondering if utah will be the next to enact an immigration law like the one in arizona. joining us now to talk about it is the republican congressman jason chafits of utah. there is a lot of talk of the list. giving out personal information and are you surprised that the focus on the people is on the people put together the list versus those who may be here illegally and have names on the list? >> no, i think people on both sides of the immigration issue are outraged that you'd have state officials compiling a list. you can't break the law to try to go to enforce another law. that's unacceptable to both sides. there has been outrage on both sides. i think it's warranted because it should never have happened. >> shannon: does it illustrate for you the level of frustration that people are feeling about the delicate issue? >> yeah, in part. people want to have the laws enforced. those of us that want the laws enforced get criticized sometimes. i just don't understand that. that's what we're asking for. let's enforce the current laws on the books. if we need to strengthen the laws in the states, because the states are having to deal with the fact that the federal government hasn't done its job. the current situation, the immigration is highly immoral. a lot of people are being exploited. we need to fix the legal immigration and lock down the border. it's just not happening. you see the frustration across the country on all sides. because the current situation is just immoral and impalatable for people to move forward. >> shannon: any chance that utah follows suit and passes something like what we've seen in arizona? >> i think so. representative sanstrom is doing a good job putting together a piece of legislation that is responsible, balanced. somewhat a mirror of the federal legislation. just allowed people across the state to enforce the laws. that is going to be well received in utah. i'm sure controversial. there are some opposed to it. but i like personally what arizona is doing and i hope that utah would do something similar. >> shannon: to add to the immigration controversy, i understand that the house democrats reached out to the gay and lesbian community saying they want to make sure they are specifically tailoring things for immigration to help same-sex couples who may be in different country and cannot be together for the laws. do you feel like it's appropriate or combining two very tough political issues into one controversial mess? >> well, representative honda has introduced a piece of legislation i can't support. it tries to redefine marriage. i just think that's -- to combine the immigration issue with redefining traditional marriage is going to be part of a powder keg that probably isn't going to move very far. we have to fix immigration. it's not working for anybody. for guest worker visas and whatnot. we have to lock down the border, reject the amnesty. there is a lot of things that we can and should do. we need to have the dialogue. right now it's turning into what can each side do to support the base, rather than the actual productive discussions? you know, as much as i want to solve this, we need to work together to solve it. that's just not happening right now. >> shannon: let's hope that will change. congressman, great to see you today. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> shannon: a near record heat wave is lingering all across the country from new york city to california. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth at the fox weather center with the forecast. any relief in sight, rick? >> i wish i could say there is. for california, a little bit of relief, but that's about it. the heat pattern that we're in, is not going to break at all. another warm day today. much of this coming week looks like we will continue to deal with the heat. right now, the heat indices already almost at 100 degrees in tulsa and toward oklahoma city. it's still early. only talking 11:15 in the morning. better toward st. louis because you have cloud cover. a big line of storms moved through. the actual air temperature is not that bad but a lot of humidity is pulled in from the south in across the areas of the plains. take a look at where we have advisories in effect. in toward southern california, up to 102 today across the interior sections. then heading toward the colorado river valley, up to around 115. that is hot even for the desert. across the country where they're baking, heat advisories in effect to feel like 115 because of humidity. 108 on either side of this. tell you what, the uncomfortable temperatures are with us in the hot summer. it looks like it will continue for the foreseeable future. >> shannon: all right. thank you for the important information. hopefully folks can take precautions. thank you. not just republicans. some high-profile democrats are publicly questioning the u.s. war effort in afghanistan. we look at the call for better answers and more clarity coming from both sides of the aisle. victory in congress for the tea party. what congressman bachman has accomplished on that front next. my wife thinks we stay at quali hotels to sle in their big comfy bs. 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>> the strategy is laid out clearly, but starting to see the progress on the ground. are we seeing progress where the troops are risking and losing their lives? is there progress in places they have done the clearing? at least begun to help build up what follows along with afghan help. that is one question. there hasn't been much evidence to support the theory. another question, of course, is can you reduce corruption in the afghan government. even if you can't reduce the corruption, can you spread around the wealth better. so different tribes benefit and don't feel need to join the insurgency if they feel like they are on the outs. those are two parts of the theory we haven't seen enough evidence for. not so much telling the story in washington, and produce results on the ground and explain them. >> shannon: talk about the questions in washington. big hearing in the foreign relations committee this week. couple of senators want to point out what they want to say. not surprising to hear from jim demint, conservative republican, who may have criticism. we talk about the timetable that is well-publicized and we know it's out there. on the other side of the aisle, we have john kerry saying -- many suggest that is a lost cause. not surprising to hear criticism from one side of the aisle, but does the president and administration worry when they hear from people like senator kerry? >> they do. i think we can recognize and agree we're at the last phase of this effort. the mcchrystal strategy being fully applied and that doesn't work then we are in plan "b" territory. but remember, it will take the rest of the year to see if it's working and maybe to 2011. the question of the realist point you can reach evaluation of the new strategy has to be more like the wintertime. now that's a very sad thing to accept. given that we are losing people so fast along the way. i think it's the reality. if you understand the strategy and have realistic expectations of when it might bear fruit. >> shannon: thank you for your analysis. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> well, philadelphia museum will soon debut a never-before-seen collection of artwork created by american soldiers in the line of duty. the exhibition be l feature paintings and sketches by 1,000 service members. to show what life on active duty is like and date back to world war i. the exhibit will open next month in philly and go on a national tour. looking to buy a house, car or thinking about your 401(k)? if so, the new financial reform law will hit you close to home. we'll talk about what you need to know. how it impacts you. up next. host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? host: was abe lincoln honest? mary todd: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps a... vo: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> shannon: the testing on the oil cap was supposed to last for two days but it was extended for 24 hours. no new leaking detected but the cap is a temporary solution to plug the blown-out well permanently. secretary clinton is in pakistan today before travelling to afghanistan for a conference on the war tomorrow. caroline shively has that and other top stories. >> hi to you. she will urge neighboring countries to cooperate in the u.s. fight against al-qaeda. democrats were out on full force on the sunday show to send a message that the white house and democrats in congress are on the same page heading to the fall mid-term election. storms pummelled part of the state and hail was so strong it shattered glass and it's also knocking down the trees and power lines. cooling centers are open in new york city today to offer relief from the heat. the record heat and humidity posed dangerous risk in recent weeks. those are the top stories now. back to you. >> shannon: thank you caroline. this is a fox news alert. 15 people have been wounded in a suicide bombing at a shiite mosque in central pakistan. the attack happened as people were at evening prayers. the site of the bombing is about -- is hundreds of miles from islamabad where secretary of state hillary clinton is now. she is not impacted. not in the immediate region. intelligence community is bracing for "washington post" series that could be critical of their effort and may release sensitive national security information. the series is apparently two years in the making and led by pulitser prize winner reporter data priest and is -- dayna priest and expected to lay out the private practice of using contractors, used for intelligence gathering. the first installment with online data base of information could be published online as early as today. wednesday, president obama plans to sign the sweeping financial regulatory reform bill in law. consumers could be in for changes but not everyone is celebrating. fox business correspondent rich edson is here with a guide about what you need to know about the new law. >> thank you for having us in. >> shannon: what does it mean for the average consumer there? >> a brand new agency for consumers out there called the consumer financial protection agency. lawmakers fought over that for months on this. it's basically this agency put in place to make sure that anything that you buy financial product wise, mortgage or payment plan or credit card, pay it back and understand it and nothing nefarious going on with the terms. they say it will limit financial product and mortgages and credit cards you can buy, so the businesses say it could constrain the economy. >> shannon: okay. what do they say about it? >> they are happy but there is a framework dealing with a large financial giant. think of aig from a couple of years ago. the government once the president signs a bill on wednesday will have the framework in place to take care of and kill a large financial institution if it happens to fail. the businesses, derivative and the financial products and the side bets that coprovide good insurance and helped bring economy down, constraints on those aspect of the business. those aspects can be profitable. it is cutting back on what the banks are doing and that could lead to cutback in profits. >> shannon: all right. what comes next. a lot of criticism i heard about the bill is it left a lot of things undecided. rule making capacity and authorities filled it out there but no detail on key areas. >> a big misconception about what congress does when it passes a law, the president signs the law and it goes into effect. then that is it. federal agency follow the law and the banks follow the law. this is 200 plus pages. of the federal law to reach in every corner of the financial system. hundreds of rules that the banking regulators have to write. massive holes in the bill that they will fill in. you have to think of this like an operating system. the regulators will put programs, software to correspondent with this. that could take years. there may be an unintended consequence from this and may have a second bill to fix this bill. >> shannon: which they love to do in washington. thank you for breaking it down. >> thank you. >> shannon: you can see more of rich's reporting on the fox business network. check your local listings for the channel and demand it. >> right. >> okay. >> shannon: well, sparks flew in the debate between mccain and the senate challenger. casey stegall has more on that. hi, casey. >> reporter: hey, shannon. he was once in the running to be president of the united states but mccain is fighting to keep the senate seat. we have a preview of the race. it's getting nasty coming up. >> shannon: also ahead, apple trouble with the iphone 4. do they spell longer-term problems for the tech giant. we look to that and the proposed fix when we continue. so why are over thousand people a day switching to chevrolet? 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>> it must be surprised. unlike a to hold what was an emergency press conference. they are careful and planned out usually about how they talk to the public. >> shannon: so it has to do with the way you hold the phone and impact its reception, so they are offering special cases now at no charge. is that a good enough fix for the problem? >> well, it's a physical fix for the problem, because the case that goes around the edge prevents you from putting your hand on the spot where it may block the reception. you know, at the same time, people buy iphones because they like the look, and the design. so having to put a rubber band essentially around the edges of it may not satisfy some people. >> all right, so steve jobs has been coming out and speaking at the press conference. as you mentioned, usually there is a private gang there. the fact he was talking about this, he took swipes, too, at the media and others saying that they may have overblown this whole thing. do you think it's fair? >> a little bit of a defensive side where he talked about other phones from the other carriers had the same problem and media has overblown the problem. it might be slightly exaggerated but the fact that so many people noticed it right away and can especially kate it on -- replicate it on their iphone 4s, shows there is an issue and one they had to get in front of right away. >> shannon: any long-term detriment to apple or long-term benefit to the competitors? >> a lot of people may look at the android phones because they offer a lot of the app functionality and the touch screens that people like about the iphone. the iphone is a great brand still. people love to get the iphone and i'm not sure one tech any problem with the antenna on this one phone will knock them out of the running long-term. >> thank you for breaking down the scandal and the solution this week from apple. great to see you. >> thank you. >> well, will the foul mouth famed star former illinois governor take the white house down with him? his defense team will state his case tomorrow. find out who they plan to call to the stand next. fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? it tastes t good to be fiber. you made it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. do it again. turn it into somethintasty. this guy's doing magic. there's chocolate chips in here now. how'd you do that? right! tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. what's she thinking? 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"selling the seat." >> shannon: the quote from president where he said i am certain our office had no involvement in any deal-making around my senate seat. with that in mind, his clear denial there about any inpropriety, do you think they will allow people from the white house to come and take the seat and back it up? is there too much at stake if they allow rahm emanuel to go -- >> the white house is not fighting the subpoena at all. this happened when they were -- the whole episode we are talking about happened before they were employees of the white house. it was during the time of transition. so if they are called to testify, so far, there is no reason to think they will not come if the defense wants them. >> shannon: all right. any chance that the white house takes a hit in any way from what has gone on there, or is this rod blagojevich's mess alone? >> it is. it's a hit in the sense we are talking about it now and trying to erase the question. that doesn't help them. but they have not been accused -- no one has been accused of doing anything wrong from the white house. governor blagojevich has been shown in the prosecution case to be a bit of a blow-hard, foul-mouthed, unrealistic in what he thought he could get, even if someone wanted a deal with him, which no one did. so i think the prosecution case shows that no one on the obama team did anything wrong. but that doesn't mean that on the political side you could say did they choose their words carefully and perhaps describing some of the back-and-forth? you could probably say that. >> the defense now takes over in this trial. what should we be watching for? >> you have rod blagojevich who is expected to take the stand early in the week. his brother robert, codefendant. people forget that. i was in the courtroom a week-and-a-half ago. rod is coming up to people, finally, this is the first chance after all the shows, after all the interviews, he is going to have to give sworn testimony. what is unusual is that his testimony might come at the beginning of his defense, usually it's for the end. that's because the prosecution wrapped up much earlier than was anticipated, so the defense has to improvise a bit. >> shannon: every day is very entertaining. lynn, thank you. we know you are watching it closely. >> thank you. >> shannon: a little moment of controversy of another sort. vice president joe biden says he is not holding a personal grudge against general mcchrystal for mocking him. he told abc "this week" that it reflected the disagreement over war strategies. >> i didn't take personally at all. i really honest to god didn't. compares to what happens in politics, that was a piece of cake. it wasn't so disparaging, is that i was the enemy. it wasn't that i -- i wasn't the clown. i was the guy who, in fact, was their problem, they thought. i'm not their problem. >> shannon: mcchrystal was ousted as commander of nato operation in magazine after "rolling stone" article quoted him and some of his aides making comments about white house officials including the vice president. some people lost their jobs or are taking a break from the stress anxiety and are called themselveses the fun employed. they make most of the down time now they have some with the help of facebook and the social media. the unemployed workers are volunteering, perfecting hobbies and getting creative. elizabeth prann has more. great to see you. >> reporter: unemployment, trend we're seeing on the west coast but it's popping up all over the country. efforts that used to be put toward job hunting. we know the long lines, the resume building are now put toward the things that the fun employment say they always wanted to do. a career may come of it after all. take a look. >> you're looking at america's uphill battle against unemployment. long lines, resume writing and paperwork. but there is a new mood among some of the jobless. > >> [ laughter ] >> a happy one. >> i love just waking up and it's just what am i going to create today? what am i going to do today? i feel i have so many opportunities. >> opportunities, christie ann thought she would never find. after losing her job as a lawyer more than a year ago, she's now a member of the self-proclaimed fun employed. >> unemployment radio. >> a movement of people jobless and joyful. this inspiring jewelry maker uses time and profit to help atlanta homeless find work and place to live. >> there are so many people doing so many things on the internet and blogs and twitter and facebook are really, it's very powerful and it's so easy for people to get information and for people to find other people doing things. you can do anything you want now. >> patty davis turned the loss of a job to a positive experience. >> i feel incredible. things are, things could not be better. >> the former executive assistant is now a dinner party diva. her social activities evolved to a how-to blog for hosts and guests. >> good morning. >> although she isn't making money, she says it's better than spending long days in a cubicle. >> i'm not rich but i'm incredibly fortunate. >> she never thought she would be unemployed. >> i didn't. >> but i like it. >> this is one of the necklaces. she says she can't be fun employed forever but says she is taking it day-by-day and says it's not so bad. >> you can see people be positive in a difficult situation. thank you for bringing us that side of the story. >> you might be surprised to hear conditions for inmate at guantanamo bay prison actually are better than some of the prisons here in the u.s. catherine herridge takes us inside gitmo next. i amrachel. i was given a bounce dryer bar and asked to try it out and then answer a few questions. the biggest thing was that it's effortless. you stick it and forget it. by not putting in the dryer sheet, it's one less thing that i have to do. i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to work with kids. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. 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>> playstation, board games, nintendo. more ways than ever to cross the line. popular series in the library include harry potter and twilight. the convicted at the supermax in colorado spend 23 hours a day in solitary by contrast. >> this is camp 6 under construction. it is being renovated. it can be either medium security tore a maximum security facility and one of the big changes since we were here a year ago is television. >> they started off with four stations and now up to 18 television stations and 11 radio stations. >> at the supermax, home to convicted shoe bomber richard reid inmates watch 12-inch black and white tv sets and courses are limited. while courses are played by a close circuit detainee at gitmo they take classes in groups and learn how to build new skills and a resume for the future. >> we took the average english and art and added a life skills which is a seminar. the goal is to give them a skill or some kind of idea to do when they leave here. >> military officials say conditions are improving at the camp but the media now work under more restrictions. >> try and remember what there was and what you are supposed to and not supposed to shoot. >> vases and images like this demo last year would now be reraced. ground rules include not showing faces of camp staff or using their names when requested. if you look closely on the bulletin board, president obama's executive order promising to close the camps by 2010 is still post. >> every single time we release a detainee we take the department of justice notification and post it in arabic on each block so they know some are leave something they see hope. >> with no firm date to close the camps, officials say they are constantly reviewing the conditions of this indefinite confinement. at guantanamo bay cuba, catherine herridge, fox news. >> shannon: the cap on the gulf of mexico oil well could stay in place indefinitely as bp engineers continue to make progress toward a permanent solution. testing was scheduled to be finished today but this we get word this could be a day by day thing. i'm shannon bream. hour number two of america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. day 90 of the oil disaster in the gulf and bp says it is hopeful the well can remain sealed until relief wells are finally complete. national incident commander admiral thad allen says the testing will last today until 4:00 p.m. and be repeated every 24 hours. hi, phil. >> hi, shannon. underneath the new tight fitting cap the pressure continues to rise although it is not rising as high or rapidly as a lot of scientists expected. it is not dropping and so because of that the bp ceo says that is supported by all of the seismic and sonar and underwater camera evidence that there is no hydrocarbons being released into the gulf of mexico, that no new oil has been spilled since thursday and because of that the ceo of bp would like to keep the cap on as is, no opening it up, no returning the oil up to the surface just to collect it, just leave it as is and wait for the relief well to happen. well, admiral thad allen who has final authority here just recently released a statement. he had said that he wanted to resume as soon as the integrity test was complete, resume sending oil up to the collection ships above which would also incidentally give a definitive rate of flow of how much oil is spilling into the gulf. he is now saying they will take this on a 24 hour basis, meaning the integrity test. theoretically the 24 hour integrity test extension could keep happening day after day after day after day until the relief well is there or we can stop sending oil up to the ships. the deepest of the relief wells is 100 feet away from the destination where it will bore into the existing well. that could happen in late july to mid august. the sainparish president remins everyone that the true end is still far, far away. >> we have so much oil already out there in the gulf of mexico we will be fighting this battle for several months and then we still don't know all the environmental issues where it did impact. >> so likely we will have a new decision announced sometime around 4:00 this afternoon as to whether we move forward with the original plan of returning the oil up to the surface ships. by the way, doing so would require oil spilling into the gulf yet again for a two or three day period. that is another one of the arguments bp's ceo is saying leave it as it is right now and wait for the relief well which could tap into the existing well late july and maybe cement this thing should once and for good by the end of july or mid august. >> shannon: phil, thank you very much. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan today on a mission to refine the goals of the war there in afghanistan. clinton is expected to push neighboring countries to cooperate in the u.s.-led fight against al-qaeda and taliban extremists in afghanistan. after a day in pakistan she will travel to kabul for a security conference. 15 people wounded at a suicide bombing at shiite mosque. the attack happened as people were at evening prayers. caroline shively has more on the war. caroline, what is secretary clinton trying to get from pakistan and what is she willing to tiv? >> she wants a lot from pakistan. get tough on the taliban and tighting up the border and help more with the war in afghanistan. secretary clinton has $7.5 billion on her side. that is how much the u.s. pledged to give pakistan over the next five years for things like water and energy projects. they are hoping the $7.5 billion will help with stability there. >> shannon: some are saying now that the war in afghanistan is unwinnable. how does that impact the situation? >> it is important because it comes from the head of the council on foreign relations. he tells nuc news week that th. needs to rethink afghanistan. he is suggesting severe drawdown of troops. here is a quote clsh the war of choice phrase echoing michael steele, of course. his stance really could complicate things for clinton and the entire administration, shannon. >> shannon: and there are other experts saying this would not be the time to walk away from afghanistan. what is the reasoning? >> they say the u.s. has so much to lose. listen to former u.n. ambassador john bolton. >> it is a very difficult conflict. it is going to take a long time. that is sometimes hard tore americans to swallow but the notion that we can afford to pull out causes risks and dangers for the united states down the road that are just almost impossible to quantify. >> the tuesday meeting in kabul that clinton is attending will be key, shannon. it will be international leaders deciding where to go from here on the war effort. shannon? >> thank you very much. two days before the international conference in a kabul, a suicide bomber has struck a market. 11 others killed in separate insurgent attacks across the country. security has been tightened at the capital ahead of tuesday's conference. the deadliest attack killed 48 people in that country today. they were timed to coincide with an international conference on developing the nation's oil reserve. dominik is streaming live from baghdad with the latest. >> the attack is targeted at arguably the closest ally the u.s. military has here in iraq. they were mostly members of the sons of iraq. people who used to fight for al-qaeda but were paid by the u.s. military to effectively change sides and they helped bring around the relative level of stability and relatively low levels of violence that we have in comparison to the terrible days of 2005, 2006 and 2007. this is what happened today. the suspect coming early morning just south of baghdad. some 150 members were waiting for their pay checks when the suicide bomber walked up and detonated his belt. he killed 45 people in the process. a few hours later in the western province close to the syrian border a government broke into the local offices and opened fire and blew him up with his own suicide belt. total injured is 52 we hear so for today. some of the footage taken in the immediate aftermath is too graphic for to us show you. we are showing you shots are people being rushed to the hospital. no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but they are attributed to al-qaeda who has been seeking out attacks on them since they turned their backs on them in 2007. it will have no impacts on the u.s. withdrawal of combat troops from iraq. in fact, vice president joe biden was saying today that this and also the fact that we have no new government despite elections back in march created a situation where there is a political vacuum that they are trying to exploit. it will do one thing and that is that iraqis will still question whether the government has the ongoing stability and here in iraq going forward that is going to be the real issue here. shannon, back to you d.c. >> shannon: thank you for the latest from baghdad. two people dead and four others wounded after a shooting at a state park outside seattle. the violence erupted at party in this state park last night. witnesses say most party goers seemed to be in their late teens and early 20s. six people have been arrested but police say they are still investigating. sarah palin's endorsed georgia republican gubernatorial candidate. and she jumped to the front after palin's endorsement last monday. she is described as a prolife, proconstitutionallist with a can do attitude. it remains to see whether palin's endorsements are an effort to boost up her own image. the nra is not affiliated with no political party though many have long associated the organization with republicans. it may surprise you to learn they are giving high marks to some democrats running in the mid term races. joining us is our panel. political advisor todd harrison. also fox news contributor kirsten powers. the nra is one of those odd issues that people from both sides of the aisle seem to want the endorsement. plus-minus for democrats? >> howard dean bragged he had a 100% rating from the nra. for him it was a good thing where he was and i think to a lot of americans it as positive thing. to the liberal base it is not a positive thing but the democrats have for awhile had a strategy in congressional and senate races are finding people really suited to that district or that state and so if it is a state where gun rights are really important you will often see a candidate in line with that. >> the second amendment had a resurgence in the last couple of years and a huge decisions in the supreme court and in both the confirmation hearings for justice sotomayor and elena kagan it is a big issue. >> this issue will motivate people to go to the polls. for years, democratic consultants have not understood why it is so that many rural poor white voters were voting republican when it would seem at least in terms of their economic interests that it would be more beneficial for them to vote for the democrats. and the reason is because of these more cultural issues exactly like second amendment rights. a lot of voters view support for the second amendment as a litmus test as to a candidates it view as far as the overall size and reach and scope of the federal government. so i do think in some of these more rural states where you see democrats appealing to gun owners, it is going to make a lot of the races more competitive. >> shannon: and sarah palin is out there endorsing a lot of folks. many of her endorsements have been successful. are they more about her or the candidate or the race that she is endorsing in? >> really that is a great question. i think we don't really know what sarah palin's plans or motives are in the cases. it is possible that she is interested in seeing certain types of people win. she is passionate about prolife and gun issues and the size of government and things like that. it could be that. it could be that plus she is running for president and wants to raise her profile. when people are running for president they typically spread money and endorsements and their time around. if she is running for president she is doing the right thing. >> shannon: and todd, a lot of people say that some of these ads on the web look like something you would be running in 2012 if you are going to run although she is not committal whether she will run or not. >> the longer she keeps us guessing the more we will be talking about sarah palin. the more books she will sell. the higher her profile is and i can tell you i just got finished in south carolina working for one of her opponents in the gubernatorial race. we were shocked at just the power that her endorsement has. >> shannon: great to see you both. a new fox news opinion dynamics poll shows president obama's approval rating at an all-time role. a look at how president obama and congress are faring ahead of the mid term elections in november. >> according to a new poll, president obama's approval rating has, once again hit an all-time low. >> he is doing a terrible job. let the economy run itself. not so much government controlled. >> i think he is great and doing an excellent job. >> performance approval fell to 43% and his disapproval rating climbed to 48%. perhaps the biggest worry for democrats is the dip in the president's approval rating among those in his own party. support from dems fell from 84% to a new low of 76% in just two weeks. opposition to the president's policies could hurt democrats' chances of maintaining control of congress in november in the mid term elections. >> time for change and try to get a majority house on the republican side. >> to be honest, i would probably, yeah, i would vote for him. >> 41% of voters say they will vote to express their opposition to president obama's policies while 33% say they support his agenda and another 20% say he is not a factor in how they vote. some better news for the president. 60% of voters think that his first year in office was tougher than former president george w. bush. compare that to 29% who think bush had the more difficult job. immigration remains a controversial issue. the obama administration is suing the state of arizona over its new immigration law saying it is unconstitutional. most american voters oppose the legal challenge with a slim majority favoring passage of similar laws in their own states. >> we already have laws on the federal books to cover that and i don't see any sense in one state going out on their own. >> some of the laws do need to be changed definitely for our borders, that is for sure. >> shannon: imagine having your summer vacation plans completely ruined because your travel company goes under? it happened to thousands of people. we will tell you their sadove story, next. caw caw! what is that? that's a horrible crow. here are some things that i'll make as little portals for my bird friends. 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[ bob ] squak! >> shannon: we are now getting word from national incident commander admiral thad allen that testing on the containment cap in the gulf will continue until 4:00 p.m. eastern time and then extensions in 24 hour increments. president obama is taking political advantage one said about the situation. i sat down with chris wallace for a preview. chris, a lot of news out of the gulf this week. most sounds very good and you got to talk to some of the elected officials out of louisiana right there on the frontlines. >> senator david vitter, republican of louisiana and the president of plaquemines parish in the area hit hardest by the oil spilling up into the marshland. they are crossing their fingers because we don't know for sure whether the cap is going to hold but it looks good either that they are going to keep the cap on or let it out but attach pipes and collect all the oil. they are starting to turn to the other big issue which is even if not another drop of oil spills into the gulf there is already like 200 million-gallons of oil there and they will be cleaning up for years. vitter very critical of president obama. he said he hasn't been in louisiana in fairness, he has been in some of the other neighboring states with you he hasn't been in louisiana since early june. he said he thinks he is trying to sweep the problem under the rug, particularly now that the oil spill may have been capped and get people thinking about other issues. >> shannon: you did talk to them as well about the moratorium that the administration wants to impose and the fact that they have lost a couple of times in court so now there is a new moratorium. >> they feel that this is a whole new disaster. once you get rid of the oil spill then you have got this question of the moratorium because there are literally tens of thousands of jobs and if it is a six month moratorium like the white house wants, you could lose a lot of -- there are at least two rigs that already picked up and are going off to other parts of the world because they are very enormously expensive. they are not going to sit around for six months. you could be talking about thousands of jobs and hundreds of million dollars of wages. they say we need more safety, you don't want another one of these environmental catastrophes but you have to say if you can meet certain standards and have more safety personnel up on the rig let's get them back up and drilling. >> shannon: and a look at the mid terms. the 2010 elections a couple of key players in that as well and talked about last week, white house spokesperson robert gibbs made a lot of news because he sounded like he was couching a lit bit the election results how they would turn out for democrats and how they would do in the fall and how that played out. >> we talked to democrat james clyburn of south carolina and republican mike pence. it was interrogatory see the degree to which they are already in mid season and also see the kinds of issues that they are bringing up. obviously the stimulus, the economic recovery has not worked to the degree that the obama administration hoped and promised. they said if you have this $800 billion stimulus then you are going to end up with unemployment under 8%. it is already and has been for a long time 9.5%. but the -- and they get hammered on that by the republicans. the democrats fire back and say look, it is the republicans who got us into this mess, it is a question of going backwards or going forward. tough argument so make when you still have 9.5% unemployment but it may be the only argument the democrats can make at this point. >> very entertaining panel as always as well. thanks, chris. watch all of the interviews today on "fox news sunday." miss his exclusive conversations right after our show at 2:00 and 6:00 eastern as well right here on the fox news channel. as many as 50,000 british vacationers are out of luck because their travel agency went under. greg burke is live in rome to tell us more. hi, greg. >> shannon, that's right. very interesting. not a good time for any company to go under but certainly not for a travel company. we were at the height of the company. a british company called gold trail went bankrupt over the weekend. what does it mean? for starters, more than 15,000 british travelers to the beaches in greece and turkey most on the beaches anyways because it is so hot out here won't be coming back on the flights they planned although the british aviation authority is making plans to get them on alternate flights. not a lot of fun to be stuck in a hot crowded airport. they do hope to get them back by tomorrow. there are those that aren't going to be able to take off at all. that could be as many as 40,000 people who planned trips with this company and not yet able to take off. for those that had signed up with the company, organized trips they are trying to get their money back but that won't happen quickly. >> it will take a long time, though and i think people need to realize that unfortunately not only are you not going to get your holliday for those that have yet to travel there could be dwight a bit of time, manyion many months perhaps between getting your money back from the civil aviation authority. it is not a great time for a lot of people due travel, up to 40,000 or 50,000 people. >> finally, shannon, what is interesting. i have always been a little surprised at how much british travelers take travel insurance. not a lot of americans seem to do that. the brits are always advertiseing that. now, i underand it why. shannon? >> makes perfect sense and good for those who did. greg burke, thank you so much. >> shannon: hope at the sea floor but the anxiety could last into august. an update on the latest estimates for testing the capped oil well, next. and plans for an islamic center near ground zero have some people up in arms and a scene we are saying play out not just there but across the country. more on the muslim back/ backlh when we continue. 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>> it is a difficult situation, shannon. i was in the field for about one year, traveled to 75 cities and visited 100 mosques. my findings were that muslims and muslim leadership have to do a better job in explaining their religion and their culture and traditions and americans need to reach out to muslims as citizens. for most americans, shannon, muslims are what the russians were for winston churchill a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enanythin enigma. >> do you think there are specific steps that the muslim community can take to explain their faith in a way that people will understand and will lessen their fears? >> certainly there are, shannon. number one, we need to read more about each other, visit their houses of worship, visit homes, make friends. unfortunately, we found that after 9/11 there was a huge gap between muslims and nonmuslims. that gap has not entirely decreased. people like me and some of my colleagues have been trying to bridge the gap but it is a really uphill struggle so everything we can do to try to have some mutual come premention is to the benefit of the united states of america. it makes america stronger and more integrated and allows us to look at the world with confidence. >> shannon: so much played out with the mosque being proposed by ground zero. you have seen the hearings where people are unfuriated and yelling from the microphones and yelling at each other. is there any way to get rid of the anger and frustration from both sides? >> i think it will be long-term and take patience and wisdom because as you said, morally, legally, a house of worship can be built anywhere in the united states. this is a guarantee provided by the constitution. at the same time, there are cultural sensitivities and new york ground zero to many americans it is like pouring salt in raw wounds and therefore i think both sides have to be much more cultureally sensitive. >> shannon: congratulations on the new book as well. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: the remains of seven air men missing since world war ii have finally been laid to rest. they were aboard a c 47 sky train that left india and never returned home. the men were buried wit full military honors. family members from six of the seven air men were present at the burial. if you have braved the outdoors this weekend you probably notice it's hot. really, really hot. temperatures once again nearing record highs across the country and chief meteorologist rick reichmuth at the fox weather center keeping an eye on all of it. hi, rick. >> you mean if you have been outside this summer you will notice it is hot. not this weekend or even last week. it is a pattern that we are in and looks like it continues. temps already into the 80s and 90s. heat warnings in effect across area of southern california and then along the colorado river valley areas towards las vegas and blythe and parker seeing temperatures around 115. feeling around 115 around kansas and oklahoma. this area pumped with the heat. no big changes with this. this is where we are sitting today. the reds are temps in the 90s even over 100. oranges are at least 80s. the jetstream is way off towards the north. it stays way to the north and allows this kind of warm moisture to be pulled off of the gulf and funnel towards the north. we continue to see this all the way on tuesday and even by wednesday builds towards the north again. such bad news but dangerously hot conditions looks like it will continue with us for much of this coming week. no real relief in sight shannon. >> shannon: thank you for the warning so people can prepare the best they can. with sky high ticket prices for many major league baseball games more americans are opting to attend minor league games. they are always a lot of fun. and concessions sell for as little as $3. laura ingle is at the home of the rock cats. >> the average cost of a family of four to attend a major league game is about $200 depending on the stadium you go to and the cost of a minor league game is 57 bucks. imagine what you could do with all that extra money. probably pay the bas gas bill. these seats are starting to fill up on this very hot day. the lure of inexpensive all american fun is just too tempting for many to pass up. at the new britain rock cats stadium they are having a banner year despite the fact that the aa affiliate of the minnesota twins has the worst record of any team in the minors. nobody here cares. they like the baseball. the team president says it is all about involving the fans and local businesses. >> averaging 5400 folks a game which is as much as we had in the last couple of years. we had a couple of crowds of over 8,000 where we had standing room only tickets in the picnic areas. 15 sellouts this year. we are at about 95% capacity so far this season. >> and minor league low cost concessions help, too. when was the last time you could buy a hot dog and soda at a sporting event for six bucks. even a beer costs about five. minor league ball attracted 7.5 million fans in attendance alone and major league ballgames had a 6.1% drop. families say it comes to how to spend their entertainment dollar. >> we were able to afford the whole ticket package probably for the cost to send my family to one major league baseball game. such a good teal. >> five dollars to come in here. where can you beat it? >> and driving to a minor league game is very nice too, because it keeps it local. you foe, for instance, new britain connecticut right smack dab in the middle of new york and boston. people say they would rather spend the money and be here instead of all the glitz and cost of a major league game, shannon. >> shannon: they are always such fine with advertisements and promos. >> race the mascot day. >> let us know if you do that. we'll come back and watch you. >> okay, i will. >> shannon: thanks, laura. this is a fox news alert. and a spoiler so if you don't want to know we are going to tell you. from the british open. louis oosthuizen has won his first major golf championship with a victory at the british open. he started sunday with a four stroke advantage that turn inside a romp when his closest challenger took a triple bogey at the 12th. east based on the weather they had, impressive, zsa zsa gabor is in the hospital after falling and breaking several bones. we will tell you how that happens next. michelle bachman gets approval to form a tea party caucus in congress. what does that mean for the party as well? 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