b.p. says it's trying again this evening sosiphon oil to the surface through a mile-long tube. they already tried once last night. oil washed ashore today for the first time in mississippi. and the white house is stepping up its criticism of b.p. our coverage begins with mark strassmann in venice, louisiana. mark, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. these dee deepsea remedies are complicated stuff and a misalignment snag set back operationtoday but b.p. got past it and work is under way on the sea floor. by the morning, b.p. hopes its latest deep sea fix is in place. a tube threaded into the sea floor and inserted into gushing pipeline. that tube would act like a straw, sucking leaking oil to a surface ship. but b.p.'s trying to keep expectations in check. >> this doesn't stop the flow we hope to have that tool inserted by some time late moarnt. >> reporter: in port fourchon, southwest of new orleans, cleanup crews scraped beaches and hauled away 300 trash bags filledded with tarballs that washed ashore. >> it kind of gave you a pit in your stomach-- oh, lord, here we go. >> reporter: as more oil spills on to the coast, more people here grow more frustrated, more angry. coming to shore could kill their livelihoods. >> b.p. did this. they destroyed us. >> reporter: with a fishing ban in place, many local fishermen are out of the water and out of patience, hoping b.p. will hire them for cleanup work but frustrated by b.p.'s red tape. >> they want us to jump through hoops like puppy dogs. we're not puppy dogs. we are commercial fishermen. >> reporter: in southern louisiana, life changed april 20 when the deepwater horizon exploded and its crew scrambled for their lives. >> i heard this awful hissing noise, this shooo. >> reporter: he was the chief electronics technician and had to jump from the rig into the water to save his life he said there this interview to air tomorrow night on "60 minutes." >> i remember closing my eyes and saying a prayer, and asking god to tell my wife and little girl that daddy did everything he could, and if i suvief this, it's for a reason. >> reporter: now many people along louisiana's coast worry about their community survival. >> i like the way we live here, and i hope it doesn't have to change. >> reporter: now, as a fix, that tube is an experiment, never tried before in waters this deep. but if it works, b.p. would capture oil on the sea floor for the very first time. jeff. >> glor: mark strassmann leading our coverage in louisiana tonight. mark, thank you very much. the white house today stepped up its effort to hold the oil industry at fault for this spill. our senior white house correspondent bill plante joins us with that story this evening. bill, good evening to you. >> good evening, jeff. it didn't take long for the blowout for the white house to start a gusher of its own, a torrent of updates about everything it was doing to stay on top of the disaster, but as the crisis has dragged on, the white house has shifted into attack mode. today the administration made public a letter to b.p.'s chief executive from the secretaries of interior and homeland security. it demands that the company clarify the commitment it has already made to paying the full cost of cleanup and damages. the letter says the spill may devastating environmental disaster this nation has effort faced and requests immediate public clarification of b.p.'s true intentions. at issue-- an existing law which caps oil spill damages at $75 million per incident. the letter comes a day after the president hammered oil executives for passing the buck on responsibility during congressional hearings. >> it is pretty clear that the system failed and it failed badly. for that, there's enough responsibility to go around. and all parties should be willing to accept it. >> reporter: and the longer the underwater well continues to spew into the gull, the harder the white house works to avoid l> the white house recognizes they have to be more aggressive and seen by the public as holding b.p. accountable. >> reporter: two u.s. executives of b.p. have already said that the company will ignore the $75 million cap and pay all costs and claims. but some members of congress feel that they've carefully qualified those remarks, so today's letter, along with the president's angry comment of yesterday, are an attempt to hold b.p. to the word. jeff. >> glor: bill plante tonight at the white house. bill, thank you. overseas this evening, there is open warfare on the streets of bangkok, thailand, following more violent clashes between the thai government and protesters. more than 20 are dead.. evacuating staff and family members howish to leave and the travel warning. celia hatten has more. >> reporter: after three days of fighting between government troops and red-shirted protesters, more than 20 people have been killed, scores wounded, and the streets of tihand's capital, bangkok, resemble a battlefield. the antigovernment protesters, who call themselves the red shirts, have burned tires, fired slingshots, and tossed molotov cocktails to defend their encampment from the troops who were using tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition as they try to seal off the protesters' camp. the situation escalated thursday after a rogue army general who was advising the protesters was shot in the head, presumably by government snipers. he's in critical condition, reportedly near death. it's some of the worst violence in nearly two months of unrest. the red shirts, mostly poor, rural people, want the return of their former leader, thaksin shinawat, who was ousted four years ago in a cue. the government offered a peace deal agreeing to elects in november but this latest outbreak of violence puts that in doubt. the government says it will no longer negotiate with the red shirts. the number of protesters is shrinking from a peak of 10,000 to just a few thousand now as food and water supplies dwindle. many who have stayed are vowing to sacrifice their lives. current prime minister abhisit vejjajiva claims he's trying to end the standoff with minimum bloodshed, so with the violence only escalating, that goal's already long gone. celia hatton, cbs news, beijing. >> for a firsthand account was what's happening on the ground in thailand i spoke with "new york times" reporter thomas fuller. he was interviewing the rogue general thursday night standing over two feet away from him when those sniper shots were fired. >> i was talking to him alone with my interpreter, and we were firing questions at him, and there was a loud blast. he dropped to the ground, looking pretty lifeless, and he was carried away by his people, and at this point, he's-- i think on kathy's door. >> glor: are the soldiers tonight using live fire on the protesters? >> reporter: yes, they are. the military has said as much. they said they're using it in self-defense. >> glor: how bad is the situation there tonight? >> it's a very, very eerie night. the public lights have been turned off. bangkok usually kind of twirchgles at night and it's quite dark and still, but then every few minutes, there will be a blast, there will be gunfire. from my window here i can see flashes. bangkok has not been this racked by violence in a long time, if ever. >> glor: it is a stretch to call this a civil war right now or would you say the country is much closer to civil war? >> reporter: there's a lot more of thailand that is stable. i think it's probably premature. no one would say we're there yet. but are we close? i'll leave that up to the experts. >> glor: that was reporter thomas fuller of the "new york times" in bangkok, thailand. in california tonight, legislators and millions of residents are still reeling following the massive budget cuts announced by governor arnold schwarzenegger on friday. he is hoping to close a $19 billion shorts fall. here's bill whitaker. >> this is the car i used to sleep in. >> reporter: stephany grotewold woundep homeless after she was laid off from her customer service job three years ago. then she got pregnant and grew desperate to find work. >> there was nothing. nowhere anywhere was hiring. >> reporter: life changed a few months ago when california's welfare to work program helped her finds a place to live and a marketing job with a construction firm. >> it helps you to work because, i mean, just sitting at home collecting welfare, you're not going anywhere. >> reporter: but on friday, governor arnold schwarzenegger called for eliminating welfare to work and drastically reducing other social services, a last-ditch effort to solve california's nearly $20 billion budget deficit. >> it is painful to make those cuss, but we're forced to do it. >> reporter: the welfare to work program serves more than one million people. cutting it would save more than $1 billion. the state's in-home health care program would be slashed by a third, saving another $637 million. nearly all state-subsidized childcare would be eliminated. >> we do not have to be in the position we are in today if we would have fixed the broken system. >system. >> reporter: it's like a horoshow rerun. he has faced massive budget shortfalls the last three years. last year he cut some spending and raised some taxe taxes to ce the gap, but this year, he's joining state republicans and refusing to raise taxes. democrats accuse him of balancing the think about on the backs of the needy. but in recession-wracked california, income tax revenue came up $3 billion short this year, an infusion of federal funds fell short, too. only $3 billion instead of the almost $7billion the state expected. policy experts said the governor is sending washington the not-too-message. >> i can't make the numbers add up unless i make drastic cuts in various programs that that you folks in washington would not like to see cut. what are you going to do to help me. >> reporter: stephany hates to think what would happen if she loses welfare to work. >> i go back to exactly how i was probably, back on the streets. >> reporter: for her, this budget crise is personal, the difference between being hopeful or homeless once again. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: still ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, you trust his weather forecasting. can you trust what he believes about global warming? $v >> glor: most americans get their forecasts from tv newsmen but there's a big split among forecasters right now, not about the next rain shower, but over whether greenhouse gases are gae causing global warming. >> we're in for another warm day today. >> reporter: tv weatherman dan satterfield finds himself in the middle of the heated debate over man's role in global climate change. >> it used to be a mountain of evidence. it's now a mountain range of evidence. >> reporter: for a long time, satterfield, the chief meteorologist at cbs affiliate whnt in huntsville, alabama, was skeptical that human activity was accelerating climate change until he studied the data. >> you put greenberg house gases into an atmosphere, the planet's going to get warmer. it's a fact. >> reporter: satterfield' sattes beliefs were bolstered by his own travel to the arctic. >> welcome to the north pole. >> i feel like i'm there, i'll tell you. >> reporter: in 2007, he saw firsthand the glaciers that scientists say are shrinking dramatically. >> that's the coast of greenland behind me. it's one of the only two ice caps left on earth. >> reporter: he returned convinces of his position, but a recent survey shows his view is in the minority. >> the survey, by george mason university and the university of texas, found while more than half of tv weathercasters believe global warming is happening, less than a third say it is caused mostly by manmade carbon emissions. >> here are today's high temperatures. >> reporter: san diego weathercaster and weather channel cofounder john coleman is one of the more prominent doubters. >> everything they do has been based on the carbon dioxide-- a pollutant-- carbon dioxide is a green house gas. so if that is invalid-- which it is, and i know it is-- then all of the others falls by the wayside. >> reporter: the doubters are also strong right in satterfield's hometown of huntsville. >> it's my view most of global warming has been natural. >> roy spencer admits his view is out of the scientific mainstream, but he argues naturally occurring weather patterns are causing climate change. >> nature is perfectly capable of producing its own global warming or global cooling. >> speak pentagon climate change... >> reporter: inab effort to bridge the gap, climatologists and meteorologists gathered in miami today for a conference organized by yale university. >> most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities. >> reporter: dan satterfield was there. >> i try to figure out what the weather is going to do for the next three to five, seven days and that isn't easy. your natural thing to think is how can they possibly tell me what the weather is going to do in 100 years. >> reporter: it may take 100 years to see who is right. >> glor: overseas, ash from the volcano is again threatening air travel. we'll be right back. @9 [ male announcer ] try fixodent with a time-released formula. use just once per day for dawn-to-dark hold. it is important to use the product as directed. fixodent and forget it. [ man thinking ] i'm so stuffed with gas. ohh, noo, not that! not, not here! [ male announcer ] prevent uncomfortable gas moments with gas-x prevention. just one before meals helps prevent gas before it starts. from gas-x, the gas-xperts. we asked real people to film themselves taking the activia 14-day challenge. hi. my name is toni. they say that as you get older your system gets more sluggish. i'm a skeptic. however, this stuff tastes pretty good. really good. yeah, i like the way i feel. it's not a gimmick. it really, truly works. i would highly recommend it to anyone else to take this challenge. help regulate your digestive system. take the activia challenge. it works or it's free. another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a heart attack caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots. ask your doctor about plavix. protection that helps save lives. people with stomach ulcers or other conditions that cause bleeding should not use plavix. taking plavix alone or with some other medicines including aspirin may increase bleeding risk, so tell your doctor when planning surgery. certain genetic factors and some medicines, such as prilosec, may affect how plavix works. tell your doctor all the medicines you take, including aspirin, especially if you've had a stroke. if fever, unexplained weakness or confusion develops, tell your doctor promptly. these may be signs of ttp, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, reported sometimes less than 2 weeks after starting plavix. other rare but serious side effects may occur. how's it work? ok, she's gas. he's constipation... why am i constipation? ...he's diarrhea. and our special fiber helps our probiotics so that you can show those symptoms who's in charge. this isn't even my floor. [ elevator bell dings ] [ but aleve can last 12 hours. tylenol 8 hour lasts 8 hours. this isn't even my floor. and aleve was proven to work better on pain than tylenol 8 hour. so why am i still thinking about this? how are you? good, how are you? [ male announcer ] aleve. proven better on pain. chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-gro garden soil. and moisture control garden soil. miracle-gro garden soil. and the nep?p?p? ú ,,,,,,,,

Related Keywords

Miami , Florida , United States , New York , Louisiana , Greenland , Alabama , Texas , Beijing , China , California , San Diego , Washington , District Of Columbia , Mississippi , New Orleans , Thailand , Port Fourchon , Bangkok , Krung Thep Mahanakhon , Thai , Americans , Roy Spencer , John Coleman , Los Angeles , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Dan Satterfield , Abhisit Vejjajiva , Celia Hatton , Satterfield ,