medicare services without a director gets dr. donald berwick in a recess appointment? so. he is universally regarded and not partisan. miss bendy straws criticizes things she doesn t understood. we need somebody on the job now. we have had more nominees than any administration in recent history. robert byrd s successor from west virginia holding the balance against a republican filibuster. the governor of west virginia pushes not to just appoint a successor now but maybe hold a special election later in which maybe he could run. i would highly consider that. i truly would. and the lebron-a-thon. he s got to announce which team he s going to play for during a live televised hour long special. our fifth story tonight thousands of abandoned oil wells on the floor of the gulf, which could on the floor of the gulf, wells which could be leaking now or might leak in the future but no one will ever know it because neither big government nor government bothered looking. no one w
adam caskey. it feels more aggressive out there. dew point at reagan national is 71. that is where the humidity gets oppressive. the humidity had been uncomfortable. now the humidity will be oppressive although the temperature is down. 77 right now in warrenton, 81 in alexandria, in frederick it is 79 degrees. 93 for the high temperature today with a slight chance of late day thundershowers. scattered chance of rain friday night and throughout most of the day on saturday. there is a heat advisory for the immediate metro area from noon until 9:00 p.m.. d.c., arlington, falls church, and alexandria. 105 is what it will feel like this afternoon. everybody is it moving nicely. no problems on the highway. looks good. overnight construction will be out of your way. there s a buckle in the roadway on 395 at glebe road, like a little speed bump in the hov lane. the careful northbound on the way to the pentagon. we will take you to the volume that is still light on 95, 66, looks g
good evening. just hours away from a government-imposed deadline, bp is scrambling tonight to come up with a way to capture more of the oil spewing into the gulf of mexico. the coast guard gave bp until tonight to step up its game. and right now with oil still freely gushing from the damaged well, the company says it is trying to position undersea sensors to get a better handle on exactly how much oil is escaping. in a moment, we ll take you above the spill site with bp officials. but first, there is growing pressure on the company from the white house, which announced today the president will make a prime-time address on the crisis later this week following yet another visit to the scene of the disaster. our coverage begins with nbc s mike viqueira at the white house. mike, good evening. reporter: good evening, lester. the crisis is building today to a crescendo here at the white house, with the president making yet new demands on bp. on top of all this, lester, bp facing
good evening. just hours away from a government-imposed deadline, bp is scrambling tonight to come up with a way to capture more of the oil spewing into the gulf of mexico. the coast guard gave bp until tonight to step up its game. and right now with oil still freely gushing from the damaged well, the company says it is trying to position undersea sensors to get a better handle on exactly how much oil is escaping. in a moment, we ll take you above the spill site with bp officials. but first, there is growing pressure on the company from the white house, which announced today the president will make a prime-time address on the crisis later this week following yet another visit to the scene of the disaster. our coverage begins with nbc s mike viqueira at the white house. mike, good evening. reporter: good evening, lester. the crisis is building today to a crescendo here at the white house, with the president making yet new demands on bp. on top of all this, lester, bp facing
problems and make sure they don t happen again. and army officials say there are a number of ways this could have happened. any way from graves shifting under several feet of snow to simple gardening errors but they do believe the over sight spans several decades. i m katherine brown. back to you. the flags fly at half staff and there are fresh flowers at the entrance to the u.s. holocaust memory museum. today marks the one year anniversary since a racist opened fire on a guard who opened the door for him. we have more on house this day was observed. it s still hard to comprehend it happened. reporter: definitely. there was a brief memorial service this morning for officer stephen johns whose wife and son must be grieving in private. what he did here at the museum is a reminder that the world still struggled with people filled with hate. the crowds lined up again, barely noticing the missing security guard and the flowers at the entrance. perhaps not remembering the monum