reporter: in lands south of new orleans, water is life. this is jimmy on the fringe. reporter: on the surface, life might seem back to normal. no slick of crude oil, no skimmer boats or emergency crews in the delicate wetlands, the disaster could have happened yesterday. this is one of the sensitive marsh islands in an area known as bay jimmy. you can see there is an inch of oil over here. if you give it a scrape, ten months later it s become coming up almost liquid. the oil is killing the marsh grass. this is what holds the islands together. when it s gone, you get wave action from the storms. feet of the islands are disappearing every month. this is all oil. this keeps getting pushed further and further with the tide movement up here to the marsh. reporter: p.j. is the
secure a key oil instalelation after rebels repelled attack from gaddafi loyalist. they ruled out any negotiations with gaddafi and the international criminal court said they will investigate gaddafi and his sons for possible crimes against humanity. we begin coverage with white house correspondent mike emanuel. reporter: as liberal forces fight the regime at strategic joint conference, at news conference with mexican president felipe calderon, president obama called out the libyan leader by name, a new approach. let me be very unambiguous about this. colonel gaddafi needs to step down from power and leave. that is good for his country and his people. the right thing to do. reporter: the president said he authorized the use of military aircraft and civilian resources to help air lift those trying to flee to tunisia and made clear he is worried about a humanitarian disaster. there may be situations where gaddafi is hunkered down in his compound, but the economy, food d
toward the beltway. once you finally approach the beltway, outer loop lane ffom 795 toward 95, an 11-mmnute ride, 50 miles per hour.ú the ssme speed with an 8 minute clip onnsouthbound 95, from the fort mc mchenry tunnel toward the beltway and not easy reasonably well from the harbor tunnel tooard 95. a 9-minute drivv, at 55 miles %-that sa look at the orning commute. patrice, back over to you. for the first timeein a general election, early voting is available at select locations throughout the state. the pplls open in just a few hours, but some wonder if it ss3 worth the millions it costs to %-joel d smith is livv at north baltimore with a look at the results of the primary elections early voting and it waan t too3 good. reporter: good morring, we re at edmmndson high school and we are offering early voting of the you can see the political signs behind me. this is one of the sites whereú across the state where the early voting will happen again. the mayor of baltimor
good evening. this country had never seen anything like it. millions watched on television live, absolutely transfixed. a woman had come forward and accused a nominee for the supreme court of sexual harassment. it was graphic, it was shocking and explosive. her name, anita hill. his name, now justice clarence thomas. he went on to become confirmed for the court. she returned to private life and teaching law. well, she finds herself back in the news because she got a phone call from justice thomas wife, saying she should apologize for what she said back then, which she says was the whole truth. we begin with this turn of events tonight. nbc s andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. hey, andrea, good evening. reporter: it was a classic case of he said, she said, bearing historic wounds over sex and race. the question is, why after nearly two decades, would clarence thomas wife reopen one of the most emotional confirmation battles in supreme court history? she s been liv
isle, louisiana. examining the wetlands requires a different mode of transport. as we motor west, there are signs of encouragement, we cruise past clean water, clean grass, and even some fishing boats. nice to notice a fishing vessel with fishing equipment versus booming equipment. reporter: we arrive at one of louisiana s hardest-hit areas, bay jimmy. here compression guns are positioned to scare off birds that might try to land in this still very oily wetland. last time i was up here was a month ago. back then we had about 600 workers. and we were in there in the real shallow areas trying to vacuum up pockets of oil along this entire stretch. so realtime consuming. reporter: bp s george carter knows cleaning the marsh is not easy. we ve actually cut the grass,