it s about a quarter until the top of the hour. taking a look at the stories making headlines. the so-called barefoot bandit will be sent back to washington state to face charges. federal judge in miami made that ruling after the 19-year-old coat on the harris-moore waived his right to an extradition hearing. he illegally landed a plane in the bahamas, where he was captured. low profile since an illness sidelined in, cuban president fidel castro is making the rounds. appearing on statewide television all week. during one appearance on monday he slammed u.s. foreign policy with north korea and the middle east. he also warned of potential nuclear war with iran. also, a night of remembrance at yankees stadium. the organization paid tribute to two of their own that they lost this week. the boss, george steinbrenner, and legendary announcer, bob
well, this is the house that george built, i think you could say, long-time george steinbrenner wanted a new yankee stadium and he got it. his team has been playing there. but today we learned at the age of 80, george steinbrenner died after a heart attack. coming up, we ll get reaction from new york city mayor and much more as we follow this breaking news this morning. still developing now on msnbc, we are at a critical juncture in the 85-day long effort to cap that leaking well in the gulf of mexico. still waiting to hear from bp if this new containment cap is working. the next 6 to 48 hours are said to be critical. bp is testing the new cap right now to see if it could take the pressure and eventually capture that leaking pressure. former oil executive with 30 years experience in the field. good to see you, bob, good morning. good morning, chris. i liked this anology.
those are all democrats. you head up a website criticizing the president for going to his home in chicago for three days. one day of which he spent in the gulf, by the way. brad, dulg, have to let that be the last word. thank you, gentlemen. george steinbrenner, rest in peace. doug, let me ask you real quick because i know you re a long-time yankees fan, your thoughts about the death of george steinbrenner? it s, obviously, sad news and follows up on bob shepherd s death this weekend. i remember my last time at yankee stadium was just a few weeks ago and one thing about george steinbrenner. he wanted to put winners on the field all the time. he won his last world series in his new stadium last year. nbc luke russert usually covers capitol hill for us, but, before that he covered sports on the radio and met george steinbrenner.
air because there is a long way to go before we really know and the only way to get this thing stopped is the bottom kill from the relief well. that s what i m really looking for, that permanent fix. any chance you think this could significantly backfire that we had something in place that it was stopping quite a bit of the oil. is there a chance now that if this doesn t work that we re sort of stuck with this until those relief wells are done? well, they are risking an underground blowout or damage to the well head, but i would assume they re going to go very, very slow with that and if they have any problem at all, they ll go back to producing the well. they have to get these ships hooked up and the others to get that oil contained and remember, too, none of this containment works during a hurricane and that s one of my biggest concerns also. bob, it s good to see you. thank you so much for coming on. thanks for having me, chris. a very busy morning here on msnbc, still to
didn t produce in october the way reggie had produced in october. so, steinbrenner spent the money and give him credit for that and it didn t work out, and he cut the cord. he has been in poor health, according to the family, for some time. this does not come out of the blue. there have been stories for four or five years that he was deteriorating. since his 75th birthday, he just turned 80 and the family had a birthday party for him three days before the fourth. senator chuck schumer said george steinbrenner was a champion. someone about whom you could truly say that there will not be another one like him. to your point, when you can t name an owner these days. just a few. just a few like this. i put a call into the contact of hall of frame to see what they re going to do and i am sure they will do something. what timing during an all-star game. they just lost bob shepherd