the dispersants by 72% and that is not true. the whole time we were being led to believe that, the coast guard and bp were getting waivers to continue sprague. so the true figures are around 9%. so you know, this is unfortunate. it s sad. it is. it s reprehensible. we re going to continue to do this story. we want to have scientists on because i think we are being sold a bill of goods. the majority of folks in louisiana, al and what, and mississippi do not think that the seafood out of the gulf is edible right now. that s another story we ll follow up on. good to have you with us tonight. couple of final pages. a pennsylvania amusement company is catching a lot of heat for a carnival game allowing players to shoot at an image resembling president obama. the on the of the game is to shoot darts at this image. the owner of the company yanked the game but said the
a reverse minstrel act but the hat looks good. it s really fetching. what do you think, heidi? you know, he can get away with it. it s not a phrase that i would use but if you re black, you can get away with it just like you can use the n word and a white person can t and shouldn t. he s pandering. he s using language that he knows resonates with that crowd. okay? and i think it s an bottom nation that that black man can stand up there and do that. is he that desperate for that position. pandering and politics, how shocking. it s true. karen hunter and heidi harris. thanks so much for joining us. appreciate your time. coming up, take a look at this disgusting carnival game. it shows a man who looks a whole lot like president obama. being shot at. the organizers insist, it s not political. i ll take aim at that next in the playbook. stay with us. the taste of them.
i want to show you know, a picture that had lots of people around the news room scratching their head. i want to tell you what it is. this is a carnival game. and what you see on the far left side is a young man at the carnival. he s paid his money to take shots at the figure you see in the middle. that figure is wearing a suit. it s clearly a black man. it has a target on his head and a target on his chest to shoot at. don t know what conclusion for you to come to. this image of the black man in the suit also has a belt on it with something on it that resembles the presidential seal. that black man is holding in his hand, that figure is holding a scroll that says health bill in it this is in lehigh valley, pennsylvania. the game had people shooting these foam darts at a game
it s no longer a part of our operation. now, i want to actually give you a statement as well. this whole fair was put on as part of a school here. essentially the statement, if you see it up on your screen, you can read it there. the carnival game was offensive, the pastor said he was not aware of its contents until the carnival was over. he added that he had known sooner, he would have put a stop to it. but something that has a lot of people scratching their heads in shock, how could they get this far. yes, in fact, people were paying money to take shots that the figure. christopher baxter did a story and brought this particular story to a lot of people s attention. we appreciate you hopping on the phone here. could you believe you were doing this story in the first place? what kind of reaction were you initially getting from people when they saw this picture? thanks for having me, t.j. it s pretty surprising to come in and find this to be the story i was covering for the day, but
they are pets. they are cute. not only that, it s a claw machine. so you try your luck at getting one. greg: i don t need this. i have them in my apartment. my apartment qualifies new york is different from tokyo. greg: why are they fun? there is excitement. it s a transaction, but it s like a carnival game. they are the future. we are technology driven. we want to we want to interact with a machine almost more than a person. greg: tell me about it. i hate people. you knew that was directed at you. christopher, great having you. you have to check it out. it s extremely cool. the photographs are tasteful. i don t know what i m talking about. coming up next, mail time. don t forget to check out my blog, blah, blah, blah, et cetera.