for my state and my people. and there is a whole bunch of us. we are in a lot, lot of trouble. i do not think the country understands this. if they did, they wouldn t let it happen. cherri. really appreciate you coming on. and talking with us about this tonight. thank you for being with us. i wish you the best of luck, too. we ll see what happens. cherri foytlin joining us from louisiana. we will keep you fully informed on the latest in the gulf of mexico. we will be following this throughout the hour. as you can see we ll put the pictures back up at least for this moment. no oil gushing from the well, but it is only a test, we could know more later in the hour. will good news from the gulf translate to a lift for the obama administration. james car vil and ed rollins are here to talk about the politics of it all when we come back. mike rowe: today s story from the ford model
$16,000. all i m asking for is to be heard. when he puts us down, because he is about to pull the plug on all my people, in my, in my town of rain, we lost 142 people lost their electricity because they couldn t pay it. that s 10% of my population. this is the beginning. when heap puts us down i want him to look me in the eye, look me in the eye and still pull the trigger i guess it is all right. cherri, let me ask you to be specific. what would you like to see him do, honestly? honestly, i want him to come listen to us. i want him to really understand how this is affecting us. i want, more than anything, my children to know i fought with everything i had, every single thing i have not to lose not one more time. and then i want to take him to the good people in the gulf, because i have been there and i have talked to them and they re my friends. i want him to get the chance to talk to them and see what bp is doing to us. i want him to understand, i want him to, to show faith in us.
i want to be able to show faith in him again. and in the government again. this its what the government is for. they re supposed to take care of us. and they re letting us down. not just the oil workers, the fishermen, the crabbers, the oystermen, the shrimpers, all of the people of south louisiana. and alabama and mississippi and florida and texas, 4 million people strong, crying out. what do we get? we get lies, we get commissions, we get meetings, we get hearings. well for god s sake, jesus did not hold a commission about the lepers he went out and helped them. that s what i m asking him to do. if he says he is a christian. stand up like a christian, come help us. cherri, i really appreciate you coming on. i know your e speaks to what a lot of people are feeling. i am fighting for survival. fighting for survival.