policies. i m shannon breen in for greta this is on the record. thursday the president urged congress to overhaul the system in his first speech on the issue since taking office. greta sat down with newt gingrich to get his take on the president s plan. greta: nice to see you. the president had a speech yesterday on immigration. what did you think of it? first of all he should have had a speech on jobs. because the economy is the number one concern of the country. he keeps finding everything else he can to talk about to avoid having to confront how bad the economy is. second, the only thing he had to say about immigration is he s going to control the border. he didn t say it. the morning the american people believe that the united states government is going to the border, they will be prepared to talk about immigration reform. until then they are going to resent a commander in chief who doesn t protect the country and keeps trying to pursue what i think is a political a
plans to handle racial profiling accusations. over 140 million gallons of oil gushing from bp s busted rig on the ocean floor, yet for reasons never explained by london giant bp, many ships in the gulf for the cleanup aren t doing a thing. gregg: a pretty big surprise i must say for american troops fighting in iraq today. vice president joe biden and his wife arriving for an unannounced visit to baghdad. biden is also expected to be meeting with iraqi leaders deadlocked. david, who will the vice president be meeting with while he is there? reporter: vice president biden had meeting with chris hill and also 9 top u.s. military commander in here in iraq. he will be meeting over the next couple of days the major iraqi political leaders because there does seem to be deadlock here over creating a new government. he is the point man on iraq for the obama administration that he will be trying to push them in the right direction, gregg. gregg: there does appear to be a sort o
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repeating that message to the folks here at cnn. thanks so much. here we are from cnn center in atlanta, georgia. good morning. i m t.j. holms. it s 11:00 a.m. president obama talking about the economy but for the latest job numbers, will they hurt him politically? we are on day 75 of the gulf oil disaster. a new report warning that south florida is in serious jeopardy. first, vice president biden has made it to iraq. he has just arrived on this unannounced trip to visit the troops there. we have live from baghdad, one of the interesting details, not just that he has arrived in baghdad but who came with him. reporter: well, t.j., his wife. as far as we are concerned, this is the first time we have had a similar visit from a senior official and they have brought their spouse along. they are both here to celebrate fourth of july with the troops. vice president will also be meeting with senior iraqi officials as well as the leaders of the various parties. we have been se
pensacola florida. take a look at the beautiful beach. there is more to the story than this. hoping for a big weekend this weekend with the holiday. the oil disaster is keeping a lot of people away. we are going to be checking in on just what kind of weekend they are hoping to have. also, a lot of people looking for a way to support the troops. i ve got a way you can do it. drink beer. seriously, we will explain how you can do that. first, let me check some of the other stories that are making headlines right now. we will start with the democratic republic of congo where at least 230 people are dead. this after an oil tanker flipped and exploded. again, this is in the drc in central africa. officials believe a lit cigarette may have ignited as local residents gathered around to try to recover the oil spilling from that tanker. they say they also expect the number of casualties to rise from 230 where it is right now. also, i want to show you a picture, a live picture here. we