to work together and get a result. blanche lincoln agreed to a compromise on the derivatives crackdown she has been pushing so hard on. norah, what else? bp shares hit a 14-year low this morning after the oil giant revealed the total cost of its response to the gulf crisis has reached $2.35 billion. mississippi officials report today that large amounts of crude are now moving closer to that state s fertile barrier islands. in florida a popular section of beach near the alabama border has been closed and tropical storms are forming around the gulf and could head into the oil-soaked waters the next few days. the debate over the government s deep drilling moratorium drags on today after a federal judge said yesterday he would not reconsider his decision to halt the ban.