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fielded broadly in the united states. it s a cutting-edge technology that someday has the promise of being a significant contributor to making a more energy efficient cleaner transportation future. but to me the impact is so distant from any particular proposal on cap and trade it took a couple minutes to even understand what she was talking about. on this issue of energy and let s wrap up this section with this, yesterday the obama administration announced it was lifting the moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the gulf of mexico. do you support this kind of offshore oil drilling? well, that has raised the issue of whether we support it here in delaware because that move would allow that, no, i don t want to see oil rigs off the state of delaware, however, it should be up to the states to decide and if the governor would pass legislation for that i shouldn t as a congressman overstep a state s rights. virginia wants it and not only
deepwater oil drilling. oil drilling operations were ordered to stop following the bp drilling in april but only with agreed tough regulations will they be allowed to resume drilling. don, thank you very much for that. chile s great escape continues. these are pictures of a live scene of a dramatic rescue still under way at a san jose mine. we re waiting for miner number six, os man ee see droe araya, ar araya. that s his loving partner waiting for him. she hasn t seen him in 2 1/2 months. this will be a reunion we won t want to miss. stay with us. mark your calendar. because that s the first day you can switch your medicare part d plan. we re ready, and we can t wait to switch. [ male announcer ] make the switch to an aarp medicarerx plan, insured through unitedhealthcare. call now for a free information kit. discover why these part d plans are so popular
csx have also pushed futures higher. a make shakeup in education reform. we re expecting d.c. s school chancellor michelle rhee to announce she s resigning at the end of the month. some believe it played a major part in mayor fenty s defeat. other story making headlines. in washington a federal judge ordered the military to stop enforcing their controversial don t ask don t tell.the u.s. department of justice attorneys are now have 60 days to appeal the ruling. talked to folks at the pentagon and they say this may be it they may be done. the obama administration is lifting the six month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the