coastline. it s a vindication of sorts for sarah palin. we will drill baby drill and mine baby mine, because this is for the sake of our nation s security and our economic prosperity. offshore oil drilling was a top campaign issue for john mccain and sarah palin in the 2008 presidential race, but it was only last november that vice president biden mocked palin over her oil drilling message. sarah palin thinks the answer to energy was drill baby drill. it s a lot more complicated, sarah, than drill baby drill. you know, the result is further dependence on foreign oil, fewer jobs. this morning s announcement from president obama will open up millions of additional acres of u.s. waters to oil and natural gas drilling on the east coast. it includes the northern tip of delaware to central coast of florida.
15 minutes after the hour. in a few hours time, president obama will unveil plans to expand drilling off the coast of mexico, it calls from offshore drilling from the tip of delaware down to the coast. suzanne malveaux is live at the white house. reporter: it s something president bush had tried to do before and we heard that mantra, drill, baby drill. it s unusual we re hearing from the obama administration on offshore drilling. it s a controversial proposal. here s what it looks like. here are some of the areas they are proposing the open for offshore drilling. we re talking on the east coast from delaware to central florida and then also the northern coast
drill. live pictures there from andrews air force base where the president will make his announcement shortly. white house correspondent, suzanne malveaux has a preview. good to see you. what specific areas is the president targeting with this announcement today? reporter: tony, you might recall the drill, baby, drill, slogan, that mantra. that came from the republicans, mccain and palin during the campaign. so this is a very controversial thing that is happening that the president is unveiling. some areas that will be affected to open up to off-shore drilling include the east coast from delaware to central florida as well as northern coasts of alaska. there are some places that are off limits because of environmental concerns. those would be from new jersey northward to canada as well as the entire pacific coast from mexico to canada, including alaska s bristol bay. tony, that is not going to quiet the environmentalists who started speaking out against this and the senators from the
henry? more now on president obama s plan to open vast areas to oil and natural gas drilling. the plan the president announced would open about 167 million acres over the atlantic ocean, from delaware to central florida, also opening some parts in northern alaska. you can see that on the right of your screen. we ve moved alaska to the right. it is not a fast-track deal. it will be years. the interior department, which has to study the conditions and then they lease it out to oil companies, president obama argues that this is needed to help end america s addiction to foreign oil. so, it s a two-part announcement. increasing domestic energy production and some conservation that he s announced today and tomorrow with some fuel-efficiency standards that will be announced. but is offshore drilling the way to go? prb what he said back during the campaign days? listen to this if we re serious about dealing with energy, we ve got to have a comprehensive package. we can explore new rese
reason to keep wages low, period. look, let workers choose who they want to work for. i am calling on the ftc to do away with certain occupational licensing requirements. do you realize if you braid hair and you move from one state to another, sometimes you to do a six-month apprenticeship even though you have been this the business for a long, long time. what the hell is that all about? military families for example, they are often on the move between states with each new assignment, and so you have a woman in the military and her husband is following her or vice versa, guess what? if you are a plumber, and you have to have a different license to move from delaware to