awesomely horrible today filling in for the drugster. totally confused. dazed, unprepared. and, of course, stumbling through all of his words. what do you expect from bush s brain? we ll play you the tape coming up in psycho talk where it belongs. this is the story that has me fired up tonight. the democrats need to use two words tore frame the midterms. speaker boehner. the house minority leader wants americans to work longer, harder and cheaper than before at the same time he wants the richest americans to keep every dime of the bush tax cuts but he has no idea how to pay for it. david gregory on meet the press yesterday pinned him down on the issue several times. how can you be for cutting the deficit and also cutting taxes as well when they re not paid for? listen, you can t raise taxes in the middle of a weak economy without risking the double dip in this recession. but tax cuts are not paid for. is that correct? i am not for raising taxes on the american peo
been dumped into the gulf of mexico as a result of this particular spill. and we need to figure out ways to solve this. we have been particularly dmited to finding ideas or listening to people with ideas of how to shore this up. now we have an x prize for this idea, a prize for the top three ideas for cleaning thup spill of sur kas oil and spills later to come. we ve talked about this a lot before on the show. i want to introduce you to three people who are going to tell us a lot more about it. wendy schmidt is the president of schmidt foundation. and felipe cousteau. peter, this is an x challenge,
converting it into gasoline. i m talking to a pioneer that could reduce our addiction to oil. first, arizona s new immigration law. it takes effect today. it s a bit watered down after a decision by a judge yesterday, district court judge susan bolton blocked some of the toughest parts of the law. now let me just tell you what s out there. what s happening and what isn t. here s what s blocked one of the most controversial parts of it, police cannot question immigration status based on a reasonable suspicion. people will not be required to carry immigration papers around. and there s no longer a legal ban on immigrants who are looking for work. what did go into effect? well a lot of the law went into effect today. a crackdown on harboring and transporting illegal immigrants. and sanctuary cities have been cut out. it s also a crime for state officials to refrain from enforcing federal immigration laws and day laborers can hold up traffic to try to pick up work. now arizon
boat with us and he says he used to enter the water in a normal dive suit but last time he went diving a couple weeks ago he saw a chemical cloud under the water and wasn t going to take any chances anymore. so he says because he doesn t have hazmat training, now he can t enter the water to do his research on corals and fish to see what type of effect this oil crude dispersant mixture is having on the gulf. kiran, drew? if you guys have to suit up to that extent to get in the water, did felipe cousteau give you any indication of what he thinks, what effect that is having on the marine life out there obviously without suits on? reporter: yeah, well that s a really good point, kiran. because felipe and i felt very lucky to be under there. you almost felt a little guilty wearing such a protective suit when you d see we saw sharks swimming around us, they didn t have anything to protect them and other fish. i think that s what bothers felipe the most, is that there is dispersed oil h
estimates almost 210 million gallons have spilled into the gulf of mexico. what is this doing to the fragile ocean life down below? in a cnn exclusive, amber lion went into the gulf to see for herself and she joins us live from new orleans. hey, amber. hey, good morning, kiran. well, i m an avid scuba diver. let me put things into perspective for you. normally at this time of year when you want to ep ter the gulf, you wear something like this, known as a dive skin. made of nylon and spandex. well, due to the uncertainty of what s in the water, this, unfortunately, is the new reality of scuba diving in the gulf. it s a huge very heavy hazmat suit. now we wanted to see what s going on under these waters with all of these des percentants so we invited an environmentalist, felipe cousteau to come along with us on a dive. he says it is not the big globs of oil you see on top of the water but what s hidden