from where i am today. we re talking to people about the economy and how this oil spill is affecting them, particularly if they work in the oil or fish industry. but the president is here as well. the president is a little bit west of me or that s where he started. and he is headed east to pensaco pensacola, florida. and ed is there where the president is going to be. ed, it s kind of warm down here. reporter: it is really warm here. you can see that. i m squinting because the sun is so strong. a lot of people on the beach behind me, some people here in this restaurant behind me as well enjoying the sun and surf. but i m told by the owner here that business is off 40% just in the last few weeks because they re trying to send the message that, look, people are scared off from coming here right now. they say, look, the water looks almost like the caribbean. it s blue here, a little green more to the center beyond this truck. it s beautiful out here because the oil is not here yet. but