reporter: 207 million bp dollars have gone to pay damage claims. 7,000. 117,000 claims made so far. while louisiana got $15 million bp dollars to promote tourism, so did mississippi and alabama. so come on down. we d love to see you. reporter: $25 million. that s what florida got for the same purpose. there are plenty of places in florida where you can enjoy crystal clear waters and a great beach vacation. reporter: beaches closed from louisiana to florida, 615. birds found dead, almost 3,000. sea turtles, 500. sea mammals, 62. human mammals involved in the cleanup, 40,000. some of them on board 5,000 vessels, 100 aircraft. families grieving workers killed in the initial explosion? 11. number of failed attempts to cap the well before finally getting it, eight. percentage of certainty that this time it will hold, question mark. tonight the news is the government s found oil seeping
slick has shrunk considerably. we see light at the end of the tunnel. it s a very long tunnel. but today we re making progress. reporter: which is a good thing. because the more than 400 skimmers have had very little impact, catching perhaps 80,000 barrels of the 5 million barrels that have spewed into the gulf. we still have an awful lot of oil out in the gulf of mexico. reporter: while oil has hit beaches and marshes in four states, this weekend, there was no sign of oil on alabama s orange beach in gulf shores, and florida s pensacola beach. and scientists say the very small amount of oil in lake pontchartrain, the tidal bay north of new orleans, has broken down and disappeared. and remember the loop current that threatened to capture and carry the oil through the florida keys and up the coast to miami and beyond? it hasn t happened. there s no oil here on miami beach or anywhere nearby. because the loop current has crumbled. the loop current has now split apart and sits 300
year. meanwhile, sales and rentals of traditional dvds and blu-ray disks were both down significantly. another change. no kidding. landslides in el salvador are swallowing up homes and leaving hundreds of others on the edge of destruction. heavy rains collapsed storm drains and opened this huge crater on the outskirts of the capital, forcing more than 400 homes to be evacuated. residents had to scramble to haul away sofas, tvs, really as many belongings as they could. with that here s your tuesday forecast. it will be stormy from nebraska all the way to the northeast. 80-mile-an-hour winds, large hail, and flash flooding in omaha, kansas city, st. louis, indianapolis, cincinnati, new york, pittsburgh, and d.c. showers and thunderstorms from texas to florida. 90s from dallas to miami. pretty much the entire east coast. detroit will climb to 88. chicago 85. fargo 82. another scorcher in the southwest with 112 in phoenix and 99 in albuquerque. and now a close call down under f
that in itself is almost too late to be debating this issue. cameron said something very important yesterday when he said he wanted to see progress this year. so the december review that president obama does on afghanistan and how things are going with the war is going to matter a lot to the closest ally and the only other country that has a true significant amount of troops in afghanistan and that s great britain. thank you, chuck todd. they can watch you on the daily run down 9:00 a.m. eastern with savannah guthrie on msnbc. a massive cleanup effort along florida s pensacola beach right now after thick pools of oil washed ashore last week. as crews continue their work, more oil has been sighted off the coast. live to pensacola beach where mark potter s standing by. good sunday morning to you. looking at nor onslaught of oil to hit the beaches and, if so,
make the choice and put it in the constitution. it looks picture perfect. what beaches are next for to you check out and make sure you are all right? pensacola beach and later this morning i will be on a drifter to see if they are getting new oil and helping us out. 24-7 operation for you as well. all the skimmers. governor charlie crist, good luck. thank you, alex. kelloggs is recalling millions of boxes of cereal over an unusual smell and taste to the company s cereal. they received about 20 complaints including five people who reported glauz and vomiting. apple jack s, corn pops, fruit loops and honey smacks. all of cereals involved have the letters kn following the use by date on the package. for more informs, head to our website, msnbc.com. for the first time a poll shows