climb he nationalized health care. then, as we witnessed his incompetent handling of the gulf spill, he reissued his cap and trade threat. which brings to us immigration. today on the heels of more terrible economic news, obama launched his push to legalize, perhaps as many as 20 million illegal aliens. he hopes to expand the democrat voting roles and then shift the blame from the illegals who came into the country illegally to the employers who give them jobs. our borders will not be secure as long as our limited resources are devoted to not only stopping gangs and potential terrorists, but also the hundreds of thousands who attempt to cross each year simply to find work. that s why businesses must be held accountable. if they break the law. by deliberately hiring and exploiting undocumented workers. he also claimed today that he understands the frustration of arizonans who support their state s new tough immigration
winds are at 45. we have seen them 20 to 30 this morning. another issue we are dealing with is the surge. let me show you where the water has gotten to. the water has actually covered, i would say, about 90% of the beach so far this morning. and high tide is set at 8:44 local time, so after that the water should be going back. now, here s the thing. people have boarded up and left the area because hurricane dolly that hit two years ago left them without power for weeks. that s what makes it so miserable in the heat. interestingly enough, chuck and savannah, the mayor of brownsville over the bridge here just said he would wait for his city s emergency declaration because they are so cash-strapped, even though president obama issued an emergency declaration so fema and state and local feel could get things moving. stephanie abrams already in it in south padre island, texas. thank you. hurricane alex s high winds and rough seas are a major cause for concern for the cleanup oil effort,
at night. although the pence could come and go as he pleased. it is difficult to go about just the general states of organizing the archdiocese. at first, they can t pay anyone and don t know what s coming up because they don t have the schedule. but i think tony is being detained without food and drunk and he likeden that. from the officials, the church officials i have been speaking to, that was not the case. they certainly were not allowed to leave the premise sis while the investigation was going on. thank you so much. for the first time, oil from the gulf spill has reached the shores of mississippi. we are telling you the latest on the beaches coming up.
to protecting human health, wildlife and the environment from another oil disaster. the oil industry as a whole has taken a major hit because of the possibility of new regulations in the wake of the gulf spill. joining us now to talk about what s going on with these off-shore rigs is lawyer scott siegel. his firm represents many drilling contractors in the gulf and jim who joins us also, senior vice president of hercules off shore incorporated. thank you both for coming. great to be here. scott, let s start with you. we have this legal maneuvering going on. a lower court judge on wednesday, i believe it was or tuesday, threw out that ban on the six month deepwater drilling ban. and now the obama administration has gone back to the next level so say we want it instituted again. what s going to happen? to put the lower court case back into perspective, it was a garden variety court case that was held. if i can boil it down to one sentence, it is hey, government, when you take a big
starting to boycott the state of arizona? feds say no. some democrats say yes, they are. we investigate with allan combs. stossel is here to tell us why gun control is bad. and sex-crazed poodle or innocent man? al gore is in kelly s court today. all starts top of the hour. see you then. jamie: the oil disaster in the gulf is putting another spill back into the spotlight. it happened in 1979 when some 140 million gallons spilled into a deep water well that had blown out. it happened off mexico s yucatan peninsula. but the gulf recovered surprisingly quickly and a sizeable shrimp industry did return to normal. it did take a couple of years, though. adam housely is streaming live from mexico. tell us where you are and what happened there and maybe what we can learn from it. reporter: jamie, we re at campeche, mexico, on the