following, two people die in shootings at a medical marijuana clinic, but the violence, it s giving folks in one state pause before voters decide whether they will make smoking pot levment they do plan to do that, and they call it the other gulf spill. 140 million gallons of oil, spewing into the gulf. it happened three decades ago. adam housely is live in mexico on what lessons should be learned. adam? reporter: jamie, that spill covered most of the mexican gulf coast, it also covered about 160 miles of texas beaches. what we found now, what we learned from back then, and how it relates to the bp spill. that s coming up live from campeche, mexico.
not good for the white house. let s bring in deputy political director mark murray. it was hard to find a good piece of news for the president here. this is an inflexion point for this president on a number of levels. brutal poll. we compared it to rocky after seven rounds where he s bloodied, bruised. even black eye. but not yet knocked down but certainly very wobbly and looking at the numbers first time in the poll, he has an upside down approval rating. 45% approve of the job. 48% disapprove. people aren t feeling good about the state of the country right now. 62%, that s the highest number in his presidency think that the country is on the wrong track and that s never good for a president. and also, our poll shows that the gulf spill has had its impact, 50% disapprove of the job that president obama has done dealing with that spill so when you add it all together, very, very tough numbers for the president. we ll dig in deeper to the
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the president has compared the oil spill crisis to the gulf to the attacks of 9/11. well, our next guest says it s because the president needs a spill to be of a more deliberate attack instead of a tragic accident. john is the editor of commentary magazine and joining us this morning is dr. william cobb, author of the substance of hope, barack obama and the paradox of progress. good morning to both of you guys. good morning. let s start by setting it up. this is what the president of the united states told politico magazine a week ago. in the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and foreign policy was shaped profounded by 9/11, i think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come. all right, let s start with you. what do you think about the president drawing the parallel between the gulf spill and september 11th? i think it s extraordinarily bizarre. one is an attack. one is an accident.
you need to go to jail. reporter: she ended up being arrested describing herself as a fisher woman from the gulf coast. was your voice heard today? i hope to god it was. reporter: when he resumed his prepared testimony, it sounded familiar like a commercial. the gulf spill is a tragedy that never should have happened. and i m deeply sorry that it did. reporter: he had plenty of regrets. i regret, bp regrets. can t you just say, i m sorry? i am very, very sorry. reporter: on tv, ceo hayward had a gushing co-star, that sometimes got bigger billing. bp used a more dangerous well design to save $7 million. what do you think about that? reporter: but hayward wasn t exactly spilling his guts. i can t answer that question because i wasn t there. i was not part of that decision-making process. i was not involved in any of the i don t want to hear that. reporter: hayward danced around the committee s question like that brazilian baby who s