checking our top stories now, crews are turning to chemicals in their latest bid to disperse the huge oil spill along the gulf coast. the chemicals are supposed to attach themselves to the oil, cause the oil to sink to the bottom of the gulf. president obama actually plans to visit the gulf tomorrow. some popular children s drugs are being pulled off store shelves because they may not meet quality standards. the voluntary recall involves dozens of counter over-the-counter medication including tylenol, motrin and benadryl. consumer reports says the recall is just a precaution. president barack obama is urging americans to turn away from overheated political rants. he spoke to 80,000 people today during commencement ceremonies at the university of michigan.
the multiple lines of defense are to put variable protections against waves and tidal flows. they will operate with fresh water diversions. we ll meet later today about these contingency plans about 6:00 p.m. to go over these plans with them and make sure we continue to work together. let me emphasize the importance of tapping into the local knowledge and expertise. for example, plaque minute parish, they re saying let s look at the land areas, let s look at the most vulnerable areas and keep that oil out of our most vulnerable marsh areas, will be the most difficult to clean up. that s exactly the kind of detailed plan that we need in place for each parrish. we re calling on bp and the coast guard to approve the plans as they re submitted. president obama is coming to the gulf tomorrow. i talked to his chief of staff yesterday. reiterated we haven t seen the plans and my concern that this incident may be overwhelming the capabilities of bp to respond to
this thing is just dpushing. it is gushing gallons of oil by the day. 42,000 gallons of oil a day. equivalent to 5,000 barrels of oil being pumped into the water there. now we re hearing 90 days before they think they can get it plugged up. can you believe, can you imagine what that is doing down there to those waters? it s so bad our homeland security chief is traveling down to the gulf tomorrow. what she can do about this we don t know. louisiana s governor has declared a state of emergency. they re very concerned about the fish and wildlife and perhaps what is going to happen on the beach fronts if this stuff actually makes its way to shore. we ll have a live report from the scene at the top of the hour. well, it is a discovery or at least, a claim of biblical proportions. a group of explorers say they have found noah s ark, and they mean the actual noah s ark, the real one,
swear i, elena kagan, do solemnly swear kagan s legal career in the clinton white house and harvard law school, but she s never been a judge before which sets her apart from most supreme court appointees. she won a confirmation by a vote of 63-37. she replaces john paul stephens. news about the gulf now, bp will get back to drilling the relief well in the gulf tomorrow. now that the static kill has finally plugged that massive oil leak. the relief well has taken months, but it s supposed to seal the leak permanently. bp is downplaying another controversy over its future plans for the site. doug suttles talked about the idea of new drilling there, but the company issued a clarification saying it s focused on killing the well and recovery, not on future drilling. next here on cnn, the journey home for our wounded service men and women fighting in afghanistan.