express, 2 billion boost for the economy over easter. surely the weather is helping with that. we do tend to net weather is helping with that. we do tend to get these weather is helping with that. we do tend to get these spending - weather is helping with that. we do tend to get these spending spree . tend to get these spending spree stories tend to get these spending spree stories. the flip side of this is we have a stories. the flip side of this is we have a spending squeeze coming. i think have a spending squeeze coming. i think there have a spending squeeze coming. i think there is no evidence that people think there is no evidence that people are standing on the celebrations with family, so i can see for celebrations with family, so i can see for once, some weight to this, because see for once, some weight to this, because we ve been deprived of gatherings because of the pandemic. i can understand this idea that people i can understand this idea that people are goi
let me finish tonight with this, i have hoped and still do that the republican party will find itself back to its traditional place on the american political spectrum. i would like to know that the people of this great country get to face a reasonable choice when it comes to who they wish to rule, especially whom they wish to see in the presidency. i think of ted cruz and rand paul and wonder how bad things have to get this country for a majority of us to choose either of those guys. and right now it s entirely possible that the republican party will find itself unable to find candidate who is can beat them. i had and still hold hopes for governor christie. i believe he showed rare leadership in the way he s teamed with president obama in facing the need for action after hurricane sandy. the one popular picture in the 2012 election was the picture of these two politicians walking the hard hit beaches of new
people of this great country get to face a reasonable choice when it comes to who they wish to rule, especially whom they wish to see in the presidency. i think of ted cruz and rand paul and wonder how bad things have to get this this country for a majority of us to choose either of those guys. and right now it s entirely possible that the republican party will find itself unable to find candidate who is can beat them. i had and still hold hopes for governor christie. i believe he showed rare leadership in the way he s teamed with president obama in facing the need for action after hurricane sandy. the one popular picture in the 2012 election was the picture of these two politicians walking the hard hit beaches of new jersey. here s hopes that our political leaders can work together like these two did. and this is the message of my new book, kip and the gipper.
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