representative from bp and the coast guard in our state doc and continuing the booming operation that s going along the pensacola beaches. in the event, and we anticipate it may be monday or tuesday, that florida starts seeing the effects of this oil spill. we re already hearing reports in clearwater the beaches are complaining of all that. what are you telling residents right now? what we re telling residents, we re actually hoping to ask for help. take some debris out of the way that will get involved with the oil and cause even further damage along the beaches. actually, if we clean up those areas we ll, in fact, make it easier for bp to come in and clean up those areas that are affected by the oil spill. david halsted with florida s emergency management group. i know it s a tough time. good luck in the days ahead. thank you, monica.
important thing i think that the united states is facing. so i ll stay in there and keep grinding. meanwhile specifically regarding natural gas vehicles and your push for natural gas usage. critics say we don t have refueling infrastructure. too expensive. we can t do it. hell, let s just don t do it, then. let s just get more foreign oil. that s silly talk. sure, we can build the infrastructure very quickly. we re not talking about the individual car you and i drive. we re talking about the eighteen-wheelers. all that, turn us loose, you watch what the trucking industry and america can do to solve a problem that has to be solved. let me ask you about jobs. gdp up, consumers spending. we know people need jobs. you had said this legislation would create 600,000 jobs. a drop in the bucket but certainly progress. how would it do that and can you still create those jobs? sure you can. you re going to have to have the trucks to do the job. you ve got to have the stations
this spill could devastate their sp industry. hopefully will oil will not come. we have our fingers crossed and hope to god it works to our advantage. the perfect storm together with the winds and surf changing and them not being able to contain the spread of the oil. today alabama, mississippi and florida are all bracing for what could come this weekend. joining me now, david halsted with florida s emergency management group. how is florida preparing? currently now we re going to have a briefing of emergency support functions, state agencies this afternoon. we will take the emergency operation center to level two at the direction of the governor. that is partial activation with department of environmental protection in the lead. what will that mean level two? what that will mean is that all of our agencies will continue heavy planning processes. we re going to get a
made of the oil that s coming out there in the gulf. all that will get cleaned up and we ll be back to normal. the world hasn t changed because of this blowout. let me ask you, since you ve been working with senator graham and other senators on this so-called climate bill. you re focused on natural grass, provisions there, you want tax credits for natural gas vehicles. that s been a big push for you. you heard senator graham he will filibuster if immigration moves this year. says you can t do both. how do you keep moving on them? i keep moving. i don t have any choice. am i going to quit and say i can t do it? no. we ve got to get this done. this is a huge security issue for america. you cannot continue to buy oil from people who are taking your money and putting it on the other side of the war. you re paying for both sides of a war. that is by and far the most
cat attacks could continue to follow. local cities across china are looking up ways to step up security at schools. back to you. that was adrien mong. we re keeping an eye. the oil has reached the shore. some believe the spill could be worse than the 1989 exxon valdez disaster. oil tycoon t. boone pickens or boone pickens as he calls himself now. he may have the answer that would settle our oil troubles once and for all. to my grandkid.