gusts, and the waves are 500 miles away and the waves are six and in some spots 12 feet high, and that is where we go from here, because that is where the problem is, suzanne. well, thank you, chad. texas is bracing for the storm s impact, but alex has made a bigger mess of the things in the oil disaster zone where highways have disrupted cleanup operations and fears that oil could be driven further inland. i want to go to allan chernoff in new orleans. what are you seeing on the ground? are folks prepared? worried? what is happening there? suzanne, really the big problem is out at sea, and it is because of exactly what chad was talking about, those high waves and also high winds. the third production vessel, so-called production vessel that was supposed to hook up to a flexible riser out in the sea near the oil spill cannot do so in these intense seas. it was supposed to hap today,
accident had happened, as if this accident happened on land. we could see a vote in the house possibly tonight, maybe tomorrow. we did also speak with transocean today, a representative there, telling us, suzanne, that they are trying to work out compensation packages with these families. that s good to hear. it was heart breaking and emotional and beautiful, her testimony. thank you, for bringing that to us. now to the unfolding story. an alleged russian spy ring. we are getting a provocative new glimpse of the woman emerging as the femme fatale of this saga. i want to go straight to deborah feyerick in new york. anna chapman one of the alleged spies did an interview not long before she was arrested. tell us what we know about her. what did we learn from that interview, deb? reporter: what is so interesting about this new interview is this accused spy, anna chapman, is 28 years old, a real estate entrepreneur. she comes across as very engaging, ambitious, coy, and at times flirt
originally wrote and concluded. reporter: kagan denied that. this was an incredibly difficult issue for everybody who was associated with it for obvious reasons. reporter: few democrats showed up for the second round of questioning. this democrat did come to make a point. girl power. if you are confirmed and i believe you re going to be, you will be only the fourth female justice in history and the supreme court will have three women serving concurrently for the first time ever. reporter: during one of the breaks today the senate judiciary chairman patrick leahy said point blank that elena kagan will be confirmed and i don t think you can find a republican on the panel behind me who would dispute that. the open question now is how big of a vote margin she ll get in the full senate and more immediately when this committee votes probably next month. suzanne? dana, just to understand, when do we think you said the full vote will happen in a couple weeks. that s not something
for deployment to afghanistan. prosecutors in france want to put manuel noriega in prison for ten years. the former dictator is on trial in paris for money laundering. in closing arguments today prosecutors painted noriega as a head of state who put his personal interests ahead of his official responsibilities. noriega says he is innocent. his attorney says a ten-year prison term would be like a death sentence forthe 76-year-old noriega. super model naomi campbell may be forced to testify at the war crimes trial of the former liberian president charles taylor. prosecutors say campbell received a so-called blood diamond from taylor back in 1997. they say her testimony will prove the former president used rough diamonds to enrich himself and fuel sierra leone s bloody civil war. campbell has said she doesn t want to be involved in the case. suzanne, she doesn t want to touch that one. we ll see what she has to
you are not old enough to remember this, suzanne, but i am. most of my adult life this would have been considered simply a figment of someone s imagination, because nothing would be considered stronger than the u.s. dollar. well, we will have to see what the viewers think of it. jack, joining me is a special guest and i don t know if you know who this is, but you have two malveauxs as opposed to one today. really? is this a relative? it is my twin sister, jack. well, get a close-up of her, so i can see, because i don t have any glasses on. oh, look at that. you have double trouble on your hands today. i hope you can handle it. so much beauty in a single-family. oh, my goodness. jack is a charmer. he has been so nice this week. he has been charming the heck out of us. so, we will see how it goes. it is working, jack. well, she is also a law professor at columbus law school specializing in civil rights and civil procedure, and suzette, we