welcome back to hannity. last night florida senator marco rubio delivered the official g.o.p. response to the state of the union address and laid out why the president s plan is destined for failure. the mainstream media did what they do best and attacked him for menial things and reached, oh, the loser is going to speak after our president, anything to get publicity he s the token slave boy chosen to look like a fool once again. and last but not least, thrill up his leg, chris mathews his offensive commentary. i thought it was tinker toys, primitive. something you d hear on a high school debating team.
last night florida senator bill nelson voiced what so many on the gulf coast are fearing right now. how concerned are you this may really be the first of many disruptions to the oil spill response and the cleanup? well the greatest nightmare with this storm approaching is that it take this is oil on the surface of the gulf and blows it over the barrier islands into the bays and estuaries. it s very difficult to clean up those pristine bays. that s one concern there. another concern is for, quite frankly, the safety of the people who are a port of the response now. you have tens of thousands of people who are helping clean up. who are literally out in the gulf now helping siphon up a lot of the oil. if the storm comes this way, you would have to get all of those
category one hurricane. that could happen as we get into the mid or later half of next week. we ll have more on this storm, where it s headed. how it may affect the oil spill. it s all coming up in mere moments. reynolds, we appreciate it. you re right. we busted me on the shirt. it s 7:30 in the morning. it is hot and humid already in new orleans. you just heard a helicopter fly by me on the river. we ll follow the storm and recovery efforts. we ll talk to people still being affected and expect to be affected for quite some time on the oil disaster. thanks, t.j. another big story many americans are waiting for a whole lot of americans will be sitting in front of their tvs at 2:00 this afternoon. why? all of them claiming to be soccer fans. the u.s. has a score to settle with ghana. we ll take you live there next.
she was in california last night for a fund-raiser at california state university. she reportedly set a record for raising money for the school. palin received a standing ovation as she entered the room, but a new poll shows that her popularity could be slipping. let s get into all of this with deputy political director paul ste steinhauser. sarah palin is busy breaking records? this woman keeps an extremely busy schedule, kate. today she s in texas picking out a conservative. tomorrow she s in virginia. last night in california, interesting story. she spoke at cal-state. she broke a record for fund raising according to the school. there was controversy surrounding the event last night. partially because of her speaking fee for appearance.
ships. oil would go unabated. last night on ac 360 florida senator bill nelson voice what had many on the gulf coast are fearing about a storm. how concerned are you? well, the greatest nightmare with this storm approaching is that it take this is oil on the surface of the gulf and blows it over the barrier islands into the bays and the estuaries. and that is where you really get the enormous destruction. it s difficult to clean up the pristine bays. difficult to clean up. we ll talk about that a little more. we have a fisherman standing by with us this morning, telling us the story of how precious the estuaries are. he ll explain in his own words. a simple explanation maybe you