coast of louisiana, the situation involving the oil rig disaster seems to be getting worse. officials from b.p. said the well is currently leaking up to 42,000 gallons of oil into the ocean each day. so far submarines have been unable to engage the blowout valve to immediately shut off the flow. which isn t good. they are hopeful the leak can be sealed within the next day or two, but if they fail it could be really months before the oil is shut off. the coast guard says the slick caused by the leak is covering more than 1, 800 square miles roughly the size of the state of delaware. the spill is expected to stay offshore at least the next three days. if it reaches land the oil could cause a serious environmental disaster. coming up, the georgia state legislature seems to have been inspired by what s going on in arizona. now they want to see the president s birth certificate. the lead sponsor of that bill is
r. athena jones live at the white house. how do the obamas plan to spend the next few days? the helicopter just flew up and they re headed to andrews air force base to nashville. the president spent some time in 2008, he went there for what the press at the time, called debate camp. he prepared for his second debate against john mccain, but said he really enjoyed it and wanted to go back. so now, he and his wife are headed down for a relaxing weekend. robert gibbs said that, knock on wood, it will be a real vacation. we don t expect the president to do much work on the supreme court nominations, but we do expect him to get updates on the oil rig disaster in the gulf of mexico. on sunday, he goes to west virginia to deliver the eulogy
to check out the draft. my draft is a freak! my dad is a draft freak! he gets the spreadsheets out with the colored pencils. martha: i love it. and you are the same way! but you know every single one of their names. bill: not like him. martha: when you grow up, maybe you ll be just like him. bill: i would only hope! martha: all right, new today on this oil rig disaster is this, folks. we are now learning how more than a hundred workers did make it out of there alive, and there is not good news today on the 11 that they still can t find, but we can tell you this, kris gutierrez has found out more about the lifeline that is the custom - that has been custom-made for these disears and these are remarkable vehicles, kris. reporter: they really are, martha. to put it in perspective, what we have here is a model
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regarding that explosion on the gulf of mexico near louisiana. this is some of the video as we mentioned 11 people are still missing but senator mary landrieu just released a statement calling for an investigation regarding the oil rig disaster, the deadliest in recent memory in this country. they re still looking for 11 people, one person s family has already filed a lawsuit citing negligence on behalf of the owners of the rig, itself. 11 people still missing and now senator mary landrieu has called for an investigation today of the oil rig disaster. we want to get more reaction now to president obama s big speech here in new york a few hours ago where he pushed for sweeping financial regulatory reform. joining me now from capitol hill, congressman darryll issa from california. thank you for joining us. we love to have you on. what are your thoughts on what you heard from the president today? the president is doing two things, pushing hard for what he