it involves human beings killing of human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. that s why we despise war. that s why we want this war against al qaeda to be over as soon as possible and not a moment longer. over time as al qaeda fades into history and as our partners grow stronger, i do hope that the united states would have to rely less on lethal force to keep our country safe. until that happens, as president obama said here five years ago, if another nation cannot, will not take action, we will. that announcement is not the only thing that happened that was unexpected and a big deal and on top of other things going on in politics and other news. this is one of those news days that is is an embarrassment of riches. there s a lot going on right now. for example, there s an oil spill today in louisiana. a 22-inch pipeline that carries oil to the nation s third largest refinery in baton rouge ruptured today. nearly 2,000 barrels of exxon
it involves human beings killing of human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. that s why we despise war. that s why we want this war against al qaeda to be over as soon as possible and not a moment longer. over time as al qaeda fades into history and as our partners grow stronger, i do hope that the united states would have to rely less on lethal force to keep our country safe. until that happens, as president obama said here five years ago, if another nation cannot, will not take action, we will. that announcement is not the only thing that happened that was unexpected and a big deal and on top of other things going on in politics and other news. this is one of those news days that is is an embarrassment of riches. there s a lot going on right now. for example, there s an oil spill today in louisiana. a 22-inch pipeline that carries oil to the nation s third largest refinery in baton rouge
the half hour right now. general david petraeuses taking command in afghanistan. he ll arrive later today, nine days after his predecessor general stanley mcchrystal was relieved of his duties. petraeus arrival in afghanistan is marked by rivals. nasa extending its shuttle countdown. the space agency making it official the last space shuttle flight is scheduled for february of next year. the flight was originally scheduled for november but pushed back because of technical difficulties. now that former hurricane alex has lost its punch and the waves are calming, crews in the gulf are hoping to get back to the oil spill today. the head of the epa will also be in louisiana for a town hall meeting and to oversee how bp is managing the cleanup. the mother of all skimmers, a converted super tanker named
bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning, i m doing fine, after the discussion the president is scheduled to make a statement about the spill. and we hear he s not happy about the magnitude of what is happening in the gulf. and bp s response to it. martha: molly henneberg is live at the white house with more on that. reporter: good morning, we ll be watching the president s tone when he makes remarks on the oil spill today, see how angry he is, see how much patience he ll have with bp and bp s efforts to staunch the oil from gushing out of the torn pipe in the gulf and now, he s expected to make an appearance in the rose garden this hour to honor this nation s top cops, and he ll be back in the rose garden a couple of hours later talking about the oil spill. today, bp is trying to thread a tube surrounded by a stopper into the pipe gushing the crude oil and the hope is to direct the oil to a tanker one mile up, as far as the investigation into how it happened, bp officials say that is not