about, the permanent solution, still has to come in a couple weeks. everything seems to be on schedule so one part of the disaster seems to be wrapping up. so many other implications for the people of the gulf, the wildlife in the gulf, the fishermen, the shrimpers, oystermen, all those folks still have things to deal with, but still, this is good news to have this out of the way. now, several questions and things to address about the static kill operation, which, again, we re told the briefing will start at any moment and we ll take you there when it happens much but also, significant in and some questions peppered their way because of the numbers we just got from the government today. a new report saying that about 75% three quarters of all that oil that spilled is now gone bye-bye in some way, form or fashion in one way or another. you see some of the numbers up there, the top number, 26%, the residual left over, as we re told. but the other numbers you see under there, kind of a
i don t think they understood the economic devastation this moratorium would cause. everybody here on the coast, including fishermen and shrimpers and oystermen, who are most affected by the oil, are unanimous that the moratorium needs to be lifted. we can put major safety measures in place, and immediately, and lift the moratorium. martha: senator, we hope that the static kill works, and, solves at least one of the problems and you have a lot of stuff to deal with. absolutely. martha: and let us know if you hear back from the white house on the memo. absolutely. martha: we ll stay on top of that story here, as well, thank you, sir. bill:. out of the moratorium, republicans and democrats say, we need the jobs, is the ban on blackberries in the persian gulf, the united arab emirates, saying they ll prohibit blackberry services starting in october. and, that is for citizens and foreign visitors, officials say they have security concerns
slidele, louisiana with more. good morning to you, chris. good morning to you guys, yeah. that debris that was found inside that relief well would probably delay the static kill inmrimenttation of that static kill procedure by a day, day and a half and the reason being that the coast guard and bp actually put caps on that, on those relief wells when thundersto tropical storm bonnie was coming through the gulf. the sediment or debris fell inside the well and that s not uncommon or that to happen, but led to a longer delay in implementing the static kill itself, guys. one of the questions coming up and getting a lot of people fired up this morning is that incoming ceo bob dudley now says it s time for a scaleback in the cleanup. perhaps not something you want to say right after taking the helm as the new ceo. and it doesn t come as, you know, good for the guys back here behind me. these guys are part of the vessels of opportunity program. these are fish aremen and oystermen who wou
i want to be able to show faith in him again. and in the government again. this its what the government is for. they re supposed to take care of us. and they re letting us down. not just the oil workers, the fishermen, the crabbers, the oystermen, the shrimpers, all of the people of south louisiana. and alabama and mississippi and florida and texas, 4 million people strong, crying out. what do we get? we get lies, we get commissions, we get meetings, we get hearings. well for god s sake, jesus did not hold a commission about the lepers he went out and helped them. that s what i m asking him to do. if he says he is a christian. stand up like a christian, come help us. cherri, i really appreciate you coming on. i know your e speaks to what a lot of people are feeling. i am fighting for survival. fighting for survival.
oil. we want to make sure it doesn t come to the beaches here so people can come and enjoy themselves. reporter: even the mobile press register has made their headline more of a question than a statement. they are asking is the spill stopped? so they are still having a little skepticism about that. i must tell you, just look at this, though, jon, i ve been coming to gulf shores alabama for 25, 30 years and the water is about as pretty as i ve ever seen it today. jon: and today is the middle of july. will they be able to salvage the tourist season? reporter: i don t think so, jon. here is the bottom line. if they don t make the money in june, july and august they are going to be in real trouble in november and december when there are no tourists coming to the beach. the critical thing here is, is bp really going to help them? are they really going to pony up significant amounts of cash that will keep these businesses down here alive? it s not just the oystermen and