of gallons saddled in the sand, in rough turf it can break up and foul the beaches again. so far, the attempt to dream them out have been unanswered. we had tar mac that are four to six inchs thick. we don t want a perception issue like in early spring when everyone thought we had oily beaches, oil critters everywhere and dead carcasss. in reality, we hadn t been touched. reporter: mayor cannon walks a difficult line between promoting the pristine beaches and outlining persistent problems that might give tourists second thoughts about coming back. elsewhere, in the gulf, there is still plenty of oil on shore and plenty of local officials too happy to show you where it is. take a look at that part of the story tomorrow as well as the lingering effects of the b.p. oil spill in the seafood industry and whether or not all the disburse sents that were sprayed on the surface or released on the ocean floor
so-called tar mats. in rough surf the tar mats can break up and foul beaches again. we don t want a perception issue like we had in early spring when everyone thought we had oily beaches, oiled critters everywhere and dead carcasses. when in reality we hadn t been touched. reporter: the mayor walk as thin line with enthusiastically promoting his beaches and outlining problems that might give tourist as second thought coming back. there is a real question, jenna, how much is enough when it comes to compensation. certainly some people may have gotten their their share. others think they need a little bit more. there are a lot of legitimate claims and some suspect as well. look what we found today. there are series of meetings along the gulf coast today and tomorrow. a local law firm is encouraging sport fishermen who weren t able to go fishing last year to come forward because they may be owed money by bp. jenna: i m not a fisherman or woman. jon scott, do you fish? jon: i do a littl
of gallons saddled in the sand, in rough turf it can break up and foul the beaches again. so far, the attempt to dream them out have been unanswered. we had tar mac that are four to six inchs thick. we don t want a perception issue like in early spring when everyone thought we had oily beaches, oil critters everywhere and dead carcasss. in reality, we hadn t been touched. reporter: mayor cannon walks a difficult line between promoting the pristine beaches and outlining persistent problems that might give tourists second thoughts about coming back. elsewhere, in the gulf, there is still plenty of oil on shore and plenty of local officials too happy to show you where it is. take a look at that part of the story tomorrow as well as the lingering effects of the b.p. oil spill in the seafood industry and whether or not all the disburse sents that were sprayed on the surface or released on the ocean floor
a big focus has also been on electrics. what you see behind me here ford showing off one of their electric vehicles and it was actually general motors that took the car of the year award this morning with their gm chevy volt. so gm getting car of the year, ford getting truck of the year. we had a chance to sit down with the head of gm s north american division to talk to him about everything from gas prices and competition around the world to the perception issue that gm still faces because of the bailout. take a listen to that. during the bankruptcy and the bailout some people called gm government motors. has that perception problem gone away or are you still fighting that in terms of sales? i m a realist. you know, i know it s still there. i don t have any data. we don t go out and survey that. we really, frankly, are concentrating on, again, the cars. ali, just to give you a sense over all here at the auto show, it is much more optimistic than last year. last year at this time
them creeping higher and what that means for the industry and for drivers. take a listen. i m not in the gas price forecasting business, but i believe, you know, those forecasts are something to be taken very seriously. but at the enof the day when there s a lot of instability around job security and what people think and feel, are good things that are happening and it s still in a volatile period. i think that the replacement of vehicle vehicles on lower operating costs is very, very responsibility to people. you can replace things and stay with auto car that s older and doesn t have that fuel efficiency. it becomes a personal financial decision as well as still a reflection of who you are. on the perception issue, during the bankruptcy and the bailout, some people called gm government motors. has that perception problem gone away or are you still fighting that in terms of sales? no. i m a realist.