it s dangerous work for the coast guard. take a listen. with so many people involved in in response operation, we have air assets, float assets, we have people staging in different areas, it s maintaining that safety. we ve been going on, this operation has been going on for days as you re well aware in very challenging conditions. one blessing is there s no sign of any fuel leak, which is the other major concern here, rick. and 250,000 gallons of fuel on board, shell s drilling in the arctic is suffering one mishap after another and nervous, that it could have another oil disaster on its hands. we want to make sure there are no spills. right now we re pretty confident there are none, but of course, weather is in charge here. reporter: and feeling the pressure and cranking it up, environmentalists and lawmakers are saying that alaska is too extreme to safely explore for oil right now.
they are sending in more to remote island of southern alaska but weather conditions are plaguing this recovery. what they describe as coastguard unified command. there is 14 support ships and dropping crews on to the platform. they have to get new power generated others board to replace those damaged by water during the storm. it happened on new year s eve. it s very dangerous work. we have so many people involved in this response operation. we have people staging in different areas. it s maintaining that safety. we ve been going on this operation for days and very challenging conditions. reporter: the deep concern is potential of any fuel leaking. no sign of that so far. there is 150,000 gallons of fuel
time spot? because the push to la see know voters. let me talk about bill clinton for a second. he is going to be in the house tomorrow putting barak obama s name into nomination. and there is a lot of nervousness among the republican party elite that the leaders as to how good he s going to be. they re a little bit concerned that bill clinton will definitely be an exclamation point in this convention, that he will make some points that may be very difficult to counter against with the rapid response operation that the republicans have. so they re nervous looking at bill clinton because they think that he is definitely going to be one of the big speeches of this convention. bill: he s always a big speaker wherever he goes. but for some reason, worried about him this year. bill: no doubt you know how everybody that s everything. the one person we have not mention who had is on the docket is michelle michelle obama. what is she expected to speak
sure he can t win? as the penn state tragedy unfolds, is stwitelevision let something defend themselves in brief interviews that don t say much? in retrospect, i you know, i shouldn t have showered with those kids, so that s it? yeah, that s what hits me the most. plus, we ll talk to the young pennsylvania newspaper reporter who broke the story. and nbc hires chelsea clinton as a correspondent while msnbc brings megan mccain on board. is a famous last name now more important than knowing anything about journalism? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. the coverage of the penn state tragedy now focusing squarely on the cover-up. how much have we really learned from these relatively brief encounters with tv reporters? take jerry sandusky, the former assistant football coach accused of raping several boys. nbc s bob costas says he was about to interview sandusky s lawyer, joseph amandola, when he got an unusual offer. no more than 10, 15 minutes b
turning now to the national disaster in the gulf. it is day 97 and there is word tonight, b p s embattled ceo tony hayward will soon be out of a job. a government official confirming to fox news today, bp is changing leadership come tomorrow, up until late last month though, hayward had been the very public face of the company throughout this oil disaster and he received plenty of criticism for handling of it, including his decision to attend a yacht race in england while oil continued to gush into the gulf. you ll remember hayward sparked outrage after making this comment during an interview along the gulf coast. and nobody wants this thing over more than i do. i d like my life back. he said i want my life back. welcome, he may soon get his wish. and reports say the man who will replace hayward as the head of b p s response operation, bob dudley may take his place, but there s been no