troops? i m going to ask pakistan s ambassador to the u.s. about these disturbing allegations. and the case of the disappearing oil. why officials in the gulf say they are not finding much crude left on the water surface? wolf blitzer is off today. i m suzanne malveaux and you re in the situation room. well, some are calling it one of the biggest leaks in u.s. military history. in the league of the pentagon papers. those revelations about the vietnam war. but today the white house contends that there isn t much new in the thousands of afghan war logs posted online by the group wikileaks. some powerful members of congress, well, they re not so sure. they say the documents raised some serious questions about u.s. policy toward afghanistan and neighboring pakistan. i want to begin with our senior white house correspondent ed henry and what was startling and what was stood out in my mind when i saw the white house today was that they are not saying that the contents, the
wants to talk to the president, not to get another apology but talk it over to him, what their experience is like. has that happened yet? it has. we just learned from a senior administration official the president has talked to shirley sherrod. we don t know the content of the conversation. other than perhaps to reiterate the apology the agriculture secretary tom vilsack made. shirley sherrod didn t expect the president to apologize to her but did want to share her views with him. senior aides confirmed the president called her. meredith vieira on today discussed this with shirley sherrod. do you think you deserve a phone call from president obama? i think i do. i really would not want the president to apologize to me. i would love to have a conversation with him though. what would you say to him? i would like to talk to him a little bit about the experience of experiences of people like me, people at the grass root level. people who live out there in rural amer
just a day after the fed reserve chairman ben bernanki offered a not so positive assessment of happening in our economy and what is expected. good morning, everybody, i m bill hemmer, welcome to america s newsroom . good morning, martha. martha: good to see you as always, i m martha maccallum. as bill was saying, ben bernanke told congress yesterday the economy is, quote, uncertain and fragile. those are not exactly the words the market wants to hear. is uncertain and frag jill. he didn t really get nailed down on whether or not he believes we will fall back into a recession. a lot of double-dip talk. and what needs to be done. first the numbers today. tell us what, stewart? not good. 464,000 new faces on the unemployment line tells you the economy is not performing well, ice not creating the jobs required to put those people to work. and, as you said, we heard ben bernanki yesterday talk about an about unusual uncertainty future of the united states economy. there s an
trading punches on what has become the uglyist fight since the healthcare overhaul. it all starts right now. we are awaiting a briefing from white house press secretary robert gibbs, a briefing where we expect pointed questions on the white house role in the resignation of shirley sherrod. she quit less than 48 hours ago following what she called pressure and harassment from the white house. she attributed directly to the white house. that pressure came after a tape surfaced showing what appeared to be her making racist remarks. but the tape was taken out of context and we now have reports out of washington suggesting that sherrod will be offered her job back. team coverage on the breaking developments right here on america live. james rosen is in our studio and major garrett is at the white house. we want to play for you portions of sherrod s controversial speech that have surfaced this morning. this is not what you saw over the past day or so. these show sherrod talking a
government worried but the cap will stay on for another 24 hours. july 19th, 2010. i m chuck todd. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. we begin in the gulf where the good news is that well is still capped and holding. the bad news, toxic elements may still be leaking into the water. charles hadlock is live for us in venice, louisiana. charles, good morning. bring us up to date. reporter: good morning. the coast guard says it s detected a leak on the sea floor this after the wellhead itself is not leaking any oil since service capped on thursday. that s the good news. burr the coast guard and everyone else is concerned about what s causing that seeping from the sea floor. we don t know whether it s oil, natural gas or a hydrocarbon and could be an indication of a leak somewhere in the well structure allowing oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons to leak into the formation and bubble up to the surface. the danger in is, of course, it could erode the sea floor and cause th