essential part of the energy future of the u.s. i should also mention that this hearing today, which, of course, is going to really bring out the what we call the hot seat on capitol hill, is a preview of what we are going to see on thursday which is when tony hayward, head of bp, ceo of bp, for the first time, testifies before congress. that s going to be a hearing to watch as well. brianna, thank you. i think we are going to go ahead let s listen in and see what they may be talking about as they are opening the hearing. 90% identical. like bp, three other companies include references to protecting walruses which have not called the gulf of mexico home for 3 million years. two other plants are such dead ringers for bp list a phone number for the same long dead expert. the american people deserve oil safety plans that are ironclad
turns out the hunt for osama bin laden might have gotten a little too personal for a 52-year-old american. pakistani police say gary faulkner was detained for allegedly trying to cross the board sbeer afghanistan to find bin laden. he was armed with a pistol, sword, night vision glasses and christian religious books. he told police he was looking for osama bin laden. since 9/11, there is a $50 million reward for his capture. on capitol hill, the senate armed services committee is holding a hearing on the progress in afghanistan. general david petraeus testifying this morning. these are live pictures. also appearing is undersecretary of defense, and petraeus talked
at the fix it ideas. five a day, every day, ways to scoop up the oil, thoughts on plugging the leak and ways to lend a helping hand. we re looking at all of them. stay tuned all week long for that. also happening, just moments ago, general petraeus falls ill during a hearing on capitol hill. details next.
just picked the candidate with the name they liked best. the state democratic party asked greene to step aside. he declined. there could be an official inquiry into the source of his filing fees, and there s even talk of lawsuits, but for now, this has embarrassed the state democratic party and given republican incumbent senator jim demint a virtual walk to election. i want to give you a quick update. when we saw general petraeus, he appeared obviously not well in the middle of that senate armed services committee hearing. we re hearing that general petraeus appears to be doing very well and they will decide whether to continue with the hearing. they were talking about the progress in afghanistan. again, it was a senate armed services committee hearing. we will keep you posted. scary, scary moment for a few minutes there on capitol hill this morning.
we re helping kids make more balanced choices every day. welcome back. there are some new, interesting questions being asked about john mccain s recent comments. at a senate armed services committee hearing yesterday senator mccain said the u.s. had to get bold bert confronting iran s nuclear initiatives. here s what he said. this goes on and on, the threats that we have, that we have made to the iranians and so far no action. george schultz, my favorite secretary of state in all the world, once said his marine drill instructor told him never point a gun at somebody unless you re ready to pull the trigger. we keep pointing the gun. we haven t pulled a single trigger yet and it s about time that we did. and earlier, senator mccain also made headlines when he told newsweek magazine in a recent interview, quote, i never