other. you don t have a central command literally or figuratively. we talked about general honorare on the show before. i m not an elected official. i can say no, i don t think he s up to the job. this is a guy the coast guard shuts down the skimmers, the state itself sits down there till they count life vests. vacuum cleaning. speaking of general honorare, he said we re stuck on stupid. the federal government and bp are stuck on stupid and there s still not a sense of urgency. and now hurricanes are churning away and they will be all summer long. there s very little break. julia, john, appreciate you being on. thank you. update on breaking news we ve been following. hurricane alex, making landfall short time ago. winds over 100 miles an hour. we ll have a live update, take a look at where the storm is headed next. also ahead, breaking story