government ready if the storm moves toward the oil slick? this morning, admiral thad allen, the national incident coordinator said there is no, quote, playbook. later he had this to say. we have a very robust con contingency plan. so, is there a plan or not? that s the question. ahead, my interview with florida senator bill nelson, who is demanding an answer. his state could get hit by this weather system. first, tom foreman joins us. what is the latest on where this might be headed? randi, like you said, we re not really sure what the plan may be. this is what disaster workers are most afraid of this evening as the storm gathers strength down here by honduras. of all these possible paths that it could take, if it follows this one, the red one here, or possibly the blue one here, up and over the broken oil well, that could make this spill considerably worse, much more catastrophic. first incident command officials say the mere presence of such a storm could force an imm
government ready if the storm moves toward the oil slick? this morning, admiral thad allen, the national incident coordinator said there is no, quote, playbook. later he had this to say. we have a very robust con continuingency plan. so, is there a plan or not? that s the question. ahead, my interview with florida senator bill nelson, who is demanding an answer. his state could get hit by this weather system. first, tom foreman joins us. what is the latest on where this might be headed? randi, like you said, we re not really sure what the plan may be. this is what disaster workers are most afraid of this evening as the storm gathers strength down here by honduras. of all these possible paths that it could take, if it follows this one, the red one here, or possibly the blue one here, up and over the broken oil well, that could make this spill considerably worse, much more catastrophic. first incident command officials say the mere presence of such a storm could force an
help in the cleanup. the program is intended for people like carl, fishermen with boats who have lost their livelihood. after carl applied, he heard nothing. you called up, said what s going on? what did they tell you? they told us we needed to bring they didn t know where our paperwork was. that we wasn t in the system. that weeks went by and you weren t even in the system? no. same thing happened to thomas barrios. we called to check where we were in the system and so far it seems like no one knew who we were. he fishes to supply the restaurant that he and his wife own. this is what the restaurant looked like at lunch hour, little seafood and no customers. i m so sad that we re about to lose everything. many say they ve had the same bad experience with this bp program. at this open house, people came to ask bp what s going on. last night he asked them at the meeting and they say he said are we going to get a call? and they said not necessarily.
not a dollar. last year, carl and his wife, mary, earned $120,000, mainly from selling his catch at this now empty roadside stand. now with the ban on fishing, nothing. he applied for bp s so-called vessel of opportunity program. they pay for boats and crews to help in the cleanup. it is intended for people like carl, fishermen with boats who have lost their livelihood. after carl applied, he heard nothing. you called up, said what s going on? what did they tell you? they told us we needed to bring they didn t know where our paperwork was. that we weren t in the system. you weren t in the system? no. weeks want by and you weren t in the system? no. same thing happened to thomas barrios. we called. so far it seemed like no one knew who we were. he fishes to supply the restaurant that they own. this is what the restaurant looked like at lunch hour, little seafood and no customers. i m so sad that we re about
president s confidence. moments ago, a pentagon source with the ongoing contact with the general telling us he simply does not see how general mccrystal can survive this and that he will, repeat, will repeat resign tomorrow. here is what the president said late this afternoon. i think it s clear that the article in which he and his team appeared showed a poor showed poor judgment. but i also want to make sure that i talk to him directly before i make any final decision. we re going to talk in a moment with the rolling stone reporter who wrote the article, michael hastings. first, details from the piece. an aide in the article brings up vice president joe biden. the aide replies biden? did you say bite me? later, jim jones is called a clown. all of this coming at a turning point in the war with president obama sending more troops, general mccrystal overseeing a strategy with casualties mounting and no clear end in sight. we ll talk about the president s dilemma shortly