we will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done. that boot was firmly planted in the spill zone today as the secretary of the interior and secretary of homeland security led a congressional delegation on a tour of the region. bp in my mind no longer stands for british petroleum, it stands for beyond patience. patience and emotions stretched the thinnest for those who see not only their livelihoo livelihoods, but lives being swallowed by the oil. we can t feel a sense of relegal until it s at least capped. reporter: most for weeks have been forced to sit and wait. they ve grown tired of watching other vessels and helicopters travel to the site. flying over, looking at it. don t look at it. just go get it. reporter: frustration, just like the oil that s starting to spill oifr. i think a lot of it could have been cleaned up already. which it hadn t been, you know. it s just throat floeting around there. . reporter: in limbo, like these tiny fishing
friday, may 21st, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. lot of nervous eyes going to be watching wall street today following thursday s big decline, the dow closing down 376 points. that s right. that s even more than the overall loss during that so-called flash crash earlier this month when the dow dropped nearly 1,000 points in about 30 minutes before recouping some of those losses. so what is the turmoil mean? could we be headed for another significant downturn? we ll talk about that with cnbc s jim cramer. also ahead, important news for women. a new study is revealing a potential break-through in the battle against ovarian cancer. scientists have found a way to catch the deadly disease earlier than ever before. dr. nancy snyderman will be here with details. also, we ve got some amazing video to show you, a man s touching reunion with a long, lost friend.
and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. lot of nervous eyes going to be watching wall street today following thursday s big decline, the dow closing down 376 points. that s right. that s even more than the overall loss during that so-called flash crash earlier this month when the dow dropped nearly 1,000 points in about 30 minutes before recouping some of those losses. so what is the turmoil mean? could we be headed for another significant downturn? we ll talk about that with cnbc s jim cramer. also ahead, important news for women. a new study is revealing a potential break-through in the battle against ovarian cancer. scientists have found a way to catch the deadly disease earlier than ever before. dr. nancy snyderman will be here with details. also, we ve got some amazing video to show you, a man s touching reunion with a long, lost friend. this is a gorilla that he raised, then released into the wile five years
beating a school mate into unconscious. she s still recovering from the savage attack. an emergency room doctor said every bone in her face was broken. police say 15-year-old wayne treacy killed her in the face reportedly over a text message about his brother s suicide. they are disturbing. snap her neck then stomp her skull. fastest way i could think of. his last message that day, i just tried to kill someone. i m go prison. treacy has been charged with attempted first degree murder. investigators have not been able to find a message from ratley about treacy s brother. up next, president obama s karl rove and what he s doing behind the scenes ahead of tuesday s primaries. to chart a greener path in the air. and in our factories.
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