alabama. the coast guard just told us they are burning part of the oil slick. it s too far off coast for us to see. the result of the control burn won t be made available until tomorrow. experts predict if crews corral enough of the oil it could be 50 to 95% effective. plus officials say they can burn the oil without disrupting gulf production. nearly 2 billion barrels of oil are pumped from the gulf each day making up 30% of all domestic oil productiproduction. back to you. bret: kris gutierrez, live in louisiana. thanks. we look at how some people in california are trying to change minds in arizona. could the economic turmoil in greece be spreading all the way to the u.s.?
80 to 90% of germans oppose a bail-out. the reason is the germans are traditionally frugal, hardworking and that is not exactly thegerman perception of the greece. i ll give an example. retirement age in germany is 67. greece it s ostensibly 65, 60 if you are a woman. however, if you work in any of the hardship jobjobs, then there is a ten-year earlier rer t retirement. it s not just the coal mining. it includes radio announcers, musician and hair dressers. it chose the wrong profession. if i had been a greek hair dresser i would be in the island drinking uzo so i understand why germans are reluctant. bret: we re glad you re not a greek hair dresser, charles. took a wrong turn early in life. bret: want to point that out. a.b. can you follow that? [ laughter ] i m going to leave charles alone. he is the man of many
campaign event for him, he has to be they have to be all in. bret: quickly, the third race, want want to put up polls for arlen spector against joe sestak in pennsylvania. there you see it. the latest. close. arlen spector a year ago became democrat from republican. down the line, how it s lining up? steve? spector has the white house backing and the strong white house backing as his pledge to become a democrat and caucus with the democrats. the white house packing gets him over the line as the bush white house backing got him over the line against toomey years ago. i m surprised to see it tight again. no that it s tightening again it s interesting. a tight race against toomey. arlen specter, no matter what
problem, his family bank taken over by t this week and it created a stir and today the president endorsed it. when a guy s whose bank failed, campaign on financial reform, we reached a new level of ire ronnie in the country irony in the country. bret: a.b.? the white house completely ignored him. they have not done anything to help him all along. i was surprised to see the president would be seen with him. giannoulias running ads he can because of the failure of the bank relate to the common man on the streets of america who have been kick around by the big banks. he is making lemlemonade out of lemons and the white house was forced to show their hand on the race and do something to help him out. bret: is the president going to do more for the race, steve? now that he is in, he has to. a question whether giannoulias would be the candidate in several weeks or several months. now that the president publicly backed him and done
of your permanent resident status at all times. british prime minister gordon brown is the latest politician to forget that every microphone should be treated as if it were on. brown spoke with a 65-year-old grandmother about issues ranging from immigration to taxes in a campaign event in northern england today. afterwards, the labor party leader got in his car, called the conversation a disaster. and even went a bit further. bret: a bigoted woman. brown later called the woman to apologize and went to her home to take lumps in person. venezuelan president hugo chavez who often speaks for hours on state television is now limited to just 140 characters. a state official says chavez joined twitter in an effort to wage the battle online. his first tweet this morning