With the long-term economic effects? i hope we re going to learn something from this experience, both british petroleum, as well as transocean, and on the well to make sure we put in additional safeguards. it s been disappointing we ve not been able to cap the source so that we could stop the flow coming from the bottom of the gulf. and hopefully we ve learned from those experiences. woe know that that goes by unmanned submarines, but we re going to have to do better if we re going to continue to drill to make sure that we do not have future spills. all right. gulfport, mississippi, mayor george schloegel, best of luck, sir. thanks for joining us. thank you. authorities in arizona have arrested 17 suspected illegal immigrants while searching for a group of smugglers who shot and wounded a sheriff s deputy. the penal county sheriff s office says three of those in custody match descriptions given by the deputy. officials are questioning those suspects this morning. officials say
gives us areas where the various sea foods habitate. and we hope that can be protected. i ll bet, because mr. mayor, you mentioned the sea foods, and we want to talk about the fishing industry there and how it has been hurt by this and what the potential is for literal disaster for those that live in your area and count on the waters for their livelihood. the picture is it will impact the nesting area, seafood and also the bird life and so forth hatching their young. and that needs to be protected at all costs. all right. from buffalo port, mississippi, the mayor there, george schloegel. thank you very much. we ll keep an eye on things there with you. best of luck. thank you. still to come this hour, investigators are combing through that car found packed with explosive materials in times square. what kind of evidence are they turning up? [ female announcer ] food myth number 22.
Bring oil ashore. we have folks signing up on our website so we can get a quick alert to have hundreds of volunteers ready to hit the beaches as it get taos close. and mayor schloegel, you mentioned these usually fishermen, those who work in the seafood industry, as being able to volunteer. that s because they can t do their jobs right now. right? they re looking for something to do in an effort to try and make this situation better for themselves and their economic livelihood. that s exactly right. and the bad weather conditions of course make it impossible to be out at sea bringing any harvest in anyway. but they are prepared to assist with the coast guard in a volunteer effort. they re used to working out at sea. they re used to the weather and working on the boat. so they re the very best volunteers that we could have that would strike onto the surface immediately to try to contain the oil, and once contained to try to help pick it up. mayor schloegel, i know you have to focu
Get a firsthand look at the damage being caused by the massive oil spill that s gushing from a ruptured well. joining me now on the phone from one of the gulf coast states is is george schloegel, the mayor of gulfport, mississippi. mr. mayor, good morning to you. the big fear is how far this oil might spread. what does it look like in your area, sir? well, the weather conditions that we have at this present time could actually cause the spill to go further. we re hoping for a break in the weather. the bad weather is going up the central part of all the united states, and hopefully it will calm down a little bit so we can get back in to collecting the oil. yep. how confident are you, sir, that you are fully prepared to deal with this cleanup? i mean, do you need help from anywhere? we re getting an awful lot of help from the federal government and the coast guard in particular on the scene. we re also having a number of volunteers that are in the seafood industry and volunteers th
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