have seen the latest video. the mostly clear blue waters in the gulf of mexico. yes, they heard the latest government report, all but roughly 25% of the oil spill flood the gulf is gone. that doesn t mean people like lewis are going to believe it. what do you think when you hear that? where is it? where did it go? reporter: life long commercial he now coordinates response teams and they are made up of fishermen that are also skeptical. who picked it up? we didn t. mine, you know. where it went. the long battle is close to coming to an end. and we are very, very pleased with that. reporter: latest white house message, the president right down to the press secretary many of the news day scenarios talked about and repeated a lot have not and will not come to fruition because of that. reporter: along with bp s newfound confidence the damaged
instead, telling cnn, they are just beginning phase one of their long-term restoration plan. our jim acosta is live in new orleans this morning. jim, it s good news, indeed, that bp may be pumping cement down to that wellbore today. reporter: it absolutely is, john. you ll have to forgive the folks down here in louisiana, they re not popping open the champagne just yet. even though the national incident commander, thad allen, has given bp the go-ahead to go ahead and put cement down into that well, you would think that would be greeted with optimism down here. but i have to tell you, for people down here in the gulf coast of louisiana. this has become a question of who to trust. government officials who say all of that oil is disappearing out on the gulf. or the local people down here who say it s still coming ashore. yes. the people of louisiana have seen the latest video. mostly clear blue waters in the gulf of mexico. and, yes, they ve heard the latest government report. all but r
be deadly in some cases. we re dealing with triple-digit temperatures in many parts of the country. 105-degree heat indexes and higher. nine people have died because of the heat wave across the south and midwest. and there are warnings in more than a dozen states in effect right now. admiral thad allen giving bp the green light for oil operations. bp says the heavy mud pumped into the well on tuesday is holding back the oil. and overnight, supporters of same-sex marriage celebrated a federal judge s decision to overturn california s ban on same-sex marriage known as proposition 8 put to the voters. the groups on both side of the debate now vow at that legal fight is not over. lawyers for the group, protect marriage, which supported prop 8, are promised to file an appeal, quote, before the ink is dry on the judge s ruling.
other reconnaissance of the gulf. the grid out in the gulf every day, all we re seeing right now is light sheening. so light, it s not recoverable on skimmers so it s good news. we don t want people to let their guards in. there s still a lot of oil. so we re not ready to pull back and say, hey, look, the danger s over. we re prepared with the aspects, our barges, our booms, and skimmers to protect the coast if oil does surface. in the meantime, what does it look like down there now, as compared to what it was at the height of this disaster? well, most of the heavy oil has been removed off the beaches. and efforts are still ongoing right now to continue to clean the perimeter of the marshes. but on a daily basis, we still see tar balls and tar patties wash ashore. i spent the day on grand isle, and there was a significant amount of tar balls that washed up on shore.
well despite all the proof disputing their theory there s a new cnn poll finding that a lot of americans still believe that president obama is not a natural-born u.s. citizen. brian todd is taking a look at the numbers and laying out the facts this morning. reporter: there s no credible dispute. officials in hawaii released a copy of president obama s birth certificate. it was authenticated by the state s republican governor. a honolulu hospital posted newspaper announcements of his birth. cnn and other news outletters have thoroughly debunked the rumors. and the white house has squarely addressed those who doubt that mr. obama was born in the u.s. i have news for them and all of us, the president was born in honolulu, hawaii. reporter: but despite the overwhelming evidence, a quarter of americans remain skeptical. a new cnn research corporation poll shows 11% says president obama was definitely not born in the u.s. another 16% saying he probably