and then there are the families who have not been contacted. who spend every day by the phone, and tonight will know the wait will go on. it is exhausting, it is hell. in the past seven weeks all the it is exhausting, it is hell. in the past seven weeks all the families have been in the nightmare. all israelis, actually. we have been doing everything we can to bring our loved ones back, talking to the press, like i am doing right now. meeting through government officials, meeting with the israeli government. joining me in the studio tonight isjustin crump, a former british army officer and ceo and founder of sibylline an intelligence consultancy, and also guto harri, a former director of communications at downing street. welcome to the programme. guto, i shudder to think what the families are going through, seven weeks of war, and some of them will know their loved ones are not coming out tomorrow? it their loved ones are not coming out tomorrow? , their loved ones are not
he had a toast wait a second. who said, is that joe listening? harold. i was just making sure i saw that right. i don t know who talked more. and then when bill clinton came in the room it was like rapid fire. i got a headache. so, thank you to fred camp. that was a lovely evening. we, of course, had issues with chris and we weren t able to talk about this yesterday. chris, of course, in our thoughts and prayers. we love you. he s probably watching from his hospital room screaming, blood pressure going up. take the medication. we ll get to news finally, chris. we ll start with that oil spill. charlie crist coming up right after news. that massive oil slick from the gulf of mexico is starting to wash ashore in louisiana this morning. triggering fears of an environmental disaster. yesterday louisiana s governor declared a state of emergency