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Have a chance of making it far in this competition, fredricka. there s no doubt about that. looking ahead, they re playing slovenia on friday. slovenia is a former republic of yugoslavia. they haven t been around for that long. they re the underdogs this time around. a tiny nation. only 2 million people. it s only their second world cup. so for a change, the u.s. will actually be the favorite that time around. that is very impressive in world cup soccer, isn t it? reporter: it is. it is. and, you know, i m from portugal which is a country where futball is king, so to speak. i lived in the states for many years, over nine years. i have seen the continued development of the sport in the states. i feel if this team has a great campaign here in south africa it can really take the game to another level. that s what i m hoping as well. speaking to bob bradley in the past, i had a chance to speak with him, some of the american players. they really feel this is one of ....
Click here to submit your plan. lit come to this situation room. already, some 400 ideas have been received. we showed sisson some of the ideas cnn has been getting. these men say they have a product that can pick up oil. not any oil left behind on the water or the sand. how it would be deployed, the amount of product that would be necessary, where it could be deployed that wouldn t damage the marsh grasses, et cetera, those are all questions and challenges to be answered. reporter: sisson now spends much of his time away from his connecticut headquarters and on scene in the gulf. i consider new orleans my home. the gulf is the most wonderful place in the world to me and i have never seen it like this. reporter: coast guard officials say there may not be a imagimagic solution to the oil , but they want to hear every idea ....
On day two whose a double s ought to be kicked. reporter: in his address to the country tuesday night the president is also expected to talk about restructuring the way the oil industry is regulated through the interior department. fredricka, back to you. more on the government-imposed deadline for bp. for that we go to new orleans now with chris lawrence who is there. chris, any word from bp as o whether they will, indeed, make that deadline? reporter: well, they ve said publicly that they will make the deadline. that they will get something out today, end of the day. we don t know if that means in the next couple hours, if that means late tonight, 11:00 or midnight. but they are expected to come back with some sort of a response. the big question is, what more can they do? i think what the government and what the coast guard is looking for, one, is more back-up plans. there s been a lot of criticism of bp, that they seem to be lurching from one last-ditch effort to another. and ....
Earful from folks who say that they are not getting enough information about the oil leak. the target of their anger, however, is bp. cnn s reynolds wolf is in hancock county just west of b l biloxi and gulf port. reporter: there s no question frustrations have continued to mount across much of the gulf coast. we had an opportunity to go to a community meeting in hancock county, mississippi. we got to hear people really vent their frustration. okay. bp. your report. i think everybody in here knows that another $25 million was granted to the state of mississippi. reporter: in hancock county, mississippi, a bit of good news from bp. but the thanks didn t last long at this emergency management meeting. i frankly appreciate the commitment everybody has here. i also am sensing a great deal of frustration. i guess there s a statement to bp? y all need to get somebody and ....
We showed sisson some of the ideas cnn has been getting. they say they have a product that can pick up oil. not any oil left behind on the water or the sand. how it would be deployed, the amount of product that would be necessary, where it could be deployed that wouldn t damage the marsh grasses, those are questions and challenges to be answered. reporter: he now spends much of his time on scene in the gulf away from his headquarters in connect cut. i consider new orleans my home. the gulf is the most wonderful place in the world to me. and i ve never seen it like this. reporter: coast guard officials say there may not be a magic solution, but they want to hear every idea the public has. barbara starr, cnn, new london, connecticut. one gulf coast town isn t waiting for bp or the federal government to protect them. they have united in apeffort to save their community. the mayor joins us live. ....