discussions as they re described with some of his top allies. let s discuss now more with cnn, senior political commentator, former special advisor to president obama, van jones. and cnn legal commentator and former for trump white house lawyer jim scholtz, van guys, good morning. let me start with you first van. what do you think biden needs to do first and foremost, in this debate? well, i mean, if you re joe biden, you ve got a hill to climb here the reality is he is behind in most polls. the momentum is not with him yet. and so i think you ve got to reassure the american people that he is the commander in chief, and that he has commanded the situation when it comes, especially to the economy that s where he is struggling the most. and so number one, the contrast is going to be very clear joe biden s going to have a lot of facts and expect donald trump to have a lot of insults. so you already know that s already kinda baked in the entertainment factor is going to be on t
57 million cubic feet of natural gas flared off. since operations began, more than 630,000 barrels of oil have been recovered. phil keating, reporting live in grand isle, louisiana for us. a lot of hopes are hinging on this gigantic skimmer, huh rick? reporter: yeah, unfortunately, the hopes are being hampered for the third consecutive day because out there behind me in the gulf of mexico, there s a low pressure system right around the site, just south of it, of the deep water horizon site, and it s causing a lot of wind, big waves, and that is proving to be a major problem for getting some sort of performance evaluation of the a whale. simply put, the ship has a series of slots around the valve, and the ship uses the valves to then make the slots exactly water level. however, the waves are churning up and down in large volume here, and so they re sloshing around, and of course, the flatter