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The ruptured wellhead remains off-limits. with that, here s a look at your tuesday forecast. downpours, hail, and gusty winds from tallahassee and pensacola into southern georgia and alabama. rain from the carolinas to new york and in the ohio and tennessee valleys. up to 2 feet of mountain snow from montana to colorado. mostly 50s from seattle to albuquerque. 40 in the twin cities. 52 in chicago. 53 in kansas city. upper 50s in the northeast. a cool 52 in dallas. a warm 82 in miami. now to the ballroom where it was a night of sheer perfection for jennifer grey, and even bristol palin came out with guns blazing. grey wowed the judges with her cha-cha and her waltz earning 30 points for each performance. kyle massey s tango put him in second place. brandy picked up a perfect score for her tango. her paso doble fell short. bristol palin, meanwhile, earned her best scores of the season. but that still left her at the bottom of the leaderboard. we find out tonight who gets voted ....
And do something very aggressive, the worst thing you can do right now is tread heavily on this marsh grass. so this is a test of patience. reporter: talk about patience, we all want it. the people living here may be out of it. well, we re not done yet. reporter: and they tell me they re going to be here as long as it takes, and employing people as long as it takes as well. but they don t nearly employ as much. those people that were employed to clean up the bp spill, they are not so employed now. the amount of commercial fishing area the gulf that was closed has shrunk dramatically, down to 16,000 square miles really out by the wellhead where they are cleaning off some of that equipment. all of the testing of fish for consumption has come back negative. the hope is that the fishing industry bounces back as well and so does the economy and we re hoping that the stalks of green grass take root as well ....
Suffering the gulf coast. can you believe it s been six months since that blast happened killing 11 workers? that blast led to the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. cnn s rob marciano went back to the reach ton see where things stand now. what do you think, rob? reporter: they have done a remarkable job. considering all of the things you ve said, kyra, and that there s almost 5 million barrels of oil that were spewed into the gulf of mexico during that three-month period. it s been three months now since the wellhead has been capped, so they have a handle on things and have pared things down a bit. they have under 300 boats on the roster but there is still oil out there affecting the shoreline and it needs to be cleaned up. that s you new admiral in charge. aerial tour, and we re getting on a boat. ....
After the first explosion where basically these reports are charging that government scientists wanted to put worst case scenarios out there for the public about how much oil might be pumping into the gulf and that it was blockeded eby the administration. and throughout it, the administration did not simply inform the public in this commission which you said was appointed by the president itself. is charging that led to the sense that the government at all levels just is not on top of it. take a listen to this in a report, quote, the federal government created the impression it was either not fully competent to handle the spill or not fully candid with the american people about the scope of the problem. it is possible that that the flow-rate figures may have hindered the subsea efforts to stop and contain the flow of the oil at the wellhead. as the commission completes the investigation, this crisis is clearly not over. ....
Optimistic. and that they held key information. and the report goes two weeks after the bp rig first exploded. they claim very government scientists telling the white house they wanted to put out worst case scenarios for the public and it was essentially blocked by the administration. the federal government created the impression it was either not fully competent to handle the spill or not fully candid with the american people about the scope of the problem. it is possible that inaccurate flow rate figures may have hindered the subsea efforts to stop and contain the flow of oil at the wellhead. the white house clearly thought this crisis was over. maybe it s not. it s clear at that president s own commission is digging pretty deep into the details here. and the white house may not like the findings, kiran. all right, ed henry for us this morning at the white house. thanks so much. well, u.p.s. is spreading some preholiday cheer. the company says it plans to hire 50,000 seasonal emp ....