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Leading off tonight - it's Day 49.
The good news is that BP now says it "soon" hopes to be able to siphon off
20,000 barrels of oil a day. The bad news is that the actual amount of oil
leaking out may be well above the government and BP's estimates. The Obama
Administration announced today that BP will be paying billions in penalties,
and also claims by those who have been put out of work by the disaster.
Jefferson Parish President Steve Theriot and Executive Director of the Santa
Rosa Island Authority Buck Lee will give us a report from the ground.
Plus, forget whether this could be Obama's Katrina. This is Dick Cheney's
Katrina. After years of lax regulations and cozy relationships with government
inspectors, the recipe for disaster can be traced all the way back to the Bush
years. Mark Halperin of Time Magazine, and Richard Wolffe will have the latest
on what this means for the White House and the nation.
It's primary palooza tomorrow. Eleven states will go to the polls, including
hotly contested races in Nevada, Arkansas, South Carolina and California. The
results could also determine just how much the Tea Party helps or hurts the
GOP. In California, Republicans will choose a candidate to go up against
Barbara Boxer, and Jerry Brown is running for re-election as Governor. In
Arkansas, two Democrats face each other in a Senate run-off. A sex scandal has
become the big story surrounding the leading Republican gubernatorial candidate
in South Carolina. Amy Walter, Editor-in-Chief of The Hotline, and Peter
Beinart, The Daily Beast contributor and author of "The Icarus Syndrome: A
History of American Hubris", will give us a preview of which elections to
watch. We'll also be talking to former Nevada GOP State Chair and Senatorial
candidate Sue Lowden about the Nevada Primary, and find out how she'd beat
Harry Reid.
Plus, would Sir Elton John play at Rush Limbaugh's wedding, even for a million
bucks? Yes! Catch Sir Elton and El Rushbro in the Sideshow.
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