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Thousands of Jobs Added in May, Most Only Temp Positions Ending Soon; Van Der Sloot Being Transferred to Peruvian Custody; McDonald's Recalling Toxic Shrek Glassware

Aired June 04, 2010 - 10:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: A look at our top stories right now.

431,000 jobs were added last month in this country but almost all of those were government census jobs and those temporary jobs mostly end next month.

Joran Van Der Sloot is on his way to Peru after being captured in Chile. He is a suspect in the killing of a Peruvian woman this week. He was previously a suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba. He was never charged and Holloway was never found.

McDonald's is recalling 12 million Shrek drinking glasses. Federal regulators say paint on the glasses contain a toxic metal that can cause bone and kidney problems. McDonald's is urging people to stop using the glasses and actually get refunds.

But first, it is day 46 of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Late last night, crews were able to place a new containment cap over the ruptured well, but BP says it could take two days before we know whether it is successful in slowing the flow of oil. Even if it does work, it will not contain all of the gushing oil.

Later this morning, President Obama leaves the White House en route to the gulf coast. This will be his third trip to Louisiana since the oil rig explosion at the end of April.

BP says some of the oil is, indeed, flowing through the newly placed cap. Earlier on CNN's AMERICAN MORNING, a top BP executive said the next several hours could be critical.

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DOUG SUTTLES, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, BP: What you're seeing is, is of course, we did get the cap in place successfully last night and the oil you see escaping is actually coming through four vents that are designed into the top of the cap, and what we will be doing through the course of today is as we bring this system on and start to capture the oil, we'll successively close each of those four vents until, hopefully, we only have a very small amount of oil coming around the base of the cap.

So what you're seeing right now is not a surprise. It's part of the design. It's to prevent the hydrates from forming and as we go through the day we'll successfully close these vents.

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WHITFIELD: CNN's Kyra Philips has seen the battle against this disaster like no one else. She has been in the Gulf region on a rig, in fact, right near the source of this nightmare and she has seen firsthand what the government's man in charge is actually dealing with. Kyra joins us now from New Orleans. Kyra?

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I'll tell you what, we think we've got a difficult job out here covering this disaster. Once you are embedded with Admiral Thad Allen, you've got no reason to complain. He's an absolute machine. When you see what he does beginning very early in the morning all of the way until late into the night dealing not only with what's happening out there on those rigs, Fredricka, that gushing oil, but he's having to service everybody throughout all these states in response to dealing with everything with regard to this response to this disaster, and even down to speaking with the families of the victims that were killed there on those rigs.

Our morning began with something that he does every morning, his security detail knows every single coffeehouse close to where he's staying. He said I have to get my calcium in some way. I was thinking you definitely need that caffeine after I've seen what his schedule entails day in and day out. The day ended on the rigs there, meeting the workers, seeing those oil operations first hand.

It was exclusive access we haven't been able to attain thus far. We had a live broadcast from there and for the first time we are able to give all of you an inside look for how those workers are dealing with this oil gusher every day.

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ADM. THAD ALLEN, NATIONAL INCIDENT COMMANDER: Well, the real focus right now is to get that containment cap in place below the Discover Enterprise, continue drilling the two relief wells and the first one is on the DD3 that we're on right now.

PHILLIPS (on camera): Let's make that connection as they're working to get that top hat right now to seal that gusher, how did this relief well - how is it anything to benefit?

ALLEN: The relief well is being drilled right below us. It's going down. It's starting to be angled over and somewhere between 16,000 and 18,000 feet below the sea floor it will intersect the well bore. At that point it will start pumping heavy mud to drive the oil, the hydrocarbons down towards the reservoir to stabilize it so they can put a plug in or do what they call a bottom kill.

After that's done there should be no pressure below the blowout preventer that will allow them to actually remove the cap of the well, bring the blowout preventer up and do forensic analysis on it.

PHILLIPS: Explain the connection, the bottom kill here and how that is going to make what's happening on the Discovery Enterprise successful?

ALLEN: The intention is to intercept the well bore well down below the surface near the reservoir and then pump heavy mud in to counteract the pressure of the oil coming up that will allow them to basically plug or kill the well. Once that is done you can do things like remove the blowout preventer, bring it to the surface and try to find out what happened.

PHILLIPS: How soon do you think that could happen, Ted: Or are you just working as fast as you can?

TED STUKENBORG, TRANSOCEAN: We're working as efficiently and as safely as possible.

PHILLIPS: I know you don't want to make any mistakes.

STUKENBORG: That's correct.

PHILLIPS: How has it been for you: What's it like to get up in the morning and deal with media scrutiny and have to come out here and do everything you can to make this happen?

CAPTAIN NICK SCHINDLER, TRANSOCEAN: It can be frustrating at times. The thing is we have to make sure that the crew is focused on the job. At the end of the day, we want to drill this well as efficiently as possible and we want to do it with no incidents and we want to do it with no injury to anybody.

In fact, we want to have everyone that comes on this rig go home in better condition than when they came on this rig. Part of the problem is that there is a lot of outside scrutiny on what it is that we're doing out here, and I think the American population is wanting this well to be done. They want it now. We all want it done now, but we all have to understand that this is a well that killed 11 people.

We have to understand that we're sitting over the top of one of the world's best drilling rigs. The well that we're drilling right now killed 11 people and sunk a rig, and so we're not going to speed up and we're going to do this as safe as possible, and we're not going to hurt anybody and that's our goal.

PHILLIPS: What's the deal with the water spread that's taken place next to the enterprise?

ALLEN: You can see an offshore supply vessel over there with water being sprayed out of its stern. As the product is rising up because we know there's oil coming out of the riser pipe until we get the containment cap on it right now, they're actually putting water over the surface to reduce the volatile organic compounds that are coming off the oil that produce inhalant problems for the workers out there.

So this is actually a safety issue to put water over the top of the oil so the fumes basically don't come up.

PHILLIPS: Because when we were flying in the smell was so strong. It was like a fresh tar smell.

ALLEN: And one way to reduce that is just basically spray water to reduce the vapors.

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PHILLIPS: And Fredericka, also, as you know, this was the first time we actually had access to those workers there on the rigs, and not only did they want to tell me about what they've been doing 24/7 from working on the blowout preventer to the drilling, to the building of the well to trying to seal the gushing oil.

I mean, it's incredible just to see all of their specialties in marine life, in science and construction, in technical details with - with drilling operations. It's just incredible to see the training that they've had and how hard that they're working, but they wanted to make sure also that we had a moment to lift up those 11 lives that were lost. Their co-workers, their friends, their relatives and so before I left they gave me a copy of "The Beacon Magazine" this is what Transocean puts out within the company.

This is a special memorial edition, in remembrance and honor of the 11 crew members lost at sea, and I just want to take a moment to show you each one of these pictures and tell you their names and some of them have some descriptions of what they loved to do, what they were - what their specialties were in their off time, what their characters were like.

This is Jason Christopher Anderson. He was a tool pusher and he's survived by his wife Shelly and his daughter and son. You see a picture of him there with his son when he was a baby. This is Aaron Dale (inaudible), he was a crane operator. Dale said that his family called him bubba. He was a husband and father of two children.

Over here, Donald O'Neal Clark (ph). He was an assistant driller and he was said to be remembered by all as a gentle spirit who was slow to speak and slow to anger. As you continue through this memorial edition of this magazine, this is Stephen Ray Curtis, and his wife talks about his children and also that he taught his sons how to hunt and play baseball. This is Gordon Lewis (ph) Jones, a drilling fluid specialist, apparently he was an avid golfer and he had a talent for joke telling.

Over here, Roy Wyatt Camp (ph). He was a derrick camp. A picture of his two kids and his wife. And his wife writes that he was a devoted husband, father and son but most of all, he was a man who loved the lord. This is Carl Dale Kiplinger (ph), Jr.. He also actually was very involved with his animals and his family is asking that donations be made to the Humane Society.

And here too as we get towards the end of the book, Keith Blair Manuel, senior fluid drilling specialist. He leaves behind a fiancee and three daughters. And Dewey Allen Rivet (ph). He's also a driller. His wife talks about his family members and of course, his children and then on the last page, Shane Michael Rosho (ph), a floor hand. His wife talks about him and how he was so good that when he was having a bad day he never complained he always talked about what was positive on the rig when he came home. He wanted to be a good influence on his son and Adam T. Weiss (ph), a floor hand. His family writes what a dedicated son he and was that they continue to celebrate his life.

That was what they handed me as I left the rig, so not only did I get a chance to get a real good insight to the operations there that are happening to try and stop that oil gusher. I also got a chance to finally learn more about these workers, and their 11 good friends and family members that died 46 days ago in that explosion, Fred.

WHITFIELD: Yes, Kyra, it's very important to note the first casualties, those 11 on that April 20th. Real quick, though, when you were on that rig, of the many workers who have spent a lot of hours on that rig, are any of them complaining of the nausea or feeling sick just like many of the fishermen who volunteered in the cleanup effort, those who spent time on the water with this oil spill continuing. They've expressed being sick, getting sick. Did any of the workers that you came in contact with talk about that same experience?

PHILLIPS: They actually didn't, and I asked them a lot of questions about how they're holding up, how they're feeling, how they're dealing with the toxicity from - from where they are to when they go out into different vessels as well. I asked them about the criticism in the media, the finger-pointing, and can I tell you, every single one of them, and I talked to dozens of them, Fredericka, not one complained in any way. They just said they're solely concentrating on sealing off that oil that's gushing and building these two relief wells and doing it as quickly and safely as possible.

WHITFIELD: All right. Kyra Phillips, thanks so much from New Orleans. We'll see you throughout the day.

All right. Meantime, oil is already washing ashore in several states along the gulf coast. The latest now is Florida where tar balls have already been found. CNN all-platform journalist Patrick Oppmann is live from Pensacola Beach.

PATRICK OPPMAN, CNN ALL-PLATFORM JOURNALIST: Just down on the water line behind me, Fredericka, we're seeing hundreds of little tar balls and these little patties more broken up than other places where I've seen along the gulf coast are washing up behind us. People are stopping their vacations and their day at the beach to pick them up.

We haven't seen any cleanup efforts start so far this morning. We don't know yet if these tar balls, these hundreds of small pieces of oil up and down this beach are directly related to the oil spill. We know officials are out, though, collecting this oil this morning, testing it. From what I can tell you, I've been this beach many, many times before. I've never seen conditions like this before. These little sticky balls that if you step on them, it's very easy to mistake them for seaweed or other things, you'll trap them and they'll get on your feet and it's just really nasty stuff. So they're trying to - some of the beach goers are starting that cleanup process here this morning.

WHITFIELD: So, Patrick, when and how will anyone know whether indeed these tar balls are from the gulf oil spill?

OPPMANN: We just don't know that yet. Officials, frankly, this morning just got word of this to the north of where I am, about eight miles, an area called Fort Pickens, there were reports of larger patties there and we heard that Florida local government had some of their experts out this morning collecting those.

Typically, they have clean-up crews out within a few hours. I've seen it in Alabama and Florida was prepared for this. They're expecting to have oil over the next few days start coming in to these very famous shores and very famous beaches. So it appears so far they've got oil on their shore and it's already fouling up a very pretty beach this morning.

WHITFIELD: All right. Patrick Oppmann, thanks so much. All platform journalist coming to us from Pensacola, Florida.

So today we have some heart wrenching images of the environmental disaster that, of course, is still unfolding on many shores. Take a look right here. This is a scene on east Grand Terre Island in Louisiana. These oil-soaked birds were plucked from the gooey surf. The Fish and Wildlife Service reports more than 500 dead birds have actually turned up on the gulf coast and the hope is that these birds will be able to be washed and that they might survive and then be relocated.

Meantime, also in Louisiana, a family is mourning the death of all their favorite things about Grand Isle. Take a look at their display. There you can see them written on the crosses in the front yard, all of the things they believe they would have lost from this disaster. Oysters, fish and sandpipers, walks on the beach. 101 crosses in all.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's sickening to me to see all of this going on, you know?

PATRICK SHAY, GRAND ISLE RESIDENT: This is my home. My family's here, and I love this region, and I love this area. I was born here, and I'm going to die here.

DONALD SCHOUEST, GRAND ISLE RESIDENT: We're fighting back against BP, that we want our heritage. We want our way of life back.

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WHITFIELD: The family says they will keep the crosses and the big BP protest sign up until the disaster interview is over.

The country saw the biggest monthly job gain in 10 years, but when you look under the surface of May's job numbers you see that the report is quite the mixed bag. We'll break down for you.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) WHITFIELD: All right. BP's CEO Tony Hayward held an investor briefing this morning and CNN's Allan Chernoff listened in. So what did you hear?

ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Frederick a there are a lot of corporate consequences here, of course, and number one, BP is saying it's going to set up a separate division within the company to address the on-going cleanup, the reputational issues and the financial issues. That's going to be headed by Robert Dudley. He's a board member and managing director of BP.

Tony Hayward said I can't think of a better person to lead those operations. It doesn't mean, though, that the CEO Hayward is going to be out in terms of dealing with this. He said it remains his number one priority and the chairman of the board said that the board retains complete confidence in the CEO Tony Hayward. Regarding the financial impact during this conference, they said BP thus far has spent $1 billion on this oil spill and the entire response.

They could not predict what the ultimate financial impact may be, but they say in the words of the chief financial officer, "we have lots of firepower to deal with that."

What's firepower: From corporate perspective, big bucks. The company says it has $5 billion in cash on its books. $5 billion in credit lines and an additional $5 billion if it needs to tap that from its bankers. Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right. Allan Chernoff, thanks so much. Day 46, $1 billion spent already says BP, but something tells me this is just going to be a drop in the bucket. A lot more to go.

Allan Chernoff, thanks so much.

All right. Top hat, that's the latest approach BP is using to stop or at least slow the oil geyser. CNN's Josh Levs is here with a little bit more information. He did a great job last hour explaining how this top hat is supposed to work, but you've got new information now.

JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We do. We have a little bit of new information, Fred, that just came through from BP and basically what they're saying is that oil and gas are being received up at the surface and that they're actually not going to know because it hasn't stabilized yet. They won't know, according to them, it's one or more days how much it is.

Let me talk you through it, using this picture right here. This is the Enterprise drill ship at the top. This is an image from BP from a few days ago when they were trying the first "LMRP cap." The way it works is it reaches all the way down - right: 5,000 feet under water and it uses this device to then put this cap on.

So the basic idea here is that this cap comes along and goes to the top where all these oil has been gushing out of the blowout preventer. It's not quite this pretty. It's not quite this simple in terms of the actual cut that was made but this is the basic idea.

Last night they managed to get this type of a cap on top of where the oil is gushing out and what you want to see is allow these oil and also natural gas to go up this device and all the way up to the ship, at the very top. And then they're also using the ship to pump in some methanol. So what we want to know is how much oil and gas are coming up the ship instead of being released out into the waters. That's what we're watching for and that's why it's interesting to hear from BP. They're saying some of it is getting through some oil and gas and making it all the way up and it's not going into the water. But we don't know how much and because it hasn't stabilize, they will not know for one or more days how much of it is actually making it up there.

So that's we're all holding our fingers crossed for right now. But it's a lot of it, less in the water, more on the ship. Good news.

WHITFIELD: Yes, we have to continue to be patient. All right. Josh Levs, thank you.

LEVS: Thanks, Fred. All right. Perhaps you have some job questions, we actually have some answers for you, an expert from career builder.com. Next.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Here's the latest job news from the U.S. Labor Department. It's report show that employers added 431,000 jobs to payroll in May, most of them are U.S. government jobs like U.S. Census Bureau workers and also we learned that the unemployment rate dipped in May to 9.7 percent. It was 9.9 percent just in April.

So if you're still looking for work you probably want to know what kind of jobs are hot right now and where are they exactly. Jason Ferrara is the vice president and senior career adviser with careerbuilder.com. He's joining us now from Chicago. Good to see you.

JASON FERRARA, CAREER ADVISER, CAREERBUILDER.COM: Thanks for having me here.

WHITFIELD: So we can't count on any more census bureau jobs because they're just about over, but if there is a place that I need to look and I'm looking for work, where should I be looking: What industries?

FERRARA: Sure. What we see right now with companies across all industries is that they're really starting to move from cost containment to growth and those that I've talked to are investing in those types of jobs that drive revenue. So we're talking about sales jobs and customer service jobs. We're talking about some marketing jobs and some IT jobs. Those types of functions within companies are a great place to look right now.

WHITFIELD: Sales, marketing. Well, that's interesting because when you talk about recession and still a slumping economy in some people's view, it seems like sales might be the last place that you might want to try to pursue. To what degree, sales and marketing?

FERRARA: Well, I think what you need to talk to are the employers and when I talk to them what they're saying is listen, what drives this company is our ability to drive revenue. And our ability to drive revenue is based on whether we're having conversations with our customers.

And so we want to bring people into this organization that are having those conversations, and so that's really where you get that is how do we begin to grow even in a recessionary period.

WHITFIELD: Health care industry has still been that area that has shown some kind of consistency and job availability: Is that still the case because some people have been thinking about going back to school and getting in some training because that seems to be an area that's been untouched by this so-called recession.

FERRARA: Health care is a great place to be if you can use the term great. Recession, has been a great place to be right now, adding jobs continually. The really important thing about health care is it's the type of job that it will be needed for years to come. So with an aging population, you'll have that population needing health care and needing people to care for them. So that's definitely a place to look.

Certainly going back to school is definitely something we've seen job seekers do to try to build on skills that they need to take that next job.

WHITFIELD: All right. Speaking of school, I'm really feeling for the recent high school graduates, college graduates. They have it really tough right now. We have some e-mail questions we'd like to pose to you. This coming from Ashley who says I'm in high school right now and some of the student teachers we have not found jobs in fields they actually want.

Many of the substitute teachers I've had have graduated from college a year or two ago, and if I were an employer I would choose the single mom of two over the teenager. So how can young adults land a job in this economy?

FERRARA: Two things I would say to that. One is if you're in high school right now, number one, you should enjoy being in high school and figure out where you're going to go to college and get the best education you possibly can. We don't know what the economy is going to be like four months from now and let alone four years from now. That's one thing about high school students is think about your education and where you want to invest in that.

WHITFIELD: OK.

FERRARA: But the second thing about - the second thing about substitute teachers looking for jobs in other industries, you know, what we've seen at career builder is a 46 percent increase in entry- level jobs on the site year over year. The good thing about that is entry-level jobs are a great place for people to get their foot in the door in a company and then work their way around that company. So that picture is beginning to look better.

WHITFIELD: OK. Jason Ferrara per, Vice President and senior career adviser with careerbuilder.com. Thanks so much for joining us from Chicago. Something tells me you'll be getting extra phone calls and e-mails from people today. All right.

Thanks so much, Jason.

FERRARA: That's right. Thanks.

All right. Let's go back to the oil disaster which is really stained BP's image lately. How do you recover from a hit like that: It actually has been done before with other companies. We'll talk to an expert about what the road ahead may be like for BP.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Next hour, President Barack Obama will head to Louisiana. It will be his third trip since the oil rig exploded at the end of April, and just last night he actually sat down with CNN's Larry King.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You know, I am furious at this entire situation because this is an example of where somebody didn't think through the consequences of their actions. And it is imperiling not just a handful of people, this is imperiling an entire way of life and an entire region for potentially years.

LARRY KING, HOST, "LARRY KING LIVE": Has the company felt your anger?

OBAMA: Well, they have felt the anger, but what I haven't seen as much as I'd like is the kind of rapid response.

Now, they want to solve the problem, too because this is costing them a lot of money. And the one thing that I think is important to underscore is that I would love to just spend a lot of my time venting and yelling at people. But that's not the job I was hired to do. My job is to solve this problem.

And ultimately this isn't about me and how angry I am. Ultimately, this is about the people down in the Gulf who are being impacted and what am I doing to make sure that they are able to salvage their way of life.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WHITFIELD: President Obama is canceling his trip to Indonesia and Australia to deal with this crisis. So, how does BP rebound from this public relations nightmare? BP has taken a huge hit, but it's not the first company to go through a PR crisis. Exxon was in a similar position 20 years ago after the Valdez tipping over in Alaska. And this year, Toyota recalled 8 million cars. And about ten years ago, Firestone had to recall 6.5 million tires.

So, Dan McGinn, the CEO of TMG Strategies, helped consult Firestone Tires and dozens of other companies, and he's joining us right now. Thanks so much for joining us. Good to see you. So, Dan --

DAN MCGINN, CEO, TMG STRATEGIES: Good morning. Good to see you.

WHITFIELD: Let's start with BP's CEO this week. He made some comments that some people didn't take too very well. Let's listen to those comments and then get your response on the other side.

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TONY HAYWARD, CEO, BP: I'm sorry. We're sorry for the massive disruption its caused their lives. And we're -- there's no one who wants this thing over more than I do. I would love my life back.

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WHITFIELD: All right. So perhaps the choice of words is what ruffled so many feathers. What do you think about how Tony Hayward has been handling this disaster?

MCGINN: Look, he's had a very bad week, and he knows it. You just cannot say that. And that would be one of the first things you talk with a CEO. Naturally, he feels it. His life has been taken away, but that's the least important part of this. When you've had people who died, when you have this crisis unfolding every day, no one wants to hear you about talking about your own problems. They want to get it that you understand their problems.

WHITFIELD: So then fast forward. They release a new campaign. Again, Tony Hayward is the face or the voice on this campaign to try to clear things up or kind of underscore the commitment that BP is making. Let's take a listen to that.

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HAYWARD: To those affected and your families, I am deeply sorry. We know it is our responsibility to keep you informed and do everything we can so this never happens again. We'll get this done. We will make this right.

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HAYWARD: So why, in your view, is it necessary for BP to do this? Or is it premature?

MCGINN: Fredericka, here's what you see with the president is in the interview with Larry King last night and the new ad campaign. They're both trying to find their voice. They're both trying to catch up to where the public is already.

The one thing I would worry about with BP is it is pretty conventional. And this is an unprecedented crisis. I don't think running ads in newspapers will change people's views. You do need to be out there. What you have is deep, deep skepticism. Did this company really understand what they did? Why has it taken them so long to come to this point?

So, they're trying to overcome not only the magnitude of the problem, but what's compounded it over the last few weeks. So, they're searching for their voice here.

WHITFIELD: So, you mentioned and underscored, this is unprecedented. Yes, there have been other disasters, calamities, terrible PR debacles for companies like Firestone, like Exxon Valdez -- we're talking about the oil tanker spill. But because this is so unique, can it even take the track record with Johnson & Johnson with the latest Tylenol recalls or even Firestone or even Exxon?

MCGINN: It's a great question. I think we're going to look back on this one and say that new rules, new understandings were written because of the BP crisis. Even Toyota that we had in the last year -- you know, even with Citigroup and others that were out there in the financial crisis, it's not of this magnitude. It's not of this scope. It will depend on how long will this leak keep going. Because you're building more and more pressure every day.

Look, the critical point is they don't have a PR problem. They have a substantive problem. The PR is the least of the issues. What people want to know is can you stop the leak, and what will you do to make up for the damages that have already occurred? That's not image, that's reality.

WHITFIELD: I wonder if it's helpful at all that just last hour there was an investors' meeting involving BP They led this teleconference and they said, we've spent $1 billion so far on this cleanup, on this mess. Our pockets are rather deep. We've got about $5 billion at the ready to help in this.

Does that help? Is that part of the strategy to say, listen, we have the resources to make it happen. Is that one way that BP has taken to reassure the general public?

MCGINN: Well, what they're really trying to do is they're reassuring investors. They're trying to tamp down this idea if BP will make it or not. They want to kill that issue.

BP makes more than $40 million a day in profits. And look, what I will say is the argument they can make is, the world would not be better off environment alley and we will not be better off on an energy basis if BP isn't here. We're all invested in BP whether we choose it or acknowledge it or not. We're going to need these energy companies. So, we'll have to work with them. That's the best argument they can make. WHITFIELD: Dan McGinn of TMG Strategies. Thanks so much for your time, I appreciate it.

MCGINN: Hey, good to be with you. Thank you.

WHITFIELD: All right. Coming up in the next hour of the NEWSROOM, we're of course, following the oil spill as it now nears Florida. That state is already running ads saying the beaches are open. Please come. We'll look at the impact of this spill right now on tourism.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Day 46 of the Gulf oil disaster, and here's the latest. We could know later on today how well top hat is working. BP installed the cap over the ruptured pipe just last night. The cap is designed to significantly reduce the flow of oil.

A new aid ship is expected to arrive off the Gaza coast tomorrow. Those aboard say they will offer no resistance if Israeli forces board it. Nine people were actually killed on Monday after Israeli commandos came aboard another aid ship.

And 431,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy just last month alone. But almost all of those jobs were taken by temporary census workers, and those jobs actually end next month.

The perfect game thrown by Detroit Tigers' pitcher Armando Galarraga will never be perfect after all. You may remember this story. Galarraga was one out away from getting all 27 batters out when umpire Jim Joyce -- right there, called it out. He blew it. He was in the end, he was safe after the replay watched over and over and over again.

Well, Joyce admitted that he did make a mistake. Despite that, commissioner Bud Selig decided to not reverse the call, instead saying he will review using instant replay in the future. Yesterday, just one day after the incident, Joyce was the home plate umpire. And before the game, there you're about to see, Galarraga presented the lineup card to the visibly shaken umpire, who was holding back tears. He's been very apologetic and even admitted he made a big ol' mistake. Each patted each other on the back, as you saw.

The crowd actually cheered and so, both are being embraced by the general public in so many different ways and really showing real grace under fire.

So, if you're thinking about getting a phone or perhaps an iPad, there's something you need to know these days, and new customers might have to pay more for the service. We're looking at at&t's new price plan in just two minutes from now. You don't want to miss it.

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WHITFIELD: Okay. The markets are down slightly despite news that the unemployment rate in this country fell from 9.9 to 9.7 percent just last month alone.

Alison Kosik is live on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. It's too bad people aren't super excited about these numbers.

ALISON KOSTIC, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Fredericka, they're not really excited because out of the 431,000 jobs that were added in May, 411,000 of those jobs were temporary census jobs. And those jobs will eventually go away in a matter of weeks or months.

Wall Street also looks at the private sector because the private sector is really the backbone of the economy and it keeps the wheels of the economy moving round and round. And what we found is that in May, only 41,000 private sector jobs were added. Compare that to 200,000 jobs added in the private sector in April. So, clearly, at least in the private sector, we've got a ways to go.

But let's put this in perspective, shall we, and end this on a positive note. We're still a lot better than where we were. Since the recession began, we've lost millions of jobs between 2008 and 2009. We had 22 straight months of job declines. Even in 2009 in January, it was the worst where we saw job losses of 800,000. And if you look at it this way, the economy has gained jobs so far every month this year.

Still, Wall Street not seizing that positive bit. Right now, the Dow Industrials down 172 points. The NASDAQ off about 28. Fredericka?

WHITFIELD: All right. Let's talk about something else that people were excited about just last month. They lined up to get these iPads, and now come to find out AT&T has changed its pricing plan, maybe even kind of killed the incentive for a lot of folks to get that iPad.

KOSTIC: Well, it depends how you look at it. This really is going to apply to new customers who go get the iPhone or the smartphone or the iPad. The old customers will still be able to keep their unlimited data plan for 30 bucks. But the new customers will be limited on how much data they'll use.

Let me go ahead and break down the plans for you. There are two main plans, $25 for 2 gigs of data, and $15 for 200 megabytes. And these limited plans, by the way, Fredericka, will be starting on Monday.

Now, we talk about all this data. I'm talking about if you're surfing the net on your phone or downloading data or video conferencing. And what AT&T is saying that most customers don't use that maximum amount. They don't use more than 2 gigs of data, so they think that people will actually save money on this plan. But if you're a heavy user and download a lot of video, you can wind up spending more.

But the real kicker with this, Fredericka, is if you get these plans, you'll have to keep tabs on how much data you're using, or you'll wind up paying more. Plus, if you're not an AT&T customer, this could set the field for other carriers. We could see Verizon or other carriers following this, so this is something you'll want to pay attention to.

Fred, back to you.

WHITFIELD: Oh, boy. Let's hope it's a smart plan for those smartphones. Alison Kosic, thanks so much.

KOSTIC: Sure.

WHITFIELD: A California hospital, an intensive care unit and a moment of song.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like that?

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WHITFIELD: The healing power of music and a California nurse who says it may be just what the doctor ordered. More in just a couple of minutes.

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WHITFIELD: Okay. So, medicine can take many forms. And you're about to meet a nurse who believes in the healing power of song. Reporter Erica Fox of CNN's San Diego affiliate KSWB shows us one person making their mark.

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ROD SALAYSAY, NURSE (singing): Life's too short for one to grieve.

ERICA FOX, KSWB-TV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sal Ese (ph) sings to those he serves.

He works in the surgical ICU, the trauma unit with the worst of the worst. Many patients, incapacitated.

SALAYSAY: There are several scenarios where you know the patient is sedated. The patient can't hear you. But I certainly disagree with that, because I know and I believe in my heart they can hear.

FOX: One woman in particular coming to visit him with a trache (ph) after spending six months in a coma.

SALAYSAY: And I ask her, hey, this is Rob, do you remember me? What do you remember of me most? "You always sing to me."

FOX: His compassion, far reaching.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He loves what he does, and it shines through.

ROBIN CALARA, NURSE: The first thing you notice when I talk to the family members and the patients ask, "Is Rob back tomorrow? Can he be my nurse?" And that in itself is priceless.

FOX: He's written more than 30 songs, all about his patients. And one look at their faces and the healing is obvious.

MARK DAVIS, PATIENT: The pacing and the words were so meaningful. You feel pretty hopeless -- you feel helpless. And then you hear the music.

FOX: And for Salasay, that's what it's all about.

SALAYSAY: God bless you.

DAVIS: Thank you.

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WHITFIELD: Much more of the NEWSROOM right after this.

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WHITFIELD: All right. Here's a segment now that we're very proud of that we bring to you. It's called "Home and Away," and it's a tribute to the fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan. And we'll tell you how you can take part in it in a moment.

But first this. A family friend posted a memory of Captain Ernesto Manuel Blanco Caldas, killed in Iraq in 2003 when a roadside bomb hit his vehicle. Saying, quote, "I first met Ernie when he was running around in diapers. He was unstoppable. He had an energy that was unmistakable, and when he walked into a room, he shared it with reckless abandon. I think about Ernesto all of the time. It's my way of tapping into that happy, warm and loving space that he shared so unselfishly," unquote.

So, we couldn't do this project without you, of course. So, here's how you can join us to pay tribute to all the fallen. Go to our Web site, CNN.com/homeandaway. Follow the directions, upload your thoughts, your pictures, your home videos. And we'll help keep the memories of your hero alive.

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WHITFIELD: Okay. So get this. The name Osama bin Laden actually made it on what looks like a British Airways boarding pass. Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Welcome aboard, Mr. Bin Laden? Yes, Osama bin Laden is the name on a boarding pass sitting in seat 7C. But before you get all fired up at British Airways, the boarding pass was part of a photograph on the cover of a staff publication at Heathrow Airport. The question is, how did his name get on there?

(on camera): Osama bin Laden may not actually have been flying, but the rumors were, rumors that this may have been a prank, perhaps carried out by a disgruntled employee. (voice-over): One of its unions has been carrying out strikes against British Airways. The airline apologized for the Bin Laden boarding pass and explained that the photograph in question had been downloaded from an Internet image gallery. It's almost identical to an Osama boarding pass that's been floating around the Internet for years.

British Airways says, "Unfortunately, the details of the boarding pass were not noted."

You call him a detail?

But as someone posted, "I suppose one thing about it, you would be perfectly safe if he was on your plane." Sort of reminds us of the airport prank pulled by Australian comedians called The Chasers using names sounding like al Qaeda and terrorist.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Terry Ristol, Al Kyder.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, just happened to be the names we used to book some domestic tickets this week.

MOOS: They managed to get their boarding passes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And then when I didn't board the flight, they even paged me.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentleman, this is the final boarding call for Franklin Al Kyder. (INAUDIBLE)

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MOOS (on camera): From Terry Wrist to terrifying. Wait until you see the takeoff at Dallas/Fort Worth airport.

(voice-over): But it wasn't a plane, it was a car taking off at the toll plaza. Twenty-two-year-old Jasmine Vilasona (ph) got out of the car before it blew up. She was charged with driving while intoxicated. She told police she'd only had one vodka and cranberry, and had been "rear-ended." Chevy Impala, cleared for takeoff.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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