Obama lands in gulf region for a third visit
President Obama, on his third visit to Louisiana to oversee oil spill operations, landed at an airport in Kenner, a New Orleans suburb, and met there with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. David Vitter, Admiral Thad Allen, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, and other parish presidents. Obama is now getting an update from Allen on the latest attempt to contain the oil spill. Briefing reporters on Air Force One during the flight, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs refused to speculate whether BP will succeed in stanching the leak with a containment dome. "I'm long out of the prediction business on this," Gibbs said. "Everyone is hopeful this works."