Accused Russian Spies in Court
PHILLIPS: Checking top stories. Day 73 of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Coast guard will take an aerial tour today to see hurricane Alex's impact on the oil. Five hundred skimming ships remain onshore. An oil burning and dispersant operations on hold. The storm's winds have pushed that spill away from Florida now moving towards Mississippi and Louisiana. President Obama is scheduled to talk about immigration reform next hour. The White House is calling this a major address on how to deal with the millions of people in the U.S. illegally. Several accused Russian spies set to appear in federal court this afternoon in separate hearings. Ten were arrested over the weekend in alleged Russian spy ring in the U.S. They are accused of recruiting intelligence agents in the U.S. Nine of them also face money laundering charges. And leave it to late night host, David Letterman, to find humor in the Russian spy story. Here's his take.</s>DAVID LETTERMAN, HOST: What is that over there? Ellen, what is that? I'm sorry. What are you doing?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not sure what you're talking about,</s>DL. LETTERMAN: That stuff the equipment.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This stuff has always been here.</s>LETTERMAN: Ellen, (ph) are you spying for the Russians?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Abort! Abort!</s>LETTERMAN: Who are those guys? Now, who are those guys?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just brought my kids to work, Dave.</s>LETTERMAN: Right after the show, I'm calling Interpol. But here's how sadly the Russian spies are and were. They knew four years ago that Ricky Martin was gay.