Politics | Gulf of Mexico Obama on Gulf Coast: 'BP Will Be Paying the Bill' In Louisiana, president gets firsthand look at effects of ruptured oil well By Marie Morris Posted May 2, 2010 4:07 PM CDT Copied Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal walks with President Obama on the tarmac at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) President Obama visited Louisiana this afternoon, seeing for himself the effects of the continuing oil spill and promising an "all-hands-on-deck" reaction, the Times-Picayune reports. "BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill," he said. "But as president of the United States, I will spare no effort until this spill is cleaned up." Gov. Bobby Jindal met Air Force One at Louis Armstrong airport near New Orleans, and they drove 2 hours to the coast. Poor weather prevented the president and his entourage from taking a helicopter tour of the region, where waves of oil are washing ashore, reports CNN. Federally regulated fishing grounds from Louisiana to Florida have been closed and will remain off-limits for at least 10 days, reports the Tallahassee Democrat. Read These Next Iran's leaders ditched their phones. Their bodyguards didn't. It's an unexpected footnote in the life of Buford Pusser. Bobby Prevost's childhood home is a new pilgrimage site. A Stone Age settlement swallowed by the sea has been rediscovered. Report an error