WATCHDOG WANTS DEEPWATER BP RIG SHUT DOWN - Lucia Graves: Food & Water Watch, in court filings, alleges that another deepwater BP well, Atlantis, is missing critical safety and operations documents and has moved for a preliminary injunction that would order the government to shut down the rig, which operates 190 miles south of New Orleans at a depth of 7,050 feet.

Interior will issue a response to the case on Thursday, June 10th.

The government is urging BP to grant the media access to oil spill sites. AP: "Thad Allen, who is overseeing the federal response to the Gulf oil spill, said that "general guidance" had been issued that there were only two reasons why the media should be prohibited from an area: 'If it's a security reason or a safety reason because of personal protective equipment.'

'Other than that, we are putting no restrictions on access,' Allen told a White House news briefing." http://huff.to/ckEfGx

CHARLIE CRIST DENIES INVOLVEMENT WITH GREER SCANDAL - Elyse Siegel: "Florida Gov. Charlie Crist denies he had any knowledge of former state GOP chairman Jim Greer's alleged plot to defraud the state party despite accusations that the Republican-turned-independent Senate candidate was involved in the scheme. Greer attorney Damon Chase recently charged Crist with signing off on the ex-party chair's plan to divert state party funds to pay for his own personal expenses, but according the Florida governor, the claim isn't true." http://huff.to/doq6rZ

White House Correspondents Board releases statement on Helen Thomas: "We are saddened by her recent comments but we commend her for a trailblazing career."

DEFICIT HAWKS TAKE NOTE - Three-quarters of registered voters think Congress should forget about the deficit and preserve extended unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for laid off workers, according to a new poll commissioned by the National Employment Law Project. http://huff.to/9GO557

More from Delaney: People laid off from now on are no longer eligible for subsidized COBRA health insurance, a safety net that catching roughly 1.5 million people, unless the Senate amends the House tax extenders bill. That's all, folks. http://huff.to/ayoDgQ