into the gulf in around two hours. it will take a few days to get it in place. that's all going on about 50 miles out in the gulf, but there's even more action closer to shore. rob marciano live in biloxi, mississippi, for us this morning. so, rob, the weather has been a problem there for a number of days so, what it's like now and how will it affect those efforts for containment? >> reporter: huge improvement, kyra, since over the weekend where they have the strong south winds blowing that slick closer and closer to the northern gulf shorelines and now that the winds have stopped that oil transport pretty much has stopped at least the northern progressi progression of it. that's the good news. the bad news is it's drifted closer to the louisiana shoreline and the sensitive wetlands there and wildlife certainly affected more than what we've seen on our air coverage. forecast for the next several days continued like this -- that's the good news -- light winds, maybe a light south breeze but it won't be enough to move this. eddies and lighter currents