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On the boat ride over, we saw huge clumps of oil for many minutes at a time while we were traveling at 12 knots. when we got here, it was a surprise it wasnt covered with oil. this boom, hard to see in the light. theres oil surrounding this island. while we were on the boat, amazing, we saw these dolphins an man that rays jumping out of the water. and its so sad to think countless creatures like that right now are swimming in the oil. >> gary, appreciate the reporting. we have a correction to ...

And manta rays and sad to know they could be hurt by the oil. we have a correction last night we said exxon had not paid one cent of compensation until 19 years after the valdez spill in 1989. instead, they appealed a punitive damage award to the supreme court. the process took 19 years shortly after the spill, they did pay $300 million in compensation to 11,000 businesses affected by the spill. we regret the error. still ahead, the time square bomber in custody, talking his head off. who is...

>> reporter: we expected this island to be under oil because on the boat ride over, we saw huge clumps of oil for many minutes at a time while we were traveling at 12 knots. when we got here, it was a surprise it wasnt covered with oil. this boom, hard to see in the light, theres oil on the boom, theres oil surrounding this island. while we were on the boat, amazing, we saw these dolphins and manta rays jumping out of the water and so sad to know they could be hurt by the oil. >> thank you. we...