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Its key to this whole success, because theyve got to be able to corral this oil. it has to be -- the boom has to be big enough and fire resistant enough to corral it so it can be -- it can be ignited and it can burn. i want to bring in a guest of mine, jeff cantrel, vice president of a company called elasttech, joining us from skype. hes one of those guys thats been out there like i was the other day, watching this process. jeff, one might argue that this oil burning process in a series of misha...

Unfortunately, we got -- like many other businesses in the country, we got caught in the banking collapse and we were basically forced out of business. so for the first time in my life, i found myself as an unemployed dad and husband and person. so just watching the dialogue meander through a variety of different political issues, we decided to at least make an attempt to redirect -- you know, the attention of the government. >> and, jeff, you make a really good point because its quite clear tha...

Recovered? dan springer is streaming live tonight from valdez alaska. >> prince williams sound has more the post part recovered. most of the wildlife has returned. this area is a scene nick gem. we had a chance to get up in an airplane and look at the area. we saw no visible science of the devastation 21 years ago. sea otters, seals and all but one species is back. the herron never did return. killing. the effects of the spill are still being studied. any oil not removed stays around a very long...

Bird from the gulf earlier today. covered in oil by the time they >> shepard: kris gutierrez live in venice in louisiana, tonight. chris, thank you. the weather is making things so much worse between the speed and direction of the wind and the very high tide, meteorologists report emergency response teams will be working against the elements for the foreseeable future. our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is with us. whats the situation, rick? >> winds continue to be steady, right around 25 mi...

Premier fish. >> we just came out of the venice jump. turned south into the river. were in the -- like i said, the main mississippi right now. the wind is honking really good. >> shepard: he says things had just started to look up after a rough stretch. >> we just had the economy hit us. we have dealt with the worst winter we have had in six years. >> shepard: now in the wake of spill. >> the only calls that we have had since this accident happened is just clients calling wanting to find out if ...

Thad alan the commandant of the coast guard has been there from day one. you mentioned the battery of federal issues who just arrived. thad allen has been there since day one. i asked him is it 5,000-barrels a day or is it more? here is his response. >> everybody needs to understand this is not a science at this point. its an art. because we are looking at flows through cameras remotely operated vehicles. 5,000 feet below the surface. the real problem is there is oil in the water. >> and there c...

Which was says sem disseminated. most got big exeption compensation checks from exxon which says the spill cost it $4.3 billion. all the research has made a lot of people here oil spill experts and we know of at least one that have right now in the gulf as a consultant. we also know chemicals have been sent there to try to disperse some of the oil. overall though, the people who are here looking at that slick on satellite photos, say it is way too big to contain and they say they know all too we...

Company, going beyond petroleum as the advertisements tell us or did. well look at what this spill is doing to that green image, not to mention the possible financial fallout. its the top stories at the bottom of the hour. we will tell you how crew goes about cleaning up all that oil it is an enormous task. there is equipment that can help. a live report next. this is team fox coverage of the oil disaster across the gulf region from the journalists of fox news on this friday fox report. suitcase...

Speaking. bp or any other oil company involved in a spill like this is financially liable and a co-partner with the federal government. thad alan told me there is a reason for that, because they have the technology to deal with the spill, or at least thats how it works in theory. here is the commandant. >> by regulation of law, they are supposed to have on contract as part of the conditions of their permit to bring that to bear and they need to be held accountable. >> on behalf of the american g...

>> oil skim image probably about 20 to 45% effective and worse case, and it could be up to 60 to 80% effective. >> the 110-foot oil recovery vessel specializes in on shore and marine emergencies. the crew uses a couple of methods to clean up oil. the first is a belt skimmer, which is a secondary vessel that picks up and channels the oily water through a conveyor belt type of device. you see all that water coming out of the belt skimmer right now? if we were in a heavy oil situation there would b...