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Not coming to the surface for financial motives and not using these skimmers? >> i -- i have been working on this project of trying to get these skimmers into the gulf for over a month now. everybody in europe where standard practice is to raise the oil and to collect it is scratching their heads and, quite honestly, laughing at whats happening in the gulf. this is -- and ive educated myself over the last month as ive gone through this process of trying to get these skimmers here because it seem...

Future, what my next chapter will bring. for now, for here, its time to hang up the nightly suspenders. >> larry is 76 years old, says he wants to spend more time with his wife and young children and, boy, what a buzz tonight. a lot of people tweeting about larry king, anderson. >> the idea of larry not being on on a nightly basis is just -- is stunning. i know his kids are going to be happy and his wife are going to get a lot more ball games together. larry will enjoy that as well. >> going to ...

Well, today louisiana reopened two oyster harvesting areas that were closed for the last several weeks because of the spill. theyve been off limits the oystermen for several weeks. we went out with one oysterman today who is a third-generation member of his family who has been working the waters in this area. we kind of expected to see a lot of oyster boats back out there farming up oyster beds, but they werent. part of it is that a lot of the crews now work for bp and havent been recalled to wo...

There are people who are literally working 100 hour as week here. theyre working hard. people in the coast guard, i suspect that even -- but to make all of this bunk is -- they just lose anything that they -- they could have. im sure that they -- >> well, i think -- frankly, i think the bp management has done a poor job of representing their own employees. i have no doubt their own employees are working around the clock. i have no doubt the engineers -- people working with submersible vehicles a...

Just -- theyre -- the damage and the extent to which our culture is going to be affected and -- you know, i think its the big unknown factor. im not interested in -- you know, were not in need of a hand-out today. its more about taking a stand with a lot of the smaller restaurants and seafood-related businesses that are suffering now that i casualties now. and, you know, theyre part of our way of life here in louisiana. you know, all of these things are part of why we live here and what we love ...

Our invitation stands as always to bp to come on. more now on the skimmer shortage and the red tape angle. i talked about it just a short while ago with james carville and the president of plaquemines parish. billy, does this make any sense to you? 71 days into this thing, and theyre still in need of skimmers to pick this oil up. >> its -- how do you say were at war and were still piecemealing this thing one skimmer at a time, two skimmers at a time. maybe well set aside the jones act. maybe it ...

Piecemealed. we still are having trouble getting equipment approved through the process. >> shell oil apparently has offered up this huge vessel that they have and basically bp said no thanks and its just sitting in a dock. >> theres many vessels all over. german, theres australia, theres dutch equipment, all these skimmers all over the world, some that can go down and get these -- this oil beneath the surface and yet none of it has been deployed. >> it strikes me that -- the language the presid...

To people with very positive things to say about the company. again, thats their right. but we located one of the people that was quoted. >> reporter: as the manager editor of the newspaper in larose, louisiana, vicky knows a thing or two about journalism. so when a bp employee showed up unannounced to interview her on may 21st at her office, she realized right away, she says, he had an agenda. >> i think what he did was try to come in here and get something positive. >> reporter: what kinds of ...

Being affected by this? are prices going up? whats happening? >> oh, yes. the supply is definitely diminishing. you know, the variety of what we can get is definitely diminished and the price is going up. were still seeing great things like crawfish and beautiful, you know, jumbo lump crab meat, but as you know, oysters are -- are pretty much not happening at all right now. and the -- the supply of fin fish is -- the variety is getting much less. and, you know, i think were worried more about th...

Urgency does not take hold here, we will lose this war and it will be his fault. >> weve got to take a quick break. more with you guys in just a minute. in the meantime, let us know what you think. join the live chat right now at ac360.com. i just want to remind you were at the autobahn aquatic center. theyre really doing remarkable work here, trying to save the lives of sea turtles. they have more than 100 of them here that theyve found covered in oil. heres one of them. it is just kind of rest...