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Keepingen eye here on day 82 of the gulf oil disaster. see that full screen now of this happening today. this is still oil gushing into the gulf. its a big day and big weekend. theyre going to take the one cap on thats currently there and one on that has a tighter seal. and also another ship is going to be brought online that can siphon up oil as well. when all of these things are in place early next week they do believe they will be collecting just about all of the oil coming out. this is not t...

To the disaster will still be the completion of a relief well. t.j.? they have thrown just about everything at this gulf oil disaster. throwing something else at it, how about a blimp and a whale? well let our reynolds wolf explain this to us. hes in new orleans. people are starting to come out. joggers behind you. always beautiful down there. always hot down there on the river, actually. but lets start with this blimp, first of all. how is this going to help? >> reporter: thats right. a blimp...

A blimp as a part of the relief well. >> absolutely, man. they are doing everything they possibly can. this is the latest installment of the weapons in the arsenal. that will keep a sharp eye on it. nothing to blow a horn at. this thing we are talking about is a new blimp. this is an air ship thrown in from uma, arizona. 178 feet long. it is called the mz 3 a ship. this one has been deployed for the gulf coast and is making pretty much a route from parts of new orleans back over to mobile, alaba...

You could say, to use a sports parlance, basically the quarterback. the quarterback in the sky directing skimmers, where they need to go, where they should be deployed. something else its also going to do is keep a very sharp high on the pristine wed lands, on nesting grounds of the ground pelican and look for pods of dolphins, any kind of animal that might be in distress. so its going to really serve a multitude of purposes. something else its going to be doing is het tro fretrofitting , electr...

Quite helpful. >> reporter: it could be extremely helpful. talking about something almost like were going back in time. we heard of blimps. theyve been part of aviation for a very, very long time. this blimp came in from yuma, arizona. its 178 feet long. it has the name of "mz 3-a." its going to provide an observation platform high above giving people an idea of what they can expect right along the very coastlines. what this thing is also going to do is act almost like an air traffic controller ...

Would be out of luck. she would be grounded. theyve got the flotilla of ships and brain power of dc here and on the gulf coast. this will be one more tool to help use to battle the oil spill. >> one way to put it, reynolds, a controller, command center telling everybody where to go. theres oil here, get the skimmer boats over here and get the oil up. one more thing. i talked about a blimp. but a-whale, weve been talking about the skimmer ship billed as the worlds largest oil skimming vessel. are...

Do this, you have a big storm system come brewing in from the sides. if that happens, all collection has to cut loose, all the ships have to go away. and you wind up with the well just emptying out here maybe for days, maybe for weeks, as long as it takes to get back to the game. >> so again, this could be a big, big weekend in this whole oil disaster. theyve got some help as well this weekend from a blimp. they are looking to the skies above for a little help here. reynolds wolf is in new orlea...

>>resources, the blimp and that whale. we will check in with reynolds wolf plenty in new orleans. thank you. >> you bet. so get this. sell fido and answer to the law? well, the city -- there is a city where a trip to the pet store could soon be illegal. you will want to see this.

Four people drowned when the creek overflowed not far from the u.s. border. tomorrows world cup final comes down to spain and netherlands, the first ever final for both teams. dutch have a history of advancing in the world cup. if they beat spain tomorrow, they would match the 1970 accomplishment of sweeping all qualifying world cup matches. those are the top stories. >> brian: thank you. b.p. exectives jumping on ideas to help clean up the oil spill mess. b.p. ordered 100 devices that a shrimp ...

And theyre hoping that that along with another surface vessel theyre going to connect to that busted well will be able to contain virtually all of that oil. now, this is about containment. its not about shutting down the source of that oil, that would come in the form of these relief wells that theyre currently working on. this week, bp has said theyre a little bit ahead of schedule, that they could possibly be done by the end of july, about two weeks earlier than they had said before. and if th...