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Responsible. the oil threatens communities and wildlife and natural resources around the gulf of mexico. the focus remains, as it has, for the last ten days. on overseeing pbs efforts, minimizing the damage that could come. yesterday at the command center in houston, i pressed the ceos of pb as well as engineers to work harder and faster and smarter to get the job done. i asked other companies from across the oil and gas industry to bring their oil expertise to the situation to make sure that no...

As just been mentioned, the president has urged out of an abundance of caution and mindful of new and evolving information, that we must position resources to continue to confront this spill. that being said, we have been anticipating and planning, and today i will be designating that this is a spill of national significance. what that means is, that we can now draw down assets from across the country. from other coastal areas by example. we will have centralized communication because the spill ...

Bp command center reviewing the operations, asking the tough questions. hes getten an update on the companys progress in closing the leaks from their well and do ensure that they clean up the spill as quickly as possible. >> a lot of news there. the oil spill expected to make landfall, i believe thats along the louisiana coast, tomorrow, late tomorrow afternoon, early evening. the president really mobilizing departments of the government now to gather resources to aid the effort of getting a han...

Last night bp alerted us to additional oil leaking from their deep underwater well. they are working with our support to estimate the size of this breach. as has just been mentioned, the president has urged out of an abundance of caution and mindful of new and evolving information that we must position resources to continue to confront this spill. that being said, we have been anticipating and planning, and today i will be designating that this is a spill of national significance. what that mean...

And to be taking a aggressive measures to insure that this type of incident does not happen again. i believe administrator jackson. >> good afternoon. im lisa jackson. administrator of the environmental protection agency. over the past days epa has mobilized to respond to this crisis. were working closely with dhs, with the coast guard and of course with the white house to monitor the situation and address environmental impacts. first, epa is providing full support to the united states coast gua...

In robert, louisiana, we are opening a second command center in mobile, alabama, for the bp spill. as was mentioned, as well, as part of our oversight of the response, i will be going to the gulf coast tomorrow, along with secretary salazar, epa administrator jackson, to inspect ongoing operations. we remain focused on continued oversight. well be taking a very close look at efforts under way, particularly to minimize the environmental risks in the area effected by the leaking oil. well be meeti...

Meek. much more of this coming up. but theres other important news were watching right now, especially the massive oil slick now covering some 600 square miles of the gulf of mexico. and it could start reaching the united states coast within hours. in the latest development, the u.s. oil -- the oil is gushing big time at a rate far greater than previously thought from a well ripped open by last weeks explosion and the sinking of the drilling rig. the louisiana governor, bobby jindal, today dec...

>> brian, were hearing the effects of this oil slick are already being felt in new orleans. is that right? >> reporter: thats right. i just got off the phone with that attorney who we had on the piece, bernie strauss, now, we are at this moment, about an hour and a half north of new orleans when we came here to the command center to talk to officials. bernie strauss is in new orleans right now, just a few moments ago he said you can smell the oil in downtown new orleans. he said its pretty bad. ...

Its 7:11. an oil leak deep under water in the gulf of mexico is growing. along with fears of an environmental disaster after last weeks oil rig explosion, the good news, the oil is expected to stay well offshore for the next few days. the bad news, more than 40,000 gallons of oil a day are spilling into the gulf. crews are deploying robot submarines to stop the leak. joining us from the command center in louisiana this morning, coast guard commander mark mckaden. thanks very much for joining us....

Update, thank you. 42,000 gallons of oil a day spilling into the gulf of mexico. well go live to the command center for an update from the coast guard on efforts to stop the leak. at 7:25, an "a.m. original" going surgeon shopping, the high cost of insurance forcing some to roll the dice. do people get what they pay for, or can you find bargains in the health care world? how the housing crisis was a win-win for goldman sachs. it is nine minutes after the hour.