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Bounty fizzled out. the fear that it could have been a large earl storm turned out to be the biggest disruption thus far in the 97 daylong effort to end the crisis. >> as it washed out, the coast guard ordered bp to return to the deep water horizon site as quickly as possible. bonnie was making a beeline for the oil leak when the storm fell apart. almost all of the ships evacuated ahead of the storm, except for ones providing live pictures of bps new containment cap holding back the flow of oil ...

Through the gulf of mexico toward louisiana and mississippi. it does appear to be losing more steam. but despite that, the storm may still pose a risk to those working at the ships. and only those controlling the deep sea robots monitoring the containment cap are still there. charles hadlock is live for us this morning in venice, louisiana. and charles, what is the latest? because this storm seems to be a lot more unorganized. >> reporter: yeah. if the coast guard knew then what they know now ab...

Containment cap. some argued to leave it on or take it off entirely. or relieve the vent and release the pressure but theyre not doing that. because submersibles and the cameras will be gone the only way to know if it fails one mile beneath the surface of the sea is from a satellite picture, if they see the oil gushing up the surface. bret, back to you. >> bret: steve harrigan live in grand isle. thank you. senate foreign relations committee investigating whether b.p. had anything to do with the...

Look over here to my right. you can see something we havent seen here in the gulf in months and thats families going out for a saturday morning fish. theres two men and their child, that he have been out there fishing and much of the gulf water has gotten cleaner since that containment cap has been put in place, and much of the fishing area has been opened up as well. so were seeing something really that gives us some real pleasure, something we havent seen for months, families heading out to fi...

Splash-and-dash showers near key west. all worth watching over the next 24 to 48 hours. >> again, not expected to become a hurricane? >> as of right now the forecast doesnt hold that. but theres every chance it may strengthen on fall apart all together. >> reynold wolf for us this morning, thanks. as we mentioned, in advance of the storm the government is ordering giant drill ships and also the rigs that are working to stop the leak to get out of harms way. there is some good news though. the ...

Hes saying im sorry. he didnt have to do it. >> sherrod told us she would love to have the president come to south georgia to show him how race issues are playing out on the frontlines. as it is every morning, the a.m. fix blog is up and running. join the live conversation going on now. just go to cnn.com/amfix. first, though, as we speak, tropical storm bonnie is close in on south florida. the greater threat, though, is in the gulf where this morning the government is evacuating workers and...

Hired by bp to pull the booms and stuff, very ineffective in those sorts of waves. the other vessels in and around working directly with the containment cap, doing the evacuations is just that. this has been a disaster and so they err on the side of caution every step along the way and so, moving some of those vessels and pulling some of the people out is prudent if nothing less than that. the real question, of course, the containment cap and just remember a mile down is the big problem. a mile ...

Into the shore line of louisiana. >> reporter: so louisiana governor bobby jindal has declared a state of emergency. bp has already evacuated nonessential workers from eight other rigs in the gulf. boom that has protected the fragile coast from oil is also being moved inland. >> break the anchors and pull it out and more than anything it will tear it up. once it gets torn up its useless. >> reporter: bps chief operating officer toured one of the ships thats been operating the cameras and the rob...

All day. many of the companies out there choosing to wait until the last minute. ships on the move as well and they are ordered out of the scene around the ruptured oil well, ordered out last night. the point man for the government thad allen says getting it out of harms way is a slow process. last night, development driller two and three were directed to detach from the drill sites. they are disconnecting from the lower marine riser package and they are in the process right now of pulling the r...

Everything you need is there at work. your food, your laundry. sweet, huh? >> great job. >> we need that here at "world news now." well look into that. >> well take anything free at this point. >> no kidding. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. im vinita nair. >> im rob nelson. it is two steps forward and one step back in the oil spill cleanup. one week ago today the containment cap finally stopped the massive flood of oil. >> the whole operation is now grinding to a halt as a new st...