Containment Ship News Today

We continue our msnbc live team coverage here in roseburg, oregon. im thomas roberts. we have new details over the hour about the mass shooting that happened at umpqua community college. much more on that ahead but back to the studio and francis is following another big breaking story having to do with the weather. francis? >> thomas, there is some more news to cover. category 4 storm slamming the bahamas. coast guard reported a containment ship is missing in the atlantic with 3w 33 crew members...

That could be catastrophic like that. one of the first steps coming up would be to open some of the choke valves. possibly replacing the cap itself with that riser and begin the containment process of pulling the oil up to the containment ship. we are hoping it wont get to that point, but we may get to that containment process. we have a variance on that. thad allen is in favor of using the coin containment process. bp is happy to keep the lid on until the relief wells are complete, but the reli...

Tight deadline to come up with the strategy. a few days ago, the coast guard told bp it didnt have enough backup mechanisms in place. its going to mean more ships on the surface, more pipes leading to them and more risk. >> urnd intensifying pressure from the administration and the coast guard, bp comes up with a more ambitious strategy for containing this gusher. it may allow crews to contain up to five times more oil than they are now. a letter obtained by cnn. first, comes some relief for the...