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They were struck heading back to shore. the three injured men were taken to the hospital. all are expected to recover. and right now youre looking at the aftermath from a fire in los angeles in an apartment building there where at least 13 people were injured, two of them are now in critical condition including a 5-year-old little girl who suffered burns and a woman who broke her leg after jumping from the building. its still not clear what caused that fire. lets get more now on the setback to c...

Which, of course, affects the wildlife and marine life in a concentrated area where it is barriered by the shore. >> yeah. david, do you think the containment box idea will end up working? >> well, im -- im just as puzzled about it, but i do believe it is a good idea. there is another idea they will be trying which is very similar, and that is an umbrella type of circumstance where it is not a box but it is a large umbrella. and maybe, because it is not sitting on the bottom and the direction ma...

Completed. im sure that theyll try it. theres no reason not to. >> right. >> there is a different consistency in this material, as you have heard this morning, with the box going down. and that is that theres a crystal-like substance thats maybe partially methane and so forth. and this creating a problem.har from what ive seen from the surface and what ive talked to some people about that are on scene is -- has changed the structure of the material. remember, its coming from 5,000 feet of water ...

Of -- that are similar. i feel good that the coast guard sr. now taking control of the circumstance. they have been involved in these circumstances since 1970. >> david, you bring up the "exxon valdez" disaster and whether this one comes -- you know the same kind of magnitude, eclipses it or not remains to be seen. but the difference is that spill, valdez, was mainly rocky. have you the gulf coast, thats marsh land you are dealing with. how much does that change the effect of the spill? >> well,...

Diesel dealers. the restauranteurs. this will spiral through the community. some are actually -- are signing up to be part of the cleanup effort now because they know they are not going to make much money fishing. it is -- a terrible disaster economically and i can logically for this area. >> every way you look at it, it is a disaster. mark potter, thank you. for more on the challenge facing the cleanups along the gulf coast, joined by david usher in detroit. an oil spill expert. good morning. >...

A little worse because what happened is the oil actually went through the pebbles and stones. and thats why they have been picking stuff up as -- last year. >> so -- david, do you think the government should have gotten in sooner? >> well, thats not my call. but, of course, i know the expertise they have. and -- i feel much more confident in the capabilities that they have and their knowledge. >> okay. david usher there from detroit. thank you very much. >> youre quite welcome. they are callin...

Attitudes that are being added and now that the coast guard is in charge, there will be different types of equipment potentially used. >> all right. david, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. i just wanted to mention the top five animals threatened are tuna, sea turtles, sharks, dolphins and brown pelicans. we just got the first word that workers are using detergent to scrub the first bird that has been coated with oil. also, air force planes could dump chemicals to help break ...

With the tri-state research are using dawn blue dish soap to scrub the oil off a young northern gannett. well stay on top of that. storms are now threatening the clean-up as well. oil has hit the louisiana shoreline. in about an hour, federal officials are fly over that growing oil slick to get a firsthand look at the mess. david usher is the chairman of marine pollution control. set the scene in terms of impact. how bad is it? >> well, were finding things out every hour, of course. but it is co...