still be hard to find. retrain people, operate safely again. we ll just absorb the loss as much as we possibly can and just keep the guys. how much is that going to end up costing you? it s costing us around $55,000 a day for all the crews here in the gulf. you times that by another four months into the moratorium is over, that s adds up to a big chunk of change. yeah, it adds up pretty quick. but like i said, in four, five months if we re fortunate enough to get back to work, we ll need the people so we don t want to lose the efficiency we built up for so many years. are you confident you ll get back to the work in the gulf in four or five months? i think it will be a really slow process with all the rig upgrades, as well as rigs that have left. we have to try to find new rigs to work in the gulf. oil companies have to let out new contracts. then we have the concern where the smaller independents to large independents may not be able to afford to drill wells in deepwater g
you online date and you are looking for these profiles this is really an authentic person or not? well, there are some warning signs you can look for, pretty obvious ones. a lot of these scammers have poor grammar and misspellings, some even have british accents. if they re asking you to send money to come back home or because they ve been injured and they need to go to a better hospital or for internet or phone service, simply do not believe them. we have a ton of information on cnn.com about this and more information you can check out there. kiran? abbie boudreau for us this morning, great story this morning. thanks so much. we re crossing the half-hour. time for a look at our top stories. the disaster in the gulf in its final life cycle. those words from a top coast guard official who says that there is hardly enough oil left on the surface at least to skim. but it will be weeks before we know if bp can successfully kill its ruptured well once and for all. a long debate is o
crossing the half-hour right now. time to look at this morning s top stories. the disaster in the gulf in its final life cycle. those words coming from a top coast guard official who says there is hardly enough oil at least on the surface to skim. but it will be weeks still before we know if bp can successfully kill its ruptured well once and for all. the static kill procedure is now scheduled to start next week. the critical situation unfolding right now in the mountains of southern california. about 1,000 firefighters are racing to contain two wildfires that are burning in kern county just north of los angeles. 2,300 people have been told to get out and already at least 40 homes have gone up in flames. governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for the area. plus, veteran house democrat charlie rangel confirming that his lawyers are discussing a possible settlement in the ethics scandal that could avoid a public hearing this week and
make up that entire jar and the overall average is fairly low. but again, you ll make your decision whether or not you want to come to the beach. obviously you see sand is stained, you certainly want to stay away from that. but the overall condition of the beach here, at least in florida, looks to be okay. rob, a lot of people just marvel at that and say, wait a minute, we had the worst oil spill in the history of the united states. the well has only been capped for 12 days and oil seems to have dispersed. how is it possible? reporter: well, i give credit to the cap. we re almost would weeks into the well being capped and you have what? over 50,000 barrels of oil going into the gulf every day. you stop that and you stop a whole lot of oil from entering the gulf and you ve got an army of people battling spill and they got their hands around it. bonnie did more than we gave her
good morning. this wednesday, 28th of july. thanks for being with us in the most news of the morning. i m john rob zblerts i m kiran chetry. where is the oil? cleanup crews in the gulf roaring there s not enough crude left on the surface to skim. 100 days into this disaster today. one top coast guard official says the spill is now entering its final life cycle. in a moment, incoming bp ceo bob dudley on the challenges ahead. search is costing women money. scammers are pretending to be u.s. servicemen deployed overseas and promising marriage just to cheat women out of thousands of dollars. it is a cnn special investigation. countdown to a rackdown. arizona officials find out today whether a federal judge will block their controversial new immigration law. police are getting ready to start enforcing it tomorrow. today we are taking a look at a young man caught in the middle