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Gallons into the gulf. heres why some say thats bad. listen. >> we know that the oil, the dispersant are both toxic. put them together, theyre more toxic on things that are really critical to the marine biology in the gulf of mexico. >> now, incident commander thad allen says that its approved on a case-by-case basis so his field commanders actually have the authority to decide whether or not to ramp up the use of chemical dispersants or allow that oil to make shoreline impact. apparently, they ...

Here we are as well the oil disaster, we are now on day 62, and weve got some new problems to tell you about there, and those problems actually reduce the amount of oil that was being collected. of course the number dropping there, frustration rising, other wise, meanwhile nothing seems to work in trying to get that leak to stop. well, how about prayer? today has been designated a statewide day of prayer across louisiana, the state senate passed a resolution to sponsor this day of prayer. thus f...

Here, but theres so many different components that could have a failure issue. could you have had a pump up on the surface fail that was keeping the pressure of the mud that -- thats flowing down there, to keep the hydrocarbons at bay while youre putting the cement in. theres so many different variables where it could happen, but they were at the point where they were really getting the well bore itself ready for production, which is, you know, putting big steel pipes down there, putting cement ...

Skimming fleet of 780 skimmers. >> reporter: you realize when you say that it is so hard for people to believe that this spill was so enormous and yet were having trouble finding the oil to skim it? >> its not for lack of trying. we have 50 aircraft saturating this very location where satellites indicate there could be oil sheen in the area. so were going to look just like we would doing search and rescue to see where any possible target pocket of oil might be over this area. >> rob marciano is ...

Reservoir, until the relief well can ultimately finally kill it for good. third day of pressure testing, as well as monitoring, the pressure continues to rise slightly. down below the cap. that is a good thing. the scenario, by the b.p. ceo contradicts admiral thad allens plan to reopen the cap well. to allow oil on the pipeline to ships on the surface. doing that would eni believe an accurate flow rate to be learned. today we just have estimates of the leak between 35,000 barrels to 60,000 barr...

Also a bloodthirsty grizzly bear has been killed near yellowstone national park. earlier, it mauled to death a researcher after being shot with a tranquilizer dart. it is day 61 of the oil spill disaster and tar balls are still washing ashore on floridas panhandle beaches now. its the furthest east the oil has spread there. and bp stopped recovering oil gushing into the gulf for ten hours last night because of a problem on board a drilling ship. bp says it has since resumed this morning. all...