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Look at this. the report says a quarter of the oil was taken care of by burning, skimming, or direct capture, another quarter naturally evaporated or dissolved, another quarter was dispersed in the water as microscopic droplets, and the last quarter is still there as what they call a light sheen on or near the surface or it has turned into tar balls and been cleaned up or buried in the sand, anderson. thats what theyre saying has happened to all this oil. >> and it sounds like good news, but the...

Its disappearing very quickly. it is very dilute. as you go farther and farther from the wellhead, the small, microscopic droplets of oil are very quickly diluted into parts per million. parts per million, thats very, very dilute. and farther away from the wellhead, its even more dilute. but dilute and out of sight doesnt necessarily mean benign. and we remain concerned about the long-term impacts, both on the marshes and the wildlife, but also beneath the surface and are actively studying that,...

Categories is being degraded, naturally degraded. and so some of the residual that might be in marshes, for example, or tar balls, is being biodegraded. the oil that is beneath the surface as a result of dispersion and these microscopic droplets is in the process of rapid degradation. and so what you see on the pie char, as robert indicated, is a sum total of where the oil went over time, but it doesnt necessarily represent whats there at this moment. >> all right. and just to follow up really q...

Oil that spilled over those three months of the oil disaster, 50% of it is gone. gone. they explain this in a new report today in which they say 20% of the oil cant be accounted for. youll find this fascinating, kind of a breakdown of percentages they have for you. lets go through it. you see that top number, 26% recitizen yal. thats what they cant account for. they say either its sheen or its just below the surface. thats what they cant account for. but they say 25% of all the oil that spilled,...

Dispersants at the surface, as well as sub sea. and so if you total up those five pie charts, direct recovery, burned, skimmed and chemically dispersed, that gives you a sense of what the results of the federal effort have been. and it totals about a third of the total amount of oil that has been released. naturally dispersed oil is also -- accounts for 16%, as oil is being -- was being released from the well head, or from the riser pipe. it naturally becomes mixed in turbulent conditions, and b...

Clouds of microscopic droplets beneath the surface. that is in the process of being very rapidly degraded naturally. and so mother nature is assisting here, considerably. so the pieces of the pipe chart that we have looked at directly now account for those things that we can measure directly or have very good estimates for. the residual, which is the upper left part of the pie chart, is 26%. and thats a combination of oil that is in light sheen at the surface, or in tar balls or has been washed ...

Comments that, in fact, we are looking at maybe a light at the end of the tunnel, if you will. maybe we are about to wrap-up this part of the disaster, at least. and is you will excuse me as i keep my eye on the white house briefing room right now. and, again, the 75% number -- you can be rest assured, theyre going to get a lot of questions about today. because, in fact, a lot of people wondering, how in the world can all of that oil be gone? n now, some of it has been dispersed. its been little...

The oil that has been completely degraded isnt because when it is biodegraded, it ends up being water and carbon dioxide. if it has been biodegraded, if its gone, then its not a threat. oil that is in microscopic droplets that is still there may be toxic to any of the small creatures under the water that are encountered -- that it encounters. and even in very small droplets, it is -- can be toxic. we do remain concerned and are actively studying the overall impact that both the oil at the surfac...

Ocean. the chemical dispersant is used to break up oil in the small droplets. they approved the request allowing the company to use thousands of gallons of dispersant. president obama speaking out in the case of three american hikers who crossed irans border. they have been jailed for a year and iran saying they should stand trial for illegally entering the country. obama called on iran to release americans meal immediately. zsa zsa gabor may be released from the hospital after a fall where she ...

Makes the heart grow fonder, of someone else. >> it could be abstinence. >> of someone else. >> of someone else, exactly. ellen degeneres says shesz voting herself off american idol. she said the workload was more than she bargained for and she did not enjoy having to criticize young singers. there are rumors that jay low, jennifer lopez will take her place. and aerosmiths lead singer stephen tyler could join me. the oil dispersant might also be breaking up links in the regions food chain. s...