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The gulf. where did it all go? nbc senior investigative correspondent lisa myers went looking for it. >> reporter: we went up to track the oil with pilot bonnie schumaker a committed environmentalist. who has been out over the oil almost daily since mid-may. >> every day theres less and less to see. >> reporter: there was once thick oil as far as the eye can see, now, we find occasional blotches of orange. >> were having trouble finding patches of oil. that doesnt mean were going to stay prepare...

>> fan boys are not just american. >> thats true. >> that sounds like something greg would hire. >> bill, answer the question. >> well, first of all to be clear he did "honey i shrinking the kids, 2". the guy has some talent. but it is more awful than previously thought. i went on andrew bright barts new site, big comic book .com, and it said that the hulk is now not only green in color, but also green in sense ability. he is going to be a vegan environmentalist in the second one. it is outrageo...

The impact on the gulf south. >> it certainly is not the end of the impact. even the most optimistic people you speak to down here would say the impact is going to last for months. almost every environmentalist you speak to say it is going to last for years, even decades. obviously what all the fishermen want to know around here, jon, is when are the fishing areas going to be reopened? when can they get these boats behind me back out in those gulf waters and resume the jobs that they have done f...

Said we shouldnt be having deepwater drilling anymore, we need to reassess. i think from a just practical standpoint there has to be an acknowledgment that deepwater drilling, unfortunately, given the situation were in when it comes to energy, has to be part of, has to be part much the options. and i think the obama administration recognized that. you may disagree with that. >> listen, if that is the economic reality that we are faced with as a country, let me just say, were going to have to cha...

Useful, because -- >> glenn: was he an environmentalist or a guy who was a good capitalist and said dont waste? >> he was a good capitalist and said dont waste. but the effect was improve the environment. >> glenn: thats one people that people dont truly understand. they say i want to get off oil. everything, everything in our society is oil-based. this chair has petroleum buckets. the book has petroleum products, the curtain, the light. everything, our clothing is petroleum-based. >> much of th...

Useful, because -- >> glenn: was he an environmentalist or a guy who was a good capitalist and said dont waste? >> he was a good capitalist and said dont waste. but the effect was improve the environment. >> glenn: thats one people that people dont truly understand. they say i want to get off oil. everything, everything in our society is oil-based. this chair has petroleum buckets. the book has petroleum products, the curtain, the light. everything, our clothing is petroleum-based. >> much of th...

Think is a bad guy. rockefeller, senior. you say he was a good guy. >> i think john d. rock feller is a wonderful american -- john d. rockefeller is a wonderful american. gives us cheap energy, makes america energy independent. at the time rockefeller comes on the scene, the major source of interior illumination was whale oil. in 20 years people quit using whale oil. he does more to save the whales than greenpeace. drives down the price of kerosene so low people substitute kerosene for whale oil...

We will be checking in with you guys. a 60--year-old woman, diana nyad, attempting to swim 100 miles from cuba to key west. we are following her along the way. you will only find this at another great water story. you will only find this unique view of the oil disaster in the gulf on cnn. our amber lyon took a deep see dive with environmentalist, phillippe cousteau. >> i love to scuba dive. i was just doing it a few weeks ago. that was pretty extreme. >> yes. very extreme. unfortunately, that ...

And as felipe said, hes a big environmentalist, he said the biggest concern about this oil sitting in that water column right now is the toxicity. he says that oil is toxic to fish in the parts per billion. thats pretty much equivalent to one drop of oil in an entire swimming pool. and as you saw from that video, the murkiness, there were million and millions of drop lets of oil that we were diving in to yesterday and thats why you saw me wearing the big red hazmat suit because we just dont know...

>> i think john d. rock feller is a wonderful american -- john d. rockefeller is a wonderful american. gives us cheap energy, makes america energy independent. at the time rockefeller comes on the scene, the major source of interior illumination was whale oil. in 20 years people quit using whale oil. he does more to save the whales than greenpeace. drives down the price of kerosene so low people substitute kerosene for whale oil. he gets nothing but grease for it. >> he then uses the byproduct o...