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Into what caused the disaster in an effort to recover the failed blowout preventser 5,000 feet below the surface. trying to recover that is key into civil and criminal investigations into went wrong here and weve been reporting on a major incident that happened in mississippi and the mississippi sound, a major fish kill, thousands of fish floating in the waters there, silver and giant red fish, we went back to cat island yesterday and there were no more fish in the region and we saw people fishi...

Could be a difficult task at the bottom of the water. this as oil continues to seep and wash up on the marshes and the beaches. rick leventhal live in lake shore, mississippi, and you were just back from cat island, rick, where you discovered that fish kill. right? it was a horrible sight to see. it made me cry. i was watching it in my office. whats it like today? >> it is a sad sight or was yesterday. we just came back on a boat from cat island where we brought you those pictures of the thousan...

>> reporter: they are looking for that failed blowout prevent theyre may have caused the rig to explode killing 11 workers and creating what many believe to be the worst man made environmental disaster weve ever known. they need to get that equipment and bring it up and use it possibly as evidence in criminal and civil cases that have already been filed. >> julie: yesterday you reported a major fish kill, what the latest on? >> that we went back to cat island where we saw yesterday thousands of ...

To finish tremendouslying -- to finish drilling another well. and now, like from mississippi. you went to the water today and made a disturbing discovery. tell us. a massive fish kill, one of the largest that the people we were with have ever seen. thousands of fish, many of them silver brim covering a two-scare mile area, much larger red fish which are described as one of the greatest delicacies, fish that are 30" long or longer weighing 30 pounds or more, and the red fish, thousands of still v...

Black birds and starlings in a single night in arkansas just before the new year? and the timing might be a clue. wildlife experts these rise that the bifrds were stressed by the fireworks. >> this is a rural area. these black birds ten to congregate in areas where youll have grains from agricultural fields on the ground. so in this instance, they would have been all together. you dont typically see these in urban areas. these are more rural areas and theyre monday concentrated. so if somebody w...

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We did see workers on the beach and some of them earlier today complained of watering eyes and having trouble breathing because benzene in the air that may have been related to the fish kill. >> julie: despite claims that most of the oil is gone, its hard to tell on television sets at home. you are seeing signs of oil washing ashore. >> yeah, i can show you one piece of evidence. a bottle that was covered in oil. i want to bring in brian adams who is with the emergency management office. a lot o...

Water horizon site, remember there is key evidence below the surface of the water, the failed blow-out preventer may be a critical piece of evidence in civil cases and criminal investigations in to what went wrong on that rig back on april 20 when the explosion killed 11 workers. we are also seeing a lot of clean-up efforts, going on, not just on beaches but out in the water as well, where they are dragging boom, trying to collect some of the oil that is still skimable on the surface. some local...