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Keeping you informed. every morning, over 50 spotter planes and helicopters take off and search for the oil. we use satellite images, infrared and thermal photography to map and target the oil. then, the boats go to work. almost 6,000 vessels. these are thousands of local shrimp and fishing boats organized into task forces and strike teams. plus, specialized skimmers from around the world. weve skimmed over 27 million gallons of oil/water mixture and removed millions more with other methods. wev...

Brought on by this bp spill, as well as the cap. a lot of people are not putting a lot of stock into what bp is saying. theyre holding out hope that this might work. but at the same time, theres still a lot of oil out there that has the potential to come back on shore. dealing with the tourism issue, ed schrader. ed, give me an idea. where is tourism at along these beaches here? >> hi, michelle. this is our most important point -- month of the year. and were a little bit below what we normally w...

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About 24 hours into a 48-hour window with bp testing the pressure on the cap and hoping it can contain the oil until the relief wells are complete. president obama said even if this isnt the ultimate fix, it is very good news. >> even if a shut-in is not possible, this new cap and the additional equipment being placed in the gulf will be able to contain up to 80,000 barrels a day. which should law us to capture nearly all of the oil until the well is killed. >> were live in venice, louisiana. th...

Have to defend against. >> how will you try to defend against the oil thats already out there coming to shore and getting those people back here to these beaches? is. >> right. just as we have for months, the inland waterways, we have a wonderful system of buoys and skimmer ships in shore to try to take out if it comes into our passes, into our bays. out here on the shore, thats the job of bp and the federal government, and were counting on them to launch everything they got to keep this oil off...

You cant see it. its obviously not coming up around the well head, which is what everybodys kind of worst fear was, but it could be easily cross flowing or blowing out down below and we wont know that until we see more oil pressures. >> we talked earlier before the president spoke, and he said even if this isnt going to continue to be shut off, theyll be able to open it to a point that its letting out much more oil that could be captured, far less oil into the gulf of mexico. do you think that w...

Long enough to get the relief wells completed? he spent 30 years as an oil and gas executive, most recently. good to see you, again, bob. the longer we get into this 48 hours, are we breathing more easily? >> well, im not going to breathe easier until we get another briefing from bp. we got a notice a little while ago that -- they normally do a 7:30 a.m. and a 2:30 p.m. central time briefing. and they delayed their 2:30 until 5:00, which tells me there is something else going on here. we havent ...

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Hours to look into those pressure readings. what they want to see is high pressure. that would be a good thing. that would mean this cap is able to withstand the pressure of the well. if theyre getting low pressure readings, that means there is a leak somewhere else, theyre going to have to deal with. there is also another concern here, and this was a concern addressed before the white house gave them the go ahead to start this test, which is the test itself could potentially weaken the well, an...