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Jon: what about that plan to use chemical disper sants on the oil slick? hows that going? >> reporter: the weather was really bad all weekend long, high winds not only laying out boom lines, a lot of them were breached, 80% according to alabamas governor, but the winds were too bad. the planes are loaded, theyre ready to fly, and we do expect they will begin flying over the oil slick today. they can cover 250 acres per drop. bps also conducting its second test today of actually pouring those che...

This is an active oil flow. were also going to be covering the battle over immigration before we wrap up this hour and before i send it back to peter alexander in our studios in new york, peter, as we said on "today" on nbc this morning, when is louisiana going to catch a break and how much can one state be expected to take? this is a heartbreaking situation. i think tonight is going to be our 26th broadcast of "nightly news" since katrina. we made, you did, i did, a lot of us did, a huge commit...

It will come to shore, its only a matter of time. there is a little bit of good news, by the way, coming out of this. that disperse santa theyve been shooting down at 5,000 feet, the coast guard telling us they have had some significant impact on this oil flow. again, theyre targeting the oil thats coming out of the well. as they target this, it breaks up the oil and allows it to become small enough so that it can be naturally degraded by bacteria. again, the coast guards quote, significant impa...

That state, with a total economic impact of more than a billion dollars. meanwhile, the worries about the gulf disaster now forcing many store owners in that region to stock up before supplies run low. >> there are probably three times busier than we are and most of the customers are worried about the gulf shrimp, they want to have that. we have a unique flavor and people are really concerned about that, so theyre stocking up, putting it in their freezer so theyll have gulf shrimp. uma: many sto...

Have died of flooding in the united states and the abortive attempt at a car bombing in times square in new york. two or major stories well be covering tonight on "nbc nightly news." first and for now, here we are in a place, part of the mississippi river delta, one of the harbors lining this region that is part of the epicenter of the vast fisheries industry here. thats all idle. theres nothing to bring in. in one fell swoop after this spill and the florida governor says call it like it is, its...

Those are the remote-controlled submersibles. in this case they havent been working. this bp official said we still dont know why they are not working. those are the questions floating back and forth between us and officials here as to what can be done to stem this oil flow. >> brian todd, thanks so much. all that oil oozing from the gulf has a whole lot of people worried about what will happen to the fragile eco system. we are seeing birds, marine life coated in oil. this at a peak time for nes...

Storms. if you get the wind through there, remember when you were a kid and awed salad dressing bottle and put oil in and the oil stays in the thick layer. if you shake it and disperse it moves into smaller droplets. they sink. eventually we will see enough weather to churn this up and help. we talked about hurricane season. that might be a blessing to get this turned up and the oil settled and off the top of the water. >> shepard: you talk to the experts not involved with the government and bp,...

See you tomorrow. from new york, good night. see you tomorrow. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> bret: crews in the gulf of mexico try to head off an environmental disaster as washington considers the political reaction. the white house denies it wants to go easy on some countries in order to get support for new sanctions against iran. after promising not to, floridas governor makes a declaration of independence. live from the studio in washington, this is "special report." good ev...

Leaks, another well could be drilled to control the oil flow. completing that process, were told, could take months. some 100,000 barrels of oil a day are leaking into the gulf. 11 workers on that rig still unaccounted for presumed dead at this point after tuesdays disaster. that platform underwater now, it sank on thursday. well, in the last 90 minutes or so, president obama wrapping up the eulogy at the memorial service for workers killed in another deadly explosion. earlier this month, 29 min...

Terrorism threat amped up as they try to take out oil facilities. thankfully they were unsuccessful but what would have happened domestically had they succeeded or if the others who are still there working to do this ultimately succeed? >> well, this is a very large plot, as you said. there were three cells, 113 or more people have been arrested already. they were going to strike at a variety of different targets there. now, they probably would not have halted the oil flow or anything like that,...