Gulf Surface News Today

Commercial shrimpers in louisiana say their first catch of the season since b.p.s oil spill was plentiful and free of oil monday. this comes following a new report claiming much of the leaked crude oil remains below the gulf surface. louisiana seafood industry brings in $2.4 billion a year. government investigators in west virginia cited massey energy for failing to report more than 20 accidents at the upper big branch mine. the site of the explosion that killed 29 miners in april. massey is r...

13. the nasdaq is up 27.5. commercial shrimpers in louisiana say their first catch of the season since b.p.s oil spill was plentiful and free of oil monday. this comes following a new report claiming much of the leaked crude oil remains below the gulf surface. louisiana seafood industry brings in $2.4 billion a year. government investigators in west virginia cited massey energy for failing to report more than 20 accidents at the upper big branch mine. the site of the explosion that killed 29 m...

Has the environmental damage in the gulf of mexico from the bp oil spill been overblown? reports this week show that the oil slick on the gulf surface is dissolving rapidly and "time" magazine reporter michael grunwald spoke to several marine scientists who say that the impact to the sea life and ecosystem is not as great as everyone feared. he joins us now along with bernard charbonnet. chairman of the new orleans port authority. let me go to michael first. i must have been wrong because i kept...

Theyll be out of work this fall. during a trip to new york city, president obama taped an appearance on "the view" talking about his first 20 months in office. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." weve got some good news tonight. the oil slick on the gulf surface down there is dissipating more quickly than expected. its evaporating much more faster than expected. you can see where the oil has gone in a series of maps made by the "new york times." there they are. by "the new yo...

Hello. im page hopkins. nbc has learned the main suspect in the leak of classified military documents is being brought back to the u.s. from kuwait. pentagon officials say army private bradley manning will likely face court-martial on charges of leaking classified video and downloading thousands of classified cables. meanwhile, the pentagon is confirming the body of a second missing sailor has been found in afghanistan. an investigation into why he and another sailor left their base is already u...

Drop in profits and issuing a less than rosie outlook. visa reporting after the closing bell, turning in better than expected growth in profits and revenues. shares are moving slightly higher after hours. thats it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now, back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." good news tonight. the oil slick on the gulf surface down there is dissipating more quickly. its evaporating much more quicker than expected. can you see where the oil has gone in a series of...

Trial of rod blagojevich. the judge says he expects a lengthy deliberation. manufacturing activity slowing in some parts of the country. retail sales are up with shoppers focusing on necessities. now, back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." weve got some good news tonight. the oil slick on the gulf surface down there is dispaiding more quickly than expected. its evaporating much more quicker than expected. you can see where the oil has gone in a series of maps made by the "new york t...

. hello, im fredricka. were still checking todays top stories. a mile under the gulf surface, bp is trying to install a new containment cap on that busted well. bp potentially removed the old containment cap yesterday. now it hopes to bolt down a better fitting cap. if successful, this could contain the oil gusher. relief wells are still considered the permanent solution. and police say teen fugitive co colton harris moore known as the barefoot bandit is behind bars today. he acquired a cult...

>> and the rio grande is overflowing in texas, more than 3 feet above flood stage in some areas and is still rising, causing widespread flood damage and putting lives in danger. we begin this hour with a gulf oil crisis deep below the gulf surface, bps under water robots, switching out a containment kcap. this is a live look at bps under water camera and the new cap is designed to capture all or most of all of the leaking oil. in the meantime, the old cap is now off. allowing oil to gush freel...

As it says they are supposed to. but today national incident commander admiral thad allen talked about what he called the federal governments aggressive skimming strategy and admiral allen says that since the beginning of june skimming capability in the gulf has increased fivefold now from about 100 large skimmers to 550 skimming vessels of all different sizes today. so he says so far 28.2 million gallons of an oily, watery mix has been skimmed from the gulf surface, campbell. >> randi, also the...