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>> reporter: that feels weird. how about that? is that far enough? now just squeeze it? >> yep, youre good. >> reporter: all right, guy, getting your stuff. okay. >> okay, do you want to pull it out and then you want to grab both of the bills together, and grab her neck and push all of the way down. >> reporter: thats not hurting her at all? >> no, shes not fighting you at all. >> reporter: good enough? >> thats it. >> reporter: oh, wow. that was incredible. i just fed is like a sick baby. >> ye...

newsroom. >> you ready? the previous week, much higher >> im running. >> hey, that was your mutual of than economists expected. omaha segment? is that what that was? where is stan brock when you need him? stan brock, im calling you later in the day. kyra, have a great day. hi, everybody, live from studio 7 at cnn headquarters, the big stories today, a powerful weather system presenting a possible new threat to cleanup and containment in the gulf oil disaster. from villain to hero, ch...

Special enclosure with birds that have been pretreated and in about a half hour to hours time theyll pull that same bird out and begin the wash process. >> they literally have to work inside the birds mouth? >> inside the birds mouth, yep. we try to wash -- these birds are preening if you watch in the bin. they try to clean their feathers. >> cleaning themselves? >> trying to comb the feathers and straighten and realign themselves to be waterproof and get the oil off of them and ingested some an...

>> trying to comb the feathers and realign themselves to be oil proof and get the oil off of them and ingested some and want to clean as much oil from inside the bill and the mouth and the pouch and so, its much inside as it is outside. >> do you get used to seeing this? >> not really, no. its -- this is pretty moving. its heart breaking thing to think that these beautiful animals are soiled. basically, to make our lives, you know, convenient and simple. so its -- weve -- we all have a hand in t...

Its heart breaking thing to think that these beautiful animals are soiled. basically, to make our lives, you know, convenient and simple. so its -- weve -- we all have a hand in this. i think we all have a hand in cleaning it up. >> a lot of people working hard. man in charge, jay holcombe. thanks very much. you are doing this for 40 years. how does this spill compare to what you have seen? >> well, you know, one thing different about this spill is the oil keeps pumping and therefore we cant rea...

the federal government has a mandate for offshore drilling. filing for a drilling permit, if companies provide detailed steps theyll follow to prevent a well blowout. here we are day 60 and this is just happening. just yesterday, bps ceo tony hayward testified on capitol hill he knew little about the well before it started spewing oil into the gulf. the leader of the company, not knowing. thats right. he didnt know a lot of other things, either, yesterday. or you could say he was lawye...

>> thanks, anderson. tonight, fallout from the spill. the federal government has a mandate for offshore drilling. filing for a drilling permit, if companies provide detailed steps theyll follow to prevent a well blowout. here we are day 60 and this is just happening. just yesterday, bps ceo tony hayward testified on capitol hill he knew little about the well before it started spewing oil into the gulf. the leader of the company, not knowing. thats right. he didnt know a lot of other th...