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Dealing with. we needed to declare a spill of national significance. >> the dome this morning is about 200 feet above the leak being lowered carefully on the leak. the pressures and temperatures are different here, so we cannot be confident it will work. >> our opportunity were pursuing at the moment is cammed the top kill or junk shot opportunity. its quite complex technique. >> bp, which owns the well, has offered a bunch of ideas for stopping the leak but they all seem half baked. most surpri...

The missing 11 workers are now feared dead and this morning authorities have major concerns about the crude oil at the rate of 336,000 gallons a day spilling into the gulf. >> when the rig actually sunk, a couple hours later i was in the oval office with the secretary briefing the president on what had happened. it was clear to everybody what the order of magnitude we were dealing with. we needed to declare a spill of national significance. >> the dome this morning is about 200 feet above the le...

Dealing with. >> its about 200 feet above the leak being lowered carefully on the week. the pressures and temperatures are different here, so we cannot be confident it will work. >> our opportunity were pursuing is called the top kill opportunity. its quite complex technique. >> bp, which owns the well, has offered a bunch of ideas for stopping the leak but they all seem half baked. most surprising, something theyre calling the junk shot which involves shooting golf balls, tires, rubber, cement ...

Searching the waters off of venice, louisiana, for 11 people missing. authorities sell cnn so far there has been no report of any oil spill. >> at first it seemed like a story about trying to find those people, rescuing those people and dealing with the explosion. >> the burning oil rig sank into the sea. the missing 11 workers are now feared dead and this morning authorities have major concerns about the crude oil at the rate of 336,000 gallons a day spilling into the gulf. >> when the rig actu...