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Authorities are pinning their hopes tonight on a giant 100 ton steel box now headed to stop the oil, to try to stop the oil that is spewing into the gulf of mexico. bp says that even if successful, the contraption is at best a short term solution to this massive disaster. brooke baldwin has been watching the recovery effort unfold from mississippi. brooke, we know the dome is on its way. i believe thats a live picture were looking at. give us a sense of when its supposed to get there and explain...

It could go right on under. >> and what i see from these booms, anything above a 15-knot wind, its over. i mean, its -- its -- its not going to serve its purpose. when do you go back to work -- >> reporter: you dont know. >> thats it. we dont know. and right now what im seeing out there, its going to be later than sooner. >> reporter: and keep in mind, wolf, that that charter boat captain has already told me hes lost $21,000 in lost business just in the last week. briefly in terms of the contain...

The big waters here on the gulf. it will continue for about 50 miles offshore to the leak location, and then what will happen is theyll take a system of piping, so, like, a straw, for example. theyll put the piping inside of this containment dome and then with a ship up above, theyll be able to siphon or essentially suck up what may be 85% of this oil thats leaking. whats key here is that bp has never performed an operation at this depth of water, 5,000 feet under, but this is a first for them. ...