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Something is wrong with junior down the street there. >> we havent heard about neighbors from bridgeport to tell whaus this guy was like. i think well be hearing that -- that will be the next shoe to drop here in the next several hours. well hope for the best down there. >> thanks, drew. were tracking other stories as well. new aerial pictures of the oil spill. able to take a helicopter ride and look at whats going on. officials say it could be more than a day before they have a possible fix in ...

A week. right now, the spill is close to being swept into the fast-moving loop current, which would carry the oil around the tip of florida, and into the gulf stream. from there, the oil could flow all the way up the east coast of the united states. joining me now is nick shea, a professor of the university of miami school of marine and atmospheric science. professor, good to have you with us tonight. justify put and capsulize for us how serious this is if that loop does, in fact, take place. >>...

I was in the marshes, called the biloxi marshes today and basically in that region, the booms were going up in anticipation of oil coming in. the problem that we have here is weve got an eternal flow until they get this thing shut down on the floor of the gulf. and i go back to what representative issa said. mms has got as much blame here as bp. their proposal was this was 50 miles out. there would be no failures. all slicks wouldnt get into the coast. well its 50 miles out, 5,000 feet below the...

Into late tuesday and wednesday. maybe a little bit of a break but once you get to thursday or friday the winds come back and its still leaking. still an issue as far as pushing the oil to the coast. >> todd, whats the likelihood that it gets into the gulf stream and starts seeping towards florida? >> well, thats off the east coast of florida. initially it would have to hook into the loop current in the gulf. that does carve down the western side of florida. if it managed to get into that, if we...

Marciano. a complicated situation. you have currents that are closer to shore that go one way, currents further away from shore that go another way and then the wind kind of steering the very surface of those waters. so heres a look at where the wind flow is right now, a cool breeze out of the north-northwest so, thats kind of kept it to offshore, pushed it to the south and east. give you perspective, the actual spill is right at the mouth of the mississippi river and thats pretty much where t...

Its almost like the intersection between two very different currents, the loop current and florida current that kind of goes around florida, which gives florida some clear water and then the close current near the louisiana shoreline kind of goes -- definitely goes from east to west. so its right at that spot. it moves a little further to the west, gets picked up by this current, moves further south and east and will get picked up by this current. over the next couple days our winds are going to...

Latest updates on this topic.

Meteorologist chad myers for the latest on the forecast. wheres it now and where is it headed? >> still a couple hundred miles south of the mouth of the mississippi. now, thats not new orleans. new orleans is not on the mouth of the mississippi, its up river about 60 miles or so, but the storm is over very, very warm water. thats its location. over the loop current, the warmest water in the gulf of mexico, and it is trying to strengthen. 85 miles per hour right now, trying to get to 90 at landfa...

Waterway near south padre island to keep approaching oil from spoiling this popular sport fishing area, which is also vital to shrimp fishing and endangered wildlife. oil skimming vessels are also being put into service to catch any patches of oil which may get through. about five miles offshore another team of private oil containment workers is is prepared to intercept drifting oil before it gets to land. the coast guard has already said it will be impossible to get it all, and theyre particula...

>> there has been a huge effort coordinated by the fish and wildlife service to rescue the pelicans and in partnership with the state folks and a lot of volunteers to clean up those pelicans. they are being released into the wild. and i think we will see a continuing need for very proactive efforts in this regard. >> what can you tell all of your viewers in florida, the keys, and the east coast of florida as to the likelihood of the loop current bringing the oil there? >> right now, the loop cur...