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Inspection which, according to the governors office, never took place. >> thats what theyre saying. theyre saying we lost 24 hours. they werent on there and the equipment theyve put on these barges is starting to suck up a lot more oil. the numbers weve been talking about, they think will go up thousands and thousands in the next coming weeks. they have 16 out there now and 14 that are on their way. >> the governor said they would like to ramp these up so theres more than 100 of them out there, ...

A long way, ed. >> reporter: a lot of this is inspired because so many people along the gulf coast especially here in the areas of the louisiana marshland feel like theyre up against the clock that the waves of oil will only continue and continue to come over the months ahead. they feel theyve got to do whatever they can to fight back the oil. on the edge of this oil-stained marsh grass, vacuum trucks sit on barges. crews using a plastic hose suck oil out of the water. but this isnt an idea brou...

Administration, the coast guard, or from bp themselves. >> you spent the day with louisiana governor jindal. the governor is saying they are not waiting for anybody to take care of this. they are trying to take matters into their own hands. in what way? >> reporter: significant. we spent the day with the governor north of grand isle, south of new orleans. significant because they say this is the deepest that they have seen oil reach into the louisiana marshland and they also say that whats going...

Efforts. on the edge of this oil-stained marsh grass, vacuum trucks sit on barges. crews using a plastic hose suck oil out of the water. but this isnt an idea brought to you by bp or the federal government. its what governor bobby jindal likes to call "cajun ingenuity." >> what was frustrating, before we did this they were simply letting that oil sit there. we said thats not acceptable. you dont win this war by waiting for the oil to go away. you attack the oil by wherever it is. >> reporter: he...

Louisiana taking action on its own, fed up with waiting on the company and all kinds of red tape. >> reporter: on the edge of this oil-stained marsh grass, vacuum trucks sit on barges. crew using a plastic hose suck oil out of the water. this isnt an idea brought to you by bp or the federal government. its what governor bobby jindal likes to call cajun ingenuity. >> you dont win the war by waiting for oil to go away. you win by attacking the oil away from our coast. >> reporter: here in baratari...

Tightening. >> jon: philip in athens. thanks. to the gulf of mexico now. the unfolding oil disaster there officials in louisiana confirm today the leading edge of the slick has hit land for the first time. they say the petroleum is washing into marsh grass in island. state official told reporters the oil has coated birds on the islands. scientists say it is just the beginning. so far we have not seen any pictures from those islands but this nasa picture from two days ago gives some idea of how c...

Wilderness in the lower 48. a lot of the coastline is 30 or 40 miles from the nearest road, and once the oil gets into that marsh grass, its literally impossible to ever clean up. >> you have been an out spoken critic against offshore drilling. you think its unfair to use this current spill as an argument against it? >> if this were the only spill you could say that, but there are lots of the spills. in the gulf since 2001, there has been 858 oil explosions or fires associated with offshore dril...