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Happens, juliet. >> and yeah, quite a complicated situation, the department of homeland security. >> it is. >> one thing is happen and others think another thing is happening. well, im sure youll be keeping an eye on it, thanks. casey. >> kelly: very complicated situation down there. something else going on right now. can you believe it? its day 103 in the oil disaster in the gulf and cleanup efforts are entering a new phase. the bp ceo now saying its time for a scale back of crews and its not s...

Slidele, louisiana with more. good morning to you, chris. >> good morning to you guys, yeah. that debris that was found inside that relief well would probably delay the static kill inmrimenttation of that static kill procedure by a day, day and a half and the reason being that the coast guard and bp actually put caps on that, on those relief wells when thundersto tropical storm bonnie was coming through the gulf. the sediment or debris fell inside the well and thats not uncommon or that to happe...

And i spoke to billy nunguesser yesterday. he said what they are desperately afraid of, what the people here in louisiana are desperately afraid of is that bp will use the killing of the well as an excuse to and the coast guard will give them cover and theyll be stuck here as oil washes ashore. thats what theyre talking about today. >> anne, also dont a lot of folks there working, bp hired them and thats helped them deal with otherwise losing the oil rig jobs. >> reporter: exactly. they have los...

Suzanne, before the cap was put on they were collecting about 25,000 barrels of oil off the surface out there. that was every day. and one day last week they only collected about 56 barrels so that shows you how the big amounts of oil on the surface isnt quite there anymore and they now have to hunt for the smaller pieces that are proving to be more elusive. >> david, with the less oil in the water at least what theyre finding here what happens to that program that pays fishermen essentially to ...

Should come up with a fannie pack for guys and call that the whi wine cellar. what do you think about that thing? e-mail us right now at foxnews.com. it is day 87, believe it or not of the gulf crisis and that busted well undergoing a critical test right now as were speaking to see if the leaking oil can be stopped and how many fishermen and charter boat captains are using their own fishing boats to scoop up the oil. orly salinas is in destin, florida to see how these guys are trying to make a l...

Here in the panhandle area taking part in this program called the vessel of opportunity program, these are all commercial fishermen who agreed to take their commercial boats and start cleaning up the b.p. oil. theyre making good money but also taking a big risk. listen up. >> right on the florida-alabama state line, nearly 3,000 boats packed with commercial fishermen and charter boat captains like brian watts are working as part of the coast guards vessel of opportunity program or vu. >> we had ...

Theyre using their own vessels. its a risky business for their boats, here you go. right on the florida-alabama state line, nearly 3,000 boats packed with commercial fishermen and charter boat captains like brian watts are working as part of the coast guards vessel of opportunity program. >> we didnt have any other choice. our fishing, you know, was shut down. we had to have some way to have a source of income. >> crews are trained to lay booms. they scoop and then bag up b.p. oil and haul it to...

Venice, louisiana. >> reporter: you can hear the sound we havent heard in a couple of days from the air boats. there complaints from mainly charter boat captain who is say there carpet baggers coming in and signing up for vessels of opportunity program. people who are coming from elsewhere in louisiana who may be coming out of here taking the only jobs now available to them and that is to get hired by bp to be part of the clean up effort. bp said they are doing their best to make sure that the b...

>> so, carl applied for bps so-called vessel of opportunity program. bp pays for boats and crews to help in the cleanup. the program is intended for people like carl, fishermen who have lost their incomes. after carl applied, he heard nothing. you call them up, say whats going on. what did they tell you? >> they told us they needed to bring -- >> they didnt know where our paperwork was. >> that we werent in the system. >> you werent even in the system? >> no. >> same thing happened to fisherman ...

>> so, carl applied for bps so-called vessel of opportunity program. bp pays for boats and crews to help in the cleanup. the program is intended for people like carl, fishermen who have lost their incomes. after carl applied, he heard nothing. you call them up, say whats going on. what did they tell you? >> they told us they needed to bring -- >> they didnt know where our paperwork was. >> that we werent in the system. >> you werent even in the system? >> no. >> same thing happened to fisherman ...