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Rescued in the face of an oily death. but according to a coast guard official, the worst may not be behind us. >> i had over 800 skimmers out yesterday and across the entire region. theyve only recovered one darryl of recoverable oil so the oil really is in its final life cycle. it is starting to break down quite rapidly. where it will pose each day less and less of a threat to the environment. >> because of what we cant see, it could be months, even years before we know the full extent of the d...

Concentrated and analyze it as a liquid. >> you can take a look at the samples and begin to see the difference in them as far as that -- the oil content. >> reporter: plain as day. clear water, clear sand. further analysis puts an exact number on the contamination. >> 200 parts perfect million in the sample of sand. >> reporter: that number shall what does it mean to people watching at home? >> it says the oil is there. b, the oil is there at low levels. >> reporter: possibly -- >> not necessari...

>> right now there is no sign of any oil leaking from the capped well and hardly any visible sign of oil on the surface of the gulf or on the beaches. its what you cant see that has a lot of folks concerned. rob marciano is with us from ft. pickens, florida. there has to be more to this disaster than what meets the eye, correct? >> reporter: as you can imagine, any sort of petroleum product, if it ends up in one place and goes away, even if your drive way, there has got to be some sort of residu...

>> larry: were still the biggest per capita, though, right? >> we are. >> larry: is china going to go way past us? >> sure, they will. sure. >> larry: in other areas, too? >> theyll go way past us. but we have got to get on our own resources in this country. and you have plenty of resources. when you do it you know, youve got a billion dollars a day going out for foreign oil right now. and two-thirds of the trade deficit is oil. so you start turning that around, can you imagine how many jobs it ...

>> larry: well take a couple of calls. we want to cover a couple of areas with t. boone pickens. why does the pickens plan only call for reducing dependence on foreign oil. >> well, its really even narrower than that. i want to get off mideast oil. i want to get off opec oil. because i think its a security issue for the country. but you know, its exactly what the president said. when he got the nomination at denver in july of 08, on energy, he said in ten years, we will not import any oil from t...

Would rise to the occasion and love every minute of it. they would -- what he would tell them is you have to be on natural resource -- our natural resource in the united states. make your pick. we dont care. but just be on american resources in eight years. >> larry: another call. martinsville, virginia. hello. >> caller: yes, good afternoon, mr. pickens. i worked as a mechanic for over 30 years in a chemical plant. and we followed a lot of strict safety rules. also as a mechanic we did a lot of...

Were still -- >> we predicted that. >> larry: were still the biggest per capita, though, right? >> we are. >> larry: is china going to go way past us? >> sure, they will. sure. >> larry: in other areas, too? >> theyll go way past us. but we have got to get on our own resources in this country. and you have plenty of resources. when you do it you know, youve got a billion dollars a day going out for foreign oil right now. and two-thirds of the trade deficit is oil. so you start turning that aroun...

>> larry: well take a couple of calls. we want to cover a couple of areas with t. boone pickens. why does the pickens plan only call for reducing dependence on foreign oil. >> well, its really even narrower than that. i want to get off mideast oil. i want to get off opec oil. because i think its a security issue for the country. but you know, its exactly what the president said. when he got the nomination at denver in july of 08, on energy, he said in ten years, we will not import any oil from t...

I think the american people would rise to the occasion and love every minute of it. they would -- what he would tell them is you have to be on natural resource -- our natural resource in the united states. make your pick. we dont care. but just be on american resources in eight years. >> larry: another call. martinsville, virginia. hello. >> caller: yes, good afternoon, mr. pickens. i worked as a mechanic for over 30 years in a chemical plant. and we followed a lot of strict safety rules. also a...

Something we can do now without waiting for president or the congress or some grand plan to deal with the alternatives. something you and i could do right now. something our president and congress could lead us to do today that would change not only the way our country uses energy, but that would change our national security and change the nature and flow of investment of money in our own country. i want you to think of a simple act. turning on the light to read the newspaper. or in this case th...