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>> we are organizing these vessel of opportunities in groups, establishing the leader with the capability to communicate. a lot of boats are small and may not have radio systems. we are putting automated identification tracking devices on the larger vessels to have them displayed on a computer. we brought in extra aircraft into the area to increase surveillance as well. most recently three additional aircraft were deployed from air station new orleans to provide overhead sighting. >> he says he ...

Expected monday over deep water drilling in the gulf. the obama administration wants a six-month moratorium. louisiana officials argue that will hurt the state economy. also, one of bps partners in this call the oil giant reckless in the way they have handled this and says the rig explosion was, and im quoting here, preventable. a spokes county for bay county florida says the tar balls started coming ashore late last night. a hazmat team determined they were from the ruptured well. so far, onl...

Roughly 40 to 50, i should say, from the deepwater horizon oil rig itself, where the whole rig explosion took place. this is something cnn is bringing to you exclusively. now, to get ready for this dive, you cant just go out there and hop into the water. they are using special suits, and they had to go through some special training. our correspondent had to do this. a special suit you have to wear, of course, to protect her, first of all, to protect our crew, first of all, from all that gunk tha...

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>> whenever the president of the united states comes into an affected area, questions get answered more quickly, assets get deployed more rapidly, and there is a greater focus and attention where it needs to be right now and thats the gulf states. >> with bp putting together a response tonight to government demands to speed up the oil containment on wednesday, bp executives will pay a visit to the white house for their first meeting with president obama since the rig explosion, juliet. >> juliet...

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Life theyve had for generations and what it likely to have been a part of the agreement with bp, the president said bp is a strong and viable company and that it is in everyones interest it remains so. >> wendell goler live in the briefing room. thank you very much. really, little people are so much better. when karl hinrich vonburg became chairman of bp he thought the challenge would be job cuts. today he sat at the table with the president of the united states trying to defend his company did ...

White house chief of staff rahm emanuel about the situation and he plans to speak personally about the president during the presidents visit to new york. the president has arrived in new york a short time ago and hell be here for the next few hours. >> i have been told that he was going to meet with some of those officers, some of the heroes from the times square bombing incident. hes got a big democratic party fund-raiser later in the evening. do we know anything else about what hes doing in ne...

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