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Florida state university oceanographer says it could be four to five times that estimate. theres a fellow from purdue university who took a look at the flow of the oil coming out of the riser pipe and said it could be as much as 70,000 barrels a day. do you really have any kind of accurate idea of how much oil is spewing? >> you know, john, theres only two things we can actually know for certain. one is we can watch the flow coming out of the pipe. and we know that basically its been pretty cons...

How many barrels a day are spewing out of this? >> well, wolf, we got a two-dimensional picture on video and we got some people trying to figure out what the total might be, but in the meantime if we wait until how much is coming out of it, were not conducting a response on the order we need to. we always erred on the side it could be a catastrophic spill and we planned in that regard. >> commandant, do you have confidence in the executives at bp, that theyre telling you the truth, that theyre t...

Besides the thousands more gallons of oil that spewed into the gulf of mexico today, new developments to report in the ultradisaster in the gulf. first, the attempt to cover the gusher with a smaller containment dome, the thing theyre calling a top hat, that did not happen. bp reportedly had concerns that ice crystals might form inside that thing the same way they formed inside the larger containment dome when that effort failed a few days ago. bp is preparing to insert a narrow pipe right into ...

Besides the thousands more barrels of oil that spewed into the gulf of mexico today, there are two other developments to report in the bp ultra-disaster in the gulf. first, the attempt to cover the gusher with a smaller containment dome, the thing theyre calling a top hat, that did not happen. bp reportedly had concerns that ice crystals might form inside that thing the same way they formed inside the larger containment dome when that effort failed a few days ago. bp is instead preparing to inse...

Gasket into the riser pipe thats spewing oil. if it works, the gasket will seal the leak, and the new section of pipe would carry the crude to ships on the surface. bp says it could happen as early as tonight. meanwhile, the military is taking part in efforts to contain some of the 4 million gallons of oil already spilled. 4 million. cnns david mattingly is on louisianas elmers island with that part of the story. >> reporter: when you got here, this is where the island ended? >> thats correct....

For the first time we can see the environmental catastrophe happening right now in the gulf of mexico. while talk and blame are flying back and forth on capitol hill, here in washington, this new video is underscoring the severity of the crisis, and possibly providing some important new clues about what were all up against. lets go straight to cnns brian todd. hes here with more on this story. there are other developments happening right now as well, brian. >> thats right, wolf, some significant...

Circumstances demands something. so i applaud them for making this attempt. i dont have a lot of faith in the fact its going to work. theres a lot of complications. first of all they have land it over the wellhead and on bottom. i dont think it will work if its suspended. the riser pipe is laying thousands of feet across the ocean floor and sticking out of the wellhead probably at a substantial height. they have to deal with that. if you cant get it over the wellhead its a wasted effort. its a m...

Spill where it is leaking out of the pipe. >> have you found that source, admiral, or are you still looking for it? >> we found the source. there has been a lot of confusion over the last week or so about how much oil is coming out or when we knew about it. you need to understand that when that sunk, there was 5,000 feet of riser pipe between the wellhead and the vessel. the vessel is lying on its side about 1500 feet away from the wellhead and between that, 5,000 feet of riser pipe cripple pd a...

Feel that b.p. gave you accurate estimate which has now made your job tougher? >> i dont think there is any indication of that. maybe there are some facts that im not aware of. remember, we had 5,000 feet of riser pipe that had to be surveyed by an r.o.v. there doesnt appear to be a leak, because we have not seen all the sections of the pipe. this thing kind of revealed itself over several days. b.p. has provided us the live video feed from our rov into our command center. it is a matter of how ...

Wake of hurricane katrina. the oil slick in the waters off the gulf coast is already the size of puerto rico and growing larger by the minute. the first attempt to stop the rush of oil wont happen for at least a week. the oil is moving steadily from shore from louisiana to the florida panhandle. thad allen is the command and the of the u.s. coast guard. he met with the president when he traveled to the gulf on sunday. sir, thank you for being with us. >> good morning. >> could you please update ...