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Back turtles the size of small cars live, there is cautious optimism. so far the marine biologists on this mission have found no visible signs of oil. >> you havent seen a large underwater plume of oil yet? >> no, thankfully. >> what about those little microscopic pieces of oil floating in the gulf? >> we havent seen though yet and those are very hard to detect. >> reporter: to determine if specks of oil too hard to see have spread this far, the submersible and another unmanned collection contai...

Concerns yet over the leaks and the cap will remain on. however, they will continue to monitor the situation for any dangers. >> what were actually looking for in this case would be methane gas, which is sometimes a precursor to oil, actually rising up through the formation. there was some trace of methane in some of the gas that was coming out near the base of the blowout preventer. not a lot. but were taking extra samples and sending those to shore to be tested right now. >> allen went on to a...

Restoration process, snapped this showing a slick five miles off the pass according to the nonprofit. of dead sea turtles have been collected and 147 pound alive for a total of 583. samples from the dead turtles are being tested at texas tech for the toxic effect of oil and dispersants. >> you cant just look at an animal and tell whether theyre hl think or not. >> they say they have no natural instinct to avoid oil and right now the endangered babies are headed into the belly of the beast. >> it...

Either the end of the year, end of the summer or beginning of the new year. retailers are getting rid of stuff to make room for new inventory. if youre looking for furniture right now, buy it soon. by november or december, the prices of furniture are going to climb because of the rising transportation costs of all the raw material. >> samples on the floor of furniture store are a good way to go, too. what about high-tech gadgets. those never seem to go on sale. >> they do from time to time. ever...

Particular area. and how they were re-using things like old boats to build out the land, because the shoreline was originally at greenwich street street about a block that way. >> reporter: where were standing now, the hudson river? at one point? >> yes. >> reporter: the site is just south where the world trade center towers once stood. this rare relic hidden for more than 200 years. >> this is the kind of thing archeologists are always hoping to find and very rarely actually do. >> reporter: as...

They were reusing things like old boats to build out the land. the shorelines was originally on greenwich street about a block that way. >> reporter: where were standing now at one point was just the hudson river. >> hudson river, yeah. >> reporter: the site is just south of where the world trade center towers once stood. this rare relic hidden for more than 200 years. >> this is the kind of thing os archaeologists are always hoping to find but rarely do. >> reporter: the pieces of this wooden s...

History here, archaeologists have been monitoring the construction site. the wildlife conservation society shows just how much of lower manhattan was under water hundreds of years ago. compare that to now. >> mostly it just tells us about the landfill structure of this particular area and how they were reusing things like old boats to build out the land because the shorelines was originally at greenwich street about a block that way. >> reporter: where were standing now at one point was just the...

They preserve it in some way and try to really date it and all of that? >> not all of it. they say the boat was preserved in what they call a cocoon of ooze but as soon as it came into contact with the air, the wood started to warp and pale and age. >> i dont believe it will be able to kept in tact. its been in tact in water-saturated mud and the process of excavating it, the vibrations of the site and of the city in general have caused the structure of the ship to weaken significantly. >> repor...

>> and a friend of mine directed it. >> and we made money on it, you know. >> yeah, i know. >> whats different about this -- look, there are not enough good family feel good movies out there these days and this is one for the kids, for the family. youre gonna -- according to what ive heard, i havent seen it yet, people are going to be winding up wanting to dance and sing and do stuff like this. >> were finding like, when we had a rough -- when we had three, seven and 11 minute samples and we wer...

>> im not sure if you -- if you carefully read the history, whether this is an unusually large problem. >> neil: the only reason i raise it, i dont mean to badger you but when we cant distinguish with between a final count of americans versus a final accurate count of those who truly are americans, no offense to you but i wonder if this was worth your while, all this money or your counters money? >> well, remember the purpose of the census is to count all residents of the country, whether theyre...