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Another concern in the gulf. fall-out from the administration six-month moratorium on new drilling. >> unfortunately, the moratorium replaced that as the big crisis. as i said before, if the moratorium persists six months or more, it will cost us a lot more jobs than the oil itself. >> some estimates he says run as high as 140,000 jobs which is why it stirs so much anger along the gulf. those in the region say the huge off-shore rig are being towed to other parts of the world and taking jobs wit...

Crisis recedes, there is another concern in the gulf. fall-out from the administration six-month moratorium on new drilling. >> unfortunately, the moratorium replaced that as the big crisis. as i said before, if the moratorium persists six months or more, it will cost us a lot more jobs than the oil itself. >> some estimates he says run as high as 140,000 jobs which is why it stirs so much anger along the gulf. those in the region say the huge off-shore rig are being towed to other parts of the ...

Arguments fortunate arguments. meanwhile out in the gulf of mexico, its the new safety concerns that have slowed oil operations. off the coast of louisiana, sits the spartan 151, off-shore rig used to dig new wells and finish work on others. >> then listen for where the fire is at. >> on board, the disaster drill comes first. but aside from that ringing bell for our ears, this rig has been pretty quiet the past month. >> as you can see right now, its dead silence, theres nothing going on out her...

42,000 gallons each and every day. thats how much oil an off shore rig is leaking after that massive explosion in the gulf of mexico. efforts under way to stop it from leaking from a wellhead at the bottom of the gulf that were talking about off the louisiana coast now. crews are using robots, submarines to try to help them out. the armed man arrested at the asheville, north carolina, airport shortly after president obama took off in court this morning. joseph mcvey who is not a police officer h...

Of an off shore rig similar to the horizon who exploded. there are life boats, and in this particular case the survivors managed to jump inside a life boat and they lowered themselves 120 feet into the water while their rig went up in flames. >> they like like bright orange mini submarines, built out of fire retardant fiberglass, these boats save lives, more than 100 members working on the deep water horizon rig escaped these flames by jump going a life boat. inside, theres enough food and water...

Supposed to benefit students. sallie mae says its forcing the company to restructure under those new rules. eight minutes past now. martha: a crisis in the gulf of mexico this morning, new fears of a possible oil spill from that sunken drilling platform off the coast of louisiana. now, an environmental group is saying today it could have a huge impact. marine life and vegetation, all along the cufl coast, is in danger if the oil from that rig reaches the shore, crews say up to 336,000 gallons of...