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Here for ten hours, if they wanted to. but its -- what temperature is it in here right now? >> right now, inside the cabin, we have a temperature of 92 degrees with a heat index of 118. >> yeah. 118, ali. so thats why were probably not going to be sticking around here for 10 to 12 hours, but these brave guys have been doing that for the past 11 days, as they have been out here on the coast off gulf shores testing this blimp to see how useful it will be in the skimming process. and as rob marcian...

I just thought, you know -- ive been in show business a long time, and i know liars when i hear em, you know? and, you know, that thing couldnt have blown up without, you know -- i thought they were lying in the beginning. that was just me personally. >> so when you heard 1,000 barrels. >> total lie. thats what i thought. >> tomorrow, crews plan to test a giant tanker described as the worlds largest oil skimmer. if the technology works, it could dramatically speed up the skimming process. cnns e...

Nobody can be precise exactly how much oil is coming out, but that seems to be the steady estimate weve been getting for the past four or five days. the coast guard just held a briefing a short time ago giving us an idea of how the whole skimming process is going, going out there and skimming some of the oil and bringing it back. in fact, we just got some pictures of a skimmer that went by about five minutes ago. this has the ability to go out there and skim the water and then take in the water ...