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Those forces from belarus through the chernobyl explosion zone. and we talked about that. thats a mission i dont think he wants to have his forces conduct. thats a nasty nuclear spill zone. why would he want to do that? and why would he want to bring that into kyiv and then own it and have to fix that thing up? so i think well see a limited invasion. >> general, its interesting. the reporting from our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto who is in lviv is one of the options is to en...

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>> reporter: the oil is so toxic that even those who are handling the birds who are covered in it have to whar amounts to hazmat suits to try and save them but its not just the pelicans, of course, the other wildlife that calls the pacific home is swimming in and suffering because of it. a sea lion with more than 30% of its body covered in the toxic goo has been captured and being cleaned at sea world. our cameras captured these images as the animals still in the wild bask in the spill zone. the...

Of thousands of penguins that are coated in oil. a spill happened near nightingale island. 300 penguins have died so far. the oil comes from a cargo ship that ran aground, spilling oil and diesel fuel. the rescue operation has been going for more than two weeks now. 500 penguins have been evacuated from the spill zone. a lot of people know what they are, they dont look so dangerous. these dust devils. authorities in tucson, arizona, blaming one of those for lifting an inflatable jump castle so...

Can, as diligently as i can, full-time, to get the gulf coast claims facility up and running, to get it funded, so that these emergency claims can be made as soon as possible. >> reporter: once again, the white house promised bp will pick up the tab. >> american taxpayers will not be responsible for any costs related to the spill. >> reporter: and oil has begun to leak back into the gulf again. this after a tow boat ran into a wellhead near the spill zone. vinita, rob? >> thanks, diana. the pe...

>> we clean up the beaches, we restore the gulf. well be doing that for a long time. and that is my number one focus. >> reporter: bob dudley says he is committed to managing the crisis he inherited. now that the damaged well is close to being completely sealed the incoming ceo of bp is facing an increasingly tough task. finding the 180 million barrels of oil that have gushed into the gulf. aerial views of the spill zone reveal little oil on the surface. the vast majority of it has sunk. >> ther...

Soon as possible. >> reporter: meanwhile, officials have to worry about yet another leak in the gulf. this time, a tow boat ran into a wellhead near the spill zone. the good news here is that it seems the oils going to be easier to contain because theres already so many boats and boom on the water. rob, vinita? a new law cracking down on illegal immigrants in fremont, nebraska, will not go into effect tomorrow as planned. the fremont city council voted unanimously to suspend the law. council m...

>> reporter: in louisianas plaquemines parish, word of his possible ouster traveled quickly. >> well, hes gotten so many people upset with his comments. people -- i think hes apologized for it but a lot of people still have bad feelings about him. the whole situation. >> reporter: a fly-over of the spill zone revealed proof of progress. less oil. >> were now on the ninth day where no new oil has been released at the well site. >> reporter: federal officials are optimistic that if conditions stay...

But first to our new york newsroom. >> reporter: right now we are following a developing story ships at the scene of the gulf oil spill ordered to evacuate. the action taken as tropical storm bonnie heads toward the spill zone packing 40 mile per hour winds and heavy rain. forcasters expect bonnie arrive sometime this weekend. engineers are confident the cap on the leaking well will be age to hold back the oil if the storm -- be able to hold back the oil if the storm passes overhead. millions wi...

Gulf. at the same time in hearings in new orleans, the company also under fire by a government panel for ignoring warnings about that critical blowout preventer that caused the disaster in the first place. ronald sepulveda was a well site leader on the rig. >> suspend further drill operation to a pod is opener able. >> was that done at the deepwater horizon? >> well, no, it wasnt. >> reporter: beset by those investigations, financial woes and the urgent need to kill that well, new trouble possib...