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Them being able to get in there and snake their way through with a camera. they know at least one person is in there, being able to get a visual on him. do they have any kind of idea what condition they are and has he been able to make any noise or communicate in any way? >> they dont know at this point. they just have a visual with that camera, that they were able to snake in. its still unclear the severity of the injuries, at least at this point. its unclear if they even know who is down there...

So we know at least one person but up to how many others could be in there, are authorities saying? >> as of last night they said two to three people still unaccounted for. and again, they still dont know about that second vehicle. they still have not, from what we know at this point, been able to get a visual on that vehicle. there are two independent search and rescue teams tunnelling their way in. both of them targeting each of those two vehicles. trying to reach them, see if theres any sign ...

Havent had the campaign yet or the battle of the bulge or the d-day invasion or anything else, this is good. it was good that we won, the allies won, but in an historical context, this is just the end of the beginning. thats it. >> we talked about this yesterday, it worries you that people are going to say, look, its over. the problem has ended. >> and this is, again, worrying me because it would be the equivalent of saying, we beat south africa, were done. no, we have a long way to go. this is ...

Ruptured well may not be plugged for good. we have to keep tabs on it until the weekend, obviously. ed lavandera is live in new orleans for us this morning, and, ed, any sense how well the well is holding up at this point and all of that pressure thats building up in inside of it obviously bp is keeping a very close eye on that this morning. >> reporter: the visual, what we can tell, the fact that the test is still going on that is a good sign. so the fact were not seeing more oil spewing into t...

No, we have a long way to go. this is a long haul. this is the cleanup. this is -- people have lost their jobs. this is a comeback. and as long as that thing is coughing up a ball in the middle of the gulf, it gave everybody a visual -- gave a story line. im very fearful that the attention is going to drift away and people will move on to other things and people of my state and region will be forgotten and i think thats something that i plan to be very vigilant about. >> for you, where is the ba...

Me because it would be the equivalent of saying, we beat south africa, were done. no, we have a long way to go. this is a long haul. this is the cleanup. this is -- people have lost their jobs. this is a comeback. and as long as that thing is coughing up a ball in the middle of the gulf, it gave everybody a visual -- gave a story line. im very fearful that the attention is going to drift away and people will move on to other things and people of my state and region will be forgotten and i think ...

>> this is the fricking problem. the american people want to see the government transparency and apparently and they want to look at washington and read the paper and watch shows like this and have a strong visual, tangible sense of how the government is working. this is a self-govring country, and we want to know how we are doing it. all i see is a president articulate at the top, and hillary clinton doing a heck of a job and gates doing a heck of a job, but no sense of how this president is ru...

Petraeus was in charge of this. then he fainted at the hearing! im so crushed! its like all of my leaders are going down in flames, you know? everybody is wilting. then you have this terrible lineup, this mel brooks chorus line of these oil executives putting up their hands again. this is becoming such a recurring visual, these guys standing there with their hands up being, you know, taken to the wood shed. >> willie, what is your take? what is the frustration? again, youre here every day. what ...

What advantage? better to pursue different strategies that dont involve a heavy tax on the use of energy. bill: two more points on this. i thought it was very interesting yesterday afternoon how the estimate of the leak out of this gusher suddenly went from 15 to 20,000 barrels a day and it skyrocketed to 60,000 barrels. you can make the argument that the company benefits with a lower estimate, you can also make the argument that the white house benefits with a lower estimate. okay, now were dea...

This is a fast-moving tidal area that presents challenges. we continue to quickly work to investigate reports of oil coming ashore. bp will provide more information on the containment dome shortly. i must continue to manage expectations on all this ground-breaking effort to address this challenge. this dome is no silver bullet to stop the leak. we continue to work on all fronts with more than 10,000 personnel now and the support of the governmental international scientific and industry experts. ...