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Gulf of mexico is still there somewhere. they say there are obviously not big black plumes of oil anymore, that its broken down into microscopic levels of oil in the water and some of it is slowly sinking, the heavier asphalts, but a lot of it is also being absorbed into the water. they admit that it will continue to degrade in the gulf of mexico, but it will take much longer than the government scientists have been saying. peter? >> charles hadlock, reporting from venice, louisiana. charles, th...

Walk, they installed a new pump to fix the stations cooling system which broke down last week, nasa is hoping to have that system back up and running later this week. and some shrimpers are headed out this morning for the very first time since the oil disaster is started four months ago, today marks the opening of shrimping season, but the fear is no one will want to buy seafood pulled from the gulf. charles hadlock joins us live from venice, louisiana, so charles, i spoke to you a couple of h...

What kind of price they can get. >> charles hadlock, live for us in venice, louisiana. the youngest survivor of last weeks alaska plane crash is now out of the hospital. willie phillips was traveling with former u.s. senator ted stephens when that plane went down near an arkansas mountain. phillips is the son of lobbyist bill tip lips who died in the crash. four people survived the crash, five lost their lives including senator stevens. and on friday, the only man ever convicted in the lockerb...

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Evidence linked them to the murders of an elderly couple in new mexico. theyre continuing to search for john mcclusky and casslyn mae welch. right now bp is trying to ensure that its blown out well in the gulf of mexico is permanently sealed. meanwhile the man who will take over bob dudley has reportedly been meeting with top executives at the white house today. charles hadlock joins me from venice, louisiana. what do we know about this meet agent the house? >> its not believed that president ...

Been no need for that in the last few weeks. bp has begun scaling back that operation. they were paying boat captains up to $2,000 a day. some were sitting idle in the marinas, others were out all day. in a good day of fishing they could catch more than that, the problem is that the commercial fishing operation is not back up and running yet, the federal waters are still closed so its still an unanswered question about how well the fishing will be once those waters reopen in perhaps a few weeks ...

From venice, louisiana, michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and, craig, just to make sure, they are going to continue on what has always been their main goal and that to plug the reservoir from the bottom floor, this bottom kill, the final plug in this, should get under way in the next few days of them cementing that reservoir from the bottom. and hopefully theyll have that finished by mid-august. in the meantime, as you mentioned, doug suttles, just announcing hell be returning t...

There, more than 5 million barrels, seems to be remaining in this. but, of course, signtists are disputing that and wondering if we might not see more oil in the coming weeks and months ahead. >> all right. michelle franzen for us in venice, louisiana, michelle, thank you so much. do appreciate that. what started as an annoyingly hot summer across swaths of the u.s. has now become a deadly phenomenon. 16 heat-related deaths have been reported in mississippi and tennessee alone, and its still s...

>> john harwood near capitol hill for us this morning, thank you. the gulf now. bp sais it is one step closer to killing that well. and obama administration officials have called the last 48 hours consequential. detailing how the government and the bp was able to recover 75% of the oil. anne thompson is nbcs chief environmental affairs correspondent live for us in venice, louisiana. okay, anne. so what does today hold in terms of this so-called static kill? railroad we >> reporter: well, bp go...

>> all right. anne thompson with the latest there in louisiana. well see. maybe let you come home. well think about it. if it works. >> reporter: thanks. >> killing anne thompsons venice, louisiana, location. well find out. all right. thanks very much. now to the bombshell ruling out of california. federal judge struck down californias ban on gay marriage setting up a fight to likely go all the way to the supreme court. pete williams is nbcs justice correspondent, and pete, look, i think a lot...