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A 100-ton concrete and steel containment dome that crews will hope will capture most of the oil spilling into the water. chief environmental correspondent anne thompson again for us in venice, louisiana, this morning. anne, high hopes but what about the likelihood this will work? >> reporter: oh, the odds are really against it. this has never been tried before at a depth of 5,000 feet below the sea where this well is leaking and overnight, as you saw on those pictures, very slowly and very caref...

Stone unturned, and they are turning over all the stones. >> i know you always worry about contingency plans, assuming, and we hope it succeeds, if the containment plan fails, whats plan "b"? >> well have to look at the oil coming ashore and the oil out there, no matter what happens, because we have oil on the water. and the oil has already started to contaminate the chandeleur islands to the east of the louisiana coastline. were working close with the state and local governments especially the ...

Coast. david mattingly is live in venice, louisiana, most of the way down the mississippi delta there. dave, the coast guard going out to inspect all of the oil booms today. when that going to happen? >> reporter: well, its going to be happening just about now. now that the sun is coming up. theyre sending crews out. weve been getting reports from fishermen that oil had gotten past some of the containment booms and may have made contact with the land here on the islands off the coast of louisian...

Right now in louisiana, everyone is hoping its their new superdome. >> very true. were talking about this giant experimental containment well thats on the way to the gulf. british petroleum is planning to lower the device to capture the oil. >> david mattingly in venice, louisiana this morning, kiran mentioned the word, this really is a bold experiment to try to staunch the flow of oil? >> reporter: thats absolutely true. this is a one of a kind device for a one of a kind job. if this device doe...

Before theyre going to try the drilling. the drilling could take months. but this process here, theyre going to try and trap this oil, they hope to have that done, well, in a couple days, have that facility on top of that main leak. and then in operation shortly after that. >> david magaziningly for us in venice, louisiana, monitoring all the developments, with them trying to cut flow of oil there on the sea. david, thanks. coming up on the most news in the morning, violence erupts in greece a...

For the specific lot numbers. earlier on "fox & friends," dr. manny suggested if youve got those brands in your house, throw em out. any childrens meds, basically, hes saying. the fda is saying parents consider substituting the generic versions, how do you like that? unbelievable. well, new details now on the effort to stop the fountain of oil that is surging into the gulf. there is a plan that could help contain the oil, and it involves dropping something they call a dome over the leak to help ...

Watching. laura schwartz. thank you, i appreciate it. when we come back we will be live in venice, louisiana. craig joins us along with some. fishing boat captains grievously affected by the spill. back after this. its different -- its calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. citracal.

Shores. >> joining us from venice, louisiana is phil keating. it seems like theyre no closer to containing it, whats the latest? >> the problem is the weather. as you can see, the wind is kicking up right now, its getting a little stronger and the sun is rising, so a lot of the tug boats that have the orange containment booms stacked on their backs will be heading out here to string more than 200,000 already existing feet and add on to containment boom to try and protect this coast line. it is f...

How long until we see the clean up? >> first of all, it is going to go on three months, well talk about this for decades for cline there. this is not a short-term and had the government got involved a day before, it doesnt matter. once the oil comes out . no way to stop it. it is going to be a problem, guys. you talk about the fishing trea and industries here, not -- all of the clams and oysters, well talk about that being affected and completely wiped out and never recovering. you talk about ve...

A day going out in the gulf of mexico. to date that is now about two million. we have learned that president obama on background here, is planning to come to the scene here with a small footprint in the next 48 hours. >> phil keating live for us in venice, louisiana. that city was wiped off through hurricane katrina and suffered through gustav and ike and now thep, and the governor of louisiana saying it is it a problem because nothing is slowing the leak. listen to governor bobby jindle. >> i a...