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the captain schettino was in court today where a judge ordered him held under arrest. the captains story, people say, is not holding up well. he claims he and his crew were the last to abandon ship, and the navigationsistent didnt show the rocks. those dont stand up to the fact we already know. for instance, passengers and crew were scrambling down the side of the ship, and this is the infrared cameras where you see them, that trail is people scrambling down the side of the ship in the...

Ann thompson in venice, louisiana, this morning. we see the wind is blowing a bit again, ann. i dont know if it is hurricane-force, but how do you expect this to affect the cleanup efforts? >> reporter: savannah, we saw work boats go out this morning, but with a forecast of a 50% chance for thunderstorms today and winds expected to go back to where they were yesterday, gusts of 30 miles per hour, raising the seas by seven feet, nobody expects a lot of work to get done today. yesterday they had t...

But safely onshore. lets get to reynolds first. reynolds, i talked to a commander from the coast guard last hour. sounds like theyre going ahead with this planned burn. >> it does appear that that is whats going to happen. id like to share with you and the rest of america about how the process works, what exactly is going to take place. tony, what theyre doing to do, theyre going to take about 500 feet of this fireproof fire or boom. they will use a team of work boats and almost mike a semi circ...

Guys are trained on evacuating the rigs and they got onto work boats and the coast guard was able to rescue those folks without anybody in the water. >> shepard: do we know how this went down? >> not sure yet. the coast guard is working with the mineral management service and platform others and other partners to find out how this happened. >> shepard: you know, jonathan hunt was reporting theres a concern this rig would collapse. what would that do? >> these are -- its -- theyre dynamic positio...

Travel. travel all over the planet, reaching out to find new partners that can make things better. if you go far enough down this interstate, you can see how its working. bayou la batre is about as far south as you can go in alabama without getting your feet wet. here in the horizon shipbuilding yard they have discovered the secret to building up is not stopping there but going offshore to find new markets and new customers. they build state of the art work boats for pushing barges, servicing oi...

>> reporter: hey, tony. were standing here in front of the "uss alabama" which saw a lot of action in world war ii and is now a popular tourist attraction here but also symbolic of a greater battle being waged now by this state to find economic viability in the global market. theyre doing it by reaching out far beyond their shores. this is about as far south as you can go in alabama without getting your feet wet. but here in the horizon ship building yard, they are discovered that the secret to ...

Seafood now at risk. lighting the gulf on fire will be no easy task but the coast guard hopes doing so will ease the oil slicks impact on wildlife. meantime authorities have yet to stop the actual oil leak. if they fail to sure this well that has the oil, the coast guard warns this will be one of the most significant oil spills in our nations history. joining me on the phone is commander mark mcadam, chief of external affairs for area command with the u.s. coast guard. thank you very much, sir, ...