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By wind and waves. and so, according to experts, much of it was reabsorbed into the environment. >> mother nature is doing what she's supposed to do, and we're 700 skimmers on call, but in recent days there has not been a lot to skim. national incident commander thad allen says the kill of the well will begin next monday, and that well should be cemented shut once and for all by saturday, august 7th. jeffrey kofman, abc news, buras, louisiana. with flood damage estimates approaching $40 million, the state of wisconsin will be asking for federal disaster aid. last week's rains devastated milw...

Life, did i get somebody killed? >> reporter: manning told the hacker he downloaded the classified information onto cds which previously had music by artists such as lady gaga burned onto them. rob and vinita? >> thanks, t.j. and our coverage of the leaked war documents will continue later this morning. we'll take you live to washington on "america this morning." we'll look at the backlash on "good morning america" and get insight on the website that posted the secrets later during this half hour. bp is confirming this morning tony hayward will step down as bp's chief executive in october. >...

Movie. who is salt? you'll find out today. >> pretty good. we'll see that in 30 minutes. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. there's a major change coming in the leadership of bp. an american, robert dudley, is expected to be named the oil company's ceo as early as today. >> dudley would replace tony hayward, who's made repeated missteps in his handling of the disaster. diana alvear has the latest now from the gulf. good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning. word of hayward's possible departure has been the talk of the town in buras. all the loca...

I'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. >> the massive operation to stop the giant oil spill in the gulf is slowing down this morning and may be going backwards. >> after a week of hard-fought gains that finally gave gulf residents a little bit of hope, that battered region is now facing a new threat. john hendren is in buras, louisiana, with the very latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. with that oil spill seeming closer than ever to ending for good, today there is the prospect of more delays, and worse, more crude in the gulf of mexico. a gathering storm threate...

Crumpled up around one of the biggest bird colonies in the gulf three weeks after hurricane alex. to prevent a disaster like this from happening again, four oil giants have pulled together $1 billion to fund a new system that would be able to contain vast amounts of o in the past two years they have spent just a fraction of t oil spill research. matt gutman, abc news, buras, bp's ceo tony hayward may be back before congress sometime soon. there are now reports he's been invited to testify about claims that his company pressured scotland to release the lockerbie bomber si co access libyan oil...