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Underground well and doing so much environmental damage, doing so much damage to wildlife, to beaches, to livelihood, that makes you angry and i want bp to sort it out. >> reporter: damage that has already cost bp tens of billions of dollars. john hendren, abc news, buras, louisiana. democratic lawmakers are set to approve an extension of benefits to the long-term unemployed today. they broke through a republican filibuster yesterday with the help of the new senator from west virginia. carte goodwin was sworn in to succeed robert byrd, who of course died last month. republicans had argued th...

>> and nick schifrin at the big international conference going on in kabul. thanks, nick. in the gulf of mexico this morning, bp's ruptured well is leaking oil and gas. but for now, the containment cap will stay in place. while engineers monitor for any signs that the disaster could get even worse. john hendren is in buras, louisiana, with the latest on the ongoing well watch. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. it was supposed to be a two-day test, we are now in day five and bp is considering an intriguing new way to clog that well. these troubling bubbles near the new cap ...

Flow freely into the gulf of mexico, millions would have gushed out. then news that perhaps those bubbles indicated only small leaks. too minor to change anything in the containment cap. admiral allen penned a blistering letter, packed with commands like, you must provide, you are required, and i direct you. the admiral wanted more information about the leaks, faster, and he demanded to know whether bp intends to keep the well shut in. >> here we find ourselves at a point which we hope would be the end of this opera, but instead, we have this nagging doubt that something very serious might be ...

Senators from new york and new jersey over the issue as well. this morning the gulf of mexico, the containment cap on bp's ruptured well is leaking oil and gas. but for now, the government is allowing that cap to stay in place. matt gutman is in buras, louisiana, now with the latest on the ongoing well watch. >> reporter: it began as a tense day here in the gulf of mexico. at first, we heard that those leaks, those bubbles that appeared before bp's cameras underwater, may have signaled a significant leak in the well, perhaps even a rupture. >> what we're actually looking for in this case wou...

Des moines, chicago, cincinnati at risk for not only high winds but also damaging hail and isolated tornados. and it will be rainy from south texas to louisiana. >> temperatures in southern california will cool off after a warm weekend. denver will be near 100, 10 degrees hotter than usual. a state of emergency has been declared in eastern kentucky after flash flooding killed at least two people over the weekend. one woman died when she was swept away by high water. the other victim was leaning off a bridge and fell in. the storm badly damaged a water plant, leaving about 7,000 people withou...