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Letter to the administration asking for the rig to be shut down. >> why can't you just go out to the rig, look around and see if everything is in order or not? >> well, for one thing, the bp atlantis goes 7,000 feet into the sea and then even deeper into where the oil is, so a lot of these components aren't visible from the platform. >> reporter: bp says reports claiming it's operating with incomplete or inaccurate documents aren't true and that operators have access to up to date drawings needed to run the platform safely. bp says it's done two investigations into those assertions and says it...

When's been amazing to me is that it's taken this long but again i guess the movies i make are long, too. >> kevin, i appreciate you being with us tonight and talking about this. i can't wait to see them deployed and there are a lot of people here who, you know, feel forgotten and feel like people aren't paying attention around the world and know you are working on this for so long and got to be a great day for you. kevin, thank you very much, for being with us. >> thanks, anderson. ahead, the campaign to shut down another bp oil rig. this one bigger and more complex than the deepwater horiz...

But again -- >> remember. >> america must understand that stopping the oil is not the answer. stopping the bp rig is the answer. >> let me bring in our joe johns, he is in d.c. tonight. joe, a group of offshore oil companies are suing in federal court. the case will go to court here on monday in new orleans. they call the moratorium abuse of discretion. how, joe, will they make the case since the government is saying it's not so bad. 33 rigs. won't be able to drill and thousands, something like 3,600 other platforms oil and gas platforms that they can still employ these people. >> reporter: ye...

People here who, you know, feel forgotten and feel like people aren't paying attention around the world and know you are working on this for so long and got to be a great day for you. kevin, thank you very much, for being with us. >> thanks, anderson. ahead, the campaign to shut down another bp oil rig. this one bigger and more complex than the deepwater horizon that exploded causing the current disaster. a whistle blower warns another rig they have is unsafe and he says he has proof. we take inside the effort to save the oil-soaked birds before it's too late.

You are saying that's not happening. >> no. in fact, a few days ago a leader on the ground said he is spending more time fighting with the federal government and bp than fighting the oil. there's no excuse for that. i mean, we are now two months into this disaster. and you still have this problem on the ground where our local leaders and i mean, look, anderson a big frustration is the local leaders are the only ones coming up with ideas to protect the marsh and told from bp and the federal government is, no, and they just find too many ways to say no instead of having real alternatives. they d...