Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100620:12:39:00
You've literally gone into the thick of it, knee-deep in oil. tell us what that was like. i mean i don't want to make a comparison between you and some of the animals that we're seeing, but at least you're getting a sense of what that feels like. >> reporter: it was a surreal, overwhelming and somewhat terrifying experience. the first thing that really struck me, when we stepped into that oil, we had actually gone to queen beth island, an important place when it comes to the survival of bird species. we traveled with one of the lead biologists with the louisiana department of wildlife and fish...