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New developments this morning as the disaster reaches day 54. president obama is expected to call new british prime minister david cameron today in an effort to deflect a widening trans-atlantic risk over the spill blamed on that british company. cameron says he's frustrated and concerned about the damage the spill has caused. meanti meantime, the president's point man for the spill, thad allen, has sent a letter to the bp chairman wanting to meet with him and his officials on wednesday. bp's tony hayward is also expected to attend. and people who bought travel plans for a beach vacation, they...

You've been reporting all week, keep climbing. right now the best guess is that about 25 to 30,000 barrels of oil per day is coming out of that crippled well head. they're catching about 1600 barrels of water a day. bp will move in a larger cap in the next week or so to try to catch more of the oil, but they don't have vessels on top of the surface to take in that oil. so they're bringing in even larger ships to take on the oil. they're even bringing in a ship that will burn off the oil and natural gas as it comes out of that containment well. also the coast guard is ordering bp to have some t...

It's hard to figure out the impact of this disaster. we know it's taking an incredible toll on all the res dent dents there. let's hear what one of the residents is saying on day 54. >> it is hard to swallow. a lot of folks are hurting. you know, there is a lot of unknowns. those unknowns has got a lot of folks fearful. >> you can detect the fear in his voice. charles, what are you getting from residents as you talk to them? >> i tell you, alex, it's a tide of discontent here. it's also an area that would be teeming with activity here. this area behind me is one of the busiest in the south. it...