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Now, that's, the company hopes to use a secondary campaignment cap as early as monday. potentially capturing an additional 5,000 to 10,000 barrels a day. now, rising temperatures are complicating the cleanup effort. heat-related illnesses are now a major concern for doctors and nurses. >> yes, it is steaming along the gulf coast and that is bringing more troubles to the cleanup effort. our reynolds wolf is down along the beach talking with us about just how the cleanup workers are dealing with the heat. it's slowing them down. you're in orange beach, alabama, and the forecast again in the 90s ...

Then that got revised to about 200,000 barrels. now some scientists are saying based on the latest they know, the estimate would be anywhere from 900,000 all the way up to 1.7 gallons of oil coming out every day. it is to put it in in terms people can understand, it's like an exxon valdez happening once a week. so the government and coast guard have told bp you've got 48 hours to come up with a better plan. don? >> chris, i can see that you're on the beach now with the cleanup workers. are they talking to you? >> reporter: no, that's the thing. let me show you what's happening. some of these w...

Aren't convinced. what is going on here? who's responsible? what needs to be done to put the cleanup workers' health first? this morning, senator christin gillibrand of new york, very concerned about the health of clean yum workers and the fears that many of them may face the long-term health effects like 9/11 workers did, as well. she joins us from washington. thank you for being on "sgmd," senator. >> thank you, sanjay. >> i was down in the gulf. this is something that obviously people are thinking about. are we ready to say that these fishermen turned cleanup workers getting sick as a resul...

Different type of skipper. here, all different types of oil are sprayed into the tank from a moving bridge. workers can test skimmers, various dispersants, even burning, all in a safe and closed environment that simulates the ocean's salinity and even its wave patterns. we all know oil is lighter than water. that's an advantage when it comes to cleaning up a spill, because the oil sits on top of the water. using those booms, oil can actually be pushed into that skimer and it's sucked up using the giant vacuum. cleanup workers from private industry and government and 24 countries around the wor...

We all know oil is lighter than water, that's an advantage. it sits on top of the water. using the booms, oil can be pushed into the skimmer then it's sucked up using this guy an vacuum. cleanup workers have come here to practice and research such techniques, including responders trying to clean the gulf of mexico right now. >> you want to be prepared. so firemen have fire training centers. paramedics have paramedic training center. first responders, you have the tank right here. >> reporter: this prevents an immense challenge. high waves have made it difficult to contain the oil. but the mine...