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Bounty fizzled out. the fear that it could have been a large earl storm turned out to be the biggest disruption thus far in the 97 daylong effort to end the crisis. >> as it washed out, the coast guard ordered bp to return to the deep water horizon site as quickly as possible. bonnie was making a beeline for the oil leak when the storm fell apart. almost all of the ships evacuated ahead of the storm, except for ones providing live pictures of bp's new containment cap holding back the flow of oil now for nine days. >> this is good news. we left the cap in place and are able to contain anymore o...

Through the gulf of mexico toward louisiana and mississippi. it does appear to be losing more steam. but despite that, the storm may still pose a risk to those working at the ships. and only those controlling the deep sea robots monitoring the containment cap are still there. charles hadlock is live for us this morning in venice, louisiana. and charles, what is the latest? because this storm seems to be a lot more unorganized. >> reporter: yeah. if the coast guard knew then what they know now about tropical depression bonnie, they probably would not have abandoned this operation. they probably...

Containment cap. some argued to leave it on or take it off entirely. or relieve the vent and release the pressure but they're not doing that. because submersibles and the cameras will be gone the only way to know if it fails one mile beneath the surface of the sea is from a satellite picture, if they see the oil gushing up the surface. bret, back to you. >> bret: steve harrigan live in grand isle. thank you. senate foreign relations committee investigating whether b.p. had anything to do with the release of the lockerbie bomber is having a hard time getting someone to talk. both the current sc...

Look over here to my right. you can see something we haven't seen here in the gulf in months and that's families going out for a saturday morning fish. there's two men and their child, that he have been out there fishing and much of the gulf water has gotten cleaner since that containment cap has been put in place, and much of the fishing area has been opened up as well. so we're seeing something really that gives us some real pleasure, something we haven't seen for months, families heading out to fish on the gulf. >> steve, that's encouraging and good to see that just over your shoulder there...

Splash-and-dash showers near key west. all worth watching over the next 24 to 48 hours. >> again, not expected to become a hurricane? >> as of right now the forecast doesn't hold that. but there's every chance it may strengthen on fall apart all together. >> reynold wolf for us this morning, thanks. as we mentioned, in advance of the storm the government is ordering giant drill ships and also the rigs that are working to stop the leak to get out of harm's way. there is some good news though. the containment cap that's been keeping a tight lid on the damaged well and keeping the oil from spil...