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He's saying i'm sorry. he didn't have to do it. >> sherrod told us she would love to have the president come to south georgia to show him how race issues are playing out on the frontlines. as it is every morning, the a.m. fix blog is up and running. join the live conversation going on now. just go to cnn.com/amfix. first, though, as we speak, tropical storm bonnie is close in on south florida. the greater threat, though, is in the gulf where this morning the government is evacuating workers and also ordering cleanup vessels and drilling rigs to get out harm's way. one piece of good news, t...

Hired by bp to pull the booms and stuff, very ineffective in those sorts of waves. the other vessels in and around working directly with the containment cap, doing the evacuations is just that. this has been a disaster and so they err on the side of caution every step along the way and so, moving some of those vessels and pulling some of the people out is prudent if nothing less than that. the real question, of course, the containment cap and just remember a mile down is the big problem. a mile down this time may be the good thing because the weather moving across the top is not going to impac...

Into the shore line of louisiana. >> reporter: so louisiana governor bobby jindal has declared a state of emergency. bp has already evacuated nonessential workers from eight other rigs in the gulf. boom that has protected the fragile coast from oil is also being moved inland. >> break the anchors and pull it out and more than anything it will tear it up. once it gets torn up it's useless. >> reporter: bp's chief operating officer toured one of the ships that's been operating the cameras and the robots around the containment cap. he's hoping they can keep the rovs monitoring the cap even if the...

All day. many of the companies out there choosing to wait until the last minute. ships on the move as well and they are ordered out of the scene around the ruptured oil well, ordered out last night. the point man for the government thad allen says getting it out of harm's way is a slow process. last night, development driller two and three were directed to detach from the drill sites. they are disconnecting from the lower marine riser package and they are in the process right now of pulling the riser pipe. >> shutting down the container operations and moving equipment away could cause delay of...

Everything you need is there at work. your food, your laundry. sweet, huh? >> great job. >> we need that here at "world news now." we'll look into that. >> we'll take anything free at this point. >> no kidding. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. it is two steps forward and one step back in the oil spill cleanup. one week ago today the containment cap finally stopped the massive flood of oil. >> the whole operation is now grinding to a halt as a new storm threatens the gulf. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: this armada could begin evacuating the ...