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Leak in a critical safety device before the explosion on board the deepwater horizon, but he doesn't know if that report was passed on to federal regulators. meanwhile, the coast guard says leaks in the new containment cap are more like drips, and they are nothing to be concerned about. what do you think is the big question that looms here about the role that bp played as a
Authorities in florida say the next phase of their operation will target people using the cards illegally rather than for what they were intended -- food to put on the table. now the florida department of law enforcement tells us they have now entered that second phase of the operation, so they are in fact now going after the recipients, the people who are using their ebt cards to get cash rather than food. kiran? john? >> john zarrella this morning with that eye-opener, thanks so much. crossing the half-hour, means it is time for this morning's top stories. bp now weighing a dramatic new op...
Similar to the top kill procedure that failed a month ago that would involve pumping heavy mud into the containment cap to force the oil and gas back down into the reservoir where it came from. this would be somewhat easier theoretically, at least, because it wouldn't have all the pressure of the bubbling gas and other hydrocarbons working against the mud. the oil giant could decide whether or not to try the procedure this week. the obama administration is sending 1,200 national guard troops to patrol the southwest border beginning next month. troops will be deployed to four border states --...
U.s. government too dependent on outsiders to do that work? dana priest of the "washington post" will join us later this hour about her two-year-long investigation. a cnn exclusive. correspondent deborah feyerick talks with the developer after controversial islamic center that some want to build just two blocks from the world trade center site. >> why here? why so close? why? >> his answer ahead this hour. bp officials think that mud may deliver us a miracle in the gulf of mexico. it is a new operation they're calling static kill. >> we've reached day 92 of this disaster. take a look, one ...
Worst economic recession since the great depression certainly qualifies for that. >> reporter: as the president knew even before he spoke in the rose garden, the senate will almost certainly approve an extension of unemployment benefits on tuesday. that's because a new democratic senator from west virginia will be sworn in, giving the democrats the votes they need to pass the extension without needing to find a way to pay for it. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. and the government is giving bp a bit of a reprieve this morning. the containment cap on its blown-out well in the gulf is...