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>> juliet: where do we go from here? that seems to be the question on british petroleum executives how they are trying to figure out how to cap the oil spill. here is where it stands -- the spill covers an area on the ocean about 60 by 90 miles. the ridge is leaking 200,000 gallons of oil every day. coastguard will hold hearings starting on tuesday. chris joins us from venice, louisiana. he has been following the story since it happened. what is going on? >> you know, the big concern is will the containment dome work. remember last night we learned that ice crystals, what they call hydrates, f...

1800 barrels an hour, or 75,000 gallons. that's a lot of oil. there are four fire booms out there. the problem is that you have to get everything in order, you have to get it around the oil slick. if you've seen it, martha, it looks like a dragon, it's not this blot of oil. the oil slick looks like a dragon, so they have to go in and out and try and corral this oil inside the booms and once they get enough, they can light it. like everything else, logistical nightmare trying to get this thing taken care of. the good news is, the wind is almost dead calm, for the third day in a row. this thing ...