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>> very impresssive. most of us like -- all right. we're going to turn to the oil disaster in the gulf. bp is on track with its containment effort. that is according to coast guard admiral thad allen who says the oil company hopes to nearly double the amount of oil collected by next week and finish up by mid august. that's only if tropical storm alex stays clear from the gulf of mexico. right now latest reports show 35,000 to 60,000-barrel has day of oil are leaking. 830 to 150 million gallons have been spilled since the oil rig explosion. they're hoping they can reposition a relief cap this...

>> the initial indications were that one of the vents, which is allowing the oil to vent so the cap will stay on, somehow might have been dislodged by coming in contact with an rov. >> coming into contact with an rov, remote operated vehicle. other than the containment cap sitting on top of the leaking oil well since june 4th siphoning off the gushing oil, what we have down there to get the oil off the water and to contain it is that suction tube. it's like a straw collecting a small fraction of the oil pouring into the gulf of mexico. we are now back at that incredibly lame point in the conta...

That one of the vents, which is allowing the oil to vent so the cap will stay on, somehow might have been dislodged by coming in contact with an rov. >> coming into contact with an rov, remote-operated vehicle. other than the containment cap remember the cap that's been sitting on top of the leaking oil well since june 4th siphoning off the gushing oil, other than that, what we have down there to get the oil out of the water, what we have down there to try to contain it before it gets to the surface, is that suction tube. it's like a straw collecting a small fraction of the oil pouring into th...

Do you feel in some way he must be completely out of touch with what is happening? that height of arrogance, he is the ceo of b.p. and he testified in washington before congressional committee the other day. now he's gone over to be on his yacht over in england. i can tell you that yacht about to be here skimming and cleaning up a lot of the oil. he ought to be down here seeing what is really going on. not in a cocoon somewhere. >> shannon: being you're on front line what is is your impression of the containment efforts going on in the area? >> i think the containment effort is ongoing. they'r...

Day to day control of the crisis. there are no specifics as to when that will happen. meanwhile it's just heart break for one iconic louisiana oyster company. the ameripure oyster company is closing. >> we have a good company here. and we hope to be able to get back to where we were. >> and that's an unknown. >> it's an unknown now. >> and that's just one example of the heart break going on down there in the gulf. let's go live to nbc in louisiana and charles hadlock can you give us the latest on the containment effort there? >> reporter: it's been a pretty good week for bp engineers, they h...