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We asked for permission to do this plan. >> governor jindal says he has given washington three different plans to stop the oil. no action yet. how frustrating is that for you? >> what's incredibly frustrating is that for us this is a fight to protect our way of life. all i can say to the federal government is lead or get out of the way. at least don't stop us. >> given that this is basically just the first hurricane of the season and it hit, you know, a long way away from here, how concerned is the governor about what comes next? >> pretty concerned because noaa has said we could expect 23 nam...

Named storms this season, 13 hurricanes, seven major hurricanes, winds upwards of 111 miles per hour. not only might those storms bring the oil closer to shore, anderson, but the governor is very concerned about shutting down the containment operation, which they had to do for days before alex even hit. if you're out there in barataria bay, you've seen it. the gulf is right there. there's absolutely nothing, even after 73 days, nothing stopping that oil-filled water from the gulf coming into the bay, moving towards those wetlands. absolutely nothing. you see those dolphins in the water swimmin...

Government is lead or get out of the way. at least don't stop us. >> given that this is basically just the first hurricane of the season and it hit, you know, a long way away from here, how concerned is the governor about what comes next? >> pretty concerned because noaa has said we could expect 23 named storms this season, 13 hurricanes, seven major hurricanes, winds upwards of 111 miles per hour. not only might those storms bring the oil closer to shore, anderson, but the governor is very concerned about shutting down the containment operation, which they had to do for days before alex even ...

The weather has gotten worse? >> as you mentioned, a the lot of the skimmers have been granted. apparently where we are is one of the only ones where skimmers were actually operating but most of the cleanup vessels had been grounded because of the particularly rough seas and the containment boom, a lot of it has been pulled up because there's fears it would break free and that vessel is supposed to be out at the site to double the containment of the leak, that has been delayed until next week because the seas are too rough. >> what's this talk of another potential setback in that oil containme...

>> shepard: it's day 70 of our national disaster in the gulf of mexico. and word today of yet another setback. that's a live look at now tropical storm alex and forecasters now predict it will be a hurricane by the time it hits land later this week. the national incident commander says it's already churning up rough seas near the spill and delaying plans to double the amount of oil they are collecting. >> the only impact we are having right now is the delay in the preparation to bring production vessel online. brought us to 53,000 barrels by the end of june. that will be sometime in early july...