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We called reps for reaction to this and they tell us they don't use the long string method more than others and noted it was signed off by the federal government before they put it in. this is at a stand still because of last night and we have a lightning storm here. u.s. coast guard admiral thad allen says they maximized the containment system, including the q-4,000 vessel helping to flare more gas and oil. the offshore oil drilling moratorium, that is what continues to be the hot topic in town in grand isle, as the operators continue to sit idle with the shoreline. along the shoreline. check...

Getting word that the problem they were having with a crucial piece of equipment that's been rectified at least by now, the containment system has been restarted, they also had a 10 hour shutdown due to some weather issues this morning, that's why they couldn't start it as early as they wanted to. right now, containment system in place, working as well as it can, but you can see the oil still gushing from the well. well. >> flying fast over the new york sky line this weekend, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's the red bull air race world championship. daredevils pilots taking to the skies and sho...

Barrels of oil through the two containment system and the well is probably gushing 35,000 barrels of oil a day, although government scientists estimates it could be gushing up to 60,000 barrels a day. meantime, this morning british newspapers are filled with headlines about bp ceo tony hayward grilling by congress yesterday including one that called it a public flogging. but others are questioning hayward's performance and approach. well, nbc donna friesen joins us live now from london for more on the british reaction and, donna, i understand it's really been split there. >> yeah, i mean, ma...

They want them to appear at a meeting on thursday and they've already said they're not coming. bp rigged another containment system in the gulf. this isn't just capturing oil, it is burning it off. mara, why would they burn it and create all that pollution in the air instead of just recapturing, and i don't know, refine it and use it? >> that's a great question, contessa. this second containment system is designed to direct oil to a surface vessel. they're hoping to get to about 10,000 barrels of oil a day and they say they'll be burning all of it. and the reason for that is because the vess...

Into the geyser and try to cap it. now that pipe would try to start sucking up some of that oil into a containment system. they estimate that might be able to burn off maybe 400,000 gallons a day. but, again, you don't know how to put that into context until the scientists get a truly accurate reading of how much is coming out. otherwise, you don't know, should we get excited about this or should we still be very, very frustrated by it? >> chris lawrence in new orleans, thanks so much. meantime, officials in utah say an oil spill there can actually take weeks to clean up. a broken shechevron...