Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100508:11:17:00
Failure of fail-safe equipment apparently is what caused that deadly explosion. right now crews are waiting for a 110-ton concrete and steel box to settle around that mud and the ruptured well to contain most of that gushing oil. correspondent ann thompson is live for us in venice, louisiana. ann, good morning to you. what's the latest on this containment effort? >> reporter: good morning, alex. as you said, the cruiser keeping a very close eye on that containment dome. it was placed over the leak site late yesterday afternoon. it is now settling into the sea floor, and so far things are going...