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Sanders to the blowout. thanks for your time tonight, bob. >> good evening, keith. >> we have talked with you before about that possibility that this doug r. raised. is there any evidence of the worst-case scenario that was described in that posting? >> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage downhole and cause that flow around the well head we talked about earlier this month. >> so is it potentially...

>> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage down in the hole and cause that flow around the well head we talked about earlier this month. >> so is it potentially if not unstoppable virtually unstoppable? >> on the surface, keith, it's essentially unstoppable. the best they can do now is to gather as much of the oil as they can from the seafloor through these different risers that they're installing. t...

The day after an accident, oil spilled freely. in our fourth story tonight the ominous internet posting from someone who appears to be an oil industry expert claiming that the well structure beneath the seabed is failing which means the gusher might be unstoppable. this morning an undersea robot bumped into the containment cap system closing one of the vents and that had allen called it a burp in the system. they had to check it for crystals that might clog the system. now operations have begun to re-install the cap. the containment cap which was capturing only a portion of the gusher's oil ha...

>> good evening, keith. >> we have talked with you before about that possibility that this doug r. raised. is there any evidence of the worst-case scenario that was described in that posting? >> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage downhole and cause that flow around the well head that we talked about earlier this month. >> so is it potentially if not unstoppable? virtually unstoppable? >> on the ...

And in our fourth story tonight the ominous internet posting from someone who appears to be an oil industry expert claiming that the well structure beneath the seabed is now failing which means the gusher might be unstoppable. this morning an undersea robot bumped into the containment cap system closing one of the vents gas rose through that event in which coast guard thad allen called a "burp in the system." they had to check it for crystals that might fatally clog the system. now operations have begun to reinstall the cap. the containment cap which was capturing only a portion of the gusher'...