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We realized where the deposits are, western pennsylvania is like the texas of the 21st century. it's bigger than saudi arabia in terms of natural gas. >> when you say extract the natural gas from the shale, are you talking about a mining operation? are you talking -- >> yes, it's a mining operation. you drill down, sometimes 5,000 feet and you use a tremendous amount of water. one of the byproducts of fracing is there's a lot of water that's used and the water becomes contaminated. there are people who are thrilled and delighted that -- in western pennsylvania in getting rich and farmers and f...

That. that's our only interest. that's according to bp. >> shepard: the truth is, if they keep the cap on until they drill the relief wells, we'll never have an accurate flow count and lawyers will fight it until you and i are long gone. the government wanted them to let pressure out for a reason. tonight on the "fox report" you'll report on a man's struggle to save his business in this crisis. >> reporter: yes. we wanted to get drill down, if you like. pardoned pun. into how this crisis is really affecting individuals right across the gulf region. we spoke to a man called frank campo, his fam...

They are fired not too far after that. >> that oil continues to gush in the gulf of mexico. we are joined by david in florida. you talked to one of the workers drilling one of the relief wells. and we are told this is the only real way to stop this spill? >> yeah, that's right. the only way to stop this leaking well is to drill that relief well, drill down, connect to the leaking well and fill it with cement. that is going to happen sometime in august. still, it will be a long and oily summer. and right now they are starting to see the oil come ashore in the form of tar balls. we had some of t...

Acceptable. i think it's too high of a risk when you talk about the impact it could have on the beaches of maryland and on the chesapeake bay. now the president indicated that there will be environmental studies. i'll take a look at the risk that i'm talking about, and i think if you do, then we know spills happen with off-shore drilling. it happens. even the most responsible drilling. that risk is high for maryland. too tough an issue to take on for democrats after health care. energy policy, we need to get a comprehensive energy policy for our security and for our economy and for the interna...

With us now to drill-down on this is editor and chief for "the alabama political reporter," bill britt, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> kristen, thank you. happy to be with you this morning. >> i want to pick up right where we just left off with gabe. he's saying, look, roy moore still has a lot of support. people are prepared to give him the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. these four women did go on the record. how much of an impact is this going to have? do you get the sense voters are beginning to break with him? >> well, kristen, i don't get that sense yet. i m...