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>> cinco demaio. >> maybe they were drinking too many margaritas. >> thankings, carol. terror failed, he forgot the keys. new information this morning about the accused times square bomber. authorities say he made a dry run the day before. planted a getaway car in the city and then left the keys to it with the bomb that didn't go off. and also, we're following the latest in the aftermath in the flooding in nashville. the waters are starting to recede. the people across tennessee are beginning to assess the damage. what you're actually looking at right now, though is, a drill pipe, this eno...

Bit of progress overnight it would appear. the coast guard reports bp used underwater robot to cut through a section of the pipe that's leaking the oil. >> we have been preparing that piece of drill pipe to put a valve over the top of it. which we hope to accomplish today. if successful that would mean we would reduce from three leak points to two. >> shepard: still, even that tactic does work, it will not have impact on the gulf coast where thousands are wondering what's to become of their lives and businesses and their beaches and their fish. bp has agreed to pay damages to those affected by...

A lot of oil, but it's relative to what was done in the exxon valdez, it's not all that much. in other words, it's 1/260th of that number of oil. so when oil gets in the environment, it gets changed and weathered and made less toxic. of course, this is further offshore than the exxon valdez. we're comparing apples and oranges. you can't compare the total volume of these spills. they're done under different conditions of the the good news is this is a slower spill. no spill is good, but this is certainly not the worst case yet. >> let's just get a perspective on this. there's a whole lot of pre...

Mexico. authorities know they've got to do something quickly to plug it up. and to prevent a pro attention environmental disaster. but are time and technology on their side. we'll get into the details. plus, damage teams are fanning out across the south. they've got a lot of work on their hands. taken lives, leveled neighborhoods and caused what mississippi's governor calls utter obliteration. reynolds wolf is on the scene. could be a grueling day on capitol hill. the fraud case against the bank, some say goldman is wall street's boogieman. today i'm going to try to give you perspective. b...

Good wednesday, everyone. 9:00 in the west and noon here on the east coast. i'm contessa brewer kicking off this hour with a desperate situation in west virginia. crews have now drilled the first hole to ventilate the upper big branch mine. when rescuers banged on the drill pipe, no one responded. still, family members are hopeful the miners found their way into survival shelters, but time is running out. federal safety officials just updated the situation. >> we know we have 18 miners in there. we know 14 have perished. and we don't know the conditions of the other four. the status of the oth...