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Drilling efforts. the one on the right is almost there. that will be helpful if they pump this mud into the well to alleviate pressure to make sure it's sealed. those are basically the two efforts that are going to have to take place together. and that might mean a permanent kill of this well. i want to tell you something else. there's a critic in congress, congressman ed markey who says that bp went overboard in putting those dispersants into the ocean to disperse the oil. he said that they vastly exceeded environmental protection agency directives. now, bp denies that. so does thad allen, th...

The hardest hit areas, and what we saw down below was widespread devastation. village after village, especially those next to rivers and waterways, under water. we saw thousands of homes destroyed, if they weren't destroyed, they were buried in mud. >> and in these pictures you'll see some elderly survivors being evacuated from flood areas by pakistani army helicopters. u of m officials say thousands of others are stranded on rooftops. these are pictures i was telling you about, trying to get people out. hundreds of survivors have expressed outrage over what they say has been the government's ...

Drilling mud, possibly cement into the well. but even if it's permanently sealed, will the gulf of mexico face lasting effects from the chemicals used to break up ors by percent the oil. we found out for the last two weeks no dispersants have been used in the gulf. still, the amount used between april and july is eye-opening. more than a million gallon of chemical dispersant, total, more than 1.8 million gallons poured into the gulf to combat this spill. and there are new questions tonight about how safe this was and whether the government kept a close enough eye on how bp was using these chem...

Showed the economy lost momentum in the spring. the manufacturing sector grew for the 15th straight month, but at the slowest of the year. construction spending was up .1 percent, the increase from the government work. the dow had a big day today gaining 208 after good news in the economic earnings reports particularly good news from china and europe. and the s&p was up 24.25 and the nasdaq was up 40. b.p. says it will start shoving mud and cement into the well at the bottom of the gulf of mexico tuesday. our corporate is like in louisiana to tell us of the procedure called static kill. >> the...

Destroyed. if they weren't destroyed, they were buried in mud. >> and in these pictures, these are more pictures where you can see some elderly survivors being evacuated from flooded areas by pakistani army helicopters. u.n. officials say that thousands of other people restrain stranded on their rooftops on higher ground. hundreds of survivors have expressed outrage over what they say has been the government's slow response. officials say they're doing the best they can considering all the roads and bridges to the area have been washed out. food and drinking water remain in short supply. fear ...