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Gallons into the gulf. here's why some say that's bad. listen. >> we know that the oil, the dispersant are both toxic. put them together, they're more toxic on things that are really critical to the marine biology in the gulf of mexico. >> now, incident commander thad allen says that it's approved on a case-by-case basis so his field commanders actually have the authority to decide whether or not to ramp up the use of chemical dispersants or allow that oil to make shoreline impact. apparently, they decided to use more oftentimes than not those chemical dispersants. >> what's going on now at th...
Here we are as well the oil disaster, we are now on day 62, and we've got some new problems to tell you about there, and those problems actually reduce the amount of oil that was being collected. of course the number dropping there, frustration rising, other wise, meanwhile nothing seems to work in trying to get that leak to stop. well, how about prayer? today has been designated a statewide day of prayer across louisiana, the state senate passed a resolution to sponsor this day of prayer. thus far, efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have come to no avail. it is clearly time fo...
Here, but there's so many different components that could have a failure issue. could you have had a pump up on the surface fail that was keeping the pressure of the mud that -- that's flowing down there, to keep the hydrocarbons at bay while you're putting the cement in. there's so many different variables where it could happen, but they were at the point where they were really getting the well bore itself ready for production, which is, you know, putting big steel pipes down there, putting cement down there, and believe it or not you can do cement underwater. letting it dry and then doing mo...
Skimming fleet of 780 skimmers. >> reporter: you realize when you say that it is so hard for people to believe that this spill was so enormous and yet we're having trouble finding the oil to skim it? >> it's not for lack of trying. we have 50 aircraft saturating this very location where satellites indicate there could be oil sheen in the area. so we're going to look just like we would doing search and rescue to see where any possible target pocket of oil might be over this area. >> rob marciano is live in gulfport, mississippi this morning. rob, you talk about not being able to see the oil but...