Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100804:13:09:00
Ruptured well has been captured. it has been recovered through the containment cap, skimming operations and controlled burns. now, 25% has evaporated or dissolved and that's considered a lowball estimate, by the way. 24% has been dispersed, broken into smaller drop let's, either by natural means or the chemical solvents. that leaves 26% of all the oil that has poured from that leak. it has either washed up on shore or still remains at sea, either on the surface of that -- of the ocean or, of course, beneath it. now cnn's jim acosta is joining us live from new orleans. so taking all of this int...