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Sylvia earl, a former government scientist who has tackled spills like this before joining us from london. also joining us, professor dan van nuenhaus, a geologist with more than two decades in the oil industry. welcome. as it turns out, the initial tests show that the dispersant, cor corexant may be one of the least toxic out there anyway. bp originally told the epa they couldn't come up with a better alternative. lisa jackson didn't buy that at the time. i first want to play for the viewers what she said back then. listen. >> i wasn't satisfied with the answer that we got. the answer we got ...

For us to be able to solve the problem only with fences and border patrols. it won't work. our borders will not be secure as long as our limited resources are devoted to not only stopping gangs and potential terrorists, but also, the hundreds of thouz stands who attempt to cross each year simply to find work. in the most recent cnn corporation poll, 57% were in favor of arizona's law. the president's speech was wide ranging addressing everything from the importance of immigrants in american history to the frustration that many people feel with a system he called "fundamentally broken." he al...

Of work and one of the ways to do that ties make sure employers don't hire them, there are still sanctions against them. and making it an orderly process of our immigration. so we can supply the needs that we have. that way we can have internal security, security at our border and i think that 1070, and the arizona law is a loud clarion call to all of us to say let the federal government take responsibility over what is clearly a federal issue. >> mr. hayworth before i let you respond to this, let me play a little bit of what the president today said. he did speak directly to republicans in hi...

To contain this massive spill. today, cnns correspondent got a firsthand look. take a look. >> reporter: this is how you get on the world's largest oil skimmer. quite a feat, and quite an adventure. so now we are on board a massive vessel called a whale. and this is a giant cargo ship, that has been retrofitted to skim oil in the gulf of mexico. this kind of technology, retrofitting never been done before. right now the coast guard hasn't given the ship permission to go out and skim oil in the gulf of mexico. we are on the navigation deck of this vessel. from this perch you can get a sense of ...

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