Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100507:03:41:00
Depths even remotely like this. a mile under water. how the structure will behave in such cold dense water is anyone's guess. the dome was built by wild well control, a contractor that for 35 years has specialized in these kinds of oil spill disasters, because crises happen so often in the oil and gas industry that they can sustain a whole disaster sub industry for decades. also a second oil burn was successful yesterday. a small amount of the oil slick was rounded up with fireproof booms and set on fire by the coast guard. then there's the proposal plug, called a top kill. it's when a heavy l...