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Drop in profits and issuing a less than rosie outlook. visa reporting after the closing bell, turning in better than expected growth in profits and revenues. shares are moving slightly higher after hours. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now, back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." good news tonight. the oil slick on the gulf surface down there is dissipating more quickly. it's evaporating much more quicker than expected. can you see where the oil has gone in a series of maps made by the "new york times." there they are. on june 16 bp started its second containment s...

Trial of rod blagojevich. the judge says he expects a lengthy deliberation. manufacturing activity slowing in some parts of the country. retail sales are up with shoppers focusing on necessities. now, back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." we've got some good news tonight. the oil slick on the gulf surface down there is dispaiding more quickly than expected. it's evaporating much more quicker than expected. you can see where the oil has gone in a series of maps made by the "new york times." there they are. on june 16th, bp had started its second containment system. by july 1st str...

. hello, i'm fredricka. we're still checking today's top stories. a mile under the gulf surface, bp is trying to install a new containment cap on that busted well. bp potentially removed the old containment cap yesterday. now it hopes to bolt down a better fitting cap. if successful, this could contain the oil gusher. relief wells are still considered the permanent solution. and police say teen fugitive co colton harris moore known as the barefoot bandit is behind bars today. he acquired a cult following on facebook by touting his ex ploits. he is wanted in connection with a string of thef...

>> and the rio grande is overflowing in texas, more than 3 feet above flood stage in some areas and is still rising, causing widespread flood damage and putting lives in danger. we begin this hour with a gulf oil crisis deep below the gulf surface, bp's under water robots, switching out a containment kcap. this is a live look at bp's under water camera and the new cap is designed to capture all or most of all of the leaking oil. in the meantime, the old cap is now off. allowing oil to gush freely into the gulf. jonathan serrie is live in grand isle, louisiana with more on that, hi, jonathan....

As it says they are supposed to. but today national incident commander admiral thad allen talked about what he called the federal government's aggressive skimming strategy and admiral allen says that since the beginning of june skimming capability in the gulf has increased fivefold now from about 100 large skimmers to 550 skimming vessels of all different sizes today. so he says so far 28.2 million gallons of an oily, watery mix has been skimmed from the gulf surface, campbell. >> randi, also there is this report from noaa today with pretty unsettling news from miami and the keys. what is the ...