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Day 100 of the gulf oil disaster. the lingering frustrations and sweeping changes at bp. then, defensive democrats. >> we have to take a different approach here. >> how leaked war secrets led to a bitter battle on capitol hill. and, sleep secrets. our polkameister gets expert advice on insomnia. it's wednesday, july 28th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. we begin with breaking news this wednesday morning. authorities say that a passenger plane crashed into the hills above islamabad. several fatalities are reported

>> we clean up the beaches, we restore the gulf. we'll be doing that for a long time. and that is my number one focus. >> reporter: bob dudley says he is committed to managing the crisis he inherited. now that the damaged well is close to being completely sealed the incoming ceo of bp is facing an increasingly tough task. finding the 180 million barrels of oil that have gushed into the gulf. aerial views of the spill zone reveal little oil on the surface. the vast majority of it has sunk. >> there's a lot of dispersed oil in the water and that stuff could end up in the food web. >> reporter: a...

>> another big name act that's gotten involved, jimmy buffet, certainly he's a fan of the beach and a fan of the entire gulf coast, he put on a concert as well. >> oh, yes. jimmy buffet is actually -- to the gulf he is what wyclef jean is to haiti, a native son who's done so much for that region. jimmy buffet, born in mississippi, lives between alabama and florida. major concert in gulf shores, alabama,a couple weeks ago attracted 35,000 people. attended by the governors of alabama and florida. basically jimmy buffet's message was, everybody come on down, don't forget us, don't forget the merc...

Quick action, responding to an 800,000 gallon oil spill in southern michigan. it has been leaking since monday from a broken pipeline. it carries about 8,000 gallons of oil a day from indiana to ontario. the oil flowed into a creek and then into the kalamazoo river, coating birds and fish. about 20 homes have been evacuated. now to the gulf oil spill. it has now been 100 days since the deadly deepwater horizon explosion which led to the environmental disaster. >> the chairman of bp says his priority now is to stop the leak and clean up the shores but also keep bp shareholders in mind. diana ...