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Words but there's never been any urgency. there's no organization. you've got oil that doesn't need to be in the coastline right now. especially in the marshes. every day we see pictures of oil coated pelicans and you see people side lined trying to work. you have subcontractor after subcontractor totally untrained, picking up oil soaked pea piece of sand one per hour. >> we mentioned the barges not being used because they were concerned about safety. unfortunately, julia, we're out of time and thank you, kaare down in new orleans. up next why is one particular judge wantses to oversee the l...

Mezzero. welcome. do we have a problem here? >> yes, we do. it's not unusual and not unethical for the judge to have an interest in the oil and gas industry. what cause as potential problem is whether or not they should be presiding over lawsuits like. this remember both sides are going to find judges that would be favorable to them. british petroleum is going to want a judge they think will be very fair to the oil industry, perhaps even biased. the other side is going to want a judge that they think will help their side. that's the way these lawsuits proside. >> and people may have investment...

Victims. that is the good news in all of this, but with the wells still gushing up to 60,000 barrel as day, nine in ten americans in a research poll says the situation in the gulf is still out of control. so two months into this, are we making enough progress? also tonight, my one-on-one interview with oprah winfrey. she tells me how she thinks the president is doing down in the gulf. and later, bp is the target of hundreds of lawsuits in the wake of the spill. now questions are being raised about the judge who may hear those cases. we've got a report from our special investigations unit ton...

Houston, texas, that bp would like to supervise all the lawsuits filed against it. essentially judge hughes could make decisions worth billions of dollars to bp and that's cast a spotlight on his own ties to the gase and oil industry. judge hughes owns land that produces oil, land that he leases to oil companies. he gets annual royalties for whatever they pump out. in 2008 the most recent records available he received royalty payments from conocophillips between 50 and $100,000. royalty payments from sun oil of $15,000 or less, and royalties from an oil company called devin energy of less than...