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This will be a tragedy of wildlife and fishery that could take years to come back from once we have figured out how to get this oil off if soggy gulf coast of louisiana. this is not a rock-based formation. this will absorb and kill the grasses protecting the coastline. >> we learned after the spill of valdez, the oil can stick around a long time. has the developing story. we'll stay with it. thanks so much for joining us. it is already the second worst oil spill in american history. you probably know that by now. what we've been seeing is bad enough but now a secret government memo points an...

Race to prevent a worse case scenario. >> hey, the mobile press register has published a leaked memo from officials that is quite alarming. it says in a worse case scenario, the leaking pipe could rupture and fail entirely causing an underwater gusher of oil releasing millions of gallons a day. worst case scenario but they are writing about it and talking about it. that's why the race to seal the leak in here is so critical right now. so urgent. let's look at the enormous challenges being faced in this as we put it out of the way. first, location. let's travel south from up here on the relativ...

Grasses protecting the coastline. >> we learned after the spill of valdez, the oil can stick around a long time. this is a developing story. we'll stay with it. thanks so much for joining us. it is already the second worst oil spill in american history. you probably know that by now. what we've been seeing is bad enough but now a secret government memo points an even grimmer picture. the document got out and the race to prevent a worse case scenario. >> hey, the mobile press register has published a leaked memo from officials that is quite alarming. it says in a worse case scenario, the leak...

Million a day operation to attack a swath of oil bigger than the state of delaware and creeping closer to the louisiana shoreline. 1700 people deployed and 70 vessels, including remote-operated submarines that haven't been able to seal off the leaking pipe. now an effort to burn off oil on the surface. >> tell us about this burning operation. how is that going right now and what do you plan on doing with it? >> the burning operation is part of a three-pronged attack on the surface. in the core of the spill where the oil thickness is about .1 of a millimeter, we are trying to collect it and see...

Finger-pointing or irresponsibility. >> we've got the latest live from the gulf. plus, "survivor" winner ethan zahn victorious in an even tougher battle, survival over cancer. how a coincidence linked to the show may have helped save his life. next on "larry king live." good evening. i'm jeff probst sitting in for larry tonight. let's get right to the latest from new orleans with cnn's david mattingly. david, what are they doing right now to stop the spill? >> jeff, right now they're trying something they have never done before. not just at this depth, at this mile down at the bottom of th...