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Something that you hope someone would be curious about. >> right. but you know what i think he's doing, lawrence, these military guns, they're made of light material. it's ant -- it's kind of a plastic stocks. up, they were made for war so soldiers could carry them in battle. they weren't as heavy as the old wooden stock m-14s of the world war ii era. they're kind of lighter, a big improvement. they've got a handle on the top. and they break down in half. and you could break these guns down to maybe 18 inches long in half. you could stick them in a wheeled suitcase. you know, you could literal...

A lot of light material that is used for insulation on the airplane. the heavy metal parts sink after time. >> do you think this is something here or another false lead? >> we have so little data we have to track down everything. this is credible enough that we have to track it down, buts i would say it is 50/50 shot it is part of the airplane. >> thank you, john, for your input here. i would take 50% any day. the president making the first comments on the flight: >> this is a tough situation. it is a big piece of the planet we are searching and these things take time. we hope and pray we ca...

Describe what it was like to live through this storm. >> the wind was so strong, it was like ooooh. i cannot imagine myself, it's like the movie "twister" you know. i feel like this is it, i'm going to die. >> tell me about now. i can imagine the speed of it. now that it's gone, are you getting the help you need? what's missing now? do you have food, do you have water? >> yeah, actually, the local government here, with the help of our mayor, also provide this water, this shelter, the evacuation center. most of the houses here were made of light material like bamboo. that's why most of the hous...

Of light sheen or tar balls or microscopic droplets in the water. but how can most of the estimated 5 million barrels of oil already be out of the water? according to that federal report, about a third of the oil was either skimmed up, burned or blasted with chemical dispersants. another huge chunk, about 40%, they say, evaporated or dissolved naturally. but how does that happen? >> this is 'example of light, swede crude. >> reporter: that was the type of oil gushing into the gulf, very different from the "exxon valdez" disaster. >> this representings weathering process. this has a lot of ligh...