KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt October 5, 2021 01:35:00
Whiff of oil came through that door. >> reporter: today oil slicked animals are slowly being rescued, but it could be weeks, even months before the impact to wildlife is known. >> you have to pour all resources in to making sure that we mitigate the damage. >> reporter: with 25 miles of southern california's iconic coastline closed to fishing, today tar balls washed along shore in huntington and newport beaches. it is believed the leak occurred in a pipeline connecting the drill platform to the shore. divers are looking for the source of the rupture, about four miles off coast under more than ...