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A very busy day in the cnn news room. two big stories we're following for you right now. the left of your screen, it is the story of the production platform. and i think that's what we're referring to it at this point. but a production platform explosion in the gulf of mexico. about 90 miles south of vermilion bay. again, about, let's get back to the white house briefing. because we believe robert gibbs is talking about the rig, the platform explosion. >> this is a, i'm told this is a production platform about 100 miles off the coast, i'm told that the depth of the water is about 340 feet. so ...

Requests carefully, i understand, angie. >> reporter: that's right. we are here outside the mine. the miners are doing very well. we saw them yesterday listening to muse, singing, also we understand that they received their first hot meal they're getting nicotine patches for cigarette cravings. they look clean shaven. so the morale is really up. contessa? >> angie sandoval, thank you for the report. we have breaking news. it's not a rig. it's a platform explosion. the coast guard says, in fact, it doesn't drill oil. but 13 people on the rig made it off. it exploded. they landed in the water.

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Be told to go, they will be asked to go through the process of eminent domain. it's going to be a difficult process. so they know it's going to take some time. but this say process that's going to take year, kiran. this didn't happen overnight in detroit. it's not going to be fixed overnight either. >> very true. amazing pictures, jim. thanks so much. >> you bet. time to look at the top stories, 5,000 barrels, that's the estimate for the amount of crude oil gushing into the gulf of mexico. coast guard officials confirming that the platform explosion is 75 times worse than they thought and de...

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