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Containers and consumer grade fireworks from the vehicle. they also removed a locked metal box after opening it with an explosive charge that they found what they described as a bird's nest of wires and firecrackers. the license plate on the car came from a connecticut auto shop as well. auto repair shop is what the police commissioner said. he also said there was -- there were many bags of fertilizer in that vehicle. meantime, president barack obama just talked about the car bomb situation. let's go to dan lothian at the white house. dan, the president having to tackle a couple things there...

Responsible for this leak, bp will pay the bill, might that include the lost industry? the bill of that lost industry? >> reporter: you know, that's something that's probably going to be raised. i don't know if there's a way we can answer that question right now. but, you know, federal officials from the president just a moment ago through janet napolitano earlier today and the past couple of days have been hammering at that very point. bp is going to pay for this. bp is responsible for this. i think that through various legal actions, lawsuits and other things, you're going to see bp compensa...

Now as police try to piece together some of the components, some of the information they've gleaned from the vehicle now as well. and here now is just a view of the clock. i'm sure police will be revealing photographs of other items, because they are looking for the public's help in this investigation. the other major story we're covering today, a potential catastrophe in the gulf of mexico from oil that is leaking, continues to leak from that damaged bp well. here's what we know right now. president barack obama just wrapped up a briefing about the oil spill in louisiana. he flew to new orl...

Our brian todd is following the investigation into the oil rig explosion and the spill. he's joining us now from venice, louisiana. brian? >> reporter: fred, bp officials clearly defending their safety record as they have been for the last couple of days. one of the questions we've been asking that has been raised in this investigation is, was a backup system that could have prevented the blowup from malfunctions or maybe shut down the well on its own, this is called an acoustic switch, a remote control switch that could have shut down the valve on its own even if the blowout preventer had fai...

This oil from leaking out? that's going to be a focal point of the investigation in the coming days. bp adamantly defending their safety record on that front. another key component, what's going on today, not only is the weather hampering some of the recovery -- i mean, some of the containment efforts along the gulf, but noaa has essentially shut down fishing for a huge portion of this region which is really going to take a toll on the local economy. we just saw two shrimp boats coming up here, up this inlet off the gulf. you're probably not going to see them go out for a few days. noaa has sh...