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Changes within the interior department. the department announcing reforms today to toughen oversight of offshore oil and gas drilling operations. joining us now from the white house, the secretary of the interior, ken salazar. mr. secretary, thank you very much for coming in. >> thank you wolf. >> best case and worst case scenario, when does the oil spill end? >> best case, that it starts coming into some kind of containment over the weekend and into next week and the next couple of weeks. worst case is looking at august with a relief drill. we're doing everything to make it happen as fast as ...

There will be hundreds of passengers coming inbound. so we might see four or five, maybe 600 people inbound today. >> reporter: we could also see some ground evacuations. of course, louisiana's governor declaring a state of emergency. some people who live along the coast in low lying areas could be moved further inland over the next 24 hours. jon: how does this impact the effort to actually key the -- keep the spill contained? >> reporter: jon, they're hoping this temporary cap, which has contained the oil for the past eight days, will hold. they think it's been stable, all the measurements sa...