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Reform plan and offer republicans incentives to support it. but even the president wonders if it can pass this year. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." under a state of emergency as a giant oil slick triggered by that massive rig explosion is about to hit the coast. president obama says his administration will use every available resource to combat the spill, which is growing by about 5,000 barrels of oil every day. federal officials expect the slick to reach the louisiana coast tonight, within the next few hours. by this time tomorrow, it's expected to spread closer to missis...

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Called transocean went to federal court today and said that its liability should be maxed out at $27 million. and they cited an 1851 law called the u.s. limitations of liability ship owner's act. a lawyer for the family of one of the men presumed dead in that rig explosion said the actions of the company today were frivolous as well as shameful. juliet? >> juliet: david lee miller live in louisiana. thank you. south of the disaster in the caribbean sea, a natural gas platform today sinking off the coast of venezuela. we're told all 95 workers on board thankfully survived. not clear what went w...

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