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Dances that we shared together, it's all gone. i am trying to convey that to you as best that i can. the love that i have for jason is more oil that's spilled out on the gulf than anything, more water that's on the earth, more air that's here in this room. it's more than anything. thank you for letting me say that. thank you for letting us be here. >> shelley anderson, widow of the bp rig explosion. the oil gushing into the gulf has a lot of people calling for greener living, which is why this story caught our eye. the largest school district, los angeles unified school district is trying to...

The love that i have for jason is more oil that's spilled out on the gulf than anything, more water that's on the earth, more air that's here in this room. it's more than anything. thank you for letting me say that. thank you for letting us be here. >> shelley anderson, widow of the bp rig explosion. parts of texas being pounded by heavy rains, high winds, category 2 storm coming ashore. reynold wolf is on south padre island. reynold? >> reporter: i have to tell you, amid the heavy rain and wins here on south padre island there's also a sigh of relief. the situation here, although bad, could...

Thank you for letting me say that. thank you for letting us be here. >> shelley anderson, widow of the bp rig explosion. back to hurricane alex. parts of texas being pounded by heavy winds and winds. the massive category 2 is coming ashore, having an impact all the way here in the gulf. reynolds joins me now from south padre island, texas. >> amid the heavy rain and strong winds here, there's also a sigh of relief. the situation here, although bad, could have been far worse. two years ago, 2008, we had a hurricane that came through, dolly of course, that caused much more damage as the eyewal...

Beach launch and the oil was like a road that extended for 100 miles down the beach. and it would come n waves of black oil. >> like the ongoing bp, deep water horizon spill, the rig explosion was caused by a failed blow out preventer. the spill pumped 140 million gallons of oil into the gulf. eventually reaching u.s. shores and 160 miles of the texas coast. the impact on the environment was staggering. >> we saw pretty drastic reductions and that was of great concern to us. >> in some ways mother nature did mostly recover here faster than biologists expected. with the shrimp population and lo...

Will start deep water drilling again. he told nbc's today show that bp will step back from the decision while it investigates the rig explosion that unleashed the spill in the gulf. florida is getting its worst taste of the gulf oil disaster yet. we'll show you where a health advisory is in effect right now and get reaction from the republican candidate for senate from florida, marco rubio. he is standing by and is here in the situation room. we'll have a lot more on the president's dramatic decision today to sack general mcchrystal. did he show new muscle critics who say he's too weak? >> c...