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>> the key question that scientists are trying to figure out is whether oil dispersants in the deep ocean do more harm than good. >> lehrer: ray suarez gets two views on the legal challenges to arizona's immigration law. >> brown: and paul solman examines the housing slump in spain, as he continues his reporting on europe's economic troubles. >> see these four big towers? they are beautiful and they were built just before the crisis so they are empty. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine th...

information. >> you are looking at a live picture of the well that has been spilling oil into the gulf of mexico. several tests will be conducted. this could take from six hours to two days. meanwhile, the national commission investigating the disaster held its first public meeting today in new orleans. president obama established the bipartisan commission to recommend ways to prevent future oil spills. members heard from the senior vice president of bp north america and from the incident commander. this portion is a little more than an hour. [captioning performed by national caption...

a day from the pipe. commenced the second -- they commenced a relief well drilling on may 2 as well. that was rapidly seen as the ultimate solution for shutting in the well or for killing the well. however, there was an attempt to kill the well through a top kill procedu procedure, and on the 29th of may that of deemed unsuccessful despite about two days of attempts. so source control activities continue, and i know that there's -- there is a presentation from bp following this. i won't go into a lot of detail on sourccontrol because i think you're going to get a lot of detail from b...