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Seem to work and they have been done without adult supervision, do the berms themselves have any environmental impact? are they damage by themselves? >> no, the berms themselves don't do any damage. what is, the problem is that we have a finite amount of sand in this delta. we all support -- every scientist i know and respect supports a massive barrier shoreline restoration project. i'm afraid that's what happened here is some people thought, we'll get bp to pay for this thing. that's not a bad idea. but the thing is this sand berm project is being done without coordinating with -- again, with...

Office for 18 years until governor jindal asked him to retire in 2008. his blog, gulfcoast.com that features the photos of the sand berm. thanks for your time, sir. >> nice to see you, keith. >> does there seem to be a little wiggle room, equivocation in the interview we just heard with governor jindal and nbc news this afternoon? are the photographs up to the interpretation he seems to imply? >> i think there's a lot of wiggle room. you know, we all support -- we really want to see this problem go away. we're all excited about the possible capping of the flow. but, you know, the technology th...

The sand berm in keeping the shores oil free? >> the one berm they're working on has raised the level there to the extent that it has been able to block oil from coming into the sound behind it. that's all well and good. that was envisioned by the project and i understand that there are other projects starting to ramp up. that's pretty much a state project at this point that's being funded by b.p. and the governor is monitoring the progress. >> what kind of update can you go i have us about the skimers and the accessible to more of them? for weeks, we were hearing there were not enough of them...

We saw the defense mechanisms work, and a lot of the boom that was washed up, needs to be replaced. the land berm work and rocks work. baskets work. >> brian: governor jindal said yesterday alone the louisiana national guard collected 500 pounds of oil debris on the sand berm. six american soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in afghanistan today. nato forces said they all died in roadside bombings, or insurgent attacks. four of them were killed in the eastern part of the country, two in the south. so far, 23 americans have been killed this month in the war. the ten russian agents e...

We wake up the next morning, and another area is impacted. >> yesterday there was a big blow for what you believe is a good effort, which is a sand berm you had permission to build. you now have to wait anywhere from five to nine days to build a pipeline out to a farther area for you to dredge new sand to build these sand berms to protect the inland. how was it today? any progress? >> absolutely not. they're sticking to their decision. it may have an impact on the stabilization of that island. that island that ten days ago was beneath the -- would stabilization impact could it have on an islan...