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The nas massive skimmer ship has not produced good results. >> reporter: the "a" well has been more of a minnow when it comes to cleaning up oil. rough seas have harpooned it's ability to skim oil near bp's gusher. test of "a" whale's abilities are inconclusive. the converter tanker has yet to prove its taiwanese owner's claim that it can skim between 15 and 50,000 barrels office oil off the sea in a day. >> it is supposed to be able to skim greater quantities than any other vessel on the planet. >> that's what they claim. >> that's what they claim. >> that's what we are testing so far. right ...

Their testing evaluation period which we accepted and approved. so they are going to be able to continue that test until thursday morning. >> we haven't seen a very large amount of product. early indications indicate that not a lot was collected. >> reporter: that so-called product, crude oil floating in the sea hasn't been concentrated enough for "a" whale to skim effectively, even though it appears the ship has been surrounded by pools of oil a few miles from the gusher. >> we have oil coming up from over a mile below the surface. it doesn't always come up in one spot. >> reporter: "a" whale...

Temperature like 100 to 105. maybe pushing 106 in places like philadelphia. it really will be brow tall. ki a short-lived heat wave. we could see some records today. 101, new york, 102, washington, d.c. even hot down there in raleigh. you might be asking yourself why is it going to be cooler into atlanta. the core of the high is a little further north and we have more descending air. when air descends, it helps to heat it up. the nation's midsection still dealing with stormy conditions. check out these pictures from yesterday. large hail coming down. baseball to golf ball size hail, damaged qu...

Concentrated enough according to bp for "a" whale to skim effectively. even though it appears the ship has been surrounded by pools of oil just a few miles from the gusher. >> we have oil coming up from over a mile below the surface. it doesn't always come up in one spot. >> reporter: "a whale" may still have to prove itself but it will have to do so before they hire it to join the fleet. if that is to happen, the sea will need to cooperate. >> when you have 6 to 8-foot seas, it is not going to lend itself to a good capture of the oil. >> reporter: as crude continues gushing into the gulf, ski...

Now either. >> everything is going. >> it's like 11 minutes after 6:00, it's sort of like -- published in the harvard business review the research found that corporate schedules are geared to a morning person's peak performance hours. night owls are more likely to be more creative and intelligent, however, that is not going to get you far in the business world. >> unless, of course, you are working on a schedule where you are on the west coast or hawaii and you can stay up all night and catching the beginning of the business cycle here. >> you can tap your creativity and you are working on t...