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Days have gone on? >> actually, very surprisingly, we've seen very little oil from the moment we got out here until today. >> reporter: but after leaving the static kill operation on our way back, we fine signs this crisis is far from over. this long stretch of oil sheen was floating just a few miles off the shorelines. and as you mentioned earlier, john and kiran, the federal government is expected to release a report later this morning showing that much of the oil has dissipated since the beginning of this crisis. that report is also expected to caution that the federal agencies monitoring t...

Out of washington, thad allen, the national incident commander, givens the green light to go ahead with the static kill. for people in the gulf coast, it's become a question of who to trust. the government officials who say that the oil is disappearing on the gulf are their own local residents who say it's still come ago shore. >> reporter: yes, the people of louisiana have seen the latest video. mostly clear blue waters and the gulf of mexico. yes, they've heard the latest government report, all but roughly 25% of the oil spilled in the gulf is gone. that doesn't mean people like louis are go...

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Been seeing for quite some time now. the only difference over the past couple weeks, not a lot going on. you don't see oil spewing out. that is a good thing. the oil right now is holding. it's kind of a two-step operation. a static kill operation and then the other bottom kill. but right now, we're giving you an example, they're pushing this mud down into the well. it's holding right now and might follow up with cement. this process, the static kill, will continue probably for the next several days. but on top of this, we're also getting word today that, in fact, of all this oil, the new numbe...

Oil and more hope. hovering over the deepwater horizon sight where bp is going in for the static kill, the gulf of mexico looks nothing like it did at the start of the crisis. the water is blue in almost every direction with a few exceptions. chopper pilot bill andrews spots a few patches of oil. we land on-board the coast guard cutter "decisive." first there is a briefing on latest conditions at the site. then we meet the cutter's captain, terry jordan, 1 of 2 women in charge of this ship, something we're told you don't see every day in the coast guard. >> seems like activity has pick up in t...