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Companies in one way or another have been gaming the system in trying to get more and more oil out of the gulf. it's highly possible they would have gained the system to their advantage, even if they got the environmental review. the bottom line is, if you talk to people who really cover this stuff closely, they say if there had been a real environmental test there at the end of the process, with a real hard look at what bp and others have been doing, maybe we wouldn't be in this spot right now, anderson? >> we also, of course, now know that the figures that bp and all these companies were usi...

Animals are already found affected by the spill. the first patient was a young northern gan et. this bird's white feathers are coated with black oil. winds will push the spread further to land. the navy is sending booms, skimmers and contractors to mop up the surface spill. the president has thus far sent to the scene the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, the secretary of the interior, ken salazar, and head of the epa, lisa jackson. the president himself and his senior adviser david axelrod today announced that in light of the disaster, don't expect many new drilling lease appr...

Take a closer look at this. and another big announcement about wind power further up. let's check first at the gulf coast. here is where the spill is as of late afternoon, just a few hours ago. 16 miles from the coast of louisiana. the surface spill runs almost 100 miles along here if you look at this. here's one of the things going to try to fix it. looking closely here. this is a robot on a submarine underground, trying to close down the valve. trying to shut off the source of the oil. the crude leaking into the water. a remarkable operation using this technology. but obviously, it's been so...