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Turned into tar balls and cleaned up and bury in the sand. that's what's happening to all of the oil. >> the methodology they use is not clear. and now some reputable independent scientists are raising questions about whether these figures are legit. >> a fair question as i raised before. the truth is when you talk to the people along if gulf here, some of them buy all of this, but many emphatically do not over and over again -- folks have told me again that they think the government and bp despite all of the pledges of transparency have misled them and hidden information. that's what people o...

Barrels of oil were pouring out of the well. and they say a well back down to 60,000 barrels of oil were pouring out. tom foreman joins us with the latest, tom? >> hi, anderson. the government's analysis of what happened to the nearly 5 million barrels of oil that gushed from that well is raising hope and sharp skepticism here on the coast tonight. the report says a quarter of the oil was taken care of by burning, skimming, or direct captured. another quarter, naturally evaporated or dissolve solved. another quarter was dispersed in the water as microscopic drop t droplets and the last quarter...

Been removed off the beaches. and efforts are still ongoing right now to continue to clean the perimeter of the marshes. but on a daily basis, we still see tar balls and tar patties washing ashore. i spent the day yesterday on grand isle and there was a significant amount of tar balls and tar patties that washed up from the night before and on my way here i talked to the crews on the night shift and they witnessed the same thing last night. tar balls and tar patties. >> so maybe things are beginning to turn in the whole gulf oil disaster. coming up, california's ban on same-sex marriage overtu...

Of light sheen or tar balls or microscopic droplets in the water. but how can most of the estimated 5 million barrels of oil already be out of the water? according to that federal report, about a third of the oil was either skimmed up, burned or blasted with chemical dispersants. another huge chunk, about 40%, they say, evaporated or dissolved naturally. but how does that happen? >> this is 'example of light, swede crude. >> reporter: that was the type of oil gushing into the gulf, very different from the "exxon valdez" disaster. >> this representings weathering process. this has a lot of ligh...

Look at this. the report says a quarter of the oil was taken care of by burning, skimming, or direct capture, another quarter naturally evaporated or dissolved, another quarter was dispersed in the water as microscopic droplets, and the last quarter is still there as what they call a light sheen on or near the surface or it has turned into tar balls and been cleaned up or buried in the sand, anderson. that's what they're saying has happened to all this oil. >> and it sounds like good news, but the methodology -- when you actually look at this report and the details, the methodology they used i...