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Results from this weekend's a whale test, apparently inconclusive. more test runs are slated for the massive skimmer capable of scooping up 21 million gallons. the feds put another 1100 square miles in the gulf off limits for fishing. the cost of the whole mess for bp, 3 billion plus and counting. and the northeast is dealing with extreme heat. jfk in new york tied a record high for july 4th by hitting 100 degrees yesterday. the national weather service says the heat wave could last until at least thursday. california's money troubles are in the news all the time. teachers and police laid ...

Complicated than that. b.p. owns the offshore lease, the government block of water out there where the well takes place. they own the well. they own the crude in the ground. transocean owns the rig, all the assets, all the hardware out there, if you will. >> you say the hardware. then, let's go ahead and bring out this blowout preventer. we have a picture of it. it is not the blowout preventer. we got this off a website. this is what it looks like. this is what was supposed to prevent what happened. this is under the operation of transocean. so my question is, do we know if this was being insp...

Case here. so we'll wait to hear what investigators find on the devices and in their discussions with the relevant people here, relatives and friends as well. those discussions can be enlightening as far as who knew what when, if anybody had knowledge at all. >> tom, quickly on the test runs, what do we know? investigators are checking out whether he actually did them? he was an uber drive, it could have just been through the course of his job, right? >> that's exactly right. right now we need to know the intent of if he was driving in the area, was it an effort to scope it out, or just part o...

Damage and potentially bring down airplanes. >> what about test runs, lufthansa had a test run and took off and landed safely. no passengers on board. a test run. >> they are test runs. it's beginning to provide some data for civil authorities to make prudent decisions based on science and analysis. but there's a lot more information that's needed before they can open up these skies totally. they have begun the process. they have actually put the airspace into thirds, definite no fly, some areas you can do flights, and then an all clear area. i think they have done the right thing to be conser...