Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100514:03:20:00
Besides the thousands more barrels of oil that spewed into the gulf of mexico today, there are two other developments to report in the bp ultra-disaster in the gulf. first, the attempt to cover the gusher with a smaller containment dome, the thing they're calling a top hat, that did not happen. bp reportedly had concerns that ice crystals might form inside that thing the same way they formed inside the larger containment dome when that effort failed a few days ago. bp is instead preparing to insert a narrow pipe right into the spot where the oil is gushing hoping to be able to siphon the crude...