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Checking top stories. an agricultural official resigns. shirley sherrod told cnn this morning that her video was taken out of context. she says that the video failed to include the point of her story, that people need to move beyond race. pressure testing on that well head in the gulf continues today. workers are searching for possible leaks at three separate areas stretching up to two miles away. scientists want to know if leaks could be causing the low pressure on the new well head cap. and from the oldest to the youngest, goodwin is being sworn in to fill the seat left vacant by robert ...

[ inaudible ] we had her for a second. we're going to try to get her back. as you can imagine, technology doesn't lend us to a very easy live shot. basically, what you are seeing, amber lyon up for the first time in a blimp piloted by the u.s. navy to hover over in low level, slow sailing across the gulf of mexico there looking for where that oil is and how it's impacting sea life and still no audio. i was hoping we would be able to gain connection with her. we'll keep trying. we will try to make it happen, get a firsthand look at how this blimp is working and if it can help with reconnaissanc...

Top stories, pressure testing on that well head in the gulf continues today. workers also searching for possible leaks at three separate areas stretching up to two miles away. scientists want to know if leaks could be causing the low pressure on the new well head cap. in chicago, the corruption trial of former governor rob blagojevich should be interesting as he will testify in his own defense. he was impeached last year amid accusations he tried raffling off the senate seat formerly occupied by president obama president obama. people are lobbying for the passage of the dream act this week...

I'm sure we will ask him questions about that. >> the cap seeping, as well as oil and gas seeping from the ocean floor. the scientists believe the seepage from the ocean floor may be a natural occurrence, right? >> right, right. it's about two miles away from the broken well head and it's happening all over the gulf of mexico where you have seepage like this. this is one of the events that is a natural occurrence. there are a couple bubbles seen every now and then bubbling out of the bottom of that cap. that's kind of disturbing. they're watching the pressure readings, but they continue to be ...

The old well head and we could see from one to three days of oil flowing freely back into the gulf of mexico. that is the last thing anyone wants to see, but, it looks like the end game, kyra is going to be the relief wells when they break through and they insert the mixture of cement and mud and kill it altogether. you still have the long-term effects of what this means economically and environmentally for the gulf of mexico. >> that will be for decades. all of the work to fix the busted well head and clean up the oil is costing big bucks. so far about $3.95 billion. >> this ought to make u...