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>> good evening, keith. >> we have talked with you before about that possibility that this doug r. raised. is there any evidence of the worst-case scenario that was described in that posting? >> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage downhole and cause that flow around the well head that we talked about earlier this month. >> so is it potentially if not unstoppable? virtually unstoppable? >> on the ...

>> the "new orleans times picayune" reported another disaster that the broken well head is tilting over. admiral allen is confirming that the riser package is tilting 10 to 12 degrees off perpendicular. how big a concern is that? could it be an indication there is, in fact, some structural problem with the portion of the well that lies below the sea bed. >> i think, there's real damage to the blowout preventer which is made up of the lower riser package and the blowout preventer itself. remember, there's a tremendous amount of stress that was put on that when the 5,000 foot of riser went over ...

Hear from the source itself about what we are doing together. a few weeks ago, we signed an mou between the department of labor and osha and the national incident commander laid out how we would work together moving forward, and it's been a strong team moving, and i would like to introduce mr. barab right now. thank you. >> thank you, admiral. i'm going to spend a few minutes talking about what osha has been doing, how we have been working with the national incident command -- >> a couple of -- man, some real developments here from the admiral, thad allen. first of all, you heard two deaths, t...

I've got to tell you, a difficult day in the gulf on day 65, to say the least. we just heard the briefing from the government's point man on this gulf oil disaster, coast guard admiral thad allen. let's get to chris lawrence. and chris, boy, a difficult day. two deaths being reported, connected to the effort there in the gulf. and then, as everyone can see, the containment cap is off that well head, as a result of some kind of an accident. >> yeah. as i'm being told now, basically, they're checking that containment cap to see if there are hide rates. if there are no hydrates in there, they wil...

All right. checking in on the latest developments on this, day 60, of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. admiral thad allen, the government's point man, says the government containment efforts have improved on the busted well head. in fact, yesterday saw the biggest collection so far. some 6,700 more barrels siphoned off than on wednesday. now, the feds expect the total contained number to shoot up to 80,000 barrels a day, starting july. on the other side of the world, fear triggered by ethnic violence and bloodshed, and desperate need for food. that's life right now for hundreds of tho...