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Nic robertson, thanks so much. all right. back in this country now, 3.5 million gallons. that's how much oil officials say has spilled from that broken bp well head in the gulf of mexico. and 210,000 gallons are added to that total every day. balls of tar, some as big as golf balls, are already washing up along the alabama coastline as you see right there. crews are trying to catch the crude with nearly 200 miles of boom. along with controlled burns and chemical dispersants. at a news conference today, bp officials said they are also getting help from the community. >> we're recruiting vesse...

Diversity on the court for various reasons. it will be very interesting the calculation that goes into president obama's pick. we are waiting to hear and working our sources to figure this out as soon as possible. >> could be a pivotal week. thanks so much. kate bolduan in washington. in 20 minutes we'll talk about some of this week's hot political topics including the u.s. justice department possibly suing arizona over its new controversial immigration law and we'll also talk about lawmakers facing tough re-election bids already. all right. now, the latest on that giant oil spill in the g...

Tourists will remember. i think it's fair to say, the rest of their lives. it's given them quite a bit to talk about. >> i believe that. thanks so much, susan candiotti. glad a lot of people were not seriously injured. let's turn to an oil spill in new mexico where crews have been trying to place a four-story contain moment dome over the gushing oil well almost a mile before the surface. brook baldwin joins me live from biloxi, mississippi. how is it going? >> reporter: hello, fred. welcome from a windy mississippi. we will know in about an hour if bp has concealed the massive con tamement d...

The fact that this process, this operation has never been attempted before at this depth. we're talking 5,000 feet under water. and simply it's water in the piping and what we said was the containment dome, essentially it's a funnel going on top of that well head. they have to make absolute certain that it's perfectly in position before they take the series of piping, and then they begin to take it out of there. they have aerial disburse meants of chemicals. they call it burning. they are trying to keep the oil and muck from really aencroaching on the islands and

Than that. but you're trying to cut the grease. you're trying to cut the oil. use cut the oil you spray it over. the oil gets cut, mixed in with water and all of a sudden it flushes out. >> do you want to see something cool? >> yeah. >> we can -- can we walk this way and take a look at the dome that's being loaded there -- >> is that live? >> i think it is. >> it's a live picture now. >> they painted it then because it was orange. it was a rusty orange color. unless that's another one. look at that. this thing weighs tons and tons and tons. made of concrete and steel. they are going to drop th...