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Shut down? >> we are optimistic the well head can be shut down that is why we continue to make efforts to shut that well in so we can stop the flow of oil from the well head or at least reduce the amount of flow, so far effort is being made to focus on that as well as top the oil removal operations on the surface. >> commander, i will say as a person who doesn't know very much about this technology, what i'm worried about is we have allowed the technology for drilling in very deep water to get ahead of the technology for dealing with safety issues in very deep water. are some of the things tha...

Drilling platform each day. anne thompson is in new orleans monitoring this for us this morning. i heard you talking on the "today" show about how this could affect shrimping and some industry down there. how bad is this spill? >> well, the spill is bad. chuck, it's 600 square miles right now. the oil slick. most of it is a very thin sheen on the water. that is good news. it is not a continuous oil slick. it's broken up. the problem is that well head is still leaking and today, the next 12 hours are really crucial here because right now, the oil companies are using remote-controlled submersibl...

Last week. the well head on the ocean floor is releasing as much as 100,000 barrels of oil a day into the water. british petroleum is investigating how to stop that leak. president obama will travel to west virginia today to pay tribute to the 29 miners killed after an explosion at the upper big branch mine earlier this month. nbc's athena jones is at the white house for us. athena, good sunday morning to you. in just a few hours, the president will take that somber memorial service. >> reporter: yes. good morning, alex. as soon as the president arrives in west virginia, he and vice presiden...

For the possibility of the devastation we saw. >> oh, yeah. and you talk about people not being able to get out of the way. we have three-quarters of a mile if not wider of a tornado. it's hard. you see that thing coming. and it's going to come fast. winds at 50, 60 miles an hour. >> the storm was traveling at 60 miles an hour so like getting hit by a car with with hurricane-force winds if not stronger and, i mean, everyone knew -- i mean, i don't think anyone was caught by surprise by this storm yesterday. >> no. >> it's just so big and so wide you can't run. >> yeah, okay. bill karins, thank...

Off the platform. anne thompson joins us this morning. what can you tell us about the calling off for the search for survivors. >> reporter: let's talk about the environmental concerns. at this hour, coast guard officials are cautiously optimistic that the potential environmental damage to the gulf of mexico can be contained. they have been looking at that well head, which is almost a mile beneath the surface of the gulf of mexico and they see no signs that crude oil is spilling from the well head. and that is a very good sign. however, they are not saying we're in the all-clear yet. they say ...