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Tightening. >> jon: philip in athens. thanks. to the gulf of mexico now. the unfolding oil disaster there officials in louisiana confirm today the leading edge of the slick has hit land for the first time. they say the petroleum is washing into marsh grass in island. state official told reporters the oil has coated birds on the islands. scientists say it is just the beginning. so far we have not seen any pictures from those islands but this nasa picture from two days ago gives some idea of how close that huge slick is to the delicate shoreline of louisiana and mississippi. crews are still tryi...

These folks if they're still in the water alive have been there since presumably tuesday night. it is now friday. that's a lot of time to be in the waters. 61 to 65 degrees, somewhere in that range is the temperature. they're going to make some call whether they stop searching for potential survivors here. as for this environmental concern that is rising, certainly here on the coast.they don't believe they've got a leak of any oil coming at the well top, the well top where that oil was pumping up through the rig. the rig sank yesterday. the big concern is down at the ocean floor where that wel...

Blast, four critically. the crew was doing exploratory drilling, 50 miles off of the coast of louisiana. on a rig, twice the size of a football field and that rig is still burning this morning. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. but early reports are it appears to be a blowout, when natural gas or oil forces its way up a well pipe and smashes the equipment, mar, they kris gutierrez, incredible pictures and a tragedy and they are still trying to find those who are missing. bill: holding out hope. from the middle east iran throwing verbal attacks aimed at the u.s. the supre...

>> day 74 of the disaster in the gulf and word today that drilling crews are closing in on the blown out well. b.p. officials say the first relief well is now less than 20 feet from the side of the well pipe that's spewing thousands of barrels of oil into the gulf every day. still, before they can try to plug that well, they will have to drill hundreds of feet deeper so they can hit it from the bottom with heavy fluid and cement. teams say they are making faster progress but for now, they are not expected to attempt to actually stop the leak until mid august. up on the surface, a giant super s...