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Today and if that works, it just might be the day that the well is permanently plugged up. no more oil that has been spilling. but 206 million gallons have poured out since that well began, the well disaster began and that's the staggering new estimate by a federal oil spill task force making it the worst accidental oil spill in oil history. divers spent the weekend looking at how much oil is left. here's the video of what they found. they conducted a series of dives off the louisiana coast and they didn't find much oil in the water, but they say much more was on the shore. we'll check in live...

Still millions of gallons of oil beneath the surface that could still come ashore in the coming weeks. and that has a lot of people in these gulf communities concerned that if bp does scale back those operations they won't be in place to clean it up. bp's bob dudley says that's not the case. they're going to shift their sort of resources around a little bit so they can be in place should that occur. >> okay, michelle franzen in venice, thank you. a new film is opening in new york city based on the best-selling and controversial book "what's the matter with kansas?" . the film exposes the ris...

Today, the "washington post" is reporting a team of federal investigators known as the bp squad is assembling in new orleans to conduct a wide-ranging new criminal investigation. the focus will be bp, transocean and halliburton. right now there are, though, at least nine other investigations under way. let's go to charles h lles hadle in venice, louisiana. what makes this investigation different if there are already multiple under way? >> there are many investigations under way. yesterday when bp had its earning report and filed the papers with the sec and one of the lines in the paperwork a l...

Venice, louisiana. thank you, charles. crews are working this morning to contain and clean up oil, an oil spill in southern michigan. it could be the worst ever for the midwest. officials say almost 900,000 gallons of oil leaked from a pipeline into a creek that flowed right into the kalamazoo river. oil is reported at least 16 miles down the stream. you see now wild life coated with oil, birds and a fish. the leak in the 30-inch pipeline was discovered on monday. it is owned by a canadian firm and carries oil frto canada. more resources are needed. president obama is promising swift respons...

You should be happy for that. not so lucky in the south. >> i thank you for that seven-degree differential. take what you can get, jeff morrow. thank you. to track the scorching temperatures or check the forecast where you are, head to weather.com. we're going to have more on the extreme weather in the midwest coming up later in this half-hour. a live report from delhi, iowa where a dam broke and inundated two cities. crews are getting back to work to permanently plug the oil well. that cap on the well is still holding after crews abandoned the site. that storm fizzled, but more disrupti...