have seen the latest video. the mostly clear blue waters in the gulf of mexico. yes, they heard the latest government report, all but roughly 25% of the oil spill flood the gulf is gone. that doesn't mean people like lewis are going to believe it. what do you think when you hear that? >> where is it? where did it go? >> reporter: life long commercial he now coordinates response teams and they are made up of fishermen that are also skeptical. who picked it up? we didn't. mine, you know. where it went. >> the long battle is close to coming to an end. and we are very, very pleased with that. >> reporter: latest white house message, the president right down to the press secretary -- >> many of the news day scenarios talked about and repeated a lot have not and will not come to fruition because of that. >> reporter: along with bp's newfound confidence the damaged