>> jamie, there are three ways in the tools and the toolbox that you can use to treat an oil spill. chemically treat it, disbursements are one chemical that are used, scoop it up with mechanical and physical means or burn it. the coast guard is trying all three of these. the latest idea, of course, is to try to use disbursements, which is a sophisticated form of soap used to dissolve the oil to make it into tiny micro droplets in the water column, so that the oil can be degraded by natural bacteria. the question you really have in using disbursements is how effectively can you mix the disbursement with the oil, such that the oil dissolves into the water column and is available for degradation by the bacteria? >> jamie: now, this oil slick is growing. by the day. and more is coming out of the rig. it really appears to someone who isn't an expert, like it's completely out of control and there are at least three states effected