what saved her on today show this morning. amy windle demonstrated just how she used her feet to type a desperate message for help. a robber tied her up . i thought i have nothing to lose so i ll give this a shot. i learned very quickly that my big toes weren t going to work so i then reached over with my left foot and got the end of the power cord in between my left toes so i could use that as a tool to use the key while i used my right foot as a mouse. with more on the story. reporter: in this atlanta home, 39-year-old amy windm endured some of the most frightening hours of her life. after midnight tuesday morning she woke up and found an armed burglar inside her bedroom with no one to help her. a guy entered my room. he had a gun and we struggled for some amount of time.
produced a really high cloud of smoke that was spotted from miles away. right now it s not clear if the plane was taking off or landing that time of the crash. we will continue to work that story and bring you more details here this morning. crews in the gulf are working to kill the blown out well permanently. bp calls this effort a huge milestone. crews pump a special mexture of what they call heavy mud into the blown out well for eight hours and now engineers are waiting to see if they will pump cement therein, as well. government scientists will announce that most of the oil leaked from the well is gone. 80% of the oil was captured or broken up and the political side of this story continues to unfold. senator harry reid pulled back the oil spill legislation. the bill would have lifted the $75 million liability cap forchuck damages after an oil spill and the obama administration end its ban on deep water drilling. it could end in significance of the planned november date.