a smaller pipe inside, narrower pipe. what they are doing is trying to place it into the broken riser at the sea floor where all that oil is coming out. we understand that operation is under way. commandant allen seemed to suggest the top hat would be deployed today. there is a lot of different stories we re getting and that s adding to the anger and confusion as this continues to go on. peter. ann with the story that continues to develop, thank you very much. developing right now, the president of the united states speaking at the rose garden at the white house where he s honoring top cops with awards for the national association of police organizations. take a listen. one of the key jobs is supporting local law enforcement. he truly appreciates the extraordinary service that local law enforcement does each and every day. we also have a couple of members of congress here we want to recognize. representative tim ryan and senator max baucus, who have
we re dealing with a source of oil that has no human access. everything done through remotely operated vehicle. frankly i ve said on several occasions in many places it s more similar to apolo 13 than exxon valdez. with more on what bp is doing, ann, as you reported, in the fourth week this is half the size of the exxon valdez. who knows how long it will keep going. reporter: the longer this goes on, clearly the more frustrated people are down here about the fact bp cannot plug this leak. i can tell you this morning, there is great confusion about what bp is actually doing at the site. i listened to commandant allen s news conference. bp officials told us what they have done out at the leak site is deploy the insertion tube. that is that new long riser with