all day. many of the companies out there choosing to wait until the last minute. ships on the move as well and they are ordered out of the scene around the ruptured oil well, ordered out last night. the point man for the government thad allen says getting it out of harm s way is a slow process. last night, development driller two and three were directed to detach from the drill sites. they are disconnecting from the lower marine riser package and they are in the process right now of pulling the riser pipe. shutting down the container operations and moving equipment away could cause delay of up to two weeks. one of the controversial decisions concerned the containment cap. some argued to leave it on or take it off entirely. or relieve the vent and
everything you need is there at work. your food, your laundry. sweet, huh? great job. we need that here at world news now. we ll look into that. we ll take anything free at this point. no kidding. good morning and thanks for being with us. i m vinita nair. i m rob nelson. it is two steps forward and one step back in the oil spill cleanup. one week ago today the containment cap finally stopped the massive flood of oil. the whole operation is now grinding to a halt as a new storm threatens the gulf. here s matt gutman. reporter: this armada could begin evacuating the spill site and work on that relief well just days from intersecting the crippled well has now been stopped. but the biggest concern, if that storm makes its way into the gulf, the 24-hour watch over the leaking new stacking cap would have to be abandoned. if we had to leave the well capped and unattended right now, we d probably be looking at a gap of three to four days where
the criminal justice system. so it s something that congress needs to address and they need to address it by making it easier for employers to get them in the job. a lot of people just have gigs, go from one gig to the next, it would be nice to have a permanent job for everyone out there. especially for teens there are at home on the couch right now, they need those skills to move up in the labor force. and of course!ge want to continue closely watching the storm in the caribbean, it s been upgraded today to a tropical depression, it is expected to become a tropical storm called bonnie by saturday. tropical storm watches and warnings have already been issued for south florida. you see the trajectory there. the storm is expected to stay south of the oil leak site, but it s already disrupting operations at the leak side. crews aboard dozens of ship at the leak site are preparing to evacuate. the new containment cap on the ruptured well may also have to be reopened.
applications, all, at a low. that is hurting the overall economy. bill: i just want to underline this yet again, you cannot strengthen this economy unless the housing market gets back on track. and you can t strengthen the economy unless you ve got the job market on track. then you get the housing market back, then maybe you can start to grow the economy. jobs, jobs, jobs are the hardest problem. bill: the wicked 1-2 puplg. half past the hour, still looking for the silver lining. if you can get it in 18 minutes, you come back from fbn, okay? promise. bill: stuart, okay. martha: the government s point man in the gulf saying the containment cap is holding up pretty well, despite several leaks. it is day 93 now of this oil disaster and coast guard admiral thad allen saying the leaks are really more like drips, the kind that you might find leaking from your car when it is still functioning okay. now, meanwhile, the permanent fix, those relief wells, tunneling 18,000 feet
happens now in this situation. we ll bring you gibbs conference as soon as it comes up. drilling a relief well that cowl final kill the blown out well. meantime, retired admiral thad allen says the new containment cap is holding, and he now describes five leaks around the cap is, quote, very small drips. he also said seepage is actually from another well. in addition to the development with this drilling, i ve got to ask you about the weather situation that may be a concern. what can you update me on. retired admiral thad allen is concerned about this tropical wave in the northern caribbean sea that could move into the gulf of mexico eekd. if it develops further e, that would put a delay on this relief well operation that could begin