understand right now. that has taken care of 238,000 barrels of oil. and 460,000 barrels have been siphoned off the leak down at that b.o.p. at the bottom as they use the q4000 and the lmrp cap. but storms in the gulf are delaying the plans to beef up the siphoning operation. they have one floating riser that will be able to work well during a hurricane situation. they also have flexible connections with that q4000 that s also attach add t the moment. bp says it has spent $300 million in just the last three days. that s $2.6 billion so far at least. that s where we re at on 70 days since the initial leak. frightening moment in kentucky today. during a speech by vice president biden, more on that after a quick break. [ male announcer ] invest with fidelity and get more for less.
this is not going to eliminate the pythons. i don t know how much it will control them. i m questioning why they have a one-month season. why isn t it all year long? it s a python. it doesn t belong there. it s like saying, we are only arresting bank robbers in february. i m trying to understand, but the bottom line sit will hopefully control it a little bit and we hopefully learn more about them so we can control them in the wild. and where do you think this came from? is it a situation where a breeding facility burned down or was destroyed? before hurricane andrew there were pythons in the wild. i think the hurricane situation exacerbated it exponentially where hundreds of the snakes got away from pet shops, breeding facilities and warehouses. that made the problem worse. what s this python s name? this is butterscotch. this is an ambassador animal at the zoo. well named. ron, good to talk to you. rick sanchez says to say hello to you. stay with us. when we come back, i ll