lebron s announcement a publicity stunt. whatever it was, it raised money for grateful boys and girls. good evening. i m doj ldon lemon. bp could be capturing nearly all of the oil now spewing into the gulf of mexico. from that broken well. but right now, oil is pouring out of the broken well at a rate of up to 60,000 barrels a day. bp to date removed the containment cap that had been capping some of the oil for the past few weeks. a new and improved cap is supposed to take its place in the next few days. it is designed to seal the top until relief wells can finally, finally kill that blowout. but there s a lot of work that needs to be done between now and then. and cnn producer vivian kuo has been working on the full developments on this story. she s been following it all day and explains what s happening. they re kind of taking a risk in order to get a cap. that s exactly right. the big picture idea here is that this is a big deal. we re at a crucial point in this junct
lot of questions in between, because this process takes anywhere between four and ten days so we re calling upon an expert structural engineer, terry anderson, who will be with us in the 4:00 eastern hour to give us a better handle as to what this process is all about and what it might mean for the short term as well as the long-term. this week s cnn hee voe keeping critically ill patients alive on a wing, a prayer and full tank of gas. kathy brousseau see people couldn t get to their medical appointments so she decided to pitch in this bay. my name is kathy broussard, i started the houston ground angels and we provide free air transportation and free ground transportation for medical patients coming in and out of the houston area. they had nothing like this down where i live.
and i ve been doing it. god has bypassed me in cancer, and if i could help somebody, and i m sorry for crying, but if i can help somebody make their life a little better, then that s what it s all about. it s not about me. kathy broussard and her volunteers completed about 6,000 air and ground missions since 2001. to nominate someone you think is changing the world, go to cnnheroes.com. cnnheroes.com. it was a simple gesture that made a homeless man a hero. he picked up and folded old glory after the flag had blown down in a storm. many people want to reward him for his unselfish patriotism. and we told you about the number for ptsd, those are men and women in uniform who want help, the number you can call, it s important to get help. you re the one
clinical patients struggling to get the immediatical need they need or skipping it to avoid the transportation costs. kathy brousseau see people couldn t get to their medical appointments and decided to take care of this problem. she s our cnn hero of the week and this is her story. my name is kathy broussard, i started the houston ground angels and we provide free air transportation and free ground transportation for medical patients coming in and out of the houston area. they had nothing like this down where i live. i d have died a long time ago. there s probably about 300 people volunteering their car, their gas, time. the volunteers, some of them have had cancer. when i see them, they give me hope. they ll tell me, kathy, stay alive, stay there with us, fight it.
i d have died a long time ago. there s probably about 300 people volunteering their car, their gas, time. the volunteers, some of them have had cancer. when i see them, they give me hope. they ll tell me, kathy, stay alive, stay there with us, fight it. and i ve been doing it. god has bypassed me in cancer, and if i could help somebody, and i m sorry for crying, but if i can help somebody make their life a little better, then that s what it s all about. it s not about me. kathy broussard and her volunteers completed about 6,000 air and ground missions since 2001. to nominate someone you think is changing the world go to cnnheroes.com. you probably heard the talk about mel gibson, who wha he said, what it means and what s going on with him.