unfortunately officials refuse to say how long the cleanup might take, so this could be a prolonged effort here. what we ve seen so far is there are ships dragging a boom along the coastline to try and drag some of that oil and gather it. and there will be a lot of volunteer and nonprofit groups working together for this as well. here is the president and ceo of the company responsible, amplify energy. martin wilshire, he talked at a press conference this afternoon. we currently have divers on location at the potential source site. we are investigating the source and potential cause of this incident. like i said, we will continue to work with unified command to ensure that this recovery effort can conclude as quickly as possible. let me just say also, our employees live and work in these communities, and we re all deeply impacted and concerned about the impact on not just the
about what s happening. let s go and listen to what s happening. local dignitaries, the mayor of newport beach is here, as well as county supervisor i m sorry. katrina foley. basically what we re going to do is we re going to have these unified commanders give a statement. the coast guard, federal coordinator will talk a little bit about operations. the lieutenant will address wildlife, environment and public volunteers. the local on-scene coordinator, ms. nicholson, will talk about beach closures and other local issues county wide. we also have dr. clayton chou to address any questions about public health. as i mentioned, the ceo of amplify energy, martin wilshire, is here as well. so after the brief comments, we ll go through and we ll have
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