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parts of the louisiana coastline near these pristine marshlands and then back over to parts of mississippi, alabama, and into parts of the florida panhandle. that s certainly one thing they have, but they have a little bit more of that in reserve, some 5,000 feet 500,000 feet of that. so when all is said and done, they may have up to 1 million feet of that protective berm put out across the coastline. something else they ve been using is dispersant fluids, they ve been using under water. some of it up to 1,300 gallons of it on some of the areas where that oil has been venting out. just a few of the ideas they ve been using as this oil continues to pump out, some of it up to 5,000 gallons per day. hard to believe. don? hey, reynolds, concern, of course, about the wildlife and it being affected. any signs yet? reporter: oh, absolutely. no question we ve seen some of that. there s a northern gannet, a type of bird that actually flies in from newfoundland into the gulf of mexico each
the edge of the 30-mile slick is creeping closer and closer to the gulf coastline. the slick has tripled in size just this weekend. reynolds wolf is in venice, louisiana, tonight where president obama stopped by earlier today. reynolds, what s it looking like where you are now? reporter: well, right now, obviously, we ve got quite a bit of rain that s coming down and the oil is getting much closer to shore. the question is, where exactly is it? well, we ve heard variances in reports. some say the oil is as close as nine miles, others say it s as close as three miles within shore. and we re talking about the heavier crude, which makes up roughly 3% of the slick. but there have been traces, trace elements of the sheen, the lighter oil that is actually made it to some of the barrier islands at the very end of the mississippi delta, as the mississippi river flows out into the gulf. don, with that oil getting closer, you have to have some method of containment. what they ve been doing, th
the white house. dan, what was the president s message when it came to this latest terror threat? reporter: well, as you point out, it was a very busy day for the president and the message is that the federal government will do whatever it can to assist in this investigation. the president placing a phone call to new york mayor michael bloomberg, wanted to make sure that this the federal government and the state government were coordinating in this investigation, and so that s why he placed that call. but the president has also been getting briefings throughout the day from his top adviser, john brennan on counterterrorism. he had a more comprehensive briefing this morning while he was headed out towards the gulf. and i m told by a senior administration official that throughout the day, the president was getting updates. while the president was out, he was making remarks on the oil spill. but also before those remarks began, he did make a few comments about what s going on in times
attacks from happening in the future. in terms of continued reports of claims or other possibilities, who might be behind it, another administration official telling me, quote, they re simply premature and unwarranted. john? dan lothian track things for us at the white house. thank you, dan. when something like this happens in today s age of cell phone cameras, pda cameras and the like, we get first images to people close at the scene, people who are not journalists. among them is matthew derby in times square last night. as you join us, i want to take a look at the behind the scenes and on the scenes video you shot as this unfolded last night. let s take a look. we have to go. everyone. wrap your food up. let s go. head northbound. go that way. you can only go this way. what s going on? great work with the camera
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