reporter: the trouble now spreading far beyond louisiana s coast. alabama has been hit with the worst oil the last 48 hours afflicting orange beach and others, coming up 12 feet on the sandy beaches, this is a prime tourist area, some oil five inches thick, the gulf coast states have been fighting to hold on to the tourism business and certainly it will be a blow to alabama. in the meantime, a number of sea turtles were found killed along the gouulf, as many as 450, whi washed up on shore and many more disappearing under the sea and tests are done to determine if they were killed by the oil. but, while life officials, especially in mississippi say the numbers are extraordinarily high. one wildlife official saying it is bizarre what is happening, people are calling in from gulfport, mississippi, saying they cannot walk a water mile without finding a dead sea turtle. in florida, panama city what may be a part of the exploded oil rig turned up on the beach
if obama will announce any kind of direct new assistance to those hurt by the spill. he said, that assistance is going to come from bp. shannon. shannon: thank you very much. now we turn to developments on the ground in louisiana where bp has been given a deadline. it s about to run out. steve harrigan has the latest from louisiana. reporter: that coast guard deadline expires tonight. it s not clear if there will be any penalties if bp fails to live up to it. the coast guard gave bp 48 hours to announce a more aggressive plan. collecting 15,000-barrel has day from the site of the spill, that s less than half of the 40,000-barrels flowing out from the spill each day. the residents of alabama, some woke up today to oil on their beaches. it s gotten past the barrier islands. orange beach hit hard. some woke with four-inches of oil on the sandy beaches. the governor expressed his
how bad is the situation? reporter: that s right. it s spreading, alabama has been hit in the past 48 hours, with some of the worst oil, that going up about 12 feet on some of the those white sandy beach, orange beach hit hard, five inches thick. the governor expressed his disappointment. what i saw last night, we had a lot of oil come on to orange beach and gulf shores. it s a liquid. it s difficult to pick it up mechanically or pick it up physically. reporter: all these gulf states are fighting to keep their tourism industries alive and it s not going to help alabama s efforts. juliet: coastguard is changing strategies, but can you see any visible changes on the ground? reporter: we haven t seen the change the coastguard has been demanding. they want to see more aggressive strategy. bp picking up about 15,000