he released a report on this explosive allegation. we are looking into this, and i thought it was fascinate that it was the republican report from the senate committee and not the full committee. tell us what that means, lisa sylvester? well, it is a staff report and what senator issa says in the report is that the reality in the gulf is more dysfunctional and dire than what is portrayed in official white house reports. he is accusing the administration of being more worried about bad press than actually getting results in the cleanup effort. reporter: more than 6800 vessels are being used to contain the spreading oil in the gulf, according to the white house. that includes skimmers, tugs, barges and recovery vessels, but in a new gop report, it accuses the administration of overstating the number of resources in the field. quoting one official who called them phantom assets. quote, this blurring of reality is exacerbating problems with the cleanup effort. the report goes on to say
75 boats are on the job, including skimmers, tugs, bargers and recovery vessels. bp, the company leasing the oil rig, is asking for more and offering compensation to people who help out. in the northern gulf coast is holding its breast. we re going to be there live in just a moment but first let s check in with our chad myers watching the spill since the deep water horizon rig blew up ten days ago. chad, what s the weather, is that going to help or hurt the chances of this thing getting ashore quickly? it s going to help the people of southern louisiana and it will hurt the people of, let s say, bay st. louis over to dolphin island. that s the way the wind is blowing. from the due south to the coastal region. bay st. louis, biloxi and mobile and destin. oil is still a long way offshore from there. still talking about 100 miles or so. if the wind blows in 20 miles per hour as we expected, you