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Pump jacks and wells are seen in an oil field on the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil extraction using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has boomed. President Biden is expected to halt new leases for oil development on federal lands.David McNew / Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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President Biden’s directive on new oil leases would stop new drilling off the California coast this drilling platform is off the coast of Ventura.Gary Kavanagh / Getty Images/iStockphotoShow MoreShow Less
3:00. a new trend by popular vampire shows, teens biting each other. you are in the cnn news room where the news unfolds live. i m fredericka whitfield. day 82 of the oil disaster. right now, take a look at this live under water picture of the spewing well head. anytime now, bp is expected to begin removing the containment cap on the well so they can actually replace it with a tighter cap that could cut off nearly all of that spewing oil. it s a very complicated process. it will be several days before the new cap is actually in place according to bp. earlier on cnn kate baldwin asked richard charter about the latest endeavor. this particular device they are going to install, i understand, is called top hat number ten. not that it s the tenth thing
and you can begin to try to cap h chur and contain and efshlt cve over the course of months and years clean out the oil that has now spilled in the gulf of mexico. one thing that i have found as i talked to like yourself and other scientists is we truly don t know the full impact of what this oil is having on marine life, on the surface as well as everything below the surface. that, i guess, today, this weekend is a huge step in the direction of at least being able to stop it to b. begin the long process of recovery. richard charter, thank you for joining us. we know it s very early in california. thank you for having me. national poll suggests the majority of americans support arizona s immigration law. but the obama administration law says it violates the constitution and they filed a lawsuit challenging the law. they did that on tuesday of this week. nicole collins from washington has reaction from all sides. reporter: the battle over arizona s tough new immigration law head
welcome back. so we ve been talking about today is day 82 of the gulf oil disaster. and we are talking about this new two-pronged approach that bp and the government are trying to put in place. i want to brick in a marine biologist joining us now on the phone to talk about really what is in store, especially this weekend, richard, thanks so much for joining us this morning. thank you for having me. let s just talk about this. we re seeing some of the video on that live streaming video from bp just this morning looking at some robotic arms moving around, moving things into place. what are we talking about here? really, what are they trying to accomplish this morning. well, the objective today, as it appears, as the process begin right now, is to stop the uncontrolled flow of oil into the gulf of mexico from the
yes, exactly. you are. that s who i am. do you know who you are? you had a luff time getting here. late night because of flight issues. it was okay. you re okay. we re awake. that s what a gallon of coffee can do for you, and a team of makeup and hair. anyway, i m kate baldoun. thanks for starting your day with us. it is what time is it right now? 8:00 a.m. here in atlanta. it s 7:00 a.m. in new orleans. yes. that means it s also day 82 of the oil sis discoverdisaste. a big day, big weekend ahead. they re going to work on replacing a containment cap with another one, at the same time another recovery vessel is on it ways to the gulf. could have a big impact. take you there live. also this morning. mel gibson the actor has been accused in the past of going on rant or two. but now accused of going on another one. this one caught on audio tape allegedly the voice of mel gibson. and on this one, using racial slurs and also going off on his girlfriend, now ex-gi