five lessons learned. reporter: the oil spill has brought us new phrases. top cap. top kill. blowout preventer. junk shot. but over the past three months it s also given us a litany of fascinating oil trivia that you probably never knew, and now won t be able to get out of your head. no, i didn t know that. reporter: here are our top five things we ve learned from the spill in the gulf of mexico. number one, oil evaporates. who knew that much of the oil in these areas dissipates within days? still, scientists say the small percentage that remains will affect local wildlife and the marshes that make up 40% of the nation s wetlands for years. there will continue to be residues of oil and oil-based chemicals in the marine environment, possibly for 10 or 20 years or even more. reporter: number two, the watchdogs were busy watching porn. who knew government inspectors found the regulators who oversaw the deepwater horizon rigs were literally in bed with company officials
on the cap placed on the well. nbc chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson in venice, louisiana, this morning. anne, we ve been deluged with e-mails of the government, thad allen s team, basically making sure we don t over hype this. why? reporter: well, along with trying to contain the oil, they re trying to contain expectations because this test is far from done. the key here, chuck, all about building up pressure and so far they have been able to build pressure to 6,700 pounds per square inch, that s above the 6,000 psi threshold they set. anything below 6,000 would mean that that well is having severe problems beneath the ocean floor. the goal is to see if they can build pressure up to 8,000 pounds per square inch and then they ll think the well is in good shape. it is only after that, only after 48 hours of running this test will they make a decision as to whether or not they re going to continue with keeping all the valves shut and essentially shutting
insider story on the border crisis. 2005/2006 you said the federal government has failed us. right. i don t think the federal government is letting arizona down now. greta: more minutes away including an answer to the question we all have: does the secretary thinks arizona s law racially profiles? first, radio star laura ingraham guess on the record with her new book the obama diaries number one at amazon.com the kindle version is number two. good evening laura? i can t believe you scored the big interview with janet napolitano. greta: we get down here and i get the big news about your book doing so well. of course i have my own copy. the first thing you are in the book. all about fox. greta: i did the washington read, i went immediate there to the index to see if i was in it. page 321. are you going to take the skin off my body or will i be saved? i come across okay. it was mild, simple note about me. yeah. they are not too threatened by you greta. can i te
insider story on the border crisis. 2005/2006 you said the federal government has failed us. right. i don t think the federal government is letting arizona down now. greta: more minutes away including an answer to the question we all have: does the secretary thinks arizona s law racially profiles? first, radio star laura ingraham guess on the record with her new book the obama diaries number one at amazon.com the kindle version is number two. good evening laura? i can t believe you scored the big interview with janet napolitano. greta: we get down here and i get the big news about your book doing so well. of course i have my own copy. the first thing you are in the book. all about fox. greta: i did the washington read, i went immediate there to the index to see if i was in it. page 321. are you going to take the skin off my body or will i be saved? i come across okay. it was mild, simple note about me. yeah. they are not too threatened by you greta. can i te
about arizona s controversial immigration law. you have been hearing about this for quite sometime. there has been impassioned debate on both sides of this issue. people saying and really just getting fired up in this country about this law. some say it will be discriminatory. others say, hey, this is just a upholding the law and doing what the dpg will not do. all of that passionate debate now. moves to another place. we re going to court now. this is the first of these challenges that are going to be going to be heard in front of a judge. now this one involves a phoenix police officer who is suing over this particular law. our casey wyan is joining us from los angeles about this case. hello to you, what is the basis? we know so many lawsuits out there. but what s the basis of this one, the first we re seeing go to court, which is starting right now. yeah, this one is very interesting and very complicated, tj. the plaintiff in this case, the first one is a phoenix police o