denver, what are they saying about the effort today? reporter: hi, patti ann. well, the company says it is performing aerial surveillance of the area right now. additionally, they have people on the ground right now performing ground inspections in areas where it is safe to do so at this point. that flooding you mentioned is making things quite dangerous for crews there, so they have to be careful. the national weather service is predicting that the yellowstone river will reach its highest point today, the flood waters making this whole thing a much bigger mess. exxonmobil s established a unified command to monitor air and quality and address residents concerns. the response has been divided into zones with active cleanup taking place in the first two zones closest to the spill site. absorbent boom, containment boom and absorbent pads are being used to clean up adjacent to the river. take a listen to the exxonmobil pipeline president. we understand this is a very serious event. we
and killed 11 workers. as the sun rose over the gulf of mexico, the full extent of the calamity started to become clearer. oil was spewing from the gulf floor unstoppable, unimaginable disaster that polluted the gulf for nearly three months until workers finally got it sealed. people all along our gulf coast are still seeing the effects of that spill. effects that will likely continue for decades to come. today, relatives of the workers who died in that initial explosion flew over the sunken platform. there is no marker there. 11 stars embedded in a weld cap that holds back the oil near a mile beneath the surface. you were just out on one of the ships they use to clean up the oil, right? you are right, shepard, the helix producer was used last year to collect oil that was spewing into the gulf of mexico. it could be used again if there is another disaster. take a look. this vessel spent roughly three months at the spill site last year. used to separate oil and gas
evacuation procedure yesterday. once the drill breaks through the rock surface it will take up to ten days to get all of the miners to safety. the toxic sludge that burst out of a metals plant reservoir on monday in hungary contaminated a river so much it is now declared a dead zone. that sludge has now reached one of the most important waterways, the danube river that flows through budapest. alex marquardt is there. reporter: workers have been dumping tons of clay, plaster and chemicals into rivers around the spill site to neutralize the toxins before they reach the danube. the toxic sludge killed all the wildlife in the smaller rivers. and if it appears here, environmentalists say it could be an ecological catastrophe. luckily, early signs are that the sludge in the danube has been diluted and hasn t caused any damage. meanwhile, crews are working nonstop to clean up the towns hit by the toxic tsunami. gardens still look like ponds. ditches have turned into
now. donald trump, rumors of a topo ten shl run in 20 to a potential run in 2008. what s going on? he knows nothing about a mysterious new hampshire poll naming him as a possible presidential contender. according to time magazine, residents received phone calls last month about several gop candidates for 2012 and trump was one of them. he tells cnn a presidential run is not something he considered. but somebody has to do something to help the country. and the man overseeing the claims related to the massive bp oil spill, something not to be compensated. feinberg said the distance from the spill site would determine eligibility for the claim. bp pledged $20 billion for the funding. about $1 billion of that has been paid. and screen legend tony curtis is laid to rest today.
kris gutierrez is live. what are crews working on now? reporter: hi martha. we should point out late last night the teams working at the spill site intercepted the well with that relief well you mentioned. right now they re looking at pumping in the heavy drilling mud through the relief well into the original well. it should take time because they also need to monitor the pressure levels, and once those levels are at a point at which admiral thad allen, incident commander, is comfortable with, then he ll direct the teams working out there at the spill site to start pumping cement into the original well. it could take a matter of hours, it could take nearly a day. we re told this well should be finally sealed, signed, sealed, delivered, if you will, from the bottom by some time tomorrow according to bp but we should also point out the well has not officially leaked any new oil into the gulf of mexico for 64 days now. remember when bp and the coast guard performed that static kill oper