say they are not celebrating yet. it is not a pleat victory. there are still points that affect our community. reporter: one of the provisions in sp1070 is about transports undocumented immigrants. it s supposed to limit human trafficking, but imgauge immigration activists say the provisions are too vague. it struck down the requirement that police officers stop and arrest and verify the immigration status of anyone they believe or have reasonable suspicion to believe is undocumented. reporter: but arizona is now appealing that decision. this is just the begin of what will probably be a lengthy legal battle. this is will probably go to the supreme court, i think. reporter: many of the people who attended got on the bart to head over to san francisco s mission district. at 5:30 there s another immigration protest scheduled other there. we ll bring it to you in half an hour, allie rasmus. right here to the bay area. aárz arizona today filed a protest against th
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thad alan the commandant of the coast guard has been there from day one. you mentioned the battery of federal issues who just arrived. thad allen has been there since day one. i asked him is it 5,000-barrels a day or is it more? here is his response. everybody needs to understand this is not a science at this point. it s an art. because we are looking at flows through cameras remotely operated vehicles. 5,000 feet below the surface. the real problem is there is oil in the water. and there could be more? it could be more than 5,000 gallons? yes. yes. 5,000 barrels, rather. yes. it translates to 200,000 gallons of oil a day. it could be more. the coast guard doesn t know. it believes right now it s the best guess. it s a ton of oil. shepard: at the same time private companies guest may it please may it please guest at this mating it may be more times that month. what about bp what does it say about its efforts. federal law written after the exxon valdez accident and catas
speaking. bp or any other oil company involved in a spill like this is financially liable and a co-partner with the federal government. thad alan told me there is a reason for that, because they have the technology to deal with the spill, or at least that s how it works in theory. here is the commandant. by regulation of law, they are supposed to have on contract as part of the conditions of their permit to bring that to bear and they need to be held accountable. on behalf of the american government evaluate what bp has done so far. we can t let up the pressure. nobody should be satisfied with anything as long as we have oil coming that wellhead. nobody will be satisfied, of course, shepard. one other things thad allen told me if you are a volunteer down in the region and you want to help out, don t go to clean up any birds or wildlife unless you are fully trained. you may do it wrong. you may expose yourself to toxins and make the situation worse. shepard: thousands out volu