reporter: tropical storm am exist nearing the mexico-texas border. forecasters say the storm could reach hurricane strength in the gulf of mexico some time today. winds from the outer bands could slow or even stop the oil cleanup efforts. rick leventhal is live in grand isle, louisiana with the latest on this. reporter: we are feeling pretty strong winds here on grand island. they are hurting the containment and cleanup operations out in the gulf. bp announcing it has suspended plans to move new equipment in place out at the spill site that could double part of the oil that is company taourd every day in part because of the rough weather. skimmer ships are being pulled back to shore and many other vessels as well helping with the cleanup. we want to show you video we shot this morning on a small fishing boat that we went out on despite the small kaft warning and we could see globs of order in the sheen, the colored she, n