spill and we re waiting for the president to speak about the actions they plan to take to combat the massive casualty of what s happening there in the region. independent scientists have analyzed under water video released by bp. in fact, npr s analysis show it is leak is ten times worse. we first thought it was 1,000 barrels, then 5,000 barrels. frankly, whether it was one, five, ten or 15, far beyond that. tranh, what are they doing now to stop the oil that s spewing into the water? reporter: admiral allen said that later today, bp is hoping to move that much talked about top hat containment dome on top of the spill area, that leak point, and hopefully cap it and
discussion of the regulations and how these companies interacted. they re saying they re comp complying. there have been questions about were the rules really hard enough on these companies. one saying they had promised they had planned for any worst case scenario and clearly, senators say this was not planned for properly. thank you so much. bp is so desperate to plug that leak, it is considering extreme options now including one plan to clog the valves with garbage. the first under water video is showing those efforts in action as a rotating blade cut through the type to create a new end. crews are also hoping a smaller dome will be able to siphon the flow. so far, bp has paid out $3.5 million in damage claims, but