earlier this year, he announced plans to increase oil drilling in coast waters. opening more territories here in the gulf, a vast area of the atlantic, as well as northern alaska. this accident has put all that in question. despite the rough seas, drilling began on a relief well which may ultimately be the only way to stop the leak. but that could take three months. as a temporary fix in the next week, huge containment domes are to be lowered over the three known leaks to collect the oil before it escapes. the oil slick has not yet hit the gulf coast but the economic impact of it certainly has. on sunday, the federal government closed a huge section of the gulf of mexico to both commercial and recreational fishing for at least the next ten days while officials monitor the water for contaminants. jeffrey kofman, abc news, burress, louisiana. a boil water order is in effect this morning for boston and 29 surrounding communities. crews have been working around the clock to fix
government is on high alert for car bombs at airports along the east coast, a direct fallout from that attempted car bombing last night in new york s crowded times square. inside a smoking suv parked idling in front of a broadway theater, investigators say were enough explosive materials to create a huge fireball and many casualties. the mayor of new york city is hopeful tonight that surveillance video, one which shows a white male changing clothes as he left the scene, will lead to an arrest. i m confident that we will find out who did it. there s the commissioner police commissioner said earlier in the day, there is no evidence that this is tied in with al qaeda or any other big terrorist organization, but rest assured, we ll do everything we can. we have all of the resources from the federal government, thanks to the president and secretary napolitano and the fbi. investigators are already pursuing multiple leads, including a link to this connecticut junkyard. all of
safe? he did. and he had dinner with the mounted police officer who was the first to respond after the alert street vendors of course, went to police. that, of course, was officer wayne ratigan and mayor michael bloomberg said it was sending an important message both urging people to just go about their daily lives. thank you, michelle. on the gulf coast, they ll try again today to stop the oil gushing into waters off of louisiana with a massive oil slick still threatening to come ashore. weather brought the cleanup to i halt this weekend. waves and crews were hampered by high winds and rough waves through the weekend. lester holt is in venice, louisiana this morning. what are they hoping to accomplish today. they re hoping to get the ships out there that can start getting back in the skimming operations and laying the booms. most of them were at anchor in the mississippi river over the weekend because of the wind and waves. i got out on a smaller boat, the second day
explosives found inside that nissan path finder and watching hundreds of hours of security tape. bill: so far there is no arrest and no reason as to why the attempted bomb did not go off. what do we know from the hundreds of camera recordings and what is coming to us now? reporter: let s talk about the video you re talking about, that could be a significant development. we re talking about surveillance cameras, a man seen changing hes cloits by where the nissan was parked. there are hundreds of hours of tape that authorities are looking at, you can see the vehicle as it arrives in times square, when it was parked in times square. beyond that new york city police have traveled to pennsylvania to talk to a tourist that was there the night it was parked, he may have seen the suspect, also video at penn station, as well as the bugs station here, thinking they may get a glimpse of the suspect as he left towfnlt there s a great deal of videotape still to be looked at and that cou
times square. susan. reporter: hi, john. what a difference a night makes. last evening at this hour, much of times square was blocked off. now, things are almost back to normal. the investigation is going on with a lot of intensity. they are trying to find out where the vehicle is and who the registered owner was. police tell us they know the name of the person to whom the car was registered. they tell us the car is in the tri-state area. that means anywhere with a new york or new jersey or connecticut. they haven t pinned it down just yet. john. suzanne, hours and hours of video tapes from the surveillance cameras. what have they released and what are the questions we are waiting to have answered? reporter: one of the things is they have images they were able to capture from surveillance cameras. there are thousands around new york city. they show the nissan pathfinder as it was coming down the strip near times square and turned on west 45th street. they did not get it