covered in it tar balls on the sand. they asked us not to step down on to this part of the beach because clean-up crews are just minutes away from starting this morning. if you look down the coast you can see them they are gathering at the command post here you see a couple of folks in blue suits along the shoreline here. this cleanup will take a while, the oil slick a moving target and many in the community say it's devastating. this morning dozens of clean-up crews are racing to contain an estimated 21,000-gallon oil spill. >> that's a lot of oil. >> reporter: thick sludge now spreading along the four-mile stretch of the coast near santa barbara, drenching wildlife and forcing campers out of a nearby state park just before the busy memorial day weekend. >> we're driving out here and smelled something like burning rubber. >> it's really disappointing to see this happen here. >> reporter: officials say someone reported that foul smell around noon tuesday. it's how they discovered the crude oil flowing from a broken pipeline and on to the beach. the owner of the pipeline shut down the flow of oil and deeply regrets the spill. they are now making every effort to limit its environmental impact. >> any oil spill is a big deal especially in santa barbara, after the 1969 oil spill people really began to take notice of these things. >> reporter: more than 40 years ago in this same area more than 3 million gallons leaked into the pacific in one of the worst oil spills in u.s. history. today there's a concern this slick could spread south, a moving target with cleanup only just beginning. >> it's not an easy process. i want to manage your expectations, this could take some time. >> reporter: and we do expect to get an update on that timeline tamron. at some point later this morning we expect to hear more from the coast guard, california fish and wildlife folks out here as to how long this could take. back to you. >> all right, thank you. joining me now by phone is alexis, a spokeswoman for the california department of fish and wildlife. thank you so much for joining me alexa. >> thank you. >> first, what we just heard from our reporter and officials on the scene that this could take a very long time that essentially you're looking at a moving target. what can you tell us regarding how it's already affected the fish and wildlife there? >> we have wildlife reconnaissance teams out looking for wildlife now and reporting those to recovery and rehabilitation teams that go out and collect the wildlife and bring them in for care. we also have 75 individuals who are in the field, they are either collecting oil or deploying strategies. we have in california strategies predesigned to protect sensitive areas and we've identified snowy clover and turn habitat, birds, concerning california and they are working to protect that habitat from any type of oil. >> we have a statement from the environmental defense center as we mentioned in the report this is the same coastline that saw that massive oil spill in 1969 that oil spill is credited for giving rise to the american environmental movement and in the statement that we have from the environmental defense center unfortunately with accidents and oil development it is not a question of if but when, and to see this level of spill and such a sensitive and treasured environment is devastating to watch. with that said do you believe that more forces will need to be called in as i pointed out in the report as well because you are dealing with a moving target at this point? >> there's a command post established at the location, they'll be assessing response needs and adding more crew more vessels, recovery teams, whatever they need to get hands on this spill and make sure that it's cleaned up as quickly and efficiently as possible. >> in that statement i read from the environmental defense center, they point out the waters are known as the galapagos of north america with numerous species of endangered whales migrating through marine protected areas. what can you tell us about the sensitivity as it relates to those animals, as well? >> those animals and any of the wildlife in the area will be a high priority to prevent their contamination with oil. the teams will be looking at a number of different approaches to corral the oil and bring it out of the water. we right now have three 65-foot collection vessels on scene gathering oil, in addition to six boon boats that are corralling oil for collection and removal. >> before i let you go looking at this video and you've seen it perhaps up close, what worries you most at this hour? >> for california protecting our natural resources, which is the primary objective of the department of fish and wildlife is critical, but also protecting the public. as noted, this is a very important natural resource for santa barbara and for california and we have a good focus on making sure that we're taking care of the environment, removing the oil, and protecting californians, as well. >> thank you so much. we greatly appreciate you joining us with the california of fish and wildlife and we'll keep our audience up to date if we get new developments within the hour. more developing news out of california los angeles has now become the largest u.s. city to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour up from the current $9 an hour. the city council voted overwhelmingly for the hike which will take effect in increments over the next five years. businesses with 25 or fewer employees will have an extra year to comply. a bipartisan coalition of los angeles politicians said they had to do something to help the working poor in a city that has some of the highest housing costs in the nation. on "morning joe" today eric garcetti answer kritdices who claim it will cost jobs. >> we studied this closely, we brought in the best economists reviewed three studies and they showed we'd net gain jobs and certainly allow people working full time to have enough money to live off of. >> joining me live right now, dan cantor national director of the working families paerlt, found party, which was started here in new york. dan, thank you so much for your time. let me get the follow-up on what mayor garcetti said. this morning there was questions about walmart and its earnings and the first line after this was, is it because walmart has raised its minimum wage. we often hear this back and forth. >> sure businesses first and always respond if we raise wages, it will be a terrible outcome. they said it about unemployment they said it about child labor, about social security. it's not true. what's actually true is what's good for american workers is good for the whole society. people have more money in their pocket, they spend more money, which creates a virtuous cycle in which there's more employment for everyone. we need to stop taking seriously the trickle down idea which is like let's make rich people happy and that will make everyone else prosper and instead get money into the pockets of working class and middle class people. >> for the war you and others have waged on this notion you cannot pay men and women the wage they deserve to be able to move beyond being the quote, unquote, working poor what does it mean to have a city the size of los angeles raise its minimum wage? >> this is an enormous step in a long running fight led by the fast food workers, home care workers, child care workers, walmart workers, starbucks workers who are saying you can't survive on $7.25, that's the federal minimum. $15 an hour is $30,000 a year. that's still a modest income where housing costs are high. we think it's long past time. the core problem in america today is this enormous inequality. everybody's aware of it. there is a 1%, there's a 1% of the 1% and unless we're going to share the blessings and burdens fairly, we're headed down a terrible track. >> as with new york what was brought up here is the high cost of housing in los angeles. we went on to the real estate website zillow and they report the median sales price of a home in los angeles is $562,000. the median rent $2,300 a month. >> right, right. you know that's why this notion of a recent minimum wage that's really more of a living wage is taking hold everywhere. in los angeles, here in new york, as well, in connecticut, in washington, d.c. all across the country people are saying workers themselves are saying we can't survive on this kind of wage. so it depends what kind of country we want to have right? when the lobbyists for the restaurant association who are making $1,500 a day are saying no no you shouldn't make more than $8 or $9 an hour that's a moral disgrace and economic calamity for the country. we need people to have higher wages. >> before i let you go the federal level, president obama has called for congress to raise the minimum wage. we've seen no movement there. what is your reaction to what's happening, though in washington, d.c.? >> so, proposals are in for going to $12, obviously, the republicans oppose it. they'll pay a huge price for this in 2016 this will be the core issues of the elections, we're quite sure of it. >> dan, thank you so much for your time. pleasure speaking with you. developing now, u.s. intelligence officials have just released a massive trove of documents recovered during the raid on osama bin laden's compound in 2011. it includes this video of some of the notebooks inside the compound. this is bin laden's handwriting. the documents reveal bin laden's promises to never stop going after the united states until it fell. he also wrote that al qaeda should stay out of muslim in-fighting and focus solely on attacking and killing americans. also released in this video labeled as "bin laden's draft speech on the evils of big money," the release includes nonclassified and declassified documents. and developing now, government officials and automakers are trying to come up with a plan for carrying out the biggest consumer recall in this country's history. it involves nearly 34 million vehicles with defective airbags used by 11 different automakers. the problem, the chemical that inflates those airbags can explode with so much force, blowing apart a metal inflater and sending shrapnel flying. that problem is being blamed for at least five deaths. the recall comes after the japanese company that makes the airbags finally admitted there's a problem. more now from nbc's tom costello in washington. >> hi tamron good day. we're talking about model years 2000 to 2011 and the problem, of course is the airbag in very humid, moist conditions has been known to explode, sending shrapnel into the driver's face and neck and chest. up until now takata corporation has been fined every single day for failing to comply and cooperate with federal investigators, and now takata admits it has a problem. >> car dealers gearing up for the biggest recall in u.s. history, bigger even than the recall of 31 million tylenol bottles. affecting 1 in 4 cars on the road nearly 34 million vehicles nationwide, involving 11 auto automakers automakers. >> a safety responsibility they must live up to. there are no excuses. >> reporter: government investigators say exploding airbags are thought to have killed at least five people including this man who died in an accident in orlando. the family attorney showed us her car. >> what happened here you can see the shrapnel on the floor here from where the steering column was blown apart backward but what went forward towards her are metal fragments from the inflater itself. >> came into her face and neck? >> literally from the bag to her neck. >> reporter: 100 people have been injured. until now the takata corporation insisted their airbags were not involved. refusing to answer questions from abc news or the japanese media. in a statement saying "we're continuing to work closely with regulators and automaker customers," but original drivers may have long ago sold their cars. >> a lot of vehicles are in the hands of second owners third owners, that's a big problem, too, just in communicating to them. >> reporter: making matters worse, still aren't enough replacement parts. unfortunately, this problem gets worse because if you've already had your airbag replace, there's a decent chance it was replaced by defective parts, so you may have to in fact get it replaced yet again. how do you know if your car is on the recall list? go and get your vehicle identification number, your vin, it's right here on the windshield. it's also right here on the doorjamb, then go to safercar.gov. safercar.gov, type in the vin, and any recall pertaining to your car will pop up including if you are on the list the airbag recall. tamron, back to you. >> tom, thank you. developing now, the air force just launched its secretive space plane from cape canaveral moments ago. the unmanned test vehicle called the x-37b is reusable and can land like an airplane. details about the plane are classified so it is unclear what it will be doing in orbit or how long it will be in flight. and now to developing news in the war on terror. police in italy have arrested a 22-year-old man from morocco. he is suspected of taking part in the bloody attack in march on a museum in tunisia. 21 tourists and a tunisian policeman were killed in that attack. joining us live from rome now with the latest what else do we know about the suspect? >> reporter: well, tamron we know his name he was issued an international arrest warrant from the tunisian authorities following the museum attack. now the italian police located him last night in an apartment in the outskirts of milan. he was staying in an apartment that is rented by his mother and his two brothers who live and work here regularly in italy. now the italian police say they are not related to the attacks, but that the arrest of the man was performed and carried out under the instructions and international arrest warrant issued by the tunisian authorities. the italian police did identify abdel back in february, a month before the attack took place, he disembarked in sicily among 96 migrants who crossed illegally, that traveled from north africa to italy, as hundreds of thousands do every year then they lost trace of him and they believe, according to the tunisian authorities, he went back to tunisia, carried out the attack and returned again to italy. but the family, the mother and the brothers say that he's innocent never left again after february, didn't go back to tunisia, and neither was the police reported his passport had been stolen. now the italian police have to figure out whether it was him to have planned and carried out an attack or one of the people that did or if his identity was stolen. tamron? 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