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and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. we re now about a day and a half into the top kill procedure of dumping heavy mud into that blown out well, hoping to stop the flow of oil. this morning, bp said the operation could last another 48 hours. government officials now admit it is the worst oil spill in u.s. history. possibly close to four times bigger than the exxon valdez. president obama heads to the gulf today to monitor the situation that has turned into a political mine field for him. even his daughter is asking him about it saying did you plug the hole yet, daddy? we found out last night that bp temporarily stopped the top kill operation as of wednesday night. did they share that information with the federal government? we re going to ask the man in charge of the government s response and we ll talk to bp s ceo as well. also ahead on a friday morning, a new twist in the case of the former survivor p ....

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