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They were struck heading back to shore. the three injured men were taken to the hospital. all are expected to recover. and right now you re looking at the aftermath from a fire in los angeles in an apartment building there where at least 13 people were injured, two of them are now in critical condition including a 5-year-old little girl who suffered burns and a woman who broke her leg after jumping from the building. it s still not clear what caused that fire. let s get more now on the setback to contain the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. joining me live on the phone is the oil spill expert david usher, chairman of marine pollution control. david, good morning. good morning. glad to talk to you. i m glad you re here, david, because i want to get the deal on these ice crystals that have formed around the containment box they would hope would contain the leak iing oil. was that to be expected given the temperatures and the depths we re dealing with, and what happens next if ....
Diesel dealers. the restauranteurs. this will spiral through the community. some are actually are signing up to be part of the cleanup effort now because they know they are not going to make much money fishing. it is a terrible disaster economically and i can logically for this area. every way you look at it, it is a disaster. mark potter, thank you. for more on the challenge facing the cleanups along the gulf coast, joined by david usher in detroit. an oil spill expert. good morning. good morning. how are you? well, i m fine, thank you, sir. i hope you are, too. when you think about this situation out there and your assess many, how bad is this? well, it is certainly is a serious situation. and it has a lot of the memories of the exxon valdez. and a lot of lessons had been learned at that time. i see a lot of characteristics ....
Gallons of exxon valdez oil just beneath surface. noaa dug 9,000 holes over hundreds of miles of alaska coastline and they discovered in half those 9,000 holes there was still oil from the exxon valdez. this oil is toxic it stays around a long time. some of the species are still threatened. two of the species never came back including the herring. megyn: alaska is using its per tease learned in connection with that disaster to help foams. what is it doing? reporter: the company that runs the alaska pipeline sent an oil spill expert down to the gulf in addition they are also ....