or two 24-hour shifts because it s more efficient. reporter: he s been outspoken in the recent weeks in the against the chief s policy and is facing discipline by doing so and is backed by the union. the moral of the department as we see it is probably the lowest it s been in history. reporter: the second vice president said the proposed shift change is driving it. it s multifaceted and directly impacts everybody s lives and it s going to impact the members. they no longer going to have a job and, we believe, it s a threat to public safety. reporter: the chief will attempt to install the change in collective bargaining with the union. chief ellerby said in the second half a 24-hour shift, the mistakes can happen and he wants to go to 12-hour shifts. the department could save $36 million annually under the plan, but some firefighters view the chief s plan as a de facto residency requirement since the current schedule allows members to live as far away as new jersey
any day without those clouds of oil gushing into the gulf of mexico, is a good day. if you don t count the three-month s supply of oil already in the water. but as we ve been saying, this cap on the well isn t permanent. that solution is still a ways off. when another source of oil was discovered nearby, bp said today that was another old well, they believe. and we ve learned in the last 24 hours they re at least considering another method of killing the big well. this one, of course, with a new name. tieing it all together for us tonight starting us off, anne thompson in venice, louisiana yet again. anne, good evening? reporter: good evening, brian. the pressure is creeping up very slowly inside that cap. so the government gave an okay for another 24 hours of testing to try to get more information about just exactly what the condition of the well is. this as bp proposed yet another plan to try to stop the flow of oil. in and around the sealing cap holding back the crude, t
any day without those clouds of oil gushing into the gulf of mexico, is a good day. if you don t count the three-month s supply of oil already in the water. but as we ve been saying, this cap on the well isn t permanent. that solution is still a ways off. when another source of oil was discovered nearby, bp said today that was another old well, they believe. and we ve learned in the last 24 hours they re at least considering another method of killing the big well. this one, of course, with a new name. tieing it all together for us tonight starting us off, anne thompson in venice, louisiana yet again. anne, good evening? reporter: good evening, brian. the pressure is creeping up very slowly inside that cap. so the government gave an okay for another 24 hours of testing to try to get more information about just exactly what the condition of the well is. this as bp proposed yet another plan to try to stop the flow of oil. in and around the sealing cap holding back the crude, t
any day without those clouds of oil gushing into the gulf of mexico, is a good day. if you don t count the three-month s supply of oil already in the water. but as we ve been saying, this cap on the well isn t permanent. that solution is still a ways off. when another source of oil was discovered nearby, bp said today that was another old well, they believe. and we ve learned in the last 24 hours they re at least considering another method of killing the big well. this one, of course, with a new name. tieing it all together for us tonight starting us off, anne thompson in venice, louisiana yet again. anne, good evening? reporter: good evening, brian, the pressure is creeping up very slowly inside that cap. so the government gave an okay for another 24 hours of testing to try to get more information about just exactly what the condition of the well is. this as bp proposed yet another plan to try to stop the flow of oil. in and around the sealing cap holding back the crude, t