to explain what went wrong leading up to that disaster and criminal charges could eventually be filed. the bp official is not likely to shed any light. he s expected to exercise his fifth amendment right just as he did in may. cnn has brought you all of the angles of the oil disaster. amber lyon is going to give you an exclusive behind of scenes look at a blimp that will help spot the oil slicks and dispatch skimmers to the troubled spots. you re getting ready to board, is that right? reporter: that s right. they have been revving up the engines in about 20 minutes we re going to hop on this blimp, go out, look for oil. let s head over to rob marciano who is going to be on a vessel right below us. reporter: well, cnn has a unique opportunity to tag along and be right there in a coordinated skimming effort.
civilian capacity. now that storm alex has mostly passed, give us a sense of the latest on how badly hurricane alex has him pangted the skimming effort? how soon can your teams return to their positions? well, skimming is always impacted by weather and whether this storm is having a definitely impact, we had to pull the skimmers that were skimming oil off the waters. we re putting that force together to be back on the water as soon as we can once the weather passes and that affects not only the area near shore, but the well head itself where they need to be skimming as well. you talk about that area near shore, especially in louisiana, you said wednesday that a two three-foot storm surge alone could move oil inland and into the marsh lands there where we hadn t seen it before. what is the early assessment at this point. well, what s happening right now is we have got assessment