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Police there say they hope to find out what prompted the gun battle from the arrests of nine survivors. day 74 of the gulf oil disaster. now that hurricane alex is history, crews are hoping to get back to cleaning up the oil. the storm shut down skimming operations and the government s point man says some smaller boats may have to stay in port through the weekend. the storm also postponed a benefit concert by jimmy buffett until july 11th. buffett talked with our anderson cooper about the oil disaster. when you first heard about the disaster, did you think it would last this long? i knew you know what, i just thought, you know, i ve been in show business a long time, i know liars when i hear them, you know? and i, you know, that thing couldn t have blown up without, you know, i thought they were lying in the beginning, that was just me personally. when you heard a thousand barrels? total lie, that s what i ....
Heavy skimmers out at the site today. there is plenty of skimmable oil according to the coast guard and the commander we flew with today. there is thick, heavy oil at the source. the ships were moved out of there before the storms associated with alex arrived and it takes them a longtime to bring them back in, there is a lot of equipment associated with the ships. i m told they are moving back into position and will resume skimming operations as soon as possible. the most effective way to fight this spill is at the source. for the past few days they haven t been able to do that, jaime. jamie: rick that is great video. we ll see more of it throughout the day, thank you. a possible break in the murder of morgan harrington last year. the virginia tech student was last seen at a concert with her friends in october and her body was pounds months later in a field, her body battered. virginia state police finding a key piece of new information pin pinning down who they think the ....
Actually flying over the gulf of mexico. they are just trying to assess both the spill and the search for damaged oil booms at this point, focusing first on sensitive marsh areas. they are still waiting for the weather to calm down before they can even resume their skimming operations. here is the latest update from bp. more than 25,000 gallons of oil were recovered from the damaged well yesterday. nearly 17,000 of those barrels were actually collected and another 8,000 were burned. 57 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared off, and rick leventhal is following this and so much more. he is live where he just returned from a tour of the oil spill on board a coast guard helicopter. not everybody gets that chance, rick. what did you see? reporter: it was remarkable, jaime. we landed minutes ago on that coast guard j hawk helicopter aeu behind me. it was a long flight. ....
Headlines. we ll start in washington where president obama says most americans are ready to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform. in a speech a short time ago, he said people are frustrated by the lack of progress. that sparked tough new state laws like the one passed in arizona. but he also says the laws are quote ill-conceived. the gulf of mexico now what s being called the worst or the world s biggest oil-skimming ship has arrived at a louisiana port, still waiting for permission to start work at the oil disaster site. the skimming operations in limbo because of choppy seas and high winds that come from the tropical storm alex. also back in washington, the longest-serving member of congress being honored in halls where he served. the body of senator robert byrd lying in the capitol building before being taken home to west virginia. he died monday at the age of 92. meanwhile, former vice president is the subject now of a sexual assault investigation. police in portlan ....
Operated under president bush with hurricane katrina, and bureaucracy, and red tape and the need to get various agencies to sign off on the waivers, and issa says what is needed is a simple process and one person in charge who has the executive authority to get things done. suzanne. lisa, thank you. the massive oil cleanup effort may be getting giant-sized help. a whale billed as a super-tanker has been turned into the world s largest skimming ship. they say it will have two times the capacity of the modified shipping boats now used to skim in the gulf. it could process half a million barrels of oily water every eight to ten hours. the coast guard is inspecting it for suitability. the navy is deploying a blimp that will fly slowly over the gulf at a top speed of 50 miles an hour which is to view where the oil is flowing and how it is coming ashore and used to direct skimming operations. ....