(CNN) – The oil spill off the coast of Louisiana is much worse than anyone thought. The Coast Guard confirms more than 200,000 gallons of crude are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico every day. That's five times worse than anyone feared.
A third leak at the site of last week's platform explosion has now been discovered a mile beneath the ocean surface. The threat of an environmental disaster is now so severe that the president is offering to send in the military to help. Our Reynolds Wolf has the report. Read more