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Growing crisis on the Gulf Coast
(CNN) – The growing crisis in the Gulf is entering its 25th day. Experts predict the leak, which is estimated at 5,000 barrels a day, could be far worse. This news comes as BP considers another fix. So when does it stop?
Doug Suttles is the chief operating officer for exploration and production at BP. He joined us on Friday's American Morning to discuss the new concerns.
Read more: How big is the Gulf oil spill?
Saving Dauphin Island
(CNN) – More than 4.5 million gallons of crude have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico so far. The president is now calling on Congress for $58 million in new emergency funding to fight this looming catastrophe.
Along the shore in places like Dauphin Island, Alabama, this sludge could change lives forever. And there is an all out effort to hold it back. Our Reynolds Wolf has the report.
Oil slick threatens oyster business
(CNN) – In the next three minutes, about the time it will take for you to watch this report, nearly 500 more gallons of fresh crude oil will have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, making the massive oil slick that much more of a menace.
The growing environmental threat has been well-documented, but now we're beginning to see the economic fallout. Our Reynolds Wolf reports from the Mississippi coast where an oyster processing plant has suddenly become a shell of its former self.
BP taking public relations beating
(CNN) – There's a growing cry today both online and along the Gulf Coast to boycott BP. Yesterday, the anti-war group Code Pink heckled the oil executives right before the hearings, holding up signs reading "BP kills" and "BP = bad people." More protests are planned for today.
In South Florida, demonstrators carried "mobile oil slicks" in the form of large black plastic tarps that were placed along sensitive areas of Miami Beach. This environmental nightmare is now a full-blown public relations disaster for the British oil giant. Our Joe Johns has the report.
Read more: 'Top hat' lowered to Gulf oil leak site
Oil execs in Capitol Hill hot seat
(CNN) – BP is lowering a second, smaller containment dome known as a "top hat" into the Gulf of Mexico. A larger version failed last week. Every day the company fails, more and more oil damages the fishing industry, threatens wildlife, ruins beaches and kills tourism.
Executives from three oil companies will be back in Washington today. There is plenty of blame to go around, but will anyone stand up to accept it? Our Brianna Keilar has the report.
Read more: Execs face more questions over spill
Gulf oil spill threatens wildlife
(CNN) – There's a developing story out of one of the states dealing with the disastrous impact of the BP oil spill. Many animal species are now in jeopardy.
You might think their wings would carry them away from the danger, but rare birds are finding it hard to escape the brown sludge. Wildlife experts in Mississippi are calling the situation "catastrophic." Our Rob Marciano has the report.
Read more: BP execs face hearings on Capitol Hill
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