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BP keeping cap on hours of oil leak video
(CNN) – More than three weeks after the oil rig exploded about 50 miles off the southeast coast of Louisiana, we are getting our very first look at the actual source of the leak – 5,000 feet underwater.
Critics are blasting BP for being able to contain the flow of information much better than the leak. Our Ed Lavandera takes a closer look at the criticism.
Crude cleanup stymied, what next?
(CNN) – BP is moving on to plan "B" today to try to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A 40-foot high containment dome lowered into the water over the weekend failed to work.
The company is scrambling to figure out how to clog a leak that's spewing more than 200,000 gallons of oil into the sea every day. Doug Suttles is BP's chief operating officer for exploration and production and he joined us on Monday's American Morning.
Read more: Efforts to stop leak continue
NJ facility creates cleanup techniques
(CNN) – Crews are lowering a massive concrete containment dome to the ocean floor today, trying to cover a ruptured well that's spewing thousands of gallons of oil into the gulf each day. It's one of many techniques conceived and tested at a naval base in New Jersey. Cameras have never been allowed inside the "Oil Spill Research and Training Facility," until now. Our Allan Chernoff has the CNN exclusive report.
Read more: Dome lowered at Gulf oil leak site
Saving marine wildlife from oil spill
(CNN) – It will be ground zero for oily sea mammals all along the Gulf Coast. One of the country's top marine wildlife rehabilitation center's is bracing for a possible onslaught of injured dolphins, manatees and turtles. Our Rob Marciano got a behind-the-scenes look at the operation.
Read more: Containment dome shipped out to capture leaking oil
BP 'confident' in cleanup
(CNN) – Cleanup and containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico are now a race against time. BP says it's doing everything it can to try and bottle up the disastrous oil spill and minimize the damage.
Doug Suttles is the company's chief operating officer for exploration and production. He spoke to us on Wednesday's American Morning, saying he's confident in the company's efforts.
Oil slick threatens wildlife
(CNN) – For crews trying to clean up the oil slick in the gulf, the time to act is now. Calm winds and waves are preventing the worst of the oil from drifting ashore. And while officials say the slick should remain at sea for at least the next two days, already marine life is paying the price. Our David Mattingly saw first hand the impact this oil is having on the wildlife.
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