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Washington's streetcar battle
(CNN) – If the gridlock on Capitol Hill doesn't drive you crazy, the gridlock trying to drive in to D.C. will. That's why city officials are looking to a new version of an old fix for all that congestion: Streetcars.
But not every one in Washington is on-board with this retro idea. Our Kate Bolduan has the AM original report.
Man claims product could 'eat' Gulf oil spill
(CNN) – The "top hat" oil containment device has reached the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico and should be in position over a leaking well head and operational by the end of the week, BP said Wednesday. Meanwhile, one man says while all that's going on, he's sitting on a potential solution to saving the wetlands, if they're over-run with oil.
Frank Pajaujis is a partner at Aabaco and says he has a product that could actually "eat" away at the oil and turn it into dirt. He showed us a demonstration of his product on Wednesday's American Morning.
Read more: 'Top hat' reaches Gulf oil leak site
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
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
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