Idaho judges to decide location of BP oil spill cases

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As BP's rivals count the cost of a ban on offshore drilling, the tide of lawsuits arising from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has washed up in a federal courtroom in Idaho.

There seven judges must decide how the piles of lawsuits should be dealt with.

Michelle Fleury reports from New York.

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