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Slicks so they can then get vessels out there to start cleaning it up. theyre hoping this will make their clean-up operation more efficient, they have this low altitude blimp, it can hover at lower altitudes, help them identify spots that need cleanup and get vessels out there right away. they just started using it. so yet another tool in the fight to clean up this mess here, alex. >> i look at the bottom of our screen and we talk about disaster in the gulf day 82, which means its pushing about ...

Essentially eliminate any oil leaking into the gulf. thats the hope and thats the plan and extreme best case scenario. for it to be done this weekend would be an even more best case scenario. really, it will probably take more than a couple days to get it done. thats just about containment. in terms of shutting down this well, bp has said this week they are a little bit ahead of schedule and could be done as early as july. which would be two weeks earlier than they she they hoped to be finished....

Completion. bp says this week that they could be done with that as early as the end of july. that would been two weeks ahead of the previously predicted date of mid-august. they did say that was unlikely. theyll be near perfect weather conditions and toefrg go completely smoothly for that to happen. they have introduced the optimistic possibilities that it could be done early and we could get relief soon. >> in terms of monitoring the situation with the new blimp, what does the blimp bring to th...

All right. it is day 81 of the gulf oil disaster, and there is a new weapon in the battle to clean up the leak. a u.s. navy blimp is now in the disaster zone. its hoped this air ship will reduce the time it takes to spot oil, and get skimmers to the scene. some other top stories for you, as well. russian spies booted out of the u.s. theyre now in montscomoscow. they were swapped, accused of spying for the u.s. contributions are pouring in to the legal defense fund, arizona governor jan brewer ...

Plug that gushing well. but bp thinks it could be turning a corner. >> reporter: bp sees blue sky in the gulf, its relief well could be finished three weeks early. bob dudley, bps point man in the gulf told "the wall street journal" its possible to be ready to stop the well between july 20th. adding that is the perfect case. admiral thad allen said the capping procedure is not expected to be complete under till mid august. >> our target date remains middle of august. there are certain things tha...

Those. you cant go up uncontrollably, down uncontrollably. both are dangerous situations. theyre only going about ten feet. >> okay, not far, ten, twenty feet, looking for oil. they just switched spots, doing this from these unmanned -- these abandoned, i should say, oil rigs. so moving to another spot. and, again, chad just explained and we appreciate that breakdown, chad. and this is why this is dangerous and serious stuff. we to show you this live, like you have never seen it before. we will ...

Fight it. and ive been doing it. >> god has bypassed me and cancer. if i can help somebody -- im sorry for crying -- but if i can help somebody make their life a little better, then thats what its all about. its not about me. >> kathy and the other volunteers have completed about 6,000 air and ground missions since 2001. to see how one patients struggles started it all, go to cnnheroes.com. take a look now at some of the stories making headlines. a navy blimp is on the way to help in the gulf ...

And that can -- like a train, one car, then the next car, then the next car, the next box car, one over the same spot, you can get storms to pile up rainfall quite quickly. thats what we had yesterday, and the water came up quite rapidly as well, don. >> all right, chad myers, thank you very much for that. we really appreciate it. i want to tell you now about your top stories, other stories happening here on cnn today. on day 81 of the gulf oil disaster, a new weapon in the battle to clean up ...

Talking about, this failing economy and in that area and people were, you know, counting on lebron or have been counting on the cleveland -- you know, team forks a long time to make them feel good about all thats going wrong. brian duffy, thanks so much. from woio, cleveland. i appreciate your time. >> okay. thank you. lets talk about this oil spill. it is day 81 of the disaster. lets check out the latest developments. the u.s. navy blimp could begin flying over the oil slick today. the air sh...

What people are looking at to prevent people from seeing certain things, and as the netsons as theyre called in china, get more savvy find ways to get around the censors in china, the censors get more savvy and find other ways to scrub and control information, as well. so i think this is a story that were going to still be talking about for some sometime, t.j. >> look forward to talking to you about it down the road. you have a good weekend, dear lady. you can, of course, catch more of christina...