i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. wall street lost one today as eliz weather warren, the woman who monitored the t.a.r.p. bailouts that named wall street was named by president obama to lead the new consumer protection association. mr. obama said she ll create an agency that starting next summer will end lending abuses. progressives and wall street critics championed warren as the person to lead the agency once it s created, something to which the president has yet to commit. she ll join rachel maddow in a few minutes. bp disaster almost five months after 11 people died and 4 billion barrels of oil began gushing into the oil bp intercepted the temporarily plugged well with the relief well, the bottom skill permanent
bp plans to begin its so called static kill procedure forcing mud and cement into the well and that will be followed by a bottom skill through a relief well that should be finished about a week or so from now. we are live now from ve nis, louisiana. good morning to you. what s the latest there? reaction to maybe this thing could be a done deal soon? well, again, alex, we have been through this before with several other attempts to plug the well permanently. bp and the government are stepping back saying this is what we re going do but not saying this might work eventually. they are hoping though. certainly we will learn more in this shower.