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Well area. >> eric: so they took the old cap off, and then theyre going to put the new cap on, but that means that oil is still gushing out before they get the new cap on. what are they trying to do to contain that? >> reporter: thats right. potentially 5 million gallons could be leaked as a result of the operation. federal officials, though, signed off on it believing that the long-term gain will outweigh the short-term risk. b.p. says that there are more than 500 skimmer vessels in the gulf of...

Spilling freely because yesterday, bp took off the ill-fitting containment cap and they had estimated that they be would be able to put on a better fitting one today, but that has not happened and now bp is saying it could be four days, seven days, may not happen until nks week, if its even possible. >> right, youre looking at the process, its a complicated one as they take the cap off they have to make a new cut, more adjustments before putting a heavier, tighter sealed cap on. a four to seven ...

Is exactly giving us a play by play. but clearly something is going on right now. and were not seeing the picture anymore of the actual gusher. so bp is apparently moved the cameras around and showing now us, showing the world and something there im sure using as well to be able to do whatever work they are doing. but again, they said robotically this weekend, these robotic arms are going to have to take the cap off and begin to process of putting another cap on. now, again, we are just showing ...

William morris endeavor no longer represents gibson. longer represents gibson. brooke anderson, cnn, hollywood. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com now day 82 and were almost three months into the gulf oil crisis and new today, bp says it has removed a leaking containment cap and work is under way to replace it with a tighter fitting cap. bp says this new cap once installed could stop most of the oil that is now gushing like an underwater geyser. we still have a whole lot of questions about ...

Will collect as much as 80,000 barrels of oil, far more than officials think is coming out now. >> until were in a position to put the new cap on, could be three to four days. >> reporter: most of the oil will flow into the gulf unimpeding, further tainting the waters. >> this is what i feel whats helping me right now. psych logally and pocketbook. >> reporter: this is your lifeline? >> right. >> reporter: shaffer bought 600 new traps and worked lake pontchartrain. when you heard there was oil, ...

That work is going to put a new seal, a new cap, on top of that gushing oil well. now, of course, we know a cap was on there that was being able to siphon up a lot of the oil up to a ship. but this new cap is going to be able to siphon up even more oil. that h thad allen, retired admiral from the coast guard, in charge of effort could have this in place this weekend, and siphon up even more oil. however, in the time it takes to take it off and put the new cap on, more oil is actually going to be...

Of tim. and i look down at 10-year-old timmy and he was slumped in his seat, tears as big as manhole covers coming out of his eyes. and i literally said out loud to myself, what have i done? what have i done? >> the series before that was the as series, and were sitting there and its down to the last inning. and i look, and i -- >> theres the world series. >> thats great. >> barnicle there. happy days. >> yeah. >> but i looked down the couch in 2003, and i have my red sox cap on. my wife is next...

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What they want to make sure of is by putting this cap on, the oil isnt seeping out elsewhere in ways that could be even more catastrophic. that involves measuring pressures while this cap is on. the data is not still in, and it has to be interpreted by the scientists. >> lets bring in ed lavandera. i understand the desire not to get ahead of ourselves here, but i also want to know what happens next, ed. so lets talk about what happens next without getting ahead of ourselv ourselves. >> reporter:...