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>> reporter: good evening, bret. despite the discovery of five weeks of oil and methane gas bubbles in and around the well, this afternoon, incident commander thad allen granting b.p. yet another 24-hour extension of the ongoing cap and well integrity test. b.p. and admiral allen determined that the new leaks are truly inconsequencial. >> let me classify the leaks. we have five very small leaks in and around the preventer and the stack itself. these are leaks through flanges or gases. oil might ...

Good evening, phil. >> reporter: good evening, bret. despite the discovery of five weeks of oil and methane gas bubbles in and around the well, this afternoon, incident commander thad allen granting b.p. yet another 24-hour extension of the ongoing cap and well integrity test. b.p. and admiral allen determined that the new leaks are truly inconsequencial. >> let me classify the leaks. we have five very small leaks in and around the preventer and the stack itself. these are leaks through flanges ...

Critical. were following every moment of it for you on the surface of the gulf of mexico. brian, explain to our viewers, the delicate situation going on right now. >> wolf, theres a new sealing cap that bp is put into place as we speak. if this works like they think it might, then this main leak could be completely stopped, at least temporarily, for the first time in the more than 80 days since the spill began. taking a look now at the live pictures that were seeing from the leaking well head si...