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Mexico. everyone wants that. but why completely ban offshore drilling to other companies that werent involved in this disaster? thats the feeling along the gulf coast, even by those affected most by the oil spill itself. >> charles, new tests, what are the crews testing for, and how does it affect the drilling of the relief well? >> reporter: well, the leaf well is on hold until bp completes testing of the well itself. they also want to test the top of the well, the blowout preventer and the cap...

Yesterday, the coast guard ordered bp to conduct pressure tests of the well itself and also the capping system at the top that was put in place one month ago today. bp has been ordered to test the well and to test the capping system for any additional pressures that may come along as they do the bottom kill. now the coast guard is waiting for bp to turn in these results which could be monday or tuesday. the government scientists will go over them and at that point the coast guard will give bp th...

A test that was a precursor to the so-called static kill procedure. but bp releasing a statement tonight saying that as engineers prepare to start the injectivety test they discovered what bp is calling a small hydraulic leak in the capping systems hydraulic control system. bp says the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed. possibly by tomorrow. but even before bps engineers have tried, merely tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something it has ...

So-called static kill procedure. bp released a statement saying as engineers started the inject tifty test, they discovered a small hydraulic leak in the capping system. the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed -- possibly by tomorrow. but even before bps engineers have tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something its tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something it cannot now start, the company is acting as if its succeeded. bp o...

This afternoon, bp to have begun a test that was a precursor to the so-called static kill procedure. bp released a statement saying as engineers started the injectiveity test, they discovered a small hydraulic leak in the capping system. the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed -- possibly by tomorrow. but even before bps engineers have tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something its tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something ...

Monkeys in afghanistan. [ speaking foreign language ] >> its your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the gulf of mexico at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the celebrat...

>> its your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the gulf of mexico at 3:25 eastern this afternoon if only temporarily, as part at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the ce...

Monkeys in afghanistan. [ speaking foreign language ] >> its your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown."ç good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the oil of mexico at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the celebr...

Might be an opportunity to have a shut in of the well to just hold it at that point. jon: admiral allen also says the capping system will funnel between 60 and 80,000 barrels a day to containment ships by around july 18th. a permanent fix for the broken well will not come in until two relief wells are finished. thats expected some time in mid august. jenna: new evidence in the attacks that killed at least 74 people watching the world cup final. its the deadl terror bombings in the regs since att...

In venice, louisiana for us. good sunday morning to you, charles. >> reporter: good morning, alex. >> talk about the tests taking place now. are officials saying anything about a time frame for finishing this relief well? >> reporter: well, its what weve heard for a week now, over abundance of caution. the coast guard wants bp to monitor the well, to make sure that it can withstand the pressured that it will undergo once the relief well is completed. they are testing the well. they are testing t...