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Off, but this is done incrementally. its a very complicated test. it isnt you shut one valve and poof youve got the answer. it will take them anywhere from 6 hours to 48 hours. the longer it goes, the better it is. >> is there a chance they could cap it off completely or alternatively take the oil coming out of the narrow cap now and pipe it right up to the ships? >> they could. and if they start to get pressure readings that give them concerns, they said theyre going to open the ceiling cap. th...

Sea. we have some of those routers, as you can see, on screen at the moment and we will continue to give you updates. as we understand whether or not we will be able to see some success today as they try to put on this latest ceiling cap. you can watch along with us here and keep you updated in terms of what we are hearing and all of your producers that are watching this story. the aged revolutionary, former cuban president, fidel castro, stepping out of seclusion to appear on cuban television...

If this containment cap isnt able to completely mitigate the flow, they do have those pipes, if will you, connected to the -- to this equipment and vessels on the surface of the water and it would return to the way it was before saturday where had you that one containment cap over it and the oil that was getting sucked into that would be brought up to the vessels on the surface of the water. those vessels -- there are a few in place. a couple of others coming online. that that is a little more f...

Thats been -- being lowered down there. so -- you know, we heard over and over from bp officials that this technology, these kinds of -- this kind of work, has never been done at these depths. so -- you know, thats why it is still -- we have seen a -- series of failures. we have seen some successes with some of the caps. but you know, these next 48 hours will be extremely critical in determining whether or not they will be able to cap the flow of this oil well while that relief well work continu...

>> its the basis of all the amounts bp is going to pay ive been focusing on the fact that bp has been slow at getting this contained and only moved forward on the ceiling cap after the coast guard incested on friday. its to bps advantage to have unmeasured oil going into the water. as long as its unmeasured oil going into the water, then that has a chance of reducing their total amount they owe. it wont be measured. they can negotiate that down. >> as a counselor i ask that you note that deliber...

The live picture shows the oil coming out again. bring us up to date on how this is going. >> reporter: savannah, i got off of a technical briefing with the senior vice president for bp and he says they plan to start doing that well integrity test around midday today. now, you still see the oil gushing but once they start that test, you will see them shut off the flow of the oil. the oil is coming out in several places. it is actually going to the surface and being contained through the choke an...

Patient people in tv. starting the show 37 seconds after the hour. chuck and is a van yeah, batch them now. the bp live feed keeping some hope alive this morning. will the ceiling cap finally work to stop the oil? and pick your poll poison. the latest numbers of voters on the lawsuit against arizona and the new health care law. its july 13th, 2010. im chuck todd. >> good morning. im is a van yeah guthrie. we are going to start with the gulf and something they have not had in abundance lately...

To the floridas east coast. theyre the first that theyre planning to relocate. on the heels of that lets go to anne thompson. good morning to you. whats the latest? >> reporter: hi, alex, we just received a technical briefing from bp. so far, so good. things are going according to plan. theyve removed the cap. theyve removed the six bolts that were holding a flan j in place. that is off, and so work continues. thats the good news. the bad news is in order to put this system in thats going to d...

They have tried, but they have tried quite a few things. this is a ceiling cap that will replace the existing cap and the existing cap as we know can recover about 23,000 barrel as day. the new cap would increase that to 50,000 barrels a day, they hope. >> so, before you get too excited, experts warn the only real solution to stop the bushing rig is the relief wells that are still being drilled. s well, on to afghanistan now, six u.s. service members were killed today in eastern areas of the cou...

>> reporter: they were more optimistic when the day began. they had hoped to start the well integrity test, chris, which is where theyll slowly shut off the flow of oil. if youre looking at the cap, you can see theres a big plume of black oil coming through the new ceiling cap. what theyre going to do is slowly close down all the valves and take pressure readings along the way to determine just how much pressure is coming out. when they figure out how much pressure is inside that cap, they say t...