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To implement the static kill procedure and late last night, just 89 hours into the procedure, word got out that it was working and huge -- that is great news, down in the gulf of mexico. the mud was actually heavy enough and was pumped at a rate strong enough to overcome the pressure of the oil trying to escape from that leaking oil well. today, hell decide whether or not to move forward, with the pumping cement down the same choke line, a decision that he could make sometime today. regardless o...

Now seafood officials and the rest and the fishermen want the rest of the gulf reopened. jim, it seems like fishermen are going to need incentive to get them back in the water? >> reporter: thats right, with the oil dissipating faster than expected, experts are putting pressure to open the fishing. and this very important area is hoping that bp can provide incentive, put bait on the hook, if you will, get to commercial fishermen back to work. because so many louisiana fishermen grow up on the wa...

Orleans area to outline what to do after the well is permanently sealed. bp plans to start the so-called static kill on the well as early as sunday and the relief well may be ready for the bottom kill in days. admiral thad allen says he is confident those will permanently seal the well. with no oil leaking from the well for two weeks now, fisherman are pushing for closed off areas to be reopened. >> reporter: because so many louisiana fishermen grow up on the water, this is the only life theyve ...

They know they have lost an awful lot of tourism here, and so, what you see is hotels and restaurants and pawnshops and gift shops and anything that you can putting out the welcome mat in many ways for all of the cleanup workers saying, that we have to get all of the business we can while we can. nobody here has any idea that it is going to fill in across the gulf for all that they have lost, but in some little pockets, particularly some of the smaller towns that didnt get so much of the tourist...

Lawsuit to force the epa to release federal studies on the dispersants. lets bring in the president of the environmental working group, ken cook. thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you, kooetd. >> we know what the chemical dispersants were supposed to do to the oil. but what do the chemicals do to everything tried to live in the water, or do we not know the answer to that question? >> we dont really know the answer. lisa jackson, our epa administrate, said on a number of occasions with regar...

Catastrophe here now, precisely because we didnt do our homework. we didnt force bp to give us the answers and all the other oil companies in the business before this supposedly unthinkable event might happen. most of us were thinking it might happen at some point, but we just werent prepared for it. >> more to bp in a moment, practically speaking, given the amount of time you and people aligned with you had spent game planning or at least theorizing what might happen in these circumstances, wha...

Significant as this effort goes on. >> and sebelius talked with cleanup workers during that visit. so lets get the latest on the new containment effort going on. nbcs marra is live wifor us in venice, louisiana. what are we getting from the latest to contain this well? >> good morning, alex. crews are working around the clock now to switch out this containment cap. since about early june, they had a containment cap in place working to collect some of that oil and now theyre working to replace ...

About the number of cleanup workers theyre treating. plus, making sure the seafood pulled from the waters is safe to eat. a big question. were going to take you straight inside the governments testing facility. got that coming up. ♪ well, look whos here. its ellen. hey, mayor white. how you doing? great. come on in. would you like to see our new police department? yeah, all right. this way. and here it is. completely networked. so, anything happening, suz? shes all good. oh, my gosh. is that...

Especially those that may increase risk of bleeding. blood tests are needed before and during treatment. in some, ldl or bad cholesterol may increase. possible side effects include burping, infection, flu-like symptoms, upset stomach, and change in sense of taste. ask your doctor about lovaza, the prescription that starts in the sea. every since the oil started flowing from the well, the gulf states have been tracking the health effects from the disaster. there have been reports of disaster-re...

Out. my conversation with the head of bps medical response in the gulf. the surprising thing he said about the number of cleanup workers theyre treating. plus, making sure the seafood pulled from the waters safe to eat. a big question -- were going to take you straight inside the governments testing facility. that is coming up. [ slamming ] [ engines revving ] [ tires screech ] [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] before you take it on your road trip... we take it on ours. [ children laughing...