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Made its mark. the second part is cleaning out the relief well. when they clean out the relief well with the sentiment, the other step they will have is putting in what they refer to is the casing, a hollow metal pipe. and then after that, they should start sometime, probably on tuesday, which is the status kill procedure, where they interject mud and cement into the containment cap, and that will top off the top of the well itself. and then finally into the middle of the month of august, or the...

Lets talk about what we have first and foremost with bp doug suttles taking a trip to the southern end of louisiana toward venice, the marshlands and see firsthand where some of the oil still has inundated much of the marsh. oil is hard to find in the gulf of mexico in the open waters they have plenty of it down there and hell see it up close and personal. the second thing theyll continue cleaning out one of the relief wells the key component into the next procedure. the static well injecting mu...

The relief wells, one step they had to take before they get to the static kill procedure. when they clean out the relief wells theyll remove sand and silt that dropped into the well when the remnants of tropical storm bonnie moved overhead. then theyre going to lay what they refer to as casing, basically a hollow metal pipe. thats when they proceed with the static kill procedure, inject a combination of cement and mud into the containment cap and thats the first step. the second big step is the ...

There was nothing rare about them granting these exemptions. >> theres been a lot of talk about these things, you use them because yes, it does disperse the oil. a lot of people are saying we cant find oil to skim. maybe the dispersants worked but a lot of people worry what is it doing to the environment. >> the longlasting effect. >> we might not know that for some time. reynolds wolf is in new orleans on this day 104 and reynolds, good morning to you once again. this could be a big week this w...

Operation from when they originally planned it, it was going to be on sunday and now it looks like monday or tuesday, possibly tuesday before they are able to get to that. the static kill procedure is where they go to the containment cap and they inject a combination of mud and cement which they call the static kill, because the oil is static, not able to get out because of the containment cap itself. thats step one. the second step, as you well know, is what they call the bottom kill. they use ...

A week ago we were dealing with bonnie. it was the remnants of a tropical storm but enough of a stir to cause a silt on the ocean floor to sink boo the relief well. before they are able to proceed with the static kill operation, they have to clean out all the silt, all the sand out of the relief well. they expect it to be a minor operation but it is something thats going to cause a bit of a delay. we do have animation were going of show you in mere seconds. one thing were going to be seeing in t...

A delay in the static kill operation. the static kill operation, you will remember, is basically when they go into the containment cap and inject a combination of mud and cement that kills off the top part of the well. thats only one part of the process. the second process is something thats going to come in the middle of august or perhaps towards the end of the month which they refer tos at as the bottom kill operation. they go through the relief well and inject the mud. back to you. reynolds...

Wells. relief wells are crucial to employing what they refer to as the bottom kill that will kill off the well all together. but before they can get to the static kill which was expected to take place possibly later tomorrow, then into monday, thats been pushed back to probably tuesday at the earliest. the reason is they first have to remove that sand and silt out of the relief well before they get to that process. they think that should be a fairly easy endeavor. then theyll proceed toward the ...

They want a solution to the immigration problem. i just spoke with somebody whos here at portsmouth, new hampshire. were going to head over to the jail and see what the situation there is like as we watch the arrests unfolding. >> msnbcs contessa brewer live for us in phoenix. local officials on the gulf coast expressed fear today that the cleanup effort from the worst oil disaster in u.s. history is about to be scaled back. the temporary new containment cap is totally stopped the oil from bps...

Altitude or went straight into the mountainside. that will be part of the very as they try and figure out answers, on a mountainside outside of islamabad, 152, everybody on board, dead, after this plane crashed a few hours ago this morning. more updates as soon as we get that. in the meantime, 9:32 here in new york now, the number of days in the disaster in the gulf hitting triple digits, its day 100 of the national diseas and with this comes a new mystery, where did all the oil go that was on...