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Down on the issue of the damages that are going to be paid especially by bp. as you can see, was there clarity that we got yesterday and theres still a whole lot of murkiness when it comes to how long will bp pay and how much will they pay? will they go to $10 billion? they were asked that yesterday and they wouldnt commit to that and said they couldnt comment on it and were expecting more questions on that. >> well watch it with you, brian a thanks. one thing bp can bring to the table, news tha...

Now to help junchts bp is work very hard at this. there are a number of engineering solutions they are working on, continue 0 work on. this is not the only thing thats being attempted. were also looking at the application of dispersements to disperse the oil before it gets to the water column. the relief well, theyve started drilling that and made progress over the last several days. no single solution short of tap capping this well is going to be suggest saysful and our guidance to british petr...

Hour. and good day. im andrea mitchell in washington, and we start today with a pivotal day in the gulf, where engineers are now preparing to test the new containment cap on the leaking oil head. the tests could take two days to complete. the results should give us the clearest picture yet of just how damaged that well is. >> maybe counterintuitive to some. in this exercise, high pressure is good. whatever information we get out of this well integrity test will lead us to a more refined estima...

Much oil is gushing into the gulf of mexico. there is about 8,000 barrels a day that are being captured by one vessel out there with a connection into the blowout preventer but this new containment cap will create a tighter seal. it is a several-step process. will take several days for them to be able to test it and make sure everything is working properly. then with the help of these other massive vessels on the surface of the water, this oil would then be piped in to those vessels and be able ...

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Well ask the panel if running against bush will work again. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. with a lot of ground to cover, lets turn to our first guest, obama senior advisor david axelrod. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good to be here. >> chris: bp is replacing the containment cap on its runaway well. the company hopes to have it done monday as you can see from the live spill cam. until then the oil is gushing up into the gulf. i...

Next on "larry king live." good evening. we begin with breaking news in what could be a turning point in the gulf oil spill tragedy. lets get the latest from cnns ed lavandera in new orleans. whats the latest, ed? >> reporter: well, larry, right now, we know that officials with bp and the federal government are entering into the preliminary testing phase, getting ready for whats called the integrity test. based on the readings they get from these tests overed course of the next 48 hours will det...

Dollars away? and more importantly, are we any safer now because of it? plus, another story of broken government. prison inmates cheating taxpayers out of millions from behind bars. when the irs was tipped off by cops, the feds did nothing about it for years, and its still happening. were going to investigate. and in the gulf, the containment cap is still holding, but for how much longer? whats with that mystery seepage from the gulf floor? we have the latest developments on day 91 of the di...

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There is still oil that is leaking from that cap. thats because theres a valve on top of it that they will begin to shut down. testing begins on this containment cap tomorrow morning, on tuesday morning. it is expected to take anywhere between 6 and 48 hours. after that, we will really get a sense of whether or not this is going to be effective. so, very critical moments here and obviously given everything that we have been through over the last three months, many people hoping that this is perh...