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Because the plumber first made the sketch may 25th, on june 15th he said like nothing is happening and theyre not using-- he tried to reach out to bp. thanks, but no thanks. he saw the oil spill was getting worse and sent it to the professor and appears after that. they put it together and they made that containment cap that looks suspiciously like his. >> of course only one of 300,000 suggestions that bp take from ordinary citizens and theyre not confirming that this is the one they used. they ...

Crybaby. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. day 89 of the gulf oil disaster. and this is the last hour of an important test that bps new containment cap. so far so good.

As we get into the late afternoon hours. remember, thuns this thing is called, may remain a cap or they may attach some of the pipes to it that could go to containment ships at the surface. but as you mentioned, t.j., the final thing, the thing that should close the final chapter in this story, not one but two relief wells. then we have all the containment efforts, clean-up and the long-term effect it could have on the gulf coast. >> are they sticking to that 48-hour period of testing? when this...

Eastern kansas. the accident is currently under investigation. and tests are looking good on the new containment cap that is keeping oil from flowing into the gulf. b bp plans to continue the test just as a precaution. engineers are testing for possible leaks under the seabed. and a chicago area man is locked up after allegedly ramming a car bomb into the front of a bank. no one was injured since the bank was empty at the time, and no word on the motive. the bomb was made of the same materia...

The gulf of mexico. bp confident there is not a new leak anywhere. this thing is holding. the company trying those pressure tests, running those right now. the new containment cap put in place. bp says the relief well could intersect with the ruptured well by the end of this month, then it could take a few days or weeks to kill the ruptured well. right now things possibly looking up. there is no oil going onto the gulf right now. in new jersey, a tragedy averted. no one has been found in the r...

Our number one political story tonight, the disaster in the gulf and how the president is handling it. he is walking a fine line. on the one hand cautious. on the other, underscoring the progress being made toward plugging the well. >> there is no doubt that we have made progress as a consequence of this new cap fitting on and that even if it turns out that we cant keep the containment cap on to completely stop the oil, its going to allow us to capture much more oil, and well see less oil flowin...

Experience. he is the same one who handled the september 11th victims defense fund. amber lyon, cnn, new orleans. up next, the containment cap is working, but will president obama be able to cap his falling poll numbers? our political panel takes the question. also tonight, bp under fire from lawmakers, not just for the oil spill, but over the release of the lockerbie bomber. could a terrorist really have been freed as part of an oil deal? if youre like my patients, you want to hear youve do...

Containment cap is working. this afternoon retired coast guard admiral thad allen said pressure is rising in the well, and thats a good sign, meaning the well is not leak. robots patrolling the sea floor in the area did not detect any leaks today. the oil stopped gushing yesterday afternoon some three months after the explosion that triggered that massive oil spill. utah state officials say two employees may have been involved in leaking that list of people believed to be in this country illeg...

Children from church camp rolled over this morning in kansas. it happened on interstate 35 near wellsville. one child was taken to a hospital by air ambulance, eight others by ground ambulances. and on day 89 of the gulf oil disaster, cautious optimism. there are no signs of any new leaks two days after the oil stopped gushing. bp is continuing its so-called integrity test on the new containment cap. and this is just past the 48-hour deadline that they had set earlier. president barack obama...

"no evidence of problems so far." were told that means there are no indication of leaks or ruptures anywhere nellis the network of pipe or the ocean floor for that matter. b.p. engineers in houston monitoring pressure on the containment cap. b.p. saying the pressure on the cap continues to climb. were told it is a good thing since it suggests that oil is not leaking out somewhere else. meanwhile, hope meets with a little skepticism, with the gulf residents. it comes 89 days too late for them. br...