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That 48-hour deadline to test the integrity of the well expired yesterday afternoon. now the government continues to continue and bp wants to continue as well testing for a while. there is about 67 psi in pressure. they want to get that higher, to let them know the well is holding and no oil is leaking out. the containment process will resume as soon as the testing stops. they will attach piped and sen siphon up the oil to surface ships and start collecting it. and michelle obama will head back ...

Development. david? >> wolf, admiral thad allen releasing a statement to us a short time ago saying that we are encouraged by this development, but he cautions that this isnt over. he says they have to continue to watch the data coming in and watch how the capp performs, bu hi talk about the cap being a temporary measure for hurricanes. he says that the temporary information they are gathering will help them to gain a better understanding of options for a temporary shut-in of the well during a h...

Placed on top of the bop is holding pressure. the only question is, is it leaking into the sea floor? >> as you raise that question i want to do a little then and now with admiral allen, the incident commander. a couple days ago there seemed to be more optimism that once they closed this down that as long as it held they could use it as a permanent cap to seal the well. i want you to listen to what thad allen told our wolf blitzer just a couple days ago. >> okay. but we have a significant chance...

And he says at the end of the statement, it remains likely that we will return to the containment process using this new stacking cap connected to the risers to attempt to collect up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day until the relief well is completed. why would they do that? why would they reopen the valves and start to contain it on the ships and con tanler ekocontain the gulf of mexico when it seems closed right now? >> well, when they start to produce this oil, they dont have to actually open...

Here in the gulf is a setback in the containment process. a bp spokesman saying today, confirming that high winds are accounting for that wobble that we are currently seeing on the underwater pictures. the wave height is expected to decrease through the weekend but officials do say that they are now capturing slightly less oil than before the waves and the rough water made that cap wobble or jiggle. campbell? >> randi, in his briefing today admiral thad allen talked about the governments use of ...

>> gregg: bottom of the hour, time for top of the news, tropical storm alex is heading towards the gulf coast, forecasters watching it closely, to see how near it gets to the gushing oil well, that storm could shut down the containment process, for two weeks. violent protests at the g20 summit in toronto. protesters smashing windows, torching police cars and trying to scale a security fence at the summit. police busting more than 400 people, so far. and, the u.s. senate set to begin confirmation...

The army. i think thats one of the great successes in american history. you go to korea today and realize that back in 1950 when this war began, south korea was one of the poorest countrys in the world. as late as 1960, it had the same per capita income of ghana. today after a very long 60 year relationship with the united states, its one of the wealthier countries in the world, one of the most modern countries and an enormous success story. >> thanks to people like your dad. speaker gingrich, t...

Toxins in the environment as a result of that. how much of the oil actually burned by this method? is there any way of knowing that? >> reporter: i think there are numbers. i think its something, thousands of gallons are burning. keep in mind just because bp capped one of the leaks on wednesday, that doesnt change the volume of the leakage. its still leaking 210,000 gallons of oil each and every day. >> that is huge. quite significant. thanks so much. we are going to check back with new an hour,...

. that massive oil slick is now just a few miles off louisiana, and the race is on to try and stop 200,000 barrels a day from gushing into the gulf of mexico. rough seas are making it hard for crews to contain the oil slick. and now theres an urgent push to build a containment dome to cap the leak. brian todd is over at the scene of all of this. this effort is intense right now. brian, explain to our viewers how theyre hoping against hope that within a week or so, they can stop this oil spill....