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Bp spill and andy card will be on the show along with representative elijah cummings. and the soccer matchup. how to bring roger bennett back to the show. hes adorable. the sweetest thing youve ever seen. all right. first to our top tory. bp says its making progress in its bid to fit a tighter cap on the gushing well in the gulf of mexico. over the weekend crews removed a previous cap that loosely covered the leak allowing oil to spew out largely unchecked. the hope now is that the week -- bef...

A previous cap that loosely covered the leak allowing oil to spew out largely unchecked. the hope now is that before the week is over the new equipment will contain virtually all the crude leaking out of the well although bp is optimistic, the operation is still expected to last for up to five more days. the permanent fix of plugging the well from the bottom is slated for early to mid-august. also this dimension. thencaa is concerned that minority cleaning up the oil disaster tend to be assigned...

World news, katty kay and joining us on the set in new york former media adviser to president bush and to "the daily beast" is mark mckinnon. good to have you with us, mark. also, nbc political director and chief white house correspondent and co-host of "the daily rundown" chuck todd joining us at the top of the hour. chuck, thank you very much. we start with the bp story. bp says it is making progress in its bid to fit a tighter cap on the gushing well in the gulf of mexico. over the weekend cr...

>> from americas news headquarters im juliet huddy. the latest now on yesterdays failed car bombing in new yorks times square. police say they may have videotape of a possible suspect changing clothes in an alley. a newly released video shows the s.u.v. where the bomb materials were discovered entering times square. a vendor noticed smoke in the parked vehicle and alerted police and police say the explosive device contained this clock, propane tanks and what may have been fertilizer. and preside...

>> from americas news headquarters i am mary ann rafferty after a failed car bombing in new york times square police are looking for a man seen on videotape changing clothes in a nearby alley. this newly released video shows the suv containing the bomb material entering times square. a vendor later noticed smoke inside the vehicle. the gasoline and propane device was crude but could have killed many people on one of americas busiest streets. president obama says everything humanly possible wil...

Take a closer look at this. and another big announcement about wind power further up. lets check first at the gulf coast. here is where the spill is as of late afternoon, just a few hours ago. 16 miles from the coast of louisiana. the surface spill runs almost 100 miles along here if you look at this. heres one of the things going to try to fix it. looking closely here. this is a robot on a submarine underground, trying to close down the valve. trying to shut off the source of the oil. the crude...

With that well head right now. >> we have a remotely operated vehicle that were getting a visual feed in our command center and it also has sonar capability. we are monitoring the sub service and the wellhead to ensure there is no crude leaking and emanating on the ocean floor. >> thats good news because the topic this morning in the editorial meeting was okay, will our gas prices go up? thats a logical question when you see something like that. >> any time you take one of those rigs out of serv...

Out there as they are trying to look for these 11 people. and the hopes are dimming a little bit this morning. i want to ask about the environmental impact. there are concerns this could be a major disaster. what is the latest on how much oil youre dealing with and whether or not there are concerns about leaking from inside the well? >> we are very much leaning forward in a response post tour. we have a one mile by five-mile rainbow sheen and crude oil mix that weve been actively skimming. that ...