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Show no signs of standing down. the new cap may bring hope there will soon be an end to the leak but there is still an oil sheen in the water and smoke from burning gas and oil climbs up the horizon. while those flames are burning, that tells you that the well has not been shut off. and it is expected to be a very dramatic moment out here when those flames behind me are finally extinguished. when that happens, that means the flow of oil has been stopped and that well has been capped. but in the ...

Ed, if it does not work, clearly, they will have to wait for the two relief wells are completed either in late july or early to mid-august at some point to kill that well once and for all, because that is really the last ditch operation they have. if this doesnt work right now, ed, they will have to rely on the completion of those two relief wells? >> reporter: well, absolutely. that has nt changed. even if you have it contained, you have to kill off the well for good, so that work would continu...

So andy stern says it wasnt martin luther king. no, no, no. it was the black power crowd whose threat of disruption that pushed congress to act. threat of disruption. the good news at least its not someone influential saying this, or someone talking about the power of persuasion. no. >> were trying to use the power of persuasion. if that doesnt work, well use the persuasion of power. >> we took names. we watched how they voted. we know where they live. >> glenn: its not like this guy is presiden...

Money selling that oil to restore the gulf of mexico. dont let anybody make a dime of profit off of it. just restore the gulf of mexico by producing the well and making that turn into money which can satisfy some of the issues of nature. >> right, okay. >> wetland restoration, et cetera. >> so use the relief well for money, raise the money, bring the oil out, make the money and use it to pay off the people who have been hurt by this? >> no. first try to shut off the flow with the relief well. if...

Underneath the ocean. weve got chad myers, our meteorologist who is following this end to end. chad, why dont we start just for the viewers laying out a basic foundation with basic props that are available. five and dime. >> i feel like that. >> this is the bottom of the sea for the viewers. this is the blowout preventer, that was put on top of the hole on the ground that they had drilled. what this is is a giant faucet lever. but it doesnt work right now. cant turn off. thats the problem theyve...

Governors convention are livid because they know their chances in november are not good. heres the problem. i am concerned robert gibbs -- this is all a strategy to raise expectations that republicans cannot meet come november. >> well, they are gonna try to scare the base to come out because they are gonna say the boogie man republicans are going to take over if you do too much you have them stay home. >> it is very trick hes doing what i would do, which is say, the truth, we are facing losing,...

Governors convention are livid because they know their chances in november are not good. heres the problem. i am concerned robert gibbs -- this is all a strategy to raise expectations that republicans cannot meet come november. >> well, they are gonna try to scare the base to come out because they are gonna say the boogie man republicans are going to take over if you do too much you have them stay home. >> it is very trick hes doing what i would do, which is say, the truth, we are facing losing,...

Air because there is a long way to go before we really know and the only way to get this thing stopped is the bottom kill from the relief well. thats what im really looking for, that permanent fix. >> any chance you think this could significantly backfire that we had something in place that it was stopping quite a bit of the oil. is there a chance now that if this doesnt work that were sort of stuck with this until those relief wells are done? >> well, they are risking an underground blowout or ...

>> again, watch these live pictures coming in. dramatic. some of the video is hard to see because it is dark and murky a mile under sea but you see the cap coming down. well continue to watch this story throughout the evening. you see the feed. this feed here gives you a good perspective of the scope of this device. larger than the former containment cap because they hope this one is more sophisticated and they can use it not as a containment cap but to secure and shut down the well and stop the...

That david cameron and you have tried to modernize the conservative party, youve made it more environmentally friendly, more kinder, gentler on all kinds of issues, homosexual rights and things like that, but that you -- it didnt work. what would you say to them? you know, youre only -- youre still at 36% of the popular vote. and there are certainly conservatives in the united states who say the lesson from this is dont try to move to the center because it doesnt work. >> well, you know, the con...