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Put in recently. rick leventhal is in new orleans for us now. what exactly are they looking for, rick, and what do they hope they can learn? >> reporter: well, jon, theyre looking to see whether the temporary ceiling of that well, the static kill, actually turned out to be a permanent solution. they pumped cement and heavy drilling mud into the well from the top last week, they finished the job last week. it hasnt leaked since, so theyre running pressure tests to see whether or not there is a so...

You have been protecting it saying you are against further developing and further drilling down there. let me ask you a question. learning now today luckily for us all the gulf is not going to get worse, million barrels out there thats not going to go away but its not as bad as we thought it would be. if they drill down or pumped it down into that well first off, the day after the spill, if they had done it before the spill there wouldnt have been a spill. now its proven that technology would ha...

He converted to islam, went over to somalia and allegedly has become a propogandist for al shabab recruiting from the u.s. to fight. two people were arrested in minnesota, women. the government alleges they were trying to raise money for al shabab, sometimes in face-to-face meetings but also through teleconferences. the government says that these women sometimes misled their donors telling them the money would be used to help the poor rather than to fund al shabab. >> jeanne meserve in washingto...

If they pumped it down into that well first off, the day after think, if they had done it before the spill there wont have been a spill. now its proven that technology would have worked. it was a management it decision that caused this. they had had the technology in place and used drilling instead of sea water which my brother told me they went with sea water instead of drilling mud, should there be a criminal probe of bp for its decision to save money by dumping 5 billion gallons of oil into t...

Back? some of them have short reproductive cycles and some of them have long reproductive cycles, and it may be decades before we get a complete picture of what this spill did to this very rich marine life here in the gulf of mexico. >> not only what it did to the marine life, but also the legal implications and the legal liability for bp in terms of taking care of these people and making the fisheries and the people who make their living from the fisheries whole. it is an incredible problem. on...

29 minutes past the hour. time for a look at your top stories now. the end of the gulf oil disaster may finally be at hand. today, bp is expected to begin pouring cement down its damaged well. thats on top of all of the heavy drilling mud that they pumped in two days ago. to make sure that the well stays plugged, bp is still pushing ahead with its relief well which should be ready in the next two weeks. the full senate expected to confirm elena cage ton the supreme court today. right now, shes...

The one element that is the catalyst for innovation, the one element that changes everything is the human element. ♪ after 107 days, a milestone in the efforts to end the bp disaster. the well was essentially sealed off after the static operation pumped heavy drilling mud into it. thad allen gave bp the green light to cement the damaged well. now earlier in the day, a new government report says 75% of the oil that flowed into the gulf was gone, which president

Fish be back? some of them have short reproductive cycles. some have long reproductive cycles. it may be decades before we get a complete picture of what this spill did to this very rich marine life in the gulf of mexico. >> not only what it did to the marine life, but the legal implications, the legal liability for bp in terms of taking care of these people and the fisheries and the people whole. it is an incredible problem. one last question, anne. we heard thad allen authorized bp to cement t...

>> john harwood near capitol hill for us this morning, thank you. the gulf now. bp sais it is one step closer to killing that well. and obama administration officials have called the last 48 hours consequential. detailing how the government and the bp was able to recover 75% of the oil. anne thompson is nbcs chief environmental affairs correspondent live for us in venice, louisiana. okay, anne. so what does today hold in terms of this so-called static kill? railroad we >> reporter: well, bp go...

Now from the washington convention center. the white house says the president will highlight steps hes taken to rebuild the economy and create jobs. but its also a chance for him to rally the nations largest labor union ahead of upcoming midterm elections. well bring you the president as soon as he starts speaking there, moments away. but first, now, the day for which so many people along the gulf coast have been awaiting, hoping, and praying. the first step in permanently sealing the busted o...