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Tests that will be distributed by the federal government is great, but that obviously drives up the supply chain for the solutions that we might offer as governor. >> the president noted in this meeting that they really is no federal solution here. in the end, its up to the states to be dealing with these covid surges paid back to you. >> gillian: rich edson live from the white house. thank you. >> mike: gillian, lets bring in joe concha. welcome. >> merry christmas, michael. the eagles just sco...

Democrats are dug in, jim, sorry to not be one word, but i dont think they want to give assent to the wall. i think we saw president trump being willing to shift ground and name new numbers this morning. if he caves, it could be over relatively soon. >> ron brownstein? >> i dont think democrats feel a lot of pressure, given the numbers i just described. its striking that the final act of the republican house was to enable a strategy of shutdown that they knew had no chance of success, really jus...

Excited because baseball has taken on a much different meaning than just baseball. when we talk about boston and the city. its not just about the red sox victory but still trying to heal after the marathon bombing. >> cnns alexandra steele is live in boston. >> its a big day. >> reporter: sure, victor. the mayor said it this way, he said that the team embodies the citys resilience and perseverance. the big celebration youre about to see in the streets this morning. it will be a fitting cap on th...

Spent a lot of time working through this and working on the metaphor of the marathon. and what it means for our country. what it means for boston. i think it was a remarkably powerful speech. and as chuck said, you know, mayor menino was simple, but it was, we are boston. this is boston. you know, deval patrick was the power of all of the stories around this. i think the presidents marathon metaphor, that the city and this country will run again. was a fitting cap to a wonderful service. >> you ...

Apparently no new oil gushing into the gulf of mexico and the pressure readings under the new tight fitting cap steadily rising. they have not seen or detected any new oil over this integrity test via a small fleet of remotely operated vehicles and multiple seismic and sonar readings conducted from the surface. the data indicates the wells integrity appears to be sound. instead of leaving it corked and waiting for the bottom kill to happen with the relief well, the plan remains to open the riser...

Concern leaving the white house and b p at ads. bp wants to keep the cap closed, the government is in fave of pumping oil into tankers. the major concern now, if theyre opening the cap, if they reopen it, it leaves open the possibility of making the oil spill even worse, and then of course harder to fix. phil keating in gulf port, mississippi. we talked about this yesterday. how serious is this seep and the methane that may be coming out of it? reporter error its critically important and it is a...

Into the gulf of mexico before that has been shut off and contained and everything is contained on the ships. bp this morning saying this new seepage discovered, quote, a distance from the cap, the new tight fitting cap could be naturally occurring because that is a natural thing out there in the gulf of mexico and the oceans around the world. as for the underwater cap, the new cap, that is appearing to work very, very well and bp just moments ago releasing new pressure readings, nowis at 6792, ...

Day 90 of the oil disaster in the gulf and bp says it is hopeful the well can remain sealed until relief wells are finally complete. national incident commander admiral thad allen says the testing will last today until 4:00 p.m. and be repeated every 24 hours. hi, phil. >> hi, shannon. underneath the new tight fitting cap the pressure continues to rise although it is not rising as high or rapidly as a lot of scientists expected. it is not dropping and so because of that the bp ceo says that is s...

In the process of plugging the well for good. appears theres a difference of opinion on what exactly the step should be. phil keating is live on the gulf coast, first, were hearing talk about a possible methane leak coming from the well. is there any confirmation for that? >> the associated press quoting an unidentified federal official is reporting that there is a methane leak seeping out somewhere into the gulf of mexico from the wellhead area, now, i talked with incident command in new orlean...