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33 past the hour. a live look at the sun coming up over the white house. another hot morning in washington. welcome to "morning joe." there is still no explanation as to why bp has decided to delay testing on tighter fitting cap over the leaking well in the gulf of mexico. officials are only saying they need more time for analysis. its also still unclear what prompted the decision or when testing on the new lid can start. utahs hispanic community on edge this morning after a list contain the n...

Its new tighter fitting cap on the ruptured well saying more analysis needs to be done first. meanwhile, oil keeps flowing into the gulf. nbc chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is in her post in venice, louisiana. i understand the government asked for this delay. what is the big concern here? >> the big concern is trying to determine what the pressure readings are going to tell them. i just got off a phone briefing from kent wells, who is a senior vice president with bp. he ...

When it takes place. last night, lower manhattan, here. now, day 86 and counting now, the national disaster in the gulf, continues, and, the tighter fitting cap, bp installed on monday, now delayed yet again, the drilling of two relief wells, also put on hold, no word on when the testing will begin. and the big question after all of the testing, will the new cap stop the flow of oil, will it be able to contain the oil? if it is able to contain the oil, the cap would be just the stopgap measure t...

Is the divorce final and all those kids, so i think six or seven children. >> he has seven children to his first wife, robin. so, so many people affected by this and so many people watching, too. >> thanks for coming in. >> thank you. that will do it for me, im chris jansing. see you at 3:00 p.m. eastern with much more. tamarron hall is next. a lot of reaction coming tine the death of george steinbrenner. he just turned 80 july 4th and a couple statements from people who says he is a visiona...

Fitting cap onto its leaking oil well in the gulf of mexico. look at these pictures as you see them unfold. ill turn around to show you. thats the new cap they dropped it on top. thats above. you see pictures from the side. the remote operated vehicle is down there undersea a mile under the water trying tosea, a mile underwater, try to attach the new cap get, on snug. once they have a good fit, they will be closing and testing the valves and by this time tomorrow, we will know if this cap will n...

Swiss authorities will announce whether oscar winning director roman polanski is going to be extradited to the u.s. he faces child sex charges here in los angeles. in 1977, he pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. polanski infamously fled to europe before he could be sentenced. well bring that news conference to you live as it happens coming up at the top of the hour. right now there is nothing keeping the crude from gushing out of bps broken oil well in the gulf. the oil giant...

1 american, nate hen, visiting for a few months on the facebook page before he left the usa, he said he was looking forward to working with them and he said he loved the country. several other americans believed to have been wounded in those attacks. chuck, savannah, back to you guys. >> all right. tom aspell in london this morning, thank you. >> disturbing. big day in the gulf. a turning point perhaps. work is you should way for a new tighter fitting cap on the leak one that holds the promise...

Down at white house today, thank you major. >> reporter: sure. jon: it is day 84 of the national disaster in the gulf, and the presidents bipartisan commission is holding its first public meeting on the spill in new orleans right now. were also learning the president is planning to issue a new moratorium on deep water drilling. all this as bp engineers are using robots to try to install a tighter fitting cap over the gushing oil leak. bp expects to have that cap in place today, but even this is ...

. hello, im fredricka. were still checking todays top stories. a mile under the gulf surface, bp is trying to install a new containment cap on that busted well. bp potentially removed the old containment cap yesterday. now it hopes to bolt down a better fitting cap. if successful, this could contain the oil gusher. relief wells are still considered the permanent solution. and police say teen fugitive co colton harris moore known as the barefoot bandit is behind bars today. he acquired a cult...

There when that happens with all the details on how they tracked him down. a new cap for the gushing oil leak has o outpaced expectations so far. jonathan serrie is live with the latest. hi, jonathan. >> hi, caroline. the officials involved with the spill tell us that more than 570 skimmers a record number are conducting oil recovery operations in the gulf of mexico. 46 of those skimmers located at the immediate site of the leaking oil well in anticipation of additional amounts of oil resultin...