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Containment, but it will be much more than we have right now and capacity in excess of the flow rate. >> now containment is a good thing, but the idea here is to find a way to cap this well and to shut off that flow. the idea they want to make this hurricane proof. make this well hurricane proof because theyd have to disconnect all those containment devices on the surface if a storm does come through. so being able to make this cap work gives them the capability of not only shuth off at least te...

Stack cap ready to go weeks ago? >> great question. they certainly should have, could have, and may have put flow rate monitors on this thing. for all we know, they did and they havent told us. im hearing some more accurate figures coming out right now but im not certain. they certainly could have. on the second part of your question, thats the big one. they certainly should have had this stacking cap designed not just weeks ago but even before they were doing the drilling operation in the first...

Just wait until theyre at least almost ready to do that if not wait until after to do this? >> people have suggested that, apparently, some of the engineers ive spoken with have said that while they could certainly leave everything open, collect the oil out of the stacking cap up to the surface vessels, until theyre ready to try the bottom kill with the relief well, until theyre intersected there, and then if the kill fluid, the muds and cement, are blowing out the well head, then slowly start c...

Reservoir, until the relief well can ultimately finally kill it for good. third day of pressure testing, as well as monitoring, the pressure continues to rise slightly. down below the cap. that is a good thing. the scenario, by the b.p. ceo contradicts admiral thad allens plan to reopen the cap well. to allow oil on the pipeline to ships on the surface. doing that would eni believe an accurate flow rate to be learned. today we just have estimates of the leak between 35,000 barrels to 60,000 barr...

>> good evening, keith. >> what exactly are you proposing do here and do you know why they dont want you to do it? >> what we are proposing to do is understand where the oil goes but also very importantly, why and what. so, why does it go into the deep sea, into the middle. and what parts of the oil are going? some oil is toxic and some oil is less. we want to understand the why that is going into the different parts of the ocean that it does. so, therefore, we can actually use the best intellig...

Hard to measure. but it matters. it matters, because your company will be fined based on the flow rate. the public has a right to know what your company has done. it matters because scientists will be studying the impact of oil on animals for years here. and it matters because an entire way of life for oystermen, shrimpers, fishermen, an entire way of life is threatened. why is bp determining what matters in this situation. bp has been trying to control information here from day one. they dont c...

Im wolf blitzer, youre in the "situation room." we should find out soon whether the federal government has signed off on bps new proposal to cover more leaking oil. a decision was promised late today. almost 100,000 barrels of oil have been collected. as we near the two-month mark in this disaster. but thats just a drop in the bucket. after researchers double their estimate of the flow rate yesterday. the obama administration says its pouring resources into the gulf, spending about $140 millio...

Could take care of 200,000 barrels a day. if they have some solution that cleans oil faster, folks would love to hear about it. but chances are they dont. chances are their numbers are just as made up as bps were. four of the five oil companies have plans that call for protecting walruses which, by the way, were not spotted in the gulf -- last spotted in the gulf about 3 million years ago, according to what ive read. three of the companies said theyre getting information from an expert, a scient...

Ago with james carville and billy nungesser. what do you make of doug suttles coming out and saying the flow rate is irrelevant? that it doesnt matter to the effort or overall, how much oil is pouring out every single day. >> how do i say this delicately, let me think? hes lying. lying, lying, lying. the statute says if they show gross negligence it could be up to $4,000 a barrel fine. they first tell us -- im the worst lawyer in the world, but i think i could take on the bp legal team. 4,000 ba...

About the assessment of flow rate? >> i mean, i agree with the president in that as far as i can see, all the resource that is could be available, all the booms are actually deployed. what im trying to reshape the debate in this experiment is, its not from my point of view how much oil is coming out, but where its going and what its doing when it gets there. so, the different parts of the environment are being influenced by the oil and whats most important is the oil that is damaging and destroy...