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Guard and everyone involved with the unified command in this response, there in the midst of testing -- the pre-test to the test, if you will. obviously you kind of really get a sense of just what a significant moment i think these folks feel like theyre up against, in their words they want too to make sure that theyre more safe than sorry here, they need to make sure that everything is absolutely where it needs to be because the potential and the fallout from this could be very devastating as w...

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And frank as well. so we know that bp officials have been saying throughout the day that they felt comfortable about moving forward, that this was ultimately a decision they say by federal government officials and thad allen in particular to move forward and weve been expecting various technical briefings not only from bp folks but also from thad allen that have been slowly delayed and pushed back throughout the day so were monitoring thad allens appearance here in the new orleans area and we an...

Until this integrity test is completed. chuck and savannah? >> anne thompson in venice, louisiana, thank you for your report this morning. in other news, an iranian nuclear scientist who vanished last year and turned up mysteriously at the pakistani embassy in washington this week is now on his way become to iran. nbcs jim miklaszewski joins us from the pentagon. mick, such a fascinating story. iran claimed this scientist was abducted. the u.s. says that isnt what happened. whats going on here...

Theyre all kind of on the same page. but we do know their scientists will be huddling intentionally, monitoring the pressure readings to make sure no damage is done to that well bore that goes deep into the earth. and thats what essentially this disagreement was or the hangup was and why the integrity test was delayed. that is the crucial aspect. theyll be monitoring it closely and want to be sure the pressure tests dont cause any more damage to the well bore that goes deep into the earth. >> ed...

The only thing i was worried about was the second piece of drill pipe that they discovered stuck inside the blowout preventer, so they had to get this new spool, landing spool over those two. and that went really well on saturday. they bolted those down yesterday, and they landed the b.o.p. stack just a little while ago. so its gone well. >> if this stack is not used to funnel gas to the surface, but just caps the flow, does that mean we ultimately never get the hard number, the kind that bp can...

Here but i do think we have to be very cautious through this 48-hour period at not jumping to the conclusion that the flow will have to resume. >> why the caution and what next? cnns ed lavandera has been tracking this all day and joins us from new orleans. ed? >> reporter: hi, john. this is far from over but here in the next couple of hours well be nearing the end of that first six-hour window. remember, weve been told to kind of look at this integrity test as a 48-hour test broken up into six-...

These live pictures you have been seeing for past couple of days a lot different from what -- been used to seeing. whats wrong with this picture? actually, its whats right with this picture. that is the fact that there is no oil coming out of that well. the first time in months we have seen this happen. now, the integrity test, please know just because there is no oil coming out doesnt mean we are out of the wood with this well. integrity tests will go on for at least the next 24 hours, were tol...

Coming from the blow jute preventer and other machinery, that is also a good sign that were, i think, what, 14, 15, 16 hours into this integrity test already. the longer it goes, the better sign that is. to get back to your question about what happens next, a lot of this is still very much in the air. we kind of knew of some basic ideas of possibilities going into this, after having spoken with that had allen and other bp officials, an the scenario that appears to be the most lightly at this poi...

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