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To try to get it up about 8,000. right now they say theyre at 6,700 pounds per square inch and happy with that. saying that that pressure continues to rise at a steady rate. that is good news. and that is -- they didnt offer much of the detail s except to describe had some of the works the robotic cameras below the surface what they were doing. looking around on the ocean floor around that blowout preventer and havent seen any damage to the ocean floor as well. so all good signs as to how we exp...

There in california. you have the san andreas fault. here were in the middle of a plate. there are faults underneath the crust. certainly down around the i-64 corridor, a fault. many minor faults. generally speaking, not large enough or active enough, fredricka to produce earthquake. the last time, 20, if not 30 years, its been a while for sure. >> well hear about it from plenty of people that we know. rob marciano, thanks so much. all right. it is day 88 in the gulf oil disaster, and for the ...

Ruptured well may not be plugged for good. we have to keep tabs on it until the weekend, obviously. ed lavandera is live in new orleans for us this morning, and, ed, any sense how well the well is holding up at this point and all of that pressure thats building up in inside of it obviously bp is keeping a very close eye on that this morning. >> reporter: the visual, what we can tell, the fact that the test is still going on that is a good sign. so the fact were not seeing more oil spewing into t...

So they like the way things are moving at this point. but as you heard the president mention, so far no decisions made as to exactly what will happen after this integrity test is over. but the longer it goes, the better news that is. it is clear that that gives the scientists, the experts many more options in their decision making as they move forward. they are doing a series of seismic testing, sonar testing to kind of gauge the integrity of all that ground around where that blowout preventer i...

Happen next hasnt been -- that decision hasnt been made yet. so it really depends on what we are seeing but we do know that going into this integrity test, the longer that it lasts, it was supposed to last about 48 hours in best case scenario, the longer it goes, the better news that is. they could have easily have shut this down last night had there been any major problems or concerns with pressure readings and what kind of damage that could have done to the well casing that goes deep into the ...

These new gadgets be satisfied? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." bp says it is encouraged by whats happening in the gulf of mexico right now. for more than 24 hours a new well cap has been containing the oil that spewed into the water for almost three months. the critical integrity test as its called and the cap is still under way right now. the worst may, repeat, may be over but as weve seen in this disaster sometimes things can go wrong at any moment. lets check in with cnns d...

Comfort suites. power up. two times with comfort suites or any choice hotel, you can feed a family of four. book now at choicehotels.com to start earning your $50 restaurant gift card. so take a look at this, something we havent seen in almost three months on day 88 of the gulf oil disaster. there is no oil gushing out of the ruptured well. bp is still carrying out its so-called integrity test on the new containment cap. president obama says he is following the developments day by day and he p...

First breaking news from the gulf. first time in months no oil flowing from the liking well. is the environmental nightmare finally over. next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. we begin with breaking news from the gulf. first time in months no oil liking from the liking well. for the latest, what happened, ed? >> we are in the midst of what bp officials are calling the integrity test. to do all this they essentially shut down the flow of oil coming out of the machinery down there. 5,...

Are going well, and the bp officials had given us a very quick technical briefing this morning about how things were moving along. essentially theyre seeing things move in the directions they want to see them. they said, in their words, no negative side effects for the beginning hours of this integrity test, and really theyve got robotic cameras at the bottom of the gulf of mexico monitoring the seabed floor, making sure there isnt any structure damage done to the area around the wellboar, so th...

Is the environmental nightmare finally over. next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. we begin with breaking news from the gulf. first time in months no oil leaking from the leaking well. for the latest, what happened, ed? >> we are in the midst of what bp officials are calling the integrity test. to do all this they essentially shut down the flow of oil coming out of the machinery down there. 5,000 feet below the gulf of mexico. right now nearing the end of the first six-hour window. ...