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Scientists and everyone who is watching closely the pressure readings on the integrity test will compare notes and see how to proceed forward. the longer they can sustain the pressure and keep the pressure high and keep pressure high and steady, the longer this will go on. so the longer this pressure test can keep going, the better off and better sign that will be. of course, if things are not going well, it is very possible they can shut it off after six hours, so, in the early primetime hours ...

(voice 2) theyre pinging more targets... (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got em. (voice 3) great exercise guys. lets run it again. lets check your top stories now here on cnn. day 87 of the gulf of mexico oil disaster. bp placed the leaking pipe and hopes to resume an important well test today -- they replaced a leaking pipe today. the integrity test is intended to determine the wells pressure to see if a new container cap can stop the flow of oil. the product safety commiss...

These weeks before this operation was undertaken. >> well, industry veteran bob cavnar of thedailyhurricane.com and "the huffington post," as always, thanks, bob, if not for the outcomes, at least for the information. >> great to talk to you, keith. >> for more on the so-called integrity test and the integrity of the blowout preventers, lets turn now to ed markey. thank you for your time tonight, sir. >> glad to be here. >> you had asked bp to provide information about the status of that wellbor...

Our forces and assess where the boom might have been blown ashore with the recent heavy weather that we had. and its given us a chance to consolidate our forces and make sure we can redouble our efforts on shore cleanup. with that, i will be glad to answer any questions you may have. >> ed lavin deendera with cnn. early on in this process, were you able to get any kind of pressure readings or any indications of how that might go or will that not begin until the integrity tests begins? >> when we...

Communication written between the coast guard and bp all of these weeks before this operation was undertaken. >> well, industry veteran bob cavnar of thedailyhurricane.com and "the huffington post," as always, thanks, bob, if not for the outcomes, at least for the information. >> great to talk to you, keith. >> for more on the so-called integrity test and the integrity of the blowout preventers, lets turn now to congressman ed markey, congressman from massachusetts and chairman of the global war...

Have blown to shore with the recent heavy weather we had, its given us a chance to consolidate our force, make sure we can redouble our efforts on shore cleanup. with that ill be able to answer any questions you may have. >> a question about the -- early on in this process, were you able to at least get any kind of pressure readings, any kind of indication as to how that might go or would that not even begin until the integrity test begins? >> well, we had initial pressure readings when we close...

I believe there was a dow jones alert that said the integrity test started at 2:25 central, so only 3:25. i dont know how long the tests take. >> shepard: we know bp has been dialing down the flow as part of a test on a new cap. one of fears was they would dial the flow down to where there was nothing and it might blow underneath or below the surface in the core of that well. it seemed as if that was a risk, right? >> good questions all. probably a little bit over my head so i dont want to be mi...

They originally stopped the work on the first relief well which is the well that is closest to the target. but they were able to make some progress yesterday when they start this well integrity test, they have to shut down the containment. they -- once they realized they had a problem, theyre containing the oil and at 22,000 barrels a day but, again, they have to shut that down in order to do this integrity test. >> all right. anne thompson, at our home base there in venice, louisiana, thanks ve...

On day 86 of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, bp has delayed a crucial integrity test on the new containment cap on the leaking oil well. the company is reviewing its testing procedures. bp has also suspended the drilling of two relief wells saying it wants to be sure any pressure buildup doesnt blow out one of those wells. other top story, the international coalition takes more deadly hits in afghanistan. eight american soldiers and four british troops have been killed in the last two ...

Or the second scenario, which they consider just as positive would mean that they could bring in and start collecting the oil in vessels and if the federal government estimates on the flow rate is correct which is as much as 60,000 barrels a day, and if they can collect 80,000 barrels a day, they have the situation covered which means the vast majority if not all of the oil is brought up to the surface. but over the last 24 hours, the scientists on the bp side and the government side really went...