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Move forward? so many people are optimistic about it. were not getting a real time line. >> reporter: were not. bp ceo doug suttles told us the following. this is all about the integrity test they want to do on the well, basically measuring the pressure of the well. they were going to do the integrity test yesterday. and suttles said they were approached by a group of scientists who had concerned about the actual test itself. he said they had concerns about the test and risks associated with it....

Again these pictures. were in touch with bp constantly. they say you will see -- youre also seeing there some dispersant. as you watch these pictures, remember, there are several valves off this new cap down there. you may see no oil coming out of one valve and oil coming out of the other valves. when you see the oil stop flowing out, at that point, bp says so-called integrity test. of course theyre constantly testing pressure. it is the process officially called the integrity test that we are m...

That. if we db did think that could happen, we wouldnt proceed with the test. >> how long before you expect to have some results of the testing on the test? >> the animalysis i described i ongoing. experts are meeting here in a few minutes to check in on their work to see if everyones aligned on whether we should go forward or not. we need to see what they find and that will hopefully well know early this afternoon. >> okay. i dont have to tell you how anxiously everyone is awaiting the results ...

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Final preparations, getting all the equipment in place, going through the plans one last time, in parallel with that the government scientific group was also reviewing the plans and they raised a couple of issues which the national instant commander admiral allen felt it was worth putting the test on hold for 24 hours while we address those concerns. thats actually happening as we speak and in fact here in about 20 minutes time theyll be meeting to review those concerns and see whether we should...

But he gave us some perspective and you and tony harris had a good chance to grill him on this stuff. what do you think? do they know what they are doing based on everything that you are hearing, chad? i know you have studied this closely? >> from what i know it was the u.s. government who said, lets just check this out, and lets not -- lets not blow this thing out from the bottom of the ocean where we cant ever stop it. and so that is why the slow down of the 24 hours happened at all. but now w...

All right. lets get back to the breaking news this hour. we may, repeat, may be at the beginning of the end of this nightmare in the gulf of mexico. that critical so-called integrity test on the new well cap has begun. we now know it has started. back to cnns chad meyers for the very latest. you broke the news right at the top of the hour, chad, that well cap, and they have now sealed at least part of it. >> yes, they have. in fact, right from kent wells right to my blackberry, senior vice presi...

That failed bombing in new yorks times square, and he offers a chilling explanation for what he calls the need for a holy war. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer here in "the im wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com following breaking news, the government has given bp the okay to go forward with testing the integrity test. this comes a full day after we have all expected the test to begin, an...

>> reporter: no. in fact, its still really hard to get answers. i will give it to them that they hold two briefings a day, two conference calls, 7:30 in the morning, 2:30 in the afternoon to update people. when it comes to 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, at night, we want to keep our viewers up to date, i called bp again, they said, we cant tell you whether or not that integrity test, as theyre calling it, has started. at 9:30 before air we get an e-mail saying it hasnt started. between all those hours betwee...

>> well, with the cap on, bp now will spend the next 48 hours testing the pressure of the well. and that will start first thing tomorrow morning, they say. bp calls it an integrity test. in this case, high pressure is a good thing if the well maintains its high pressure with the cap on, then that actually means oil and gas arent leaking out in other areas of the well casing. low pressure would mean that there are other leaks, the hope is, the high pressure will continue, will stick, and within t...