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Received from bp tonight agreed to allow so-called integrity testing to begin, to see if the blown out well can handle the high pressures of shutting down the flow of oil within it. crude still gushing into the gulf at this hour. admiral allen saying in tonights briefing that the government gave its permission for testing to begin after a 24-hour delay, satisfied that bps latest scheme does not raise undue risks that outweigh the potential reward. testing to be conducted in stages. bp to slowly ...

Closing that off. for a period of time, it will look as if a thing is shut off and no oil flowing. until we get that word, we should not take that next step. during this testing, that will be shut down. thats when we start to do the testing and pressure to make sure it is where it needs to be and make sure the containment cap is working the way it they hope it does. >> ed, at one point last night when watching the underwater cam. it looked like the oil had actually stopped and started flowing ag...

Never thought too much about the ownership. always a colorful character if youre a yankee fan. knew how much he was and how much he micromanaged the team to some extent. >> as we say fair well, lets get get this to work countries of nabl. red sox nation, yankees nation. george steinbrenner, passed away during the night for the all-star game. campbell brown takes it away right now. hi, everybody. major political battle brewing tonight. naacp versus the taef parting. condemning what they call ra...

Joins us from venice, louisiana. thank you, mara, for joining us. you know, i went to bed last night thinking, my god, they finally have got a plan. they are going to maybe cap this off. maybe take the oil up into the ships and stop the leak. what happened? >> yeah, chris, youre not the only one. you know, there were very high expectations that for the first time in almost three months, they could stop fresh oil from flowing into the waters of the gulf. they put the new cap in place on earlier t...

politics? well talk about that tonight. also, on day 85 of the disaster in the gulf. we have a new reason to keep a very close eye live in the underwater camera. any moment well find whether the newest cap will pass a critical test. that will tell us whether bp finally shuts off the flow of oil after all. the littest investigation, the drug scourge killing more americans every year, theyre not street drugs, they are prescription drugs, shockingly easy to get. we have a lot of ground to...

To wonder if many people are thinking we are on the verge of actually seeing this happen. so right now, as we have been watching within the last 30 minutes or so that that containment cap appears to have been settled in over the gusher at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. we are waiting word from some sort of statement from bp tonight as to what exactly is going on to, but all indications appear that that containment cap is either very close or already in the situation or in the place where they...

Welcome back to "larry king live," im soledad obrien sitting in for larry tonight. we are talking about haiti six months after the earthquake. first want to get you an update on the breaking news about the oil spill in the gulf. here is ed lavandera with the latest that the new cap that bp just placed on the leaking well. how is it looking ed? >> reporter: it sets the stage for tomorrow for the integrity testing of the new containment cap that has been put into place tonight. the testing will be...

Technical briefing from bp officials. what we are waiting on now is for this -- whats called the integrity testing of the well to take place. we have been told that that would start tuesday morning and now told that will begin around mid day today. theres other preliminary testing going on. es penally once they begin the process, that integrity testing, could take anywhere between 6 to 48 hours and will include closing off the valves on that new containment cap so they can take solid readings of...

Causing further damage. so they want to make sure that theyve got all their ducks in a row. because you know the upside would be would be monumental. almost three months into this disaster and the possibility of being able to cap this is actually -- would be obviously a huge moment in this. they feel like they need everything prepared just the way they need it. bp officials say that it was the governments call in this particular case to slow down the integrity testing as scientists kind of debat...

The scene from new orleans. on the key question when, when will we know if this will work? >> reporter: well, weve just received late word this afternoon from admiral thad allen that in his words significant progress has been made today in that the next crucial step will very likely begin tomorrow morning and that is whats called the integrity testing of this well and whether or not it will be able to once that cap is in place which is probably very close to happening here in the next few hours ...