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Proceed with the bottom kill operation. its an amazing thing, like performing surgery. its not something they can rush. they dig a little bit, pull back and reassess and proceed. we hope by the time we get to this weekend they can finally finish up with the bottom kill and theres really no one that will be happier to have that over and done with than the mayor. we have with us robert craft, mayor 6 gulf shores. what will it mean for your community? >> it will be wonderful to have the community a...

Shot, huh? president obama takes a dip with his daughter sasha, sending out a measure that gulf beaches are back but it got lost in translation, overshadowed by his comments on the proposed islamic center and mosque near ground zero. first, louisiana seafood, is it safe now? reynolds wolf joining us with an oil and seafood update. if the seafood is safe, we need to get the word out on that. >> reporter: absolutely. one of the things that helps to reinforce that is finishing up the well. today ...

Results are. at that point he says it would take four days to gear up the operation, were looking at the bottom kill operation probably concluding this coming weekend. thats news everyone here is waiting to hear. >> charles, thanks very much. day 13 of deliberations in the rod blagojevich corruption trial and still, nothing. no verdict from the jury. could the disgraced former governor end up getting off the hook? well take you live to the courthouse after this break. she felt lost... until th...

The fish and species of shrimp caught in the last few weeks have been clear of any oil. the seafood is safe to eat. probably the most watched seafood and food product right now in the country. savannah? >> real quickly on the relief well, considering whether to go forward with those plans, but theres some risk involved. >> reporter: theyre going over the tests. they were testing the results of the top kill operation, static kill operation before beginning the bottom kill and the government is wa...

Promoting corruption. today, commerce secretary gary locke will head down to the gulf region and tour louisiana seafood processing plant and hold an economic roundtable with businesses affected by the oil spill. meanwhile, b.p. could decide to move ahead now with the bottom kill operation. plugging the oil leak in the gulf for good. thad allen, the guy in charge says the four day process wont begin until b.p. finishes all of its testing. in arizona, hundreds of tea party activists along the bord...

Proceed with the bottom kill operation and the relief well. those results will not come back until monday or tuesday, and then once in place it will take four days or so to set everything up and continue with the relief well and the bottom kill. and there is one thing that is throwing a little wrinkle in, and that has to do with tropical depression number five, and that caused a delay in the whole operation just a few days ago and its now hovered over parts of south alabama. and there is a chanc...

Yesterday, the coast guard ordered bp to conduct pressure tests of the well itself and also the capping system at the top that was put in place one month ago today. bp has been ordered to test the well and to test the capping system for any additional pressures that may come along as they do the bottom kill. now the coast guard is waiting for bp to turn in these results which could be monday or tuesday. the government scientists will go over them and at that point the coast guard will give bp th...

Along with carol brown the energy advisor. its been a good week for bp, they have been able to plug the well both at the top of the well and now working on plugging the bottom of the well with the bottom kill operation thats now available this week. but going forward, they also have to talk about the cleanup efforts, how much more they have to clean up and how they will pay for it and how the proceedings will go forward with the filing and the filling of the claims in the gulf coast region. >> w...

The dangerous mission requires the astronauts to handle ammonia fluid lines running from the pumps to the module. crews plan to activate this during a second space walk on wednesday. new progress this morning as bp enters the final stages of permanently sealing up the well that leaked crude into the gulf of mexico. >> the cementing following the static kill operation occurred. just like the static kill, that operation went very well. and teappears to be performing expected. >> well, nbcs charl...

Its a very dangerous space walk. they have to handle ammonia fluid lines. the crews plan to activate the new pump during a second space walk on wednesday. new fro pprogress as bp seals t blown out well. >> the cementing following the static kill operation occurred, just like the static kill operation that went very well. and appears to be performing as expected. >> nbcs charles hadlock with us live with the details. good morning. >> good morning. >> lets get to what the crews have done. they plu...