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Flowing freely out of the top of the cap. we got other pictures where we were not sure about that, but the one you are referring to here, it shows that they have not shut down the choke-and-kill lines or the valves, the three-ram valves that are critical to the operation for when they shut those down, that is when they start the testing of the pressure of the well in earnest. we spoke with the bp officials a short time ago and they were not able to tell us if that testing started in earnest. wha...

Fight with you. >> reporter: jim spellman, cnn, denver, colorado. all right. let me give you a check of some of the top stories were working on here at cnn. in washington, president obamas been holding talks with afghan president hamid karzai. mr. obama said hes confident his administration will meet its deadline to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan in july of 2011. but he warns there will be hard fighting over the next few months. he also pledged the u.s. will stand by afghanistan lon...

Good to see you here. here the big stories coming up in the next 15 minutes. blunders of accused terrorist. authorities say the suspect, faisal shahzad rehearsed the attack the day before but still apparently needed a lot of practice because you will not believe what he forgot. an american city rich in history under water this morning. epic flooding devastated nashville, the heart of country music. and some big stars are among the victims. so are everyday people who live there. road equipment ...

In a scare overnight in new york city, police say a u-haul truck was abandoned on the triborough bridge. the span was shut down in both directions and the citys bomb squad was brought in to examine the vehicle. authorities are still looking for the driver who left the truck there, though. well, cover, contain and capture, thats the mission for an scompiermental four-story concrete dome thats been hauled out to sea on a barge. heres a look right now, 100 tons of concrete, a giant containment cy...

Bp announced this morning that its capped the smallest to have the three leaks at the well, a step it says will make it easier to stop the remaining two leaks. our brian todd got a firsthand look at that containment dome before it left the shore. >> reporter: wolf, weve got special access to the construction of a pollution containment chamber. this is the dome that weve been talking about for the last several days. it may be one of the most tangible hopes of containing this leaking well. weve go...

To get resorpss so quickly in these areas and really start a very proactive response effort. >> reporter: robert thomas is a professor that teaches journalist students how to cover the oil industry. has bp done a good enough job conveying to the public how difficult it is to clean up the spill? >> an awful lot of people feel like theyre doing nothing, but to me its a priority thing. i want them down there at 5,000 feet. i want them to stop that flow. >> reporter: and -- and bp officials tell us ...

At the bottom of the screen you see clouds on the right-hand side of the screen. the cold front that brought the tornado to mississippi is bringing winds out of the north and making things calm and favorable for the direction of the oil. >> shepard: this is of great concern in louisiana. what about the leaking wellhead? whats the status of that? >> thats the big concern, shepard. we can get rid of the oil on top of the gulf but what about the 42,000 gallons that continue to spew? theyre building...