Mud In News Today

That press conference at noon eastern. jeanne, if you get more information, definitely bring it back to cnn. other big stories were keeping our eye on, the next step, permanently sealing the busted oil well in the gulf is under way right now. in fact, in the last hour, we got news from bp. heres what theyre saying, they began pumping cement into the well. you know how they pushed the mud in? this is the cementation process, the next stage in the operation. also, a look live at the u.s. senat...

White sandy beaches, our gulf of mexico over my shoulder is beautiful. and hopefully well get the skimmers out there if it comes this way again and attack it. but we know the only way youre ever going to stop this is with the relief well that comes into the side of it, probably 30 days away. they put the mud in, they put the cement in and well see if it stops. >> this is what happened when chuck todd sat down be w the president yesterday. >> vacation in the gulf? i know for the first lady was do...

Ships, sucking oil out of the middle of blowout preventer before it even comes out -- lets take that off for now -- before it comes out the top. theres oil coming out the top. we see that. >> right. >> a lot of that oil is succeed out of the holes. those are the holes, remember, they tried to push the mud in? >> exactly. and the junk. didnt work. >> could this break up? is that one of the questions? absolutely. >> and if that does happen, theyre stuck with a worse scenario than before? >> im afr...