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Businesses and tourism and mundane aspects of their daily lives. >> i pray to god it works this time because i want my life -- i used to complain about my rug. it turns out i loved it. >> the oil flow is not going to be there. i hope we can clean up the mess and things get back to normal. >> reporter: right now they have rough estimates of how much oil leaked into the gulf but they hope that todays pressure test will give them a more accurate flow rate and much better estimate of just how much o...

Before they proceeded. that is the governments explanation for the latest delay. actually the delay before the latest delay. there was a delay early today or overnight when they began the pressure test and started applying the pressure. that actually happened. they discovered a leak in whats called a choke line, a pipe that could potentially carry oil up to ships on the surface if need be. as they began applying the pressure they discovered a leak in the pipeline and thats why any suspended the ...

Preventer that did not kick in to stem the flow of oil. members of congress who are investigating the spill say there may have been early warning signs of trouble. a seal at the top of the well had failed a pressure test a few hours before the explosion. heres california democrat henry waxman. >> just hours before the explosion, tests on the well returned results to signal the possible well failure and the influx of gas up the wall. >> congressional investigators, guys, also say that federal reg...

>> she had a smile that could light up the room. on the golf course she was a fiery competitor. she loved to compete. >> reporter: police havent released details. they wont name the person that found the body or what was found in the home. were told the autopsy could take several weeks to perform. >> what a story. nbcs miguel almaguer. thank you, miguel. were learning more about what might have caused the massive oil spill. during a congressional hearing, waxman said his commits investigation ...

This time. >> you know, david, yesterday, congressional hearings in the house raced questions about whether bp knew that something was about to happen before that blowout and the fiery explosion took place. they were undergoing testing on the well itself. they didnt do anything about it, according to congress yesterday. what you can tell us about what was going on in that well at that time? >> reporter: well what we heard in that committee hearing, there was a pressure test go ndong that well. w...