Pumping Drilling Mud News Today

Sort of pouring gasoline on them for political gain in order to just rile up a certain segment of a demographic group in order to get those people to the polls. but i think it speaks to our worst sort of fears in that way and i guess its expected because is an election season. im reading the news this morning, joe, and more news to update you on. bp has news. they say an operation to seal its blown-out well in the gulf of mexico is going well this morning. the crews are now monitoring the well...

Pumping drilling mud into the well to force that oil back down into the reservoir. essentially, pushing that oil back into the hole that it erupted out of and started this disaster back in april. what we are looking at right now is a matter of hours, possibly days for them to finish this operation called the static kill where they will pump enough mud in there to essentially drown the oil out and hold it at bay and beat back the pressure that the oil has built up over the days since they put tha...

Barbara starr is our first reporter to make the trip with them. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com were following breaking news right now. its begun the long awaited procedure to permanently stop the flow of oil into the gulf of mexico. were now one hour into what could be a three-day eveffort a possibly the beginning of the end of the worst u.s. disaster. lets go straight to david mattingly. explain to our viewers, david, roys going on right ...

In kabul were driving a civilian vehicle in afghanistans logar province when they became involved in a firefight. joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen, who is in afghanistan, calls it an unusual circumstance to have two service members leave their base in a non-military vehicle. on day 97 of the gulf oil disaster vessels being used to drill a relief well are back on site and preparing to resume work. the threat of tropical storm bonnie forced ships to evacuate the area around bps ruptured...

On day 97 of the gulf oil disaster, vessels being used to drill a relief well are back on site and preparing to resume work. now that the storm has passed, crews are expected to start the static kill in the next few days, pumping drilling mud into the well. a cap installed earlier this month to stop the flow of oil remains in place. those are your top stories. up next, more "fareed zakaria gps," and then on "reliable sources" howie kurtz looks at how the media handled the shirley sherrod story...