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Youve got a life to live. [ male announcer ] so dont blame it on aging. talk to your doctor and go to isitlowt.com to find out more. >> greta: next your legal panel but first to our new york newsroom. >> reporter: in the gulf might be only days from permanently sealing bps ruptured well. chief thad allen says the fix could as early as next monday though that is just an estimate. the final task will involve pumping mud and cement into the well that could take weeks. today marks 100 days since the...

Kill. pumping mud and cement into the damaged well should start next monday. a tow boat struck a well in indiana just north -- louisiana guard officials dont know who even owns the well or how much has leak sod famplt but there is a sheen of oil you see there. a chopper has been dispatched to survey the area. a new "wall street journal" survey researches the best paid executives in the last decade. topping the list oracle founder and ceo larry ellison, more than $1.8 billion in dpenation. ex...

Retired admiral thad allen said they have two priorities. >> first w to pumping mud and cement down the top of the well. what we call the static kill. >> reporter: within weeks the launch "operation bottom kill," relief wells will be drilled to permanently seal the damaged well. what has proven to be a bigger challenge is finding the oil. much of it has dispersed beneath the water, keeping skimmer boats docked. >> some of these patches are only sheen at this point. it becomes very weathered. som...

To announce its earnings for the second quarter. they have already spent $4 billion in the clean-up effort. its also reported that robert dudly, the managing director will take over as ceo is. he is from houston and is a native from mississippi and knows the region very well. >> crews drilling a relief well are headed back to the site to get to work dwen. this involves pumping mud and concrete into the well. joining me now, former oil industry executive with 30 years in the business. good mornin...

Most of the vessels that had been moved are expected to be back in place today, were hoping to begin the static kill that involves sealing the ruptured well by pumping mud into it. arizonas controversial immigration law will go into effect this week unless a federal judge says otherwise. there are two legal challenges to senate bill 1070, one from citizens and civil rights groups who say the law promotes racial profiling. the other challenge from the obama administration, its trying to block t...

Right now. >> a new attempt to permanently seal that ruptured well in the gulf of mexico could get under way this weekend if approved by federal officials. the so-called static kill tactic involves pumping mud into the well. meanwhile critical testing continues on a well cap that has stopped the oil from gushing for almost a week but incident commander thad allen now warns that new reports of severe weather brewing in the caribbean could disrupt operations. more than 20 people were injured when ...

We are not content. tens of those anneds of people here have their lives on hold, their futures perched on a precipice. they are desperate for facts and information, and they and we and you have a right to know. if bp is less than forthcoming about whats going on, were going to do our best to fill in the blanks. the bullheading, what it is, how it works, what the risks are? chad myers joins me now along with don newenhuse. chad, explain, if you can, what the static kill is. >> if you remember a ...

At this point. the biggest issue that concerns me, earlier today we were told that those flow lines wouldnt handle 6,800 psi. now were told they will handle that much pressure. >> what this also means is that, it seems like if that is successful, we will never actually know the exact number of how much oil was pouring out of there -- how many barrels of oil were pouring out of there every single day, correct? >> the way this procedure would work is, rather than waiting for the intercept of the r...

Because the mud is so heavy. much heavier than water, and push all of that oil and mud, and all of that gas back down into the oil reservoir. once you fill up this column, it would be so heavy, that the oil and the gas could no longer come out. when this thing popped, so to speak, this oil down here is under such pressure, that it pushed all the way back up into the ocean. thats why it was spewing. it wasnt being pumped up, it was spewing by itself, because the pressure down below was so great. ...

>> there isnt really any risk at this point. the biggest issue that concerns me, earlier today we were told that those flow lines wouldnt handle 6800 psi. now were told they will handle that much pressure. >> what this also means is that, it seems like if that is successful, we will never actually know the exact number of how much oil was pouring out of there -- how many barrels of oil were pouring out of there every single day, correct? >> the way this procedure would work is, rather than waiti...