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Bad goalie play. we saw that yesterday in another match. >> that he didnt watch where you talking about ghana? >> he was fileting back from south africa maybe for the opening ceremonies. but you both have been busy in the gulf. but billions watching the world cup from around the world. >> ill look forward to the re-enactment later on. hell give us the richard roth slow-mo as well. crossing the half-hour, top story this morning, flash floods in arkansas. now claiming 19 lives. police say they f...

Beaches and local businesses are going bust which is why the coast guard gave bp a sunday night deadline to speed up its plans. the government estimates 900,000 to 1.7 million gallons are gushing into the gulf every day. it told bp it deploy pressure sensors to get a more specific number. on is under the company used remote control robots to position those sensors inside the containment cap itself. but a bp official told us it will take a few days to know if theyre sending better information. "i...

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Incident command is mulling over is what form is the final killing of this well going to take? this graphic can help us here. what they are trying to do now is decide whether to do the bottom kill or not. thats the -- what theyve already done is the static kill. they pumped mud and cement to the point beneath the blowout preventer about right there and a little into the top of this well thats going down now. that succeeded in stopping the oil from flowing into the gulf. but the question is, do t...

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Plug up the well thats been busted for good. whats the latest? >> reporter: they did the static kill this week that they poured thousands of pounds of heavy mud into the top of the blow out preventer and sealed it with cement. that effectively killed the well. but to be sure, the coast guard wants bp to perform the bottom kill. that basically is the same procedure except that the bottom of the well, 13,000 feet below the floor of the gulf of mexico. the relief well is now within about 30 feet of...

Incident commander. you see the reporters getting ready. the incident commander for the gulf is going to be part of the briefing, and also the administrator of noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, who has also been a big part of this effort, will be there. so we will get some kind of an update. but the president himself was speaking today and saying we are now moving to the next phase, real looking at the end of the gulf oil disaster. when that happens, we will take you the...

Bergdahl, a young man from idaho, has been in the hands of the taliban. his parents were very quickly notified a year ago when that happened, and to this day, they have never come out in public and spoken about it. they are certainly hoping for their son to be returned. >> barbara, thanks so much for joipg us joining us on the phone in the washington, d.c. area. the remnants of tropical storm bonnie brought some rain to the gulf of mexico, but it wasnt nearly as bad as expected. so now the shi...

Workers are struggling to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by massive flooding. monsoon rains swept through, killing more than 900 people and its heavily damaged roads, bridges and kmoun occasions networks. the death toll reached over 1100 and pakistan deployed third,000 troops to aid in the rescue. >> new concerns about the amount of disburse ants to break up the oil in the gulf of mexico. the coast guard waved a federal directive limiting bps use of chemical disburse ants. the coast ...

New developments today on several fronts to tell you about. the pressure testing continues today as experts search for possible leaks at three separate areas. scientists want to know if leaks could be causing the low pressure readings that have raised concerns. meanwhile, a potential benefit to the lower than expected pressure readings. they could allow a new option to permanently seal that gusher. now, the static kill option involves pumping mud into the well. the desession, were told, could be...