Static Kill Effort News Today

Invest with confidence. welcome back. bp says the static kill effort has gone swimmingly. for people liing along the coast, this is far from over. the economic impact is devastating. theyve been out of work for months. thousand they face the task of convincing a skeptical public that the fish is fine and the gulf is open for business. were joined by pete gernka. how is the fish? how is the food? how are the oyster beds? >> from what im hearing from the oyster men, we have oyster beds in bad sh...

As they continue to push it in there, gradually the pressure of the mud its will become so great that it starts pushing that oil down and, at some point, youll reach a balance point, they hope, where no longer will the oil have the ability to force it out. thats when it is static, nothing is moving. the downward force is equal to the upward force. they say at that time you could take the cap off entirely and nothing would move. of course, they want to get it permanently sealed so that wont happe...

As we said at the top of the program, bp has started efforts to hopefully seal the ruptured well for good. its called static kill and involves pumping heavy mud into the well. its new that is everyone affected by the spill obviously has been waiting to hear for three months. tom foreman joins us from new orleans with the latest details. tom? >> reporter: anderson, the static kill has been under way about seven hours now and officials are anxiously watching every dial, every readout, every sign o...

Once again, we have expanded our language at the trivial expense of just a little oil in the gulf of mexico. static kill. our third story in the countdown, after allowing 5 million barrels of oil to poison the ocean, bp is once again putting its hopes into a glorified injection of mud. the obvious question is, will it work? perhaps the more important one is, how will we know? in a moment, bob cavnar will join us. tests earlier in the day prompting bp to go ahead with its critical so-called stati...

This work by his garage today did not want to appear on camera, but let us tape the story on his property. what he told us was i didnt ask whether he was legal or illegal. i just knew he was a good worker. >> gary tuchman, appreciate it. coming up, what could be the beginning of the end of the worst offshore oil spill in history. or maybe the end of the beginning. the latest on the static kill effort in the gulf and whether it will seal the ruptured well once and for all. is craigslist profiti...

>> reporter: well, thats interesting. the man who hired pedro to do this work by his garage today did not want to appear on camera, but let us tape the story on his property. what he told us was i didnt ask whether he was legal or illegal. i just knew he was a good worker. >> gary tuchman, appreciate it. what could be the beginning to the end of the worst offshore oil spill in history. or maybe the end of the beginning. the latest on the static kill effort in the gulf and whether it will seal th...

Reach a balance point, they hope, where no longer will the oil have the ability to force it out. thats when it is static, nothing is moving. the downward force is equal to the upward force. they say at that time you could take the cap off entirely and nothing would move. of course, they want to get it permanently sealed so that wont happen. tonight theyre anxiously watching to see if this first step can work. anderson? >> tom foreman, appreciate it. thanks, tom. well continue to follow the progr...

The mud itself will become so great it will start pushing that oil down, and at some point youll reach a balance point, they hope, where no longer will the oil have the ability to force it out. thats when it is static, nothing is moving. the downward force is equal to the upward force. they say at that time you could take the cap off entirely and nothing would move. of course, they want to get it permanently sealed so that wont happen. tonight theyre anxiously watching to see if this first step ...

Uygur picks up the 3:00 p.m. shift. >> coming up, big hour of news. 107 days after the explosion, bp says the static kill effort is working and the oil is no longer flowing. well take you live to the gulf for the very latest on this developing story. plus, connecticut police are about to hold a news conference on the shooting rampage that took the lives of nine people, including the shooter. were going to have the latest developments live from connecticut. the robber escapes leaving a woman ...

Once again, we have expanded our language at the trivial expense of just a little oil in the gulf of mexico. static kill. our third story in the countdown, after allowing 5 million barrels of oil to poison the ocean, bp is once again putting its hopes into a glorified injection of mud. the obvious question is, will it work? perhaps the more important one is, how will we know? in a moment, bob cavnar will join us. tests earlier in the day prompting bp to go ahead with its critical so-called stati...