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More on our story regarding the static kill. its apparently worked on bps damaged oil well in the gulf of mexico. everybody hopes so. the point man on the operation, thad allen, says hes confident there will be no more oil leaking into the gulf from this well. the white house is careful to say theres plenty more work ahead but the talk is mild compared to what officials say the last couple of months. listen to a top government scientist today. >> key conclusions of the report is the vast majorit...

Thats the word from coast guard admiral thad allen this afternoon. today bp reported the so-called static kill method is working on the damaged well. the heavy fluid being pumped in it pushing the oil back into the earth. its the first time thats happened as far as we know since the deep deepwater horizon rig exploded three long months ago. later in this hour, well have as our guest the assistant to the president and ask that assistant whether politics is playing into these reports. today presid...

Engineers are conduct thank could potentially plug this oil leak finally once and for all. whichth is what could do the job, its called the static kill method, engineers want to pump thick mud and cement right down into the throat of the blownout oil well, hopefully sealing it permanently. were going to be monitoring what the admiral has to say and bring you those developments. in the meantime the feds are calling this disaster the worlds worst accidental oil spill. again, youre watching what th...

Only rarely, as the weeks and months went by, it turned out that it was used on an almost daily basis. and thats why we have to ensure that internal bleeding inside of this ocean is monitored very closely. to make sure that we understand what the ramifications are of having this unprecedented, scientific experiment be conducted. >> there were very, very rigorous protocols we had to follow. we had to apply for permission to apply them. it was based on surveillance data. the federal on-scene coord...

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