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Work but there are concerns if people will end up buying gulf seafood. we can find out when bp will permanently fix the blown out well. it has been at least a month since oil leaked out but problems keep cropping up. thats putting off the final fix. charles hadlock is live in venice, louisiana. whats the wait? what are we holding out for? >> reporter: it all goes back to the static kill, which was done about ten days ago. they pumped enough cement and mud into that well that went all the way dow...

>> reporter: good morning, alex. >> a bit of talk earlier this week that the crews possibly would not have to finish drilling that relief well because the current cap was so successful when it stopped the oil from leaking. is that still the case? >> well, remember the cap on top that was placed there july 15th was only temporary. last week, bp at the direction of the coast guard began what they call a static kill where they pour thousands of pounds of heavy mud and cement into the top of the wel...

Put in recently. rick leventhal is in new orleans for us now. what exactly are they looking for, rick, and what do they hope they can learn? >> reporter: well, jon, theyre looking to see whether the temporary ceiling of that well, the static kill, actually turned out to be a permanent solution. they pumped cement and heavy drilling mud into the well from the top last week, they finished the job last week. it hasnt leaked since, so theyre running pressure tests to see whether or not there is a so...

That that well is killed it is killed, as secretary chu likes to say dead, dead, dead. so, they were reviewing all of the databased on the static kill, the top kill, and look see whether the final kill -- what orders need to be issued with respect to that. we expect those orders to come from former admiral allen. >> and that within the hour. thank you very much. secretary napolitano in charge of just about everything, thanks on a big day on immigration today and border security. >> thank you ver...

Bottom of the reservoir and then up the sides of the casing just above the reservoir. well, that is exactly what the bottom kill was supposed to do. so if its already been done what do you do now with the relief well? if the cement is there it doesnt make sense to bore into the well and pour more cement. but it is a public relations dilemma for the government, which has said for months now that the bottom kill was the sure-fire way to kill this well. thats why they were drilling not one but two ...

Our reynolds wolf is in pensacola beach florida. hello to you once again. a great analogy you used. i borrowed it and gave you credit for it. where are we in this procedure. we havent seen oil coming out of the well in some time, it has been capped, static kill went well. what is that next step and why still is this not over just yet? >> what they want to do is kill the well all together, the well all together and the way theyre going to do that is with the procedure referred to as a bottom kill...

Christian-based group thats been providing medical care since the 1960s. elena kagan took the oath of office two hours ago. shes president obamas second appointment to the high court and becomes the 112th justice and the fourth woman to serve on the supreme court. bp is concentrating on delivering the final knockout blow to the crippled well in the gulf of mexico. the so-called static kill was deemed a success. now bp will resume drilling a relief well for the so-called bottom kill effort, a...

Continued to move forward about the same, a little bit better, depending on which area youre at. so they have done it. what i would tell them is were still here. we are not leaving completely. we are still very committed to iraq. we are still going to have 50,000 troops on the ground for a significant period of time to continue to help them build the confidence between them and the iraqi security forces. >> of course security isnt iraqs only problem. a political stialemate persists. bp will ge...