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Operation from when they originally planned it, it was going to be on sunday and now it looks like monday or tuesday, possibly tuesday before they are able to get to that. the static kill procedure is where they go to the containment cap and they inject a combination of mud and cement which they call the static kill, because the oil is static, not able to get out because of the containment cap itself. thats step one. the second step, as you well know, is what they call the bottom kill. they use ...

Preventers as early as sunday. today, the effort was postponed until possibly monday or tuesday because workers need to clean out debris they found in one of the relief wells being drilled. the debris is preventing a final section of pipe casing from being installed. that casing is essential for reinforcing the relief well and keeping it secure during the static kill. tom foreman has more for us tonight. tom? >> hey, randi. what they want to do is make sure that relief well is ready in case the ...

A week ago we were dealing with bonnie. it was the remnants of a tropical storm but enough of a stir to cause a silt on the ocean floor to sink boo the relief well. before they are able to proceed with the static kill operation, they have to clean out all the silt, all the sand out of the relief well. they expect it to be a minor operation but it is something thats going to cause a bit of a delay. we do have animation were going of show you in mere seconds. one thing were going to be seeing in t...

>> good evening. tonight, the latest on the skirmish on the battle on the border. a fight over how to secure the country, stop immigration and enforce the law. its been going on for decades and is heating up again. the tough new immigration law in arizona took effect. before it could, a federal judge suspended key parts of it, that police officer are required to check immigration status and for people who are here lawfully to carry proof of status at all times. a substantial minority oppose it v...

Our consulate in juarez. warning to our citizens in the southern part of the state. we have to get the border secured first. i dont know how many thousands of times i have to say that. >> well, legal experts say it is likely the battle over arizonas immigration law will end up at the supreme court. the gulf of mexico, another delay in sealing the crippled bp oil well once and for all. federal officials say it will be monday or tuesday before they can begin on what is known as static kill. very...

And weve been watching those leaks over the last couple of weeks, as theyve talked about the -- there being no more oil flowing into the gulf. and youve seen the media attention kind of fall off and bp talking about scaling back their efforts here. its clear they want to get this behind them, and the less they show, i think the more people kind of lose interest. and ive been really focused and others have been focused on making sure that that gets exposed. and as a matter of fact, as you said, w...

Outbuildings. crews in the gulf of mexico have run into a new problem as they work to permanently plug that busted oil well on the sea floor. we have the latest from venice, louisiana. good morning. what are the issues crews are dealing with now? >> reporter: theyre dealing with cleaning up some debris left over by the storm bonnie from last week. that debris, some sediment settled into that bottom well, relief well. they need another 24 to 36 hours to actually clean that up. that actually pus...

That -- in the well that they were working on. so they have to remove that. that could take another day, day and a half before they can get started on this kill, this latest kill process. what does that involve? well, its sort of several phases here. one is through the temporary cap, the static kill as they are calling it. you know, pumping more mud in there and hopefully sealing that with cement. and thn the second phase, the more permanent phase would be the bottom kill in the relief well. tha...

Itself. in order to start this static kill, theyre going to have to put pressure on those very connections that are leaking right now. and i just think its an unwise operation, especially since the relief well itself is so close to killing the well from down below. i just dont understand why theyre taking this risk of damaging the wellhead, or the tubulars right below the wellhead, any further than what they already are. >> now, bps position seems to be, if im hearing it correctly, that theres n...

The highest temperature ever recorded in moscow yesterday. and more than 120 fires have been report sod far this summer. the russian military has been called out to help fight the blaze. bps incoming boss, bob dudley, says that the company will do all that it can to absolutely kill the blownout well in the gulf. now, the hope is that a relief well can provide a permanent seal by late august, and in the coming days, there is going to be mud and cement pumped into the broken well, and in a proce...