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The blowout preventer on top is not working. nothing to stop the oil from pouring out. in fact, inside of the real well, there are 1,000 psi, pounds per square inch there, and the static kill is taking mud from the surface, from ships, pumping it into a couple of these small openings, the n manfolds and the valves of the blowout preventer and filling it with mud, and heavy mud and it is not dirt, but a solution, chemical solution, that is much heavier than water and push all of the oil back down...

An oregon district attorney has cleared al gore of sexual assault allegations saying his accuser has credibility issues. the coast guard says sediment that gathered during capping operations will have to be cleared out, delaying the so-called static kill. noaa says remaining oil on the surface is moving away from a powerful current that could have fouled beaches along south florida and the east coast. an oil spill in the kalamazoo river is knew fully contained and clean-up operations are und...

Negatives. adams grandson wants the plate tested for authenticity again. even if they are real, grandson doesnt think theyre worth $200 million. one of the reasons is a lot of the value of ansel adams photographs came in the printing process. >> right. well, now, four days from now, officials in the gulf of mexico plan to begin choking a runaway oil well to death. hopefully, the static kill, thats set for monday, coast guard commander thad allen preparing to spell out the plan some detail a li...

Final pipe casing right now, suzanne, and when they do that and get it cemented in they will go with a static kill. that will happen late sunday or monday. they will put mud down the top of the well thats heavier than the oil thats there right now and hopefully fill the well up. well still need to drill in from the bottom and kill the well from the bottom but at this point it looks like well be able to move ahead. weve got good well integrity and trying to move forward its a positive turn. >> do...

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This is cnn, breaking news. 20 minutes now to the top of the hour. just into cnn, reports that parts of throgs neck bridge in new york city is closed down. its one of several suspension bridges that connect the queequeen queens borough to the bronx borough. reports say theres a suspicious vehicle parked on the queens side. an awful lot of traffic goes over the throgs neck bridge. thank you, john. with oil in the gulf of mexico and bps well cap holding tight, the static kill is scheduled for ...

Orleans area to outline what to do after the well is permanently sealed. bp plans to start the so-called static kill on the well as early as sunday and the relief well may be ready for the bottom kill in days. admiral thad allen says he is confident those will permanently seal the well. with no oil leaking from the well for two weeks now, fisherman are pushing for closed off areas to be reopened. >> reporter: because so many louisiana fishermen grow up on the water, this is the only life theyve ...

Through the tape. we need all our equipment out there looking for oil. even four to six weeks after this well is finally killed, we can expect theres still going to be impacts because it took that long for it to reach shore when the well was initially open >> thank you so much. new reason lawmakers are angry at bp. ahead, should the company be able to write off the costs from the oil disaster? and a democratic house candidate wants voters to judge him in part on his race, but the president isn...

Working and thad allen is saying next monday, they should begin part of that static kill message to try to permanently cap this well. followed -- its a two step process. followed five days later by that second part of that static kill where they go way underneath that well and pump in mud and cement and hopefully by mid august, they can permanently cap this well but, of course, steve, that depends on weather conditions and that hurricane season really begins to heat up right about that time in a...

Retired admiral thad allen said they have two priorities. >> first w to pumping mud and cement down the top of the well. what we call the static kill. >> reporter: within weeks the launch "operation bottom kill," relief wells will be drilled to permanently seal the damaged well. what has proven to be a bigger challenge is finding the oil. much of it has dispersed beneath the water, keeping skimmer boats docked. >> some of these patches are only sheen at this point. it becomes very weathered. som...