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Oil disaster day 98. ships and crews are back at work in the gulf of mexico after evacuating for two days because of tropical storm bonnie. rob marciano is in gulf port, mississippi. rob, first of all, good to see you. what is the time line now? the latest information youre getting for the static killy maybe you can describe what that is. >> reporter: yeah, yeah. thats -- you know, before bonnie, we talked about them needs a window of five to seven days of good weather to do the prep work to att...

The well bore, then eventually run the rest of the liner and cement that. that process is basically a five to seven-day process. until that is complete, they cant start the static kill process. that would put us at about a week from now. they tell me that -- i asked, why the static kill, if it aint broke, dont fix it, lets wait until the leaf well is drilled. but they are emphatic the static kill operation will make the bottom kill from that relief well much, much quicker an much, much easier. t...

>> well, i wouldnt consider it a good idea because of all the pain we went through, but we have a safer community. >> reporter: but for mamaria, t pain is still very real. >> people should come into my shoes and feel what latino people is feeling. >> reporter: sandra endo, cnn, prince william county, virginia. it is time for your top stories. bp boss tony hayward could be on his way out today. reports say the company will announce his exit at a blooard meeting in london. bp insisting for the m...

Down there, flush things out, and cement the casing. thats a five to seven day process, so thats the beginning of next week before we consider the static kill. im told that will speed up the bottom kill and make that ail lit easier. still, the whole process, tony has been delayed a week, maybe as much as nine days because of the bonnie fiasco. >> weregoing to talk to david mattingly about this, but what about report the of a lack of oil now. as i independence you were out on a skimmer vessel, co...

Earnings report is released. in the oil disaster zone crews are back at work on the relief well now that the weather has cleared. theyre said to be making some headway toward permanently sealing the leak. theyre also moving forward on the static kill that is the operation to pump mud and cement into the well. cnns david mattingly is joining us from new orleans. david, tell us whats the latest from thad allen and how much damage did the storm bonnie actually cause in the area? >> reporter: well, ...

Into place tomorrow. these were actually defenses for the coastal areas to keep the oil from getting into lake pontchartrain. there are a lot of moving parts that have to move back to where they were, as they were fighting this oil. but right now, all eyes are on that drilling platform. how soon can they get that back up. theyre hoping within a matter of days to be back on track. but so far, this storm that actually didnt happen, as it fell apart on its way here, has actually cost this operation...

Hey, reynolds. >> reporter: the remanence of bonnie moving onshore and thankfully is beginning to die out. it could have been a major hurricane if it had enough time and the atmospheric conditions been different, and a lot of ships were pulled into safe harbor, and now they will work their way back. the driller started its way back in parts of the gulf to resume its work. that work is not something that can happen instantly. what they are doing is laying out the instruments in the next couple da...

And officials are saying it may be friday before they can start the first of the two processes to finally seal that well. that is called a static kill -- the first process where they try to jam mud and cement into the top of the well. at the same time, drilling the relief well which goes below and seals it from below. as to the effects of what remained in terms of wind and waves, were waiting to see whether any oil was washed ashore, particularly in louisiana where the bulk of the oil on the sur...

>> reporter: tony hayward and his future with bp are a big topic of conversation here. all eyes are still on that operation out in the gulf. people anxious to see that drilling operation get back, get going again. so that they can intersect this well and shut it off. right now were looking at some time next week possibly early next week where theyre going to try that static kill. but the actual cementing of the well, as they call the bottom kill, thats going to come some time after. the entire t...

At times, we are going to have some thunderstorms. the enhanced wave action does provide some positive things. for one, it is going to help break up some of that emmuls phied oil out there. that is certainly a bonus. at the same time, there is a bad side to it again. it has slowed down the progress they were making, getting closer to that static kill that they were planning on doing. at the same time, one last thing that is positive, is that this really was a dress rehearsal. this was a very wea...