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Casing in of the relief well. that is set to go if this static kill doesnt work. if they do the static kill, and it works, thats going to actually -- that will help the end relief well sealing or kill there. if it doesnt work, they notice leakage, that will give valuable data when they go about doing the actual relief well sealing which still is slated for mid august. as far as that is concerned, status quo here, looking for another briefing from thadal later in the day which may shed light on w...

Tuesday. were yet to hear whether it will be extended then. this is a temporary solution until the relief wells have been dug, thought to be the more permanent solution. but theres some weather heading into the gulf of mexico and it would be good if this cap actually worked so that they dont have to let oil back out into the gulf of mexico. you can see there, those are the relief wells being drilled. they are expected to be done sometime later this month or in very early august. the new cap has ...

Breaking news thats hitting home here in new orleans and along the gulf coast. times of london is citing unnamed sours that bp ceo tony hayward is planning to step down. the well blew 92 days ago. he was the one who made a series of pr gaffes when everyone, like us, was looking for straight answers about whats going on down here. 92 days in, still not a lot has changed. resistance from bp and, at times, the government. its about the plan to permanently seal off the well, static kill. that means ...

Into the earths crust, allen says they will reach the main well by this weekend. steve harrigan is at fort pike on the outskirts of new orleans. how close are they to getting in there and actually killing this well? >> reporter: certainly getting very close on two fronts but also some problems ahead. you can see here, these are some of the vessels of opportunity, these are shrimp fiber men, and they are about -- fishermen and they are about to head to the booms. there are concerns about tropical...

You see at the bottom, this is a very simple manual process. you see just people leaning over the edges of boats, doing what they can by hand. in this case, theyre putting lights in this boom so boats will see it at night. its a startlingly slow process especially when you consider that there are hundreds of miles now of damaged coastline. >> a lot of those shrimpers now coming back from a days work for b.p. where they make about $300 a day or about 1/5 of what they could make on a good night sh...

The controversial case of a former agriculture department official. >> i was faced with helping a white person save their land. >> an explosive story that brings together race, politics and modern media. static kill. thats what bp wants to try at its busted oil well in the gulf. how its done, and what are the chances of success? and, plenty of pets. >> i have a hard time saying no to a cat in need. >> why do some people keep so many animals around the house? its wednesday, july 21st. >> from...

Steve. >> reporter: jon, were getting ready to go out with one of these small fishing vehicles thats going to have to try and prepare this area for the storm ahead. the tropical storm is brewing towards puerto rico and there are fears it could churn up the water and throw a lot of oil on this beach, even over into lake pontchartrain. as far as progress in capping or killing that well, certainly progress has been made. on thursday, it will be a week since that temporary cap has been put in place....

That apparently could take between five days and a few weeks and then your other option that theyve been talking about is the static kill shooting mud into the existing cap, the cap thats holding the oil in place. >> right. >> would you risk that? >> i dont think so. i think the static kill will put more pressure down the well bore. everybody knows that. and it could indeed compromise the integrity of the existing well bore which is already probably compromised. thats exactly what happened with ...

Player until 96. thats when the company emerged. and it really had a lot of downfalls and upswings. it really is fascinating. the man who created this company is kind of a genius. he realized there was even more market space aside from nike and adidas and he found it. >> got his way in there. >> stick around for that. >> good morning and thanks for being with us, im vinita nair. >> im rob nelson. to the news now. the government is downplaying fears that the cap on the gulf oil spill might be b...

Surplus into a massive deficit, the same people who didnt have any problems spending hundreds of billions of dollars on tax breaks for the wealthiest americans are now saying we shouldnt offer relief to middle class americans like jim or leslie or denise who really need help. >> larry: well have the group comment on that. but first, let me check in with anderson cooper. hell host "ac 360 at at the top of the hour. whats the lead, anderson? >> breaking news tonight. a new option on the table to p...