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The dangerous mission requires the astronauts to handle ammonia fluid lines running from the pumps to the module. crews plan to activate this during a second space walk on wednesday. new progress this morning as bp enters the final stages of permanently sealing up the well that leaked crude into the gulf of mexico. >> the cementing following the static kill operation occurred. just like the static kill, that operation went very well. and teappears to be performing expected. >> well, nbcs charl...

Reds moving in and well see the heat advisories come back. heaturn ares as the hot summer is with us. it doesnt look like it is breaking at all. >> never ending. i kind of like that. >> i am sorry. >> and thank you, rick. that is never ending, the oil spill does appear to be about to end. >> 110 days after it begins. they are permanently cementing the well and push it down in with the static kill. but bp is still outraging folks in the country and talking about going right back down to the scene...

Confidence in the well kill, chief operating officer doug subtles is returning to his regular job in houston. he has been on the coast more than three months, managing bps response to the week. here is settells speaking in the last hour. >> just like the static kill, the operation went very well, and appears to be performing as expected. well be doing more testing of that cement operation later today. and between admiral allen, well provide more updates. but that has gone well. >> no significant...

Its static kill. pouring cement into the ruptured well to plug it for good. >> positive news not only from below but from above the well. the coast guard says it is getting more difficult to find oil on the surface of the gulf. jim acosta is live in new orleans. welcomed news. still a lot of concern from gulf coast residents that this may the green light for these agencies to pack up and leave. >> reporter: exactly. you have to excuse the folks down here in louisiana for leaving the champagne bo...

Got some new information for you from bp. been following the static kill, right, deep down, in the gulf of mexico. heres what bp is saying that it actually started pumping the cement into the busting oil well in t in the gulf. this is the second phase in that static kill procedure. most of the scientists are saying, 74% of the oil that flowed out of the well is gone, but people who live next to the gulf coast, talk thome, theyre skeptical. cnns jim acosta reports from new orleans. >> reporter: b...

Back? some of them have short reproductive cycles and some of them have long reproductive cycles, and it may be decades before we get a complete picture of what this spill did to this very rich marine life here in the gulf of mexico. >> not only what it did to the marine life, but also the legal implications and the legal liability for bp in terms of taking care of these people and making the fisheries and the people who make their living from the fisheries whole. it is an incredible problem. on...

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Connections to al-qaida-linked group al shabab in somalia. bp is taking a major step toward plugging the gusher for good. they are pumping cement down that well in a process called the static kill. we will keep you up to that. massive fines are imposed on a deadly power plant explosion, over $16 million in fines. the connecticut plant burst into flames in february killing six workers. all right back to our top story now the man in charge of protecting our borders has been called out by his own a...

This time. >> reporter: the static kill, the procedure to choke the well permanently, appears to have been a success. for eight hours, engineers forced heavy mud down into the well, which forced the crude oil back down to its source. >> so, the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end. and we are very pleased with that. >> reporter: engineers will now utilize a column of cement nearly two football fields long to pour in on top of the mud. >> we want t...

Fish be back? some of them have short reproductive cycles. some have long reproductive cycles. it may be decades before we get a complete picture of what this spill did to this very rich marine life in the gulf of mexico. >> not only what it did to the marine life, but the legal implications, the legal liability for bp in terms of taking care of these people and the fisheries and the people whole. it is an incredible problem. one last question, anne. we heard thad allen authorized bp to cement t...