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Oil spill disaster. the obama administrations point man overseeing that catastrophe says the blown out well that leaked all that oil isnt completely secure yet. >> everybody is in agreement, we need to proceed with the relief well. the question is how to do that. >> and charles hadlock live for us in venice, louisiana. good saturday morning to you, charles. >> reporter: good morning, alex. >> they plan to permanently seal up the ruptured one. how long is that going to take? >> reporter: well, th...

Lets get details from nbcs anne thompson joining us live from venice, louisiana. good saturday morning to you, anne. >> reporter: good morning. this snag is not unimpped. it happened after they were -- crews found it after tropical storm bonnie passed through. you remember that before the storm came, they put what was called a storm packer, a plug, in that first relief well. when they pulled the plug out and went down and they inspected the relief well, they found anywhere about 40 to 46 feet of...

Mixed up with political problems. senate majority leader harry reid refuses to bring a bill to the floor that would lift $75 million cap on economic damages after an oil spill. back to the process in motion now, msnbc news correspondent michelle franzen is in venice, louisiana. set the scene about the static kill and the progress they are making. >> we all woke up overnight. the static kill was in place. it seemed to be working. and as you mentioned, a milestone or victory on an engineering leve...

Do? >> reporter: well, a lethal injection, savannah, is a great way to describe it. excuse me. i have mixed minus in my ear. what theyre going to do is pump heavy mud through the choke line and into the blowout preventer and the goal here is to force all the oil back down into the reservoir. now, officials think theres somewhere around 2,000 barrels of oil in the wellbore. they have heavy mud on hand to do it. so why do the static kill? if you have to do the relief kill. thats the bottom kill. o...

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Another delay in efforts to cap bps wounded oil well. federal officials say it will be tuesday before they can begin sealing the well with whats going called a static kill. the latest delay is caused by debris from tropical storm bonnie. crews have to clean that away before the static kill procedure can be performed. oil spill chief, thad allen, says the delay is not a huge problem. >> in the course of media asked the question, where is the oil? the takeaway from that question is, if you cant se...

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New developments today on several fronts to tell you about. the pressure testing continues today as experts search for possible leaks at three separate areas. scientists want to know if leaks could be causing the low pressure readings that have raised concerns. meanwhile, a potential benefit to the lower than expected pressure readings. they could allow a new option to permanently seal that gusher. now, the static kill option involves pumping mud into the well. the desession, were told, could be...