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Thats why they call it static kill. now theyre looking at that option to give them the means to end this threat a little more quickly. heres what they had to say about it. >> what youre doing is youre putting mud down and youre not putting hydrocarbons into the formation. so the question would be at that point what that would tell you. we would have to analyze the data associated with that. if we thought there was a problem with well integrity we could at that point start going to containment or...

And female farmers. >> the naacp and tea party recently clashed over allegations of racism. well broke down this video and whether it tells the whole story with james peterson an assistant professor from buck knenell university. bp is now considering a dramatic new option to seal the well once and for all. were in day 92 of this disaster and a new procedure called static kill could stop this nightmare in its tracks. >> it works by pouring heavy mud into the capped well forcing all of the oil a...

It had hoped to start a static kill, pumping mud and cement from above into the blow-out preventers as early as sunday. today, the effort was postponed until possibly monday or tuesday because workers need to clean out debris they found in one of the relief wells being drilled. the debris is preventing a final section of pipe casing from being installed. that casing is essential for reinforcing the relief well and keeping it secure during the static kill. tom foreman has more for us tonight. tom...

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On to the mlrp package down there at the bottom of the gulf. well get in touch with bp later this morning when they get into the office to get confirmation of that. they used 67 steel joints to make that line a mile through the ocean. once that happens theyre going to pull the plug that they put in temporarily for the storm, then run in some conditioning fluid to make sure the integrity is okay and kind of flush things out, then theyll start running that liner again and eventually seal it with c...

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Well go for the bottom kill. im told the static kill will speed the process of killing the well from the relief well at the bottom for good. they want to give that an effort. as far as oil thats been seen around the gulf of mexico, as david mattingly pointed out, its been more difficult to find that oil. weve had that well capped now for offense nine days. skimmers have been working all along. thats certainly given folks a heads-up. bonnie the last 24 hours has really brought strong on-shore win...

The oil back into the reservoir. if they can do that, theyll go forward with the static kill and hope to get that all done today. it is a lot on their plate. if not, it would slide into tomorrow. but the static kill, as you said, is a lethal injection of mud to push all that oil back down into the reservoir. and then, after that, bp would have to decide whether or not they want to pour cement down there and thats one option. no matter what happens with static kill, whether it succeeds or fails, ...

Permanently plug that busted oil well on the floor of the gulf of mexico has hit a snag. so lets get details on that right now from michelle franzen. she is live in venice, louisiana. and with a good morning, what is it crews are dealing with right now? >> reporter: well, its not too big of a snag. it definitely sets back the so-called static kill about a day or day and a half. certainly some sentiment or debris from the storm of this past week settled into that relief well. so they have to remo...