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Sitting, circulating, doing nothing, waiting on this static kill thats going on now. had they just kept going, i think they could have already had the well killed instead of doing all this nonsense from the top. >> and the prospects, as you said, its going to be a while before we have any idea if the static kill has worked. what is the definition of success and how is it to be determined? >> well, the way kent wells described it in his very brief briefing today was that they think its successful...

A tropical storm, which nobody could help, but now were sitting, circulating, doing nothing, waiting on this static kill thats going on now. had they just kept going, i think they could have already had the well killed instead of doing all this nonsense from the top. >> and the prospects, as you said, its going to be a while before we have any idea if the static kill has worked. what is the definition of success and how is it to be determined? >> well, the way kent wells described it in his very...

Different points. the yet to be finished relief wells will be used to execute a shof called bottom kill. more mud and cement will be injected into bedrock 2 1/2 miles below the sea floor. this as new estimates are out at the bp price tag. the company could be fined as much as $21 billion if it is confined to commit gross negligence or willful misconduct. the fine could drop to $17.6 billion if the government credits the company for the oil it has already recovered. joining us once again tonight,...

That people along the gulf suffered, for example, tourism, when tourists didnt come because they thought there was oil on the beaches. as ann said -- by the way, i want to compliment ann. she has been spot-on the whole time in her analysis of all of this. but were going to be suffering for a long time. >> thank you for that. ann is too modest to acknowledge but we are all incredibly proud of what ann and her team has been doing down there. right now robert gibbs is coming to the podium, so well ...

Freeclinics. bp is declaring a victory now that the static kill is working. the former president and ceo of operations at shell oil company and the author of "why we hate the oil companies." straight talk from an energy insider. all right. when were looking at the static kill right now, do you consider this the final chapter in attempting to stop the leaking oil? >> i certainly hope it is, contessa. im pleased to see the well casing is holding under these high pressures. as the admiral says we...

Our language at the trivial expense of just a little oil in the gulf of mexico. static kill. our third story in the countdown, after allowing 5 million barrels of oil to poison the ocean, bp is once again putting its hopes into a glorified injection of mud. the obvious question is, will it work? perhaps the more important one is, how will we know? in a moment, bob cavnar will join us. tests earlier in the day prompting bp to go ahead with its critical so-called static kill effort, in which once ...

Their support for terrorism. its impossible to imagine the iranian government rallying the people to the support of, so thats why were recognizing it. >> they were hated in iran as well as suspected of a lot of support for terrorism and of the nuclear facilities as well. stuart levey, we know you have meetings and we thank you for giving us an update. >> thank you, andrea. a reality check on the static kill. and the need to reform the senate. senator evan bayh on the economy, jobs and future...

Test, that ran for, supposed to be for 6 to 48 hours, end up ranniran i running for six week. and then we started hearing about the static kill, where they wanted to try to kill the well from the top again. this actually started this morning after this discussion about whether thats actually the right thing to do, one that i actually disagree, what theyre doing right now. >> what happened with the relief wells that have been portraying until the last few days, as the ultimate solution. no matter...

Test, then, of course, there was a tropical storm, which nobody could help, but now were sitting, circulating, doing nothing, waiting on this static kill thats going on now. had they just kept going, i think they could have already had the well killed instead of doing all this nonsense from the top. >> and the prospects, as you said, its going to be a while before we have any idea if the static kill has worked. what is the definition of success and how is it to be determined? >> well, the way ke...

Looking at fixing that hydraulic valve on the equipment they have down there below. once they fix that, they will go along with the test and that test that they are doing is going to tell them the big question. if we put the mud in there, is the mud going to sink down like we think it is going to? they couldnt get it to do that with the top kill they tried a couple of months ago but right now, they are thinking that closed system with the cap on it they will have a great deal more success with t...