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Heres whats happening. a delivery driver facing dismissal for stealing went on a shooting rampage in connecticut killing eight co-workers before turning the gun on himself. bp has started the so-cal c static kill, pumping mud and cement into the well hoping to plug the well. senate panel has delayed a vote on nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia saying they need more time to build a bipartisan consensus. the department of homeland security says they tracked down a computer virus desig...

Because this is going to how much money bp pays in damages and civil penalties to the federal government. if the federal government determines that this was simple mistake on bps part, which is not likely, it is $1,000 per barrel. if its gross fegs according to the federal government, it is something in the neighbor of $4,000 per barrel. so were talking big bucks here if the government determines gross negligence based on those numbers. thats why those numbers are important. >> huge number when ...

Equipment down there at the bottom of the ocean. they to be worked out and go forward with the test. they think the test will tell them everything is a-okay, and they can go ahead with the static kill and pump that well full of mud. right now were waiting to hear from admiral thad allen, expecting a press conference this morning, to tell us exactly where we stand. we know that the admiral is in houston and he says thats the place hes going to be to oversee the static kill. hes in position. we ar...

U.s. national interest, he would pull troops out today but he thinks theres an important fight there. >> mike, thank you very much. bp reporting it could start attempting to plug the gulf spill starting tomorrow. a temporary cap was never meant to be permanent. some experts estimate 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the gulf of mexico. fox news has not been able to independently confirm that but the damage done will continue to harm lives and economies and endanger wildlife long after th...

>> two words. and there are four terms. top. >> okay. >> kill. bottom kill. they are completely different. >> right. >> one, 18,000 feet in the bottom of the ocean. the other one on top where the blowout preventter is. im going to make a familiar three tree here, just like at cnn. there was the dynamic part of the static kill they tried to do earlier. >> right. >> and now theyre going to do a static kill. they are both still top kills. >> i got it, okay. >> they both still pump mud down into and...

Afghanistan is over, jna. jenna: mike emanuel on one of our top stories today, thanks. jon: "happening now" in the gulf, stopping the oil leak once and for all, engineers hope to begin pumping mud and cement into the blownout well as early as tonight, a process they call a static kill. lets get to kris gutierrez, he has the latest. where are they on finally killing this for good snoo. >> were hoping they are close and believe me, bp and the coast guard are hoping they are, too. were hoping withi...

Operation from when they originally planned it, it was going to be on sunday and now it looks like monday or tuesday, possibly tuesday before they are able to get to that. the static kill procedure is where they go to the containment cap and they inject a combination of mud and cement which they call the static kill, because the oil is static, not able to get out because of the containment cap itself. thats step one. the second step, as you well know, is what they call the bottom kill. they use ...

Drilling two of them if relief wells are a crucial part of the operation to put in what is preferred to as the bio kill. to have that in place, things to be perfect and right now they arent. when you had the remnants of tropical storm bonnie pass over the site there was silt, sand that got into one of relief wells. it may take 12, 24, 36 hours to remove that before they try the static kill operation the minor snag. certainly something thats not going to derail the entire process, but its going t...

To spot. anne thompson is nbcs chief environmental correspondent live for us again in venice, louisiana. anne, we talked about this yesterday. there seems to be a lot of reporting about the oil dissipating more quickly than anticipated but i suppose that sets up a delicate situation as to when to scale down the response by the government. >> reporter: right. and thats exactly what thad allen, the governments point person on the crisis deals with today, savannah. he is going to hold a meeting in ...

Sure the relief well, which is so close, is in good shape. by monday were likely to begin something call ad static killed which is pumping heavy mud and cement down in the well. before we were trying to push heavy mud down what what is effectively a hose shooting up oil and gas at very high velocities. now you have a closed system. the heavy fluids should float down into the well and the rock and then shut off the the flow. >> we heard so many times about what should happen and then didnt happen...