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Require bp to reopen the well so that accurate measurements are measured? take it up with thad allen. i spoke to james carville about this earlier today. >> if the weather holds, its possible they do the static kill and kill this well. that would mean we would never know the actual amount of oil pouring out of there on any given day. >> thats what it means, so bp lawyers would be able to argue that. last night i said it was $a $7,000 fine. thats incorrect. i stand corrected on that. thats a lot ...

The way it works, chad explained it extremely well. in the first case, we had pressure that was pushing it out. in this indication, the pressure is static, if you can get the mud into the wellbore, that has 6,800 pounds per square inch into it. the weight of the mud will fall to the bottom of the static pressure control. and once it gets down there and starts to build up, it will displace the oil from the bottom up and when it does that, its heavier than the oil and gas, as chad pointed out. and...

In the first case, we had pressure that was pushing it out. in this indication, the pressure is static, if you can get the mud into the wellbore, that has 6,800 pounds per square inch into it. the weight of the mud will fall to the bottom of the static pressure control. and once it gets down there and starts to build up, it will displace the oil from the bottom up and when it does that, its heavier than the oil and gas, as chad pointed out. and as it does that, it will actually kill the pressure...

The way it works, chad explained it extremely well. in the first case, we had pressure that was pushing it out. in this indication, the pressure is static, if you can get the mud into the wellbore, that has 6,800 pounds per square inch into it. once you get the mud into that vessel, the weight of the mud will fall to the bottom of that static pressure control. and once it gets down there and starts to build up, it will displace the oil from the bottom up and when it does that, its heavier than t...

Jon: bp now admits it lobbied for the release of a libyan man convicted in the pan am bombing over lockerbie, scotland that killed 270 people, most americans. libya gave bp a major exploration contract after he was set free. well now the british ambassador says the decision to release him was a mistake, but he insists bp was not involved in the release. jenna: in kashmir, government forces using tear gas on crowds to prevent rioting there, police firing the gas at scores of protessers throwing s...

Clothes. the suspect in the case, a convict the sex offender, shot and killed himself as officials closed in. her dad described his relief and anger. >> when i got the phone call at 10:00 the other night, he was he is static, lets do this. then been on a roller coaster. i hate to see him take that way out. thats a coward, you know. i want to see him face the law and face everything hes done. but to each his own. >> police say the suspect was convicted in 1995 of sodomy. relatives say she was unh...

13.7 billion years ago and believe it or not, the radiation is still circulating around the universe. when you turn on your tv or radio, some of that static that you pick up is the remnant of the big bang itself, and thats why the europeans spent a billion dollars gaining the money shot. which is what weve been looking for, the most detailed photograph of the entire universe, showing its birth. jon: but somebody like you might look at that and get excited. im looking at that and thinking its not...

About 20 feet laterally from the well. they have to drill another 900 feet to intersect like an onramp to a freeway, and once they communicate with the well bore they will create a hyde static to kill the florida of the blowout from the well. >> are they carrying them with that all the way? >> i was watching a video today, and they said they have 40,000 barrels of mud on the ships and tied to the rig ready to go. >> by the way, this is the way they were supposed to do it the first time, right? >...

Chris. they are very close to the well bore now. about 20 feet laterally from the well. they have to drill another 900 feet to intersect like an onramp to a freeway, and once they communicate with the well bore they will create a hyde static to kill the florida of the belowout from the well. >> are they carrying them with that all the way? >> i was watching a video today, and they said they have 40,000 barrels of mud on the ships and tied to the rig ready to go. >> by the way, this is the way th...

>> reporter: now, the u.s. military is still resisting those accusations that it was negligent and a recent development just this week the military, which it initially issued letters of reprihand to several commanders repealed those letters of reprimand and theres debate about who is responsible for this tragedy. >> playing into the larger debate of what we do going forward into afghanistan. richard, thank you so much. you can see richards entire report on "dateline" nbc. you can check your loca...