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On day 86 of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, bp has delayed a crucial integrity test on the new containment cap on the leaking oil well. the company is reviewing its testing procedures. bp has also suspended the drilling of two relief wells saying it wants to be sure any pressure buildup doesnt blow out one of those wells. other top story, the international coalition takes more deadly hits in afghanistan. eight american soldiers and four british troops have been killed in the last two ...

Ruptured well. those tests were put on hold yesterday. engineers needed more time to review testing procedures. all fired up here in new york as a battle begins over plans to build a mosque in islamic community center literally in the shadow of ground zero. in a few minutes well hear arguments on both sides of this debate. also, three wildfires now raging across southern california. fire officials say that some homes are being threatened but theres no reports of any mandatory evacuations so ...

Today could be the most critical day yet in the gulf oil disaster but, man, weve heard that before, havent we? crews could begin testing a new containment cap trying to stop that. it involves closing valves that could actually stop the oil from gushing. >> right. they actually delayed the beginning of this. they want to analyze their testing procedures a little bit more, i guess want to make sure they get it right at this crucial stage. meantime, all of this comes as the presidential commission ...

Going to happen with it and try to improve that economy in that section of manhattan. >> lets do this. lets get some folks at home, wherever you are right now, to weigh in on this at the blog, cnn.com/tony. josh, help us work through some of these blog comments later on. thank you. day 86 of the gulf oil disaster and bp plans to test a new cap on the busted oil well. well, that plan is on hold right now. officials say they need to review the testing procedures before they move forward. the hop...

It has been delayed, as we know. that is going to be worked out throughout the course of the day. the team is meeting midday to decide the next steps to continue and go ahead or delay it while they review testing procedures. on a much lighter note, everyone wants to have beautiful babies but not everyone wants to leave it to chance. were going to tell you in the next hour about a very controversial dating website only for hot people and theyve added a virtual sperm bank. in the next hour. ho...

Informed source tells cnn there were quote potential complications. that means the actual testing will not begin before sometime today at the very earliest. in the gulf of mexico, all eyes are on this latest effort to snuff out the oil. we have brian todd in houston, texas, who spoke with the governments point man on the crisis. brian, any sense of whats behind this latest delay? >> reporter: well, don, what were told is -- first, we can tell you where we are in the process. what were told by ...

Valves on its new containment cap. >> yeah. and those crucial integrity tests have been put on hold. the reason why -- according to bp, they say they need more time to analyze how theyre going to be doing the testing procedures and, because of that, they want to wait before they begin the complicated tests. the stakes are so high, that retired admiral thad allen is actually refusing to put any odds on success knowing that the fate of the gulf and bp may rest on whether this cap is the fix to sto...

Funeral service for pat till man because of words his family was using. >> you remember the janet jackson wardrobe malfunction? has that been brought up and is it a part of this debate? >> it is. the court decision talks about it and says the fc krchts enforcement were in large part caused by this, that broadcast, the 2006 super bowl during which, as the court rights here, justin timber lake exposed janet jacksons breast for a half second. it was after that that you had the government take off w...

You do wonder, ten years, people wish it had moved along a lot faster. >> well continue the debate about the building of that islamic cultural center coming up in our 7:00 hour. 7:40 eastern. well hear from both sides of the controversy. meantime, crossing the half-hour right now. time for this mornings top stories. bp says that today will be the earliest before it begins any testing on a new containment cap over its ruptured well. those tests were put on hold yesterday to give engineers some ...

Change both the organization and some of the processes. >> thank you. since the deepwater horizon incident, have you made changes and what are those? will you submit these to us for the record? >> we have made changes to testing procedures on b.o.p.s. we have made changes to the intensity with which well sites leaders are aware of well control procedures and a variety of other interventions that are predicated on what we learned from the incidents so far. and as we learn more, we will make more ...