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Containment vessel. if that doesnt work, then were going to go back to that small containment dome that they created. thats on the ocean floor. thats ready to go in case this tube doesnt work. but thats what theyre going with right now. and they think, if theyre going to see some success from it, they will know sometime tonight. >> so, david, listen, thad allen came out a short time ago and gave some information. it appears that some of his information was not updated. is there some problem with...

Government to limit how much it has to pay. transocean wants to cap its liability for the incident at less than $27 million. okay. why dont we bring in our guest now with us from alabamas dolphin island, commandant, admiral thad allen, leading the emergency response to the gulf oil spill. sir, thank you for being on the show. give us an update, the very latest on how the emergency response is going. >> well, good morning, mika. whats going to happen today, you talked about the top hat solution. ...

Much like putting antifreeze in your gas tank. >> were looking at the pictures here. the oil is obviously still spewing out. this is a ka facatastrophe thats to have no end. what are the chances this can be curbed any time soon and how big could this get? >> mika, first of all, we need to understand the top hat solution is only going to mitigate the risk of leak. we feneed to stop the leak and kill the well. regardless of the top hat success, they are prepared to seal out the blowout preventer a...

That pipe. more than 4.5 million gallons have spewed so far. the president calling on congress for $58 million for emergency funding to fight this major catastrophe. david mattingly is live in louisiana this morning. david, seeing the oil and natural gas gushing out of the ocean floor really does put a face to what were seeing. what are the efforts to cap that spill? >> reporter: well, all the pieces are in place this morning, john. and the plan is to have the top hat solution in play either tod...