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Well casing and seal it for good at the source of the oil. that will permanently kill this well. and the coast guard says thats the only thing that will permanently kill this well. and thats what they want to see done. itll take about another two weeks to finally know exactly when and how that well was killed. it could begin as early as thursday. they say they need about five to seven days for the cement to harden and then they will know for sure that the well is killed for good, alex. >> the go...

Higher pressures or could pumping that extra mud in actually damage the well bore and create an even worse situation than we have now? >> what theyre doing is theyre going to be pumping that mud in very slowly so that they dont raise the pressure too much. of course, it has to be higher pressure than the 6,900 psi but not much more so thats not a serious problem. the issue theyre trying to figure out is if they pump additional fluid in there, will the fluid and pressure be transmitted down to th...

Bp indicated they might move that to sunday night. were watching that very closely. it will probably be five to seven days after that that they can drill from the bottom. still another 100 feet to go on the relief well. >> and are you confident that this is going to work? >> suzanne, this is not a novel type of technology. intercept wells are drilled routinely. it is novel at the depth that were at and the intercept wells, you know, at the extreme depths that were at but this is not new technolo...

Ship, skimmers and drilling rigs all getting out of the way. but the worst case scenario never really happened because we understand that bonnie has now dissipated quite a bit. in fact, admiral thad allen is now asking that a number of those ships that had been part of the evacuation now make their way back to the area of the well. so lets check in with our rob marciano whos in gulfport, mississippi, right now. what are we hearing about the progress report, how things are resuming? >> reporter: ...

It is located. but heres a question that i had. there had been some questions about the integrity. the casing in the well bore, youve already got thousands of pounds of pressure coming up from below. now that youve got the top of it sealed off, if you introduce more pressure with mud in the top, do you risk the possibility of, if there are any weaknesses in that well casing, blowing it out with a static kill operation? >> well, john, thats obviously a certain concern. but personally, i dont real...

Of "why we hate the oil companies." john, as always, i welcome your expertise. what do you make of this? keep it in civilian terms here. theyre keeping the cap on. thats good news. whats the worry here? >> well, theyre going to take it day by day, which is really important, because credibility and confidence i think are really critical to what the next steps might be. in the case of confidence, there are many people, including in the white house, including the department of energy, who doubt the...

Thats national incident commander admiral thad allen announcing the oil leak will remain capped for now. but both bp and the government are on edge. john hoffmeister is a former oil executive and author of "why we hate the oil companies." john, as always, i welcome your expertise. what do you make of these? keep it in civilian terms here. theyre keeping the cap on. thats good news. whats the worry here? >> well, theyre going to take it day by day, which is really important, because credibility a...

John hofmeister is a former shell oil executive and author of "why we hate the oil companies." john, as always, i welcome your expertise. what do you make of these? keep it in civilian terms here. theyre keeping the cap on. thats good news. whats the worry here? >> well, theyre going to take it day by day, which is really important, because credibility and confidence i think are really critical to what the next steps might be. in the case of confidence, there are many people, including in the wh...

Since the disaster began 89 days ago. and in a blow to cleanup efforts, the super skimmer dubbed the a whale has been beached. weeks of testing showed it wasnt collecting enough oil. and the upcoming hours will be critical to see if the well cap will hold. charles hadlock joins us live from venice, louisiana. charles, going to what we learned from that technical briefing we got this morning. >> reporter: well, everyone remains cautiously optimistic. no one is ready to say this is a permanent f...

>> why dont we just say, lets give the unemployed more help. it does seem extremely heartless not to help the unemployed. >> i agree with ben. >> i dont think i said that. >> it is heartless. >> larry: thats it for tonight, but we have not heard the last. i think all four of these are going to be back. and we appreciate the new love affair between ben stein and stephanie miller. this is shocking but true. "us" magazine will have it next week. around son cooper now. anderss eerson anderson? >> a ...