Provocative acts. jamie: watching it all weekend long to see what happens, xris i christian, always great to talk to you, thank you. thank you. merry christmas. gregg: devastating aftermath of extreme weather, taking its toll on the west coast. southern california getting to rebuilding after a week of drenching rains, flashed floods and mudslides and our fox affiliate reporter with kttv is live in highland, california, when can people get back to their homes there? reporter: well, it is a question that remains to be answered, gregg. we are in highland s and this i a sample of the devastation gregg spoke of, i m standing on three feet of mud outside a small home and you can see, i m in fact i m standing above window level and quickly, if i move to the left i m actually at roof level of the home, just how high the mud it and if i walk to
A temporary solution until the permanent solution is completed. frankly, any solution that would keep more damage from being done and more oil from flowing into the waters would be considered a good option after, you know, 80 some days of the gusher that we have been seeing. so, this is not a permanent solution. it is a good sign. bp has said so far so good but they still have to wait and see what the final verdict is on this and even if it goes well, it s still just a temporary measure until they get that permanent measure in place. xris? let s talk about that permanent measure which is, the relief well. where are they on that? they had stopped it a few days ago when they decided to take a minute and evaluate these tests that they wanted to do. now that they have started the tests, they are going to complete that and then presumably they will resume work on this relief well. now, they said that they, their target date for completion was mid-august. they did say they were ahead of