taking the oil that's coming to the surface to the southeast of the well site. we're getting a little break in the action as far as oil closing ashore, allowing us to marshall our sources and assess where the boom might have been blown ashore with the recent heavy weather we had and given us a chance to consolidate our forces and redouble our efforts on shore cleanup. i'll be glad to answers questions you may have. >> ed lavandera with cnn. question about the early on process. were you able to at least get any kind of pressure readings, any kind of indication as to how that might go or would that not begin until the test begins? >> we had pressure readings when we closed the manifold but oil is still exiting through the drill choke. we started to crank it down when we saw the leak so we won't get