static kill operation? when are they going to be able to start and finish? >> reporter: well, drew, we could be looking at the beginning of the end. at least everybody hopes so down here. you know, yesterday thad allen gave a briefing via conference call and was saying this thing could start late today. and then doug settles, the coo of bp, held a briefing of his own later in the day on tuesday. so we are looking at the next 24 hours or so. we might see the beginnings of the static kill operation. i just want to show you sort of a crude rendering of this because just understanding it yourself, you almost have to draw it. we got the dry erase board. apologies to tim russert. we want to look at what this is going to look like. essentially, here's the bottom of the ocean. here's the cap on the blowout preventer over the well. essentially, what we are going to see, we are going to see the mud and cement to start pouring in through a line going right into the cap. then they are going to start filling that ruptured well that