that was kind of an astonishing number to hear. the report we just got out today is getting some criticism right now. some are saying, how in the world can you account for that? how in the world can you say that, in fact, all of that oil is gone? but, still, the government right now sticking next to their numbers. also the president came out today and made some comments and some of the strongest comments. the president has been careful, i guess you could say, over the time of this gulf oil disaster. didn't want to sound too optimistic. but the president said today that this was significant and he said that, in fact, yes, we are looking at possibly the beginning of the end of this gulf oil disaster. the work will continue over the next couple of days with this static kill operation that's going on that will move us on to the next step, which will be the last step t bottom kill that will finally kill it, this relief well. let's go ahead and listen in to just a portion that we heard today from today's briefing at the white house. >> no one is saying that it's not a threat anymore.