barrels of oil a day. the sealing cap will also help in the next step and that will be getting the relief well finished, shoving the mud and cement down, both the relief well and through the blowout preverpr preventer and sealing that leak once and for all. thad allen and our coordinator approved bp going ahead with the procedures they're working on now. those pictures again -- the top hat that's been on there for several weeks that collected 700,000 barrels of oil is off but the new containment procedure will more than triple our capacity when it's all said and done. >> let me talk about politics and the president's campaigning in effect. october in july in some ways. president on the campaign trail this week. he attempted to frame the debate for the fall. he was in kansas city, missouri, on thursday and this is what he said. >> you're going to face a choice in november. i want everybody to be very clear about what that choice is. there's a choice between the