has been certified to be safe by the fda. they are also working in conjunction with the states on the -- >> you are listening to admiral thad allen speaking from the houston area to begin the first phase of what is referred to as static kill, a day that so many americans have been waiting for. now more than 100 days since that explosion happened deep in the gulf of mexico. we have heard reports that the flooding of this well, this effort to inject it with mud and other ingredients, essentially, could take more than 2,000 barrels of mud to do that. that process could begin, though, as early as today. we'll keep you upto date. just minutes ago a panel here in new york cleared the way for a mosque to be build on the shadow of ground zero. the preservation voted unanimously not to grant landmark status to the 152-year-old building that is currently at that site. why that's important is because it means it can be torn down now