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Breaking news tonight, we're following a key undertaking in the gulf. live pictures of bp's leaking well, a major operation underway right now to replace the old containment cap with a new cap. if it works, it's supposed to contain most of the oil gushing from the well head. that's a big if, though. randi kaye joins us with the latest. randi, what do we know? >> reporter: anderson, they put this cap on tonight, but the oil as you can see hasn't stopped flowing yet. it will take bp about four to seven days, apparently to slowly close the vents and the valves on this cap. just like with the old ...

Don't stop giving, we need it. >> sean penn joins me now for the big 360 interview. you've been here pretty much nonstop for the last six months. when people say they don't see progress on the ground, what do you say to them? >> well, first of all, you a disaster that was beyond anybody's experience, including all the aide workers that i have come to know. the initial chaos, i've come to have a greater understanding. since that time what's become clearer and clearer is is the chess play that goes on between the powers that be, whether it be an international agency, the government, and other go...

People? >> they say they do want to spend the money. this isn't charity. the average person on this program, captain of a boat gets paid $1,500 a day. that's why they're so desperate when they don't hear back from bp. >> gary, keeping them honest. still ahead, a whistleblower speaks out. he says he warned of problems with equipment on the deepwater horizon, specifically the blow-out preventer below the deepwater horizon weeks before the explosion. he says nobody listened. also lenny kravitz about the life here in new orleans. he has a long connection to this city. what he has to say about ...

>> yeah. british petroleum, no comment on what he was saying. transocean sent us a statement tonight, directly challenging benton saying, look, this bop preventer was tested in the days and the weeks before this event. it checked out okay. everything was working. they're really not sure what benton is talking about, but transocean is also saying that they are continuing to investigate, because obviously they don't know yet what went wrong on this rig. >> all right. drew, appreciate it. drew griffin. up next, lenny kravitz on the spill, the big "360" interview, and the life in new orleans. â™...

Also lenny kravitz about the life here in new orleans. he has a long connection to this city. what he has to say about the disaster, and how life here is still strong. coming up, the big "360" interview. oh, phillips' colon health probiotic plus fiber.