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Launching bottom kill. >> that could take place sometime the week after labor day. >> reporter: crews will also attempt to recover the well's blowout preventer and drill pipe, two key components in determining whether bp, transocean and halliburton were criminally negligent in the deepwater horizon disaster. thad allen says they will only proceed with bottom kill after they determine it is safe to do so and that his time line is simply his best guess. vinita, rob. here's a look at your weather across the country. gusty winds, heavy rain and hail from the upper midwest down to kansas. another...

I would say this and this is a very positive statement, there is no oil flowing into the gulf of mexico. we have successfully shut in this well, we have had stability since the 15th of july and we have something we have not had before, we have the trade space to really consider alternatives in less than a high pressure situation to allow us to really do the right thing in relation to killing this well. we also need to be concerned about preserving evidence for the investigation that's going on as well. >> that was admiral thad allen a short time ago saying the well has not been killed and they...

Mother nature. >> reporter: we are being rained on by the storm that halted the drilling of the relief well. they thought the storm would be a lot worse than it turned out to be. they resumed work today. they capped it before in anticipation of the storm. now they are in the process of removing the cap of that temporary relief well and will soon resume the drilling of it to reset last -- reach that last 30 feet and try to seal this well for good. they are telling us the bottom kill, the so-called bottom kill may not even be necessary. the "top kill" with the cement mud may have sealed that wel...

Coming through. it rains really hard for ten minutes and that's it. the worst has been in southeastern louisiana, including new orleans. it's been dry in mississippi, alabama and the florida gulf coast. we've had rain around the tampa area. what you see here is a huge circulation, and it's primarily due to this mid and upper level spin in the atmosphere counterclockwise low pressure. the center of the low right now, the center of the depression is about 175 miles south of pensicola. hurricane hunter aircraft are now out there, doing their old zigzag through the area trying to find a close circ...

Afghanistan so why not help us delete that information, which is sensitive? on the other hand, the pentagon said, we're not interested in redacting these secret documents that were distributed unlawfully because then it would appear that the pentagon is complicit in the release of classified secret information. it's somewhat of a catch-22. everybody's here 8ing for the next shoe to drop because over the weekend wikileaks said they were going to start releasing some of those 15,000 more sensitive documents they claim, tamron. >> thanks. bp is moving this week to ensure no more oil will leak f...