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>> two words. and there are four terms. top. >> okay. >> kill. bottom kill. they are completely different. >> right. >> one, 18,000 feet in the bottom of the ocean. the other one on top where the blowout preventter is. i'm going to make a familiar three tree here, just like at cnn. there was the dynamic part of the static kill they tried to do earlier. >> right. >> and now they're going to do a static kill. they are both still top kills. >> i got it, okay. >> they both still pump mud down into and into the blow out preventer, or in this case, even the secondary part they can pump it in, and it...

Next phase of the operation should take place in the five to seven days from now, the so-called bottom kill which brings in the same elements through a relief well they have been drilling almost since this whole nightmare began. that will intercept the ruptured and well, and more mud and cement and hope that will permanently kill this thing once and for all. the optimism is there. doug suttles gave a briefing, and his attitude about this is that he is confident that all of this is going to work. drew? >> jim acosta, live in new orleans. >> some days getting better. there's still a lot to do. h...

Well by the time all of these actions are finished. >> give us an idea about the risks here. there is still a chance something could go wrong? >> i think the chances are pretty minimal. they are doing a top kill and a bottom kill. i am not a petroleum biologist but people think this is standard procedure for sealing the well. rather than speculating about what could happen. >> from your perspective knowing probably as many people as you do that have been working to help clean this up. do you think once the well is capped permanent ly. >> the petroleum engineers will go about other things. they...

Oil into the gulf of mexico for three months may be permanently stopped this week. let's hope. bp says it's beginning the so-called static kill procedure as early as tomorrow. that involves forcing mud and cement into the well and will be followed by a quote, bottom kill through a relief well that should be finished in about a week. but with millions of gallons of -- what is a final lesson to be learned from this summer of oil. for that we turn to robert rice. the president says he's going to appoint a national commission to study this and see if we need other regulations, is that good enough?...

Let's talk about what we have first and foremost with bp doug suttles taking a trip to the southern end of louisiana toward venice, the marshlands and see firsthand where some of the oil still has inundated much of the marsh. oil is hard to find in the gulf of mexico in the open waters they have plenty of it down there and he'll see it up close and personal. the second thing they'll continue cleaning out one of the relief wells the key component into the next procedure. the static well injecting mud and cement into the containment cap and thaens' going to be what they call static kill. the sec...