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Cnn's david mattingly has that part of the story from new orleans. question for you. is this going to work? >> reporter: it has to work. this is the plan they've been planning on since the disaster happening hoping it to be the final nail in the coffin for this leaking well. in the last couple days they are looking at this window of opportunity that's come up with this whether it created a sense of optimism we have not seen for weeks here and what they're doing with this cap is actually going to have an effect on the so-called bottom kill that they have planned once they intersect that well. r...

Has more weeks to go. watch bp's online video and you'll hear the company's technical expert praising progress in bp's ultimate solution, a relief well. >> i walk away with tremendous confidence in our relief well operation. >> reporter: bp concedes though it is still weeks away from attempting a so-called bottom kill of the blown out well to shut it down after the failure of its top kill efforts. why is it taking so long? petroleum engineers say drilling a relief well is a pains taking process. especially this one since at 18,000 feet it's the deepest ever. normally in oil drilling companies ...

They can have magnetic sensors on them, they certainly have temperature sensors. so i think that they will be able to hit the target. >> one expert said to me, i don't know if this is overblown or not, that there is still really concerned about the structural base of this whole operation. if the rocks get moved, this thing could really explode and they're sitting on a billion potential barrels of oil at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. is that a real concern or is that just out of the question unrealistic? >> well, i've heard concerns about the structural integrity of the well. in particular,...

Sensors and they can have temperature sensors and different sensors, so i do believe they will hit the target. >> one expert said to me, and i don't know whether this is overblown or not, but they are concerned about the structural base of this whole operation if the rocks are moved, this thing could really explode, and think are sitting on a billion potential barrels of oil at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. is that a real concern, or is that just out of the question unrealistic? >> well, i have heard concerns about the structural sbeg ri in of the well, and with the top kill, mud was drill...

Already flooded with complaints of irregularities and accusations of fraud. taliban attacks kept 20 polling places from even opening. the gulf of mexico tonight, a crucial pressure test of bp's macondo oil well is set to begin in about two hours. if the cement dumped deep into the well is hopefully holding. the so-called bottom kill is holding. thad allen will have the final word on whether the well is officially dead. if and when he does, crews will pack up and probably be gone in about a week. a husband and father helpless as his entire family is killed. next, hear the frantic 911 call i...