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Off, but this is done incrementally. it's a very complicated test. it isn't you shut one valve and poof you've got the answer. it will take them anywhere from 6 hours to 48 hours. the longer it goes, the better it is. >> is there a chance they could cap it off completely or alternatively take the oil coming out of the narrow cap now and pipe it right up to the ships? >> they could. and if they start to get pressure readings that give them concerns, they said they're going to open the ceiling cap. then they will, as you say, send it up to the system. there are already two hooked up. they have t...

Sea. we have some of those routers, as you can see, on screen at the moment and we will continue to give you updates. as we understand whether or not we will be able to see some success today as they try to put on this latest ceiling cap. you can watch along with us here and keep you updated in terms of what we are hearing and all of your producers that are watching this story. the aged revolutionary, former cuban president, fidel castro, stepping out of seclusion to appear on cuban television. we are going globe trekking to atlanta. we will take you there next.

If this containment cap isn't able to completely mitigate the flow, they do have those pipes, if will you, connected to the -- to this equipment and vessels on the surface of the water and it would return to the way it was before saturday where had you that one containment cap over it and the oil that was getting sucked into that would be brought up to the vessels on the surface of the water. those vessels -- there are a few in place. a couple of others coming online. that that is a little more fluid out here over the next couple of weeks. they can switch over to that if this tighter seal does...

That's been -- being lowered down there. so -- you know, we heard over and over from bp officials that this technology, these kinds of -- this kind of work, has never been done at these depths. so -- you know, that's why it is still -- we have seen a -- series of failures. we have seen some successes with some of the caps. but you know, these next 48 hours will be extremely critical in determining whether or not they will be able to cap the flow of this oil well while that relief well work continues to move ahead. >> ed, yeah, you are right. that's -- new ceiling cap they are putting on. small...

>> it's the basis of all the amounts bp is going to pay i've been focusing on the fact that bp has been slow at getting this contained and only moved forward on the ceiling cap after the coast guard incested on friday. it's to bp's advantage to have unmeasured oil going into the water. as long as it's unmeasured oil going into the water, then that has a chance of reducing their total amount they owe. it won't be measured. they can negotiate that down. >> as a counselor i ask that you note that deliberate omission and miscalculation of the flow rate as a secondary tactic in addition to the obvi...