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Washington post, a fourth man being held in pakistan claims to be shahzad's accomplice. that suspect reportedly admitted helping shahzad travel into pakistan's tribal areas for bomb training. >> and we last hour, we had said that if you were any part of this plot, i'd just keep my mouth shut. >> keep your head down. >> not admit it. just give the guy $35 and a pack of gum. >> yep. moving on. a lot of big stories to cover in this newscast. frustration growing in the gulf of mexico as bp says it is working on another plan to stop the spewing oil. engineers are now installing a small tube into ...

Trying to stem the leak now and i was going to give you a short laundry list of some of the things they're trying to do. perhaps the one getting greater attention is the idea of placing a second top hat on top of the leak, this is a containment box, we saw this idea that was tried a few days ago. it failed. they want to go at it again, this time with a smaller containment box or dome, if you will, and they also think they've come up with a way to prevent ice crystals from forming, this containment box is now in the water, and it is expected that they are going to try and put it in place in the...

We had a glimpse of this in a previous bp video and had is the first full view of the leak cause the disaster in the gulf. the stream occasionally becomes lighter as natural gas mixes in with the oil. oil is spewing into the gulf at a rate of more than 200,000 gallons a day. engineers hope a new, smaller containment box will reduce the flow. cnn's david mattingly joins us from grand isle, louisiana, with an update. david? >> reporter: fredericka, bp will have two shots at capping that leak of that largest leak that we just saw in that video. the first attempt they're going to have is going to ...

Containment box is going to go down there, this one called the top hat, it's going to be in place on top of that oil well in the gulf of mexico, we hope. the first dome failed to do the trick, it got clogged by ice crystals. meanwhile it is day two in hearings in washington and in louisiana about what exactly went wrong here. lawmakers are losing patience with bp, the rig owner, transocean, and the subcontractor, halliburton, watch this: >> i hear one message and the message is don't blame me. well, shifting this blame does not get us very far. it's like a bit of a texas 2-step. oh yeah, we're...

Megyn: welcome back, bottom of the hour, a quick look at stories we are watching for you you. president obama holding a press conference with president karzai today. stressing a strategic partnership between the two nations. the latest best hope to contain the gushing oil well is nearly in position. a two ton containment box should be in place by thursday. vice-president joe biden's son beau biden is now recovering in a philadelphia hospital. the delaware attorney general suffered a mild stroke yesterday. doctors say he was alert and speaking before arriving at the hospital. well, they do it e...