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The well itself, they're thinking about putting on some of the hoses, some 5,000 feet up to the surface. for our viewers tuning in say on cnn radio, not able to see what we're talking about, think of almost like some boats on the surface, like a giant mosquito pulling in, but instead of pulling in some oil from the containment cap but before they go to the step they have to make sure the containment cap is sound. you're talking about the psi, pounds per square inch, measurement of pressure excerpted against that cap it has been going up but slowly. that's okay, as long as those arrows are goin...

The gulf of mexico. the new containment cap has stopped the flow of oil so far. and south carolina's unlikely senate candidate hit the campaign trail in his hometown today. it's the first time alvin green has appeared since his surprise win in last month's democratic primary. and repercussions from a bad joke? or was it outright racism? either way, it has caused a big split in the tea party movement today. you're in the cnn news room, i'm fredricka witfield. new developments in the gulf right now, bp officials are reviewing the latest results from critical tests of the newly-recapped oil wel...

Was part of the problem we saw with the weher in kentucky. let's talk about the heat because we're also monitoring temperatures soaring across the country. the heat advisories continue for the evening hours. will it get any better this week now that we're moving into monday? we're looking forward to maybe a cooldown. the problem is, there is not one coming. widespread heat across much of the country for the rest of the week with the heat index in the triple digits. that will persist straight through the rest of the week. we're not into spinning relief. just to show those traveling, those storm...

The tests have been a success so far on the new containment cap in the gulf of mexico. you can see that there is still no oil flowing. officials are assessing results from the last 24-hour test right now. and if bp executives say the cap could stay on until the wells are actually finished. and alvin green is hitting the campaign trail in south carolina for the first time since he became the surprise winner of the democratic senate primary just last month. he is facing republican incumbent, jim demint and green is speaking at a naacp event in manning, south carolina. that's him sitting in the b...

>> shannon: we are now getting word from national incident commander admiral thad allen that testing on the containment cap in the gulf will continue until 4:00 p.m. eastern time and then extensions in 24 hour increments. president obama is taking political advantage one said about the situation. i sat down with chris wallace for a preview. chris, a lot of news out of the gulf this week. most sounds very good and you got to talk to some of the elected officials out of louisiana right there on the frontlines. >> senator david vitter, republican of louisiana and the president of plaquemines pari...