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So they like the way things are moving at this point. but as you heard the president mention, so far no decisions made as to exactly what will happen after this integrity test is over. but the longer it goes, the better news that is. it is clear that that gives the scientists, the experts many more options in their decision making as they move forward. they are doing a series of seismic testing, sonar testing to kind of gauge the integrity of all that ground around where that blowout preventer is. they say they want to make sure that pressure does not damage that. that is the critical part so ...

Bp also faces fines for the spill, fines that will be determined by how much oil has actually been released over these past three months. experts should be able to get a more accurate measure of that with the new containment cap now in place. our congressional correspondent is taking a closer look at this part of the story. what are you finding out? >> reporter: big call right now, wolf, from democrats who are pushing for an exact number of how much oil has been spilling into the gulf over the 87 days that the oil was flowing so far. right now it's just an estimate, a range of 35,000 to 60,000...

Good morning, everybody. it's friday, july 16th. i'm jim acosta in for john roberts. good to see you. >> good to have you with us this morning. a lot to talk about. kiran chetry, by the way. let's get right to it. tears replaced by joy in the gulf. for now, at least, the oil spill has stopped. bp's containment cap is working still. this now 15, 16 hours and counting, and they're doing tests to see how well the ruptured well is holding up under all of that pressure. so we're going to get a live report from the scene, still ahead. and a 3.6 magnitude earthquake shaking things up in the nation'...

Comfort suites. power up. two times with comfort suites or any choice hotel, you can feed a family of four. book now at choicehotels.com to start earning your $50 restaurant gift card. so take a look at this, something we haven't seen in almost three months on day 88 of the gulf oil disaster. there is no oil gushing out of the ruptured well. bp is still carrying out its so-called integrity test on the new containment cap. president obama says he is following the developments day by day and he plans to return to the gulf in the next several weeks. four new orleans police officers accused of...

An integrity tests on the well is now under way. we should know by this weekend whether it can handle all of the pressure that's now building up inside of it and whether or not the well itself was damaged underground. >> even if the containment cap holds and the oil well successfully killed, there is still a lot of work left to do. that observation coming from bp's chief operating officer, doug suttles. he told cnn's wolf blitzer he's heartened by these positive developments but now is not the time to start celebrating. >> we don't have any leaks, we don't have any oil coming out that we know ...