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Can't keep the containment cap on to completely stop the oil, it will allow us to capture much more oil and we'll see less oil flowing into the gulf. in the meantime obviously we still have a big job to do, there's still a lot of oil out there. that's why we've got more skimmers out there. there's better coordination on the ground along the shorelines. there's still an enormous cleanup job to do, and the whole set of issue to make sure people are compensated properly that the fund is set up and is acting expeditiously. so we've got an enormous amount of work to do, and people in the gulf, part...

Why can't we move past this debate? why can't we move beyond race? isn't it time? and also we want you to write to our blog, cnn.com/amfix. if you want to read the entirety of the blog written by mark williams, it is posted on the blog. cnn.com/amfix. i'm ready to take your comments this morning. >> carol, it's important people read that for themselves. what we've been reading this morning has not been taken out of context. it is what he wrote. it's pretty incendiary stuff. carol costello, thank you. stay with us. in about an hour we'll get reaction to the war of words between the naacp and th...

Problem is going to be the relief wells and getting that completed. but there's no doubt that we have made progress as a consequence of this new cap fitting on and that even if it turns out that we can't keep the containment cap on to completely stop the oil, it's going to allow us to capture much more oil and we'll see less oil flowing into the gulf. now, in the meantime, obviously, we've still got a big job to do. there's still a lot of oil out there and that's why we've got more skimmers out there, there's better coordination on the ground and along the shore lines. there's still going to b...

The data is not all still in. and it has to be interpreted by the scientists. but, here's the good news that i think everybody needs to understand. even if it turns out that we can't maintain this cap and completely shut off the flow of oil, what the new cap allows us to do is to essentially attach many more containment mechanisms so that we're able to take more oil up to the surface, put it on ships, and it won't be spilliin gulf. the final solution in the problem will be the relief wells and getting that completed. but there is no doubt that we have made progress as' co a consequence of the ...

Turns out that we can't keep the containment cap onto completely stop the oil it's going to allow us to capture much more oil and we'll see less oil flowing into the gulf. jon: senior white house correspondent major garrett is here with more . that's the optimistic side of the story. the president is trying to tamp down public enthusiasm, why? >> reporter: this has been an economic, ecological crisis and also a visual one. the country has, as soon as bp made available a few days after the spill those images from the seafloor of the spilling natural gas and oil, a visual crisis for the country....