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Horizon site. the new containment cap placed over the gushing well has been successful in containing that spill. bob cavnar is an expert on these things. your retax to what you're hearing? >> caller: hi, chris. i was watching the feed just as they announced the oil had been shut in. the there muste a delay on the feed. it was still showing it comes out of the choke valve. the feed at this point is not showing the well head, but it's good news they've been able to close that. it's going to be critical over the next hour or so as they watch the pressure build. that's going to be the biggest chal...

On day 86 of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, bp has delayed a crucial integrity test on the new containment cap on the leaking oil well. the company is reviewing its testing procedures. bp has also suspended the drilling of two relief wells saying it wants to be sure any pressure buildup doesn't blow out one of those wells. other top story, the international coalition takes more deadly hits in afghanistan. eight american soldiers and four british troops have been killed in the last two days and 11 civilians have lost their lives in bombings by the taliban. retail sales drop for the...

Critical moment in the gulf of mexico, day 85 of the bp spill. right now preparing to test the containment cap it placed on its broken well pipe yesterday. that step apparently went smoothly. now bp needs to test the cap to see if it can, in fact, completely seal the well. randi kai joins me. what's the latest on the capping procedure tonight? >> reporter: anderson, they were supposed to start testing that cap earlier this evening but we just got late word a few moments ago, a few minutes ago, that they're going to do more analysis tonight and tomorrow. so, the testing on that cap, turns out, ...

The so-called integrity test has started. you can see the live pictures coming in, and they are beginning to shut down some of the valves that have allowed the oil to spew out. these are critical hours right now. thad allen the incident commander explaining a while ago that the government after a 24-hour delay feels confident that bp knows what it is doing and the test has started. every six hours they will reassess and see what is going on and they hope that the process going to be complete within 48 hours. if it works, and this is still a huge if, if it works, the oil will stop spewing, at l...

Valves and hopefully within 48 hours and he said a maximum of 48 hours they would test the pressure every few hours and make sure it does not make the matters worse and if it works no more oil is presumably coming out, and right now, they have shut down some of the valves at thech to the cap. >> yeah, randomly go through some of the pictures that we know that bp has been providing us. it is the one right over there, on that other side, and that is the one that is the closest picture that we have of what was, we will call it the top of the new cap. right there. it is off to the right. i can't p...