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Franks and governor richardson, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. when we come back, we'll turn to the gulf oil spill. as early as this week, bp could have a new containment cap in place that would capture the vast majority of oil coming out of the well. but even if the oil stops, the claims will still be pouring in. a conversation with the man in charge of getting compensation to the disaster's victims, next. are you suffering from frequent heartburn?

Is the ultimate solution -- to close off this well. this cap was put in place a few moments ago. we'll continue to track this throughout the evening here and obviously the government says the key testing will begin in the morning. we'll continue to track that as well. stay right here. we want to switch back to politics now. the senate is back from the july 4th recess. congress is coming back. a lot of unfinished business. the majority leader harry reid went to the floor today to welcome back his colleagues but also deliver a bit of a message to the republicans. >> he tried for months to help p...

Decades old child sex case. bp says it is pleased with its progress on its temporary fix and that permanent solution is getting closer. also this hour, the new presidential commission investigating the spill will meet today. we're going to have more on that if a moment, but first, we want to check in with cnn's ed lavandera in new orleans for us. ed, we're hearing now from bp that that containment cap actually could be in place as early as today. is that true? is that what you're hearing? >> reporter: it is possible but it's still early because a lot of tests need to be done. it comes down t...

After a couple of setbacks from sunday, it should be able to collect up to 25,000 barrels of oil a day once it's fully operational. it's also key to the mitigation strategy when they look at the hurricane season coming forward. this helix producer which will be attached to a floating lizer that sits underneath the see which can be moved and put back in in those extreme situations with hurricane action. with all the containment equipment in place, bp says it should be able to collect 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day, of note here? that's more than the amount thought to be leaking, according to th...

We're still talking soccer. it is over though, the world cup officially ends. meanwhile, coming up on the top of the hour on this monday, july 12th. i'm kiran chetry. >> john roberts is off, i'm drew griffin. lots to talk about this morning. terrorists target world cup soccer fans. u.s. officials say one american was killed here. at least six others injured. three explosions. this happened in uganda. in a moment we'll go live to south africa for the latest developments on this story. day three for bp's operation to replace the containment cap on the oil gusher in the gulf. the oil giant ...