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Cease? will they have to stop because you have to build the pressure up? >> yeah. in fact, the first step of the closing in process to do the test is going to be to stop production or the containment operations on the q-4000 and the hee lilix producer and that is first part of the process, because it will stop all flow from the well. >> in this process would you consider waiting for the relief well to get closer before you stop the well, and before you got to the 8,000 psi number, so you were ready to do the bottom kill just in case something really did go wrong? >> well, we obviously, if we f...

The weather has gotten worse? >> as you mentioned, a the lot of the skimmers have been granted. apparently where we are is one of the only ones where skimmers were actually operating but most of the cleanup vessels had been grounded because of the particularly rough seas and the containment boom, a lot of it has been pulled up because there's fears it would break free and that vessel is supposed to be out at the site to double the containment of the leak, that has been delayed until next week because the seas are too rough. >> what's this talk of another potential setback in that oil containme...

Trchlt has been 15 years since we have seen an atlantic hurricane in june and this could be the start of very active hurricane season. slowed down the containment operations in the gulf. its major punch will hit texas and mexico, but the site of the oil disaster will take a beating, too. worried about oilican which could happen out in the gulf. >> it is a hurricane that moves over the oil spill, i call it an oilicane. it will be an unprecedented event. a unique event in human history. >> and that, obviously, raises the question of what exactly will happen and what are we going to do about it. ...

Pick up steam when the storm does cross the gulf and as we all know, storms are very unpredictable. officials are working to contain the spill say any kind of setback could last weeks. if a future hurricane does disrupt their operation. rick leav leventhal is in grand, louisiana, to talk about what might happen. >> any storm of more than 4 of miles an hour would force the suspension of containment efforts at the spill site. there are two ships collecting a million gallons of oil every day. that would stop. that's less than half, by the way, of the 35,000 to 60,000 barrels of thick crude that's...

We worked out the details and agreement for several hours. then the president came back in before the meeting finished around 2:30. >> greta: one of the people who attended was the attorney general of the united states eric holder. he has opened a criminal and civil investigation of the different parties involved in this oil leak. did the attorney general say anything to you about the investigation? was it mentioned at all? >> greta, it was not mentioned. the president's objectives today were to understand what the status of the leak was and the containment operations as well as our commit s t...