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Of work, whether it is putting the casing in for the relief well or the static kill or the containment options and how it relates to the time lines of when to expect gayil-force wind. >> and wolf do, they have enough confidence in the well to keep it closed if a hurricane comes up? they are testing and they say they don't want offer up an answer right now. >> dave mattingly is in new orleans. thank you very much. joining us now from aboard a blimp is cnn's amber lyon and not far away, but considerably closer to the gulf of mexico is rob marciano who is on a boat watching what is going on. am...

The coast guard yesterday, about to meet with the president and joins us from the front of the white house. congratulations on your retirement and thanks for being here. >> glad to be here. >> quite a retirement, leaving you in the middle of the biggest ecological disaster in history. what are you going to tell the president? >> well i think the discussions this afternoon will center on the current operations down there. carol brown, secretary napolitano and the vice president visited in the last week to get a sense what's going on post hurricane and get an overall sense on containment options...

World. bill: in the meantime, congress is asking for quers of what caused the oil spill in the gulf. our representatives from bp and halliburton and transocean scheduled to appear, other witnesses will talk about the effect the spill is having on the local economy, wildlife and the environment. meanwhile, bp is looking at other containment options after the big containment box failed over the weekend. maybe a second one, a smaller one, perhaps that can do the job. but so far, as of 9:11 a.m. eastern time on a monday, they have not found the right solution yet. they're working it. martha. marth...