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That 48-hour deadline to test the integrity of the well expired yesterday afternoon. now the government continues to continue and bp wants to continue as well testing for a while. there is about 67 psi in pressure. they want to get that higher, to let them know the well is holding and no oil is leaking out. the containment process will resume as soon as the testing stops. they will attach piped and sen siphon up the oil to surface ships and start collecting it. and michelle obama will head back to the gulf coast region on friday. reynolds wolf has been covering the disaster from the beginnin...

Development. david? >> wolf, admiral thad allen releasing a statement to us a short time ago saying that we are encouraged by this development, but he cautions that this isn't over. he says they have to continue to watch the data coming in and watch how the capp performs, bu hi talk about the cap being a temporary measure for hurricanes. he says that the temporary information they are gathering will help them to gain a better understanding of options for a temporary shut-in of the well during a hurricane. and he says very plainly here, it remains likely that we will return to the containment p...

Placed on top of the bop is holding pressure. the only question is, is it leaking into the sea floor? >> as you raise that question i want to do a little then and now with admiral allen, the incident commander. a couple days ago there seemed to be more optimism that once they closed this down that as long as it held they could use it as a permanent cap to seal the well. i want you to listen to what thad allen told our wolf blitzer just a couple days ago. >> okay. but we have a significant chance to dramatically reduce the amount of oil being released into the environment and maybe shut the wel...

And he says at the end of the statement, it remains likely that we will return to the containment process using this new stacking cap connected to the risers to attempt to collect up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day until the relief well is completed. why would they do that? why would they reopen the valves and start to contain it on the ships and con tanler ekocontain the gulf of mexico when it seems closed right now? >> well, when they start to produce this oil, they don't have to actually open it up to the sea, because now the test, if it goes fairly well, they will have control of the well...

Here in the gulf is a setback in the containment process. a bp spokesman saying today, confirming that high winds are accounting for that wobble that we are currently seeing on the underwater pictures. the wave height is expected to decrease through the weekend but officials do say that they are now capturing slightly less oil than before the waves and the rough water made that cap wobble or jiggle. campbell? >> randi, in his briefing today admiral thad allen talked about the government's use of skimmers in the gulf, sort of this skimmer surge. explain how it's going so far. >> reporter: well,...