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But at the same time, i think people are optimistic and hopeful that struggle this work. but i would also tell you, if it doesn't, we have the containment system in place. we have more capacity than we've ever had today and very soon we'll have even more beyond that. more hurricane-accommodating or resistant systems. we have the relief wells and we have these tieback options. even if it isn't successful, we will continue to mitigate the effects, reduce it and ultimately get this thing stopped. >> reporter: there was this 24-hour hold on this test. but suttles saying they have been working thro...

And that's the one thing they have confidence in. and the guy who's out in the gulf of mexico directing the relief well operations, john wright, is a man who's drilled 40 relief wells, 40 have been successful, and they're hoping that this, the 41st, will be successful. so, yes, they're looking at this containment system. but the most important thing that it's going to tell them today is the condition of that well. because that really is key information that they need to know. >> all right. anne, thank you so much. we really do appreciate you getting up early for what may possibly be some good ...

I'll use the word, mika's used it on pat buchanan, skankiest -- >> well -- >> -- polluters. >> lindsay lohan, right? >> back to lindsay. >> in america. that these guys were the bad guys out there. >> well, we have to bear in mind, you know, as you say, 11 people were killed on this rig, and the people in the communities down in louisiana, mississippi, and your home state of florida, joe, their businesses are suffering, people are suffering, and so while we can take some hope that maybe this latest containment system will hold before the relief well makes it, we've really got to do everything w...

Same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> welcome back, an update now on the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. bp reporting progress today in the effort to put a new more efficient cap on the broken oil well. in the meantime, crude is flowing unabated into the gulf. officials say it's a necessary evil in order to install the new containment system that's expected to be completed sometime this week and bp providing an update today on the status of the long-term fix. back to jonathan serrie live in grand isle, louisiana. jonathan, the time frame, what is the...

Slew of charges and issued shoes if anywhere. >> juliet: good, i'm done. tip your waitresses, we'll be here all night. very clever. we're sorry that the barefoot bandit has been caught and no more little graphics. thanks, peter. on to very serious news, day 83. right now there's nothing stopping the oil from surging near full force into the gulf of mexico. crews removed the well cap yesterday, an intentional step backward to install a new and improved containment system and estimates the broken well is spewing 1 1/2 to 21/2 million gallons a day, it was collecting less than half that. the new ...