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The centerpiece of the oil giant's plan for a new more effective containment system. >> i think the big way to look at it is over the next four to seven days, depending on how things go, we should get that sealant cap on. that's our plan. >> during that time much of the oil will flow unimpeded. some will be burned off by the q4000. and today bp hopes to get the helix producer working. potentially tripling the 25, 000-barrel-a-day collection average of the old system. >> so over the next two weeks or so, we'll get to a total of 60,000 to 80,000 barrels ady of containment. >> reporter: if things...

Tested in the gulf is safe to eat. as for the time line for the new containment system. thad allen said it would take three to four days to put the cap on the well. it could take as long as seven to ten days to hook it up to four different platforms. the key is they want -- they are trying to create a system where they can quickly unhook in case of bad weather and move the rigs out. a process that under the current system would take five days under the new system, they hope it would only take two. alex? >> ann, thanks for that comprehensive report. for all of the latest developments on the oil...

These individuals to be arrested and now back in moscow. also the white house official says that the u.s. gave russians names of the four it wanted released in the exchange for spies. so we are getting a trickle of interesting information regarding very intriguing story we continue to follow here on msnbc. in the meantime, a major development on day 81 of the gulf oil disaster, the retired admiral in charge of the government's response says bp will remove the current containment cap and replace it with a new tighter cap. now during this change, oil will yet again gush out freely, possibly fo...

Remove current containment cap on that gushing well tomorrow to replace it with a new, tighter cap. he also says bp could add a third containment system on sunday. meantime, a federal appeals court in new orleans has rejected the obama administration's attempt to restore the president's moratorium on deepwater drilling. but the court did allow the administration's appeal to proceed. nbc's maura shav campo joins us. that news regarding the judge's decision came down late yesterday. what's been the reaction from the white house or bp? >> reporter: well, you know, people in this part of the count...

Could be done at the earliest at the end of the month around july 20th, july 27th. they originally said mid-august, so this would put us ahead of schedule. if the weather holds up and they are expecting a stretch of nice weather, they could continue making progress and they could get it done early. but they arine noting that it i unlikely that would happen. they say if it hits any staffus that would put them back on track to hit the mid-august deadline. it should also be noted that they have an important earnings report coming out on july 27th, so maybe they're hoping to get it done in time, t...