KGO America This Morning August 3, 2010
it is the largest oil accident in marine waters ever. >> emily schmidt is joining us now from washington with the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning to you. bp needs some patience. it's handling one more small setback in permanently plugging that well. but it believes today is the day the static kill may get under way. bp says it will have to try a bit longer to try its 11th plan to stop the oil. monday's testing showed a small hydraulic leak on a containment cap. it must be plugged before the static kill begins, potentially today. scientists say i...