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Rig yesterday afternoon. so now all we're waiting on is to hear from national incident commander thad allen to declare this well dead once and for all. as you know, it's been since july 15th since any oil spilled into the gulf. that is when the stacking cap actually closed off the flow of oil and then in august they were able to cement the well from the top with the static kill process but all along the federal government insisted that bp finish this well off with a bottom kill to make sure it would never leak again. so later this morning we expect to hear from admiral allen declaring this wel...

The gulf of mexico. after pumping in cement to seal the well from the bottom the test is the last step needed before the well can finally be declared dead. nbc's ann thompson has spent the better part of the last five months there in that part of the country and is now in lake ponchartrain, louisiana. so let's get the very latest on what you're hearing on this final test, ann. good morning. >> reporter: well, alex, we were out on the developer driller three yesterday, the rig that dug the relief well, and, in fact, it's also the crew that conducted the pressure test overnight. essentially the ...