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Plate by green mashed potatoes. basically you take cooked peas, put them in a blender or food processor, or if you want creamier mashed potatoes but a little chicken broth in there. kick this up. boom. that gives you a nice -- i'll turn that off. that will give you a nice green color. mix that with your mashed potatoes. >> that looks so appetizing. >> doesn't it? you get these wonderful green mashed potatoes to go along with your traditional corned beef. >> your st. paddy's day theme, and your vegetables all in one. >> healthy and tastes good. i want to end with a little irish-american coffee....

They get to that point they hit a target about the size of a dinner plate. when they punch through that is when they are going inject a combination of mud and cement and at that point, the well will be dead but looks like it will be next weekend, this coming weekend when they will finally get to this procedure. >> all right. meanwhile, we are hearing more about these scams that are happening to residents. is this a new one from the others that we have been hearing about, people posing as bp workers or cleanup workers or charities to get donations? the warning came out this weekend, isolated in...

Depression number five. it brought rainfall there. and we have other delays due to interesting developments that took place yesterday. there was a tell conference with the retired coast guard admiral thad allen. the problem is, before we get to one measure, he is issuing a order to bp to conduct tests about the pressure inside the well to make sure it's safe to proceed with the bottom kill and the relief well procedure. and then that can be done monday and tuesday, and if the results are favorable they can proceed with the bottom kill and relief well. they are going down 2.5 miles, and the tar...

Exactly they would plan on doing then. what measure bp would have after that. once he is satisfied with that, the game plan is to continue with the relief well. it is an amazing feat, if you think about it, 17,000 feet down. 2 1/2 miles and the target they're trying to hit is the size of a dinner plate. it's an amazing endeavor. they are going to finish the testing on monday or tuesday in terms of pressure, but then at that point it could take from four days to even 90 hours to continue the drilling procedure and then they're going to have that injection and the mud and cement, by that point, ...

How confident should americans be that this crisis is coming to an end, do you think? >> in the sense that it is a one-two punch, first we cap the top, then we choke the bottom. that's how you kill this monster. so far we have success in cap being the top, and in a few weeks we'll know whether we can choke the bottom. so remember we never get it on the first try. we're drilling three miles under the surface of the water. we're trying to hit a dinner plate from that distance. you never make it on the first try. it would be like winning the lottery. you go in, you mix, you fill it up with concre...