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Well. so in the last 24 hours, thad allen, the national incident commander, doug settles, they say engineers are keeping an eye on the ruptured well, watching the pressure reagds, readings, making sure everything is sound inside the ruptured well. they feel reasonably comfortable once they start this operation, start pumping the fluids, the mud, the cement down in there, this is going to start sealing this off. and in the words of doug settles, he's highly confident this is going to work. >> they have been more and more confident about the static kill maneuver, but does this mean it is done or...

Static kill operation? when are they going to be able to start and finish? >> reporter: well, drew, we could be looking at the beginning of the end. at least everybody hopes so down here. you know, yesterday thad allen gave a briefing via conference call and was saying this thing could start late today. and then doug settles, the coo of bp, held a briefing of his own later in the day on tuesday. so we are looking at the next 24 hours or so. we might see the beginnings of the static kill operation. i just want to show you sort of a crude rendering of this because just understanding it yourself,...