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Blowout preventer that working. don't know how that fits yet into all of the entire investigation, responsibility and all those questions, jenna, but that is just coming out. and we are nearing the anniversary, april 20th, of that disaster that killed 11 men and left at least 17 others injured. but this news now, a federal probe finding that a trapped piece of drill pipe kept the blowout preventer from properly saleing to stop the oil from gushing to those many months until the middle of july until they could get a handle on the leakage. jenna: we'll keep everyone updated on that investigation...

That plane landed safely without incident. and then a few minutes later about 15 minutes later, the same thing happened to a united airlines flight. again, tried to contact the tower. no one was answering them. no one responding to them at the time. there was a controller at the tower, and there are some reports out there that perhaps the controller may have been sleeping at the time. the ntsb is saying at this point only that the controller was unresponsive. the faa is now looking into this incident. we will continue to monitor this situation, and hopefully get more answers, wolf. and in othe...

Launching bottom kill. >> that could take place sometime the week after labor day. >> reporter: crews will also attempt to recover the well's blowout preventer and drill pipe, two key components in determining whether bp, transocean and halliburton were criminally negligent in the deepwater horizon disaster. thad allen says they will only proceed with bottom kill after they determine it is safe to do so and that his time line is simply his best guess. vinita, rob. here's a look at your weather across the country. gusty winds, heavy rain and hail from the upper midwest down to kansas. another...

Now bottom kill. bp is taking one final step to make doubly, triply sure that the well in the gulf will never leak again. anne thompson is live in her second home of venice, louisiana. we got the relief well. that's done. is there any -- they wanted to drill two relief wells. what happened to the second relief well now? >> well, the second relief well is on hold while they finish drilling the first relief well, chuck. it is through the first well that they will do the bottom kill procedure. they have about 100 feet more to drill with the first relief well before they intersect the macondo well...

Let's talk about the national implications here. depending on how scotis rules, this could be far-reaching beyond california. >> after the ninth circuit rules it could have an effect on the districts the states have already, the definition of marriage between a man and a woman. and once the supreme court weighs in, that will trump everything. it will have to be litigated state by state. and once that ruling comes in, it will change everything, literally. so what happens in california is being watched very closely nationwide. >> ted rowlands for us. we want to take you live to where admiral tha...