Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100814:13:06:00
How well the static kill operation may have worked that was done last week. that's where they poured thousands of pounds of heavy mud and cement into the top of the well. some of that cement may have gone all the way down 13,000 feet to the bottom of the well and then up the sides of the casing. well, that's exactly where the relief well would be drilling into. so admiral thad allen and the government scientists aren't convinced there's enough cement there to seal permanently. so they want to go ahead with the relief well operation. that would reseem in aboume in days. there is another possibi...