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The people in charge confident the cap will work? >> they seem very confident about the cap. it's the well they're worried about. they're conducting pressure tests. if they get high pressure readings in the cap when they close the valves, that's good. it means it's holding back oil in the well. if they get a low pressure reading there may be a leak in other place. they want to test the integrity of the well to make sure it with stands the drilling mud they want to pump in in august when they seal the leak. >> last night we got word from sources at the command center that there was a great deal...

Initial hydrocarbons, when we can't tell is the current condition of the well board below the sea floor. >> reporter: pressure readings will help determine whether the well is strong enough to hold up against the heavy drilling mud that b.p. wants to bump through a relief well in august to shut down the leaking well once and for all. the pressure tests will also give officials a more accurate estimate of how much oil has already spilled in the gulf, giving coastal residents a better idea how much longer oil continues to disrupt their fisheries, beaches and even mundane aspect of lives they onc...

Get for the latest on the oil disaster let's go to ainsley air hard. >> reporter: the new cap is in place. what is next? bp will run a series of tests and monitor that well to make sure the cap is working and there are no other leaks. that could take a couple of days. the old cap was removed saturday because did it not have a tight fit around the edges and was allowing thousands of gallons of oil to escape everyday. this new cap is only meant to be temporary. bp is drilling two relief wells to reach the blown out well from underground and are hoping that will permanently plug the leak. crews w...

Much oil and methane gas is spewing into the gulf of mexico daily. right now, the estimated pounds her square inch rate of all of the oil gushing up is about 12,000p.s.i., they think with a -- once they perfectly seal this it should be 9000p.s.i., if it is less than that that means the highly pressurized oil and gas is escaping somewhere else in the system, via another pipeline, the sea bed and oil reservoir. if that happens that's going to complicate things greatly. but if it doesn't happen and everything goes well, they'll have it sealed on top, and then the relief well will come in, 7-10 mo...

You do have a problem. you have unemployed hard-working people who have done nothing wrong except do their job and they're stuck. the fish rots from the top, as i think michael dukakis used to say and the question is if the fish is rotting from the top and you've got bp and other corporations not being responsible in terms of safety, not following good management protocols, i don't blame things on machines and blowout preventers, i blame management for making decisions on, you know, drilling mud. and on whether the cement is hard enough and whether they really do the job and follow the protoco...