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Once again, we have expanded our language at the trivial expense of just a little oil in the gulf of mexico. static kill. our third story in the countdown, after allowing 5 million barrels of oil to poison the ocean, bp is once again putting its hopes into a glorified injection of mud. the obvious question is, will it work? perhaps the more important one is, how will we know? in a moment, bob cavnar will join us. tests earlier in the day prompting bp to go ahead with its critical so-called static kill effort, in which once again heavy drilling mud is pumped into the top of the well. the operat...

Shepard, this fight is far from over. >> i will say. looks like years to go possibly, right? >> well, this case is now on a path to the u.s. supreme court. really, shepard, this whole case was a high stakes gamble for gay rights activists because, of course, how the high court rules will set a precedence for gay couples nationwide. there is no guarantee how they will come out on the other side. >> shepard: claudia, thanks. to the gulf south where 107 days bp's blown out well on the floor of the gulf of mexico is no longer a threat. that's the official word from the national incident commander,...

Once again, we have expanded our language at the trivial expense of just a little oil in the gulf of mexico. static kill. our third story in the countdown, after allowing 5 million barrels of oil to poison the ocean, bp is once again putting its hopes into a glorified injection of mud. the obvious question is, will it work? perhaps the more important one is, how will we know? in a moment, bob cavnar will join us. tests earlier in the day prompting bp to go ahead with its critical so-called static kill effort, in which once again heavy drilling mud is pumped into the top of the well. the operat...

Is with the relief well from down below. >> is there danger in that mud? it's nicely described as mud, that's not mud, it's drilling mud. is there a danger to this the way the corexit turned out to be such a danger? >> you know, the corexit dispersant is highly toxic. in fact, it's more toxic than the crude oil itself. drilling mud, in itself, the vast majority of it are fairly inert minerals, but they do run things like caustic soda and other chemicals in it that could be toxic. so if it gets on the ocean floor, it can have effect on the sea life there. >> that video feed, given how much we'v...

The only way you kill this well is with the relief well from down below. >> is there danger in that mud? it's nicely described as mud, that's not mud, it's drilling mud. is there a danger to this the way the corexit turned out to be such a danger? >> you know, the corexit dispersant is highly toxic. in fact, it's more toxic than the crude oil itself. drilling mud, in itself, the vast majority of it are fairly inert minerals, but they do run things like caustic soda and other chemicals in it that could be toxic. so if it gets on the ocean floor, it can have effect on the sea life there. >> that...