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It could be flowing someplace else into the substrata. the only way you kill this well is from with the relief well 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? >> you know, the core exit 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. >...

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 operation intended to help plug the...

Pump mud from the top down ideally forcing oil back into the reservoir. the obama administration extremely concerned about a deadly clash on the israeli-lebanese border. the sides differ on the details. but our best information indicating that an israeli commander and at least two lebanese soldiers are dead. u.n. peacekeepers are trying to keep the peace. two republican senators are calling out 100 stimulus project that is they consider, and i quote, stupid or inappropriate. they include $500,000 for new windows at mount st. helens visitor center. and then a study to discover how monkeys r...

Ruiz. this could mean a larger fine for bp, which is not to suggest bp will not fight the results of this. i mean you can rest assured it will. >> reporter: yeah, i think you're right. the government could potentially fine bp $1,100 per barrel. however if the government finds this oil leak was the result of gross negligence, that fine could spike up to $4,300 per barrel, to bp faces fines from $4.5 billion to $17.6 billion. >> shepard: this as bp attempts to plug the well or kill it for good. there's some progress, right? >> yeah, we just learned about an hour ago that bp actually began inject...

In the spring. the manufacturing sector grew for the 15th straight month, but at the slowest of the year. construction spending was up .1 percent, the increase from the government work. the dow had a big day today gaining 208 after good news in the economic earnings reports particularly good news from china and europe. and the s&p was up 24.25 and the nasdaq was up 40. b.p. says it will start shoving mud and cement into the well at the bottom of the gulf of mexico tuesday. our corporate is like in louisiana to tell us of the procedure called static kill. >> the goal is to pump the heavy drilli...