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The government knows about it. the government could be stopping it. and they appear to be trying to let it slide without explanation. let me explain. here's what we found. the process of exploring for oil is of course a dangerous process. accidents happen. when you're drilling into the earth's crust, there's all sorts of pressure that builds up below the surface of the earth. oil drilling is essentially about controlling that pressure while extracting the oil that you're down there for in the first place. right? but sometimes accidents do happen. sometimes that pressure builds up and builds up...

>> john harwood near capitol hill for us this morning, thank you. the gulf now. bp sais it is one step closer to killing that well. and obama administration officials have called the last 48 hours consequential. detailing how the government and the bp was able to recover 75% of the oil. anne thompson is nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent live for us in venice, louisiana. okay, anne. so what does today hold in terms of this so-called static kill? railroad we >> reporter: well, bp got approval to pour cement into the well. essentially what they're going to do is follow the static ...

Drilling pipe and exploded. b.p. did not confirm that but it's something they're investigating. b.p. is keeping a close eye on the large containment dome we have heard about. 100 tons, 40-feet tall and is now over the main leak at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. this is b.p. short-term solution to the leak. if it works they say it could contain 85% of the oil that continues to leak in the gulf of mexico. meanwhile, come back live and put it in perspective. the government closed off the waterway from the south path of mississippi river east to south of pensacola, florida, and that means a lot...

Right in the red circle. it covers more than 1800 square miles, 78 times the size of manhattan. crews are using robot submarines to stop the leak. it's estimated 42,000 gallons a day are leaking. they're trying to cap off a drilling pipe more than 5,000 feet below the surface and timing is critical. forecasters say for now the wind is pushing the slick away from the breaches but it's expected to change. trace gallagher is following this. what do experts think it could wash up on the east coast? >> we have breaking news out of noaa telling us they do not believe the oil will wash up along the g...

Friday, maybe next saturday as the next round of the storms that'll come in with all these ingredients favorable. it's early enough yet i haven't started giving tor-con numbers that far in vance. usually i do it a day in advance. >> dr. greg forbes, a man much smarter than me, inventor of the tor-con. keep an eye on the weather channel and of course msnbc will bring you the results of the little machine behind you. thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> helps a lot of people certainly when they have time to react. oil leaking from the sunken drilling rig in the gulf of mexico slowly oozing towar...