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Molotov cocktails to one another or do we have any idea why they would come with such fire power, really? >> reporter: well, i can only imagine they would come because they want to create violence. they want to make a statement. they want to attack the anti-mubarak protesters who have been peaceful now for eight or nine days. we are seeing now one molotov cocktail after another being fired. so obviously someone or a group of people have brought a large amount of incendiary devices. this is now one after the other, and i can tell you people in the crowd, inside the square, the anti-mubarak prot...

The government says admiral thad allen, one of two possibilities, the reservoir has been depleted of pressure after three months of bumping or the pressure is held down after finding new exit points. that's why in a moment they could divert this to the collection ships and that may happen. >> shepard: phil keating along the mississippi coast. >> american troops and reporters caught in a gunfight in afghanistan. tense video. have you seen this? coming up, how the recent violence renewed debate over the war is winnable, should be fought or is the right thing for us to do. the author of the world...

The reason they are not as high there are two possibilities after three months of gushing into the gulf of mexico the pressure of the reservoir is simply depleted in strength or two the tight-fitting cap is forcing the pressure down, forcing the oil and the methane case to find other exit points into the gulf of mexico. for now the cap remains tight but on top of the surface you have that flotilla of collection ships. if at any moment it's detected that the seafloor itself or some other exit point here is being jeopardized by a new leak then they will ramp up and then start collecting the oil ...

Would need to be re-opened and riser pipes connected to those exit points and oil brought up to the surface, collected with vessels on the surface of the gulf waters. he's made several comments yesterday to that effect so it seems to be the way he views how this might play out in the coming days. but regardless, this is a monumental step and a big change for what we've seen the last three months down here in the gulf of mexico. >> well, our fingers are crossed, ed. we really hope that this is it. ed lavendera live in new orleans. thanks. president obama saying he is cautiously optimistic bp'...

And we will remove the way for the hydrocarbons to exit through the kill and choke lines on the original blowout preventer. then we move to three exit points, the choke and kill lines of the capping stack and then the top opening of the capping stack. then we will in sequence, first -- there are three rams that are part of the capping stack. the middle ram will be closed. that will seal the upper opening from any hydrocarbon release and leaves us the kill and choke lines. the kill line will be closed as well. this is either open or shut. that leaves the choke line of the capping stack as the l...