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33 past the hour. a live look at the sun coming up over the white house. another hot morning in washington. welcome to "morning joe." there is still no explanation as to why bp has decided to delay testing on tighter fitting cap over the leaking well in the gulf of mexico. officials are only saying they need more time for analysis. it's also still unclear what prompted the decision or when testing on the new lid can start. utah's hispanic community on edge this morning after a list contain the names and personal information of alleged illegal immigrants was mailed around the state. the gover...

Its new tighter fitting cap on the ruptured well saying more analysis needs to be done first. meanwhile, oil keeps flowing into the gulf. nbc chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is in her post in venice, louisiana. i understand the government asked for this delay. what is the big concern here? >> the big concern is trying to determine what the pressure readings are going to tell them. i just got off a phone briefing from kent wells, who is a senior vice president with bp. he says the well integrity test is currently on a 24-hour hold. they expect they will initiate it about...

When it takes place. last night, lower manhattan, here. now, day 86 and counting now, the national disaster in the gulf, continues, and, the tighter fitting cap, bp installed on monday, now delayed yet again, the drilling of two relief wells, also put on hold, no word on when the testing will begin. and the big question after all of the testing, will the new cap stop the flow of oil, will it be able to contain the oil? if it is able to contain the oil, the cap would be just the stopgap measure to end the leak the well needs to be plugged at the source and that will not happen for at least anot...

Is the divorce final and all those kids, so i think six or seven children. >> he has seven children to his first wife, robin. so, so many people affected by this and so many people watching, too. >> thanks for coming in. >> thank you. that will do it for me, i'm chris jansing. see you at 3:00 p.m. eastern with much more. tamarron hall is next. a lot of reaction coming tine the death of george steinbrenner. he just turned 80 july 4th and a couple statements from people who says he is a visionary in baseball. plus, the gulf oil disaster and that new, tighter fitting cap has actually been p...

Fitting cap onto its leaking oil well in the gulf of mexico. look at these pictures as you see them unfold. i'll turn around to show you. that's the new cap they dropped it on top. that's above. you see pictures from the side. the remote operated vehicle is down there undersea a mile under the water trying tosea, a mile underwater, try to attach the new cap get, on snug. once they have a good fit, they will be closing and testing the valves and by this time tomorrow, we will know if this cap will not actually contain the oil but slow and shut down the oil flow. there was a new ban on deep wate...