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This cap could either work by itself and essentially cut off the flow or they my need the pipes to mitigate the flow and bring it to the surface. they say they have enough can a pass toy the surface of the water with the vessels there to con collecting it. or worst case scenario, this doesn't work and have to return to the previous cap that was on set they took off on saturday which was only capturing about 25,000 barrel as day of oil. given the tone of optimism, i can imagine across the corporate headquarters and bp and people in the control rooms and in the gulf of mexico that have been work...

They're being able to exercise the valves over the next 6 to 48 hours. if this doesn't work, if, in other words, the pressure builds up to the point where they cannot actually shut it off, what's the back-up? just put a hose on the top of this thing, then suck the oil off through the top? >> actually, they already have three hoses, i believe, connected. i know they have two connected already to the lower marine riser package. they'll have a third hose attached to this stack itself. then they can also produce the oil. and the fall-back situation to leave the valves open enough, as much as they ...

>> this is the first time we've heard bp expressing real optimism that if this seal fits and if the pressure reads the way they need it to and what they need it to do is show that it's high, meaning that there isn't another part of the well that's compromised and leaking, if it fits, this is the turning point, right? this is the end of the oil flow? >> oh, if they can shut it in and they have about 8,700 psi down there at the cap, that would probably indicate -- it is a strong indication that they have stopped the flow. >> now the fear, of course, is you put this cap on and just like shaking u...

Spilled. will it work? that's the big question. we're asking it to darryl bourgoyne, joining us from new orleans, i believe, or louisiana at least. baton rouge, director of louisiana state university's engineering petroleum lab. so far from what you've seen, obvious question -- is this working? >> oh, yes. you know, i was reviewing some of the stuff this morning on the web that bp's put up and it looks like things are working, going as planned. >> and the plan is now, as we are looking at this video live from beneath the sea, to -- the cap is in place. now you're slowly closing the cap via val...

Welcome back. day 85 of the gulf oil disaster. it is a critical day as bp is going to begin testing a new, tighter fitting containment cap which could, if it works, could begin to contain some or possibly all of the oil which has been freely flowing into the gulf of mexico. i'm being told that we have some amazing pictures of our own david mattingly, who is live on a coast guard cutter. hey, david. >> reporter: hi. we're on the coast guard cutter resolute. we are short distance away from ground zero of this disaster, and we're all watching and hoping today turns out to be the beginning of the ...