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Let's update you now on the top stories of the day. day 87 of the gulf oil disaster. bp has replaced a leaking pipe and hopes to resume an important test later on today. the integrity test is intended to determine the well's pressure to see if a new container cap can stop the oil flow. a key senate vote expected today on wall street reform, the final procedural hurdle to be sure that the bill moves on to president obama for signing next week. the vatican is vee leasing a new rule book making it easier to punish pedophile priests and other abusive clergy members. looks like the new rules sh...

President for the naacp. join the live conversation now. go to cnn.com/amfix. enough out there to talk about. >> sure is. the setback in the gulf and the efforts to cap the oil leak. bp discovering a leak in the new 75 ton containment cap its using to stop the spill. that's forced integrity tests to be delayed. >> testing whether it can hold up under extreme pressure once that cap stems the oil flow. david mattingly is live in new orleans and, david, do we know how long this problem will delay these efforts? >> reporter: we don't. not at this hour, and everything seemed to start so well wi...

The ideal kind of best-case scenario would be that this containment cap system essentially works by itself and seals off the oil flow. but perhaps what i think officials here seem to be the more likely process that will happen, is that they will be able to reconnect all the riser pipes to containment ships on the surface of the water and at the very least, collect all of the oil that is, that is spewing into the gulf of mexico. so one of those two options they hope will be how all of this plays out here in the coming days. >> all right, ed lavendera, thank you very much. with all the talk ab...

The story is unfolding as we speak. the past hour said they had given b.p. the green light for pressure test after a delay, and they needed the time to get assurances from scientists and b.p. that the cest would not do any damage. look at the sea under the spilled site. it will put it on the new cap and then measuring the oil pressure building up inside the cap. high pressure would suggest the cap is holding back the oil flow. low pressure will indicate a leak somewhere else in the well. but it's never been conducted at depth of 5,000 feet. federal officials called for the delay yesterday to a...

Delay. good evening, jonathan. >> hi, bret. the story is unfolding as we speak. the past hour said they had given b.p. the green light for pressure test after a delay, and they needed the time to get assurances from scientists and b.p. that the cest would not do any damage. look at the sea under the spilled site. it will put it on the new cap and then measuring the oil pressure building up inside the cap. high pressure would suggest the cap is holding back the oil flow. low pressure will indicate a leak somewhere else in the well. but it's never been conducted at depth of 5,000 feet. federal o...