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Move forward? so many people are optimistic about it. we're not getting a real time line. >> reporter: we're not. bp ceo doug suttles told us the following. this is all about the integrity test they want to do on the well, basically measuring the pressure of the well. they were going to do the integrity test yesterday. and suttles said they were approached by a group of scientists who had concerned about the actual test itself. he said they had concerns about the test and risks associated with it. he said they didn't want to make things worse. so they put the test on hold for 24 hours. take a ...

Again these pictures. we're in touch with bp constantly. they say you will see -- you're also seeing there some dispersant. as you watch these pictures, remember, there are several valves off this new cap down there. you may see no oil coming out of one valve and oil coming out of the other valves. when you see the oil stop flowing out, at that point, bp says so-called integrity test. of course they're constantly testing pressure. it is the process officially called the integrity test that we are most concerned about at this moment. bp says when you see no oil flowing out of those valves in th...

That. if we db did think that could happen, we wouldn't proceed with the test. >> how long before you expect to have some results of the testing on the test? >> the animalysis i described i ongoing. experts are meeting here in a few minutes to check in on their work to see if everyone's aligned on whether we should go forward or not. we need to see what they find and that will hopefully we'll know early this afternoon. >> okay. i don't have to tell you how anxiously everyone is awaiting the results of the test and hopefully the day when you can close these valves and shut that thing down. here...

Is it a scare tactic or a frightening sign of the times? and a debate over whether there is racism in the tea party movement after the naacp's bombshell allegation a top tea party spokesman joins us to face off with cnn contributor roland martin. we're standing by right now for a very important briefing on the gulf coast on the situation there, with the retired coast guard admiral thad allen getting ready to speak to reporters. we'll see it live. we hope to learn within the next few minutes whether officials will move forward with critical testing of the new well cap that could possibly st...

Final preparations, getting all the equipment in place, going through the plans one last time, in parallel with that the government scientific group was also reviewing the plans and they raised a couple of issues which the national instant commander admiral allen felt it was worth putting the test on hold for 24 hours while we address those concerns. that's actually happening as we speak and in fact here in about 20 minutes' time they'll be meeting to review those concerns and see whether we should go ahead or whether we need to do further analysis. >> doug, talk us through the concerns, if yo...