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Guard and everyone involved with the unified command in this response, there in the midst of testing -- the pre-test to the test, if you will. obviously you kind of really get a sense of just what a significant moment i think these folks feel like they're up against, in their words they want too to make sure that they're more safe than sorry here, they need to make sure that everything is absolutely where it needs to be because the potential and the fallout from this could be very devastating as well. so they are going through the process of doing seismic testing around the well bore area down...

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And frank as well. so we know that bp officials have been saying throughout the day that they felt comfortable about moving forward, that this was ultimately a decision they say by federal government officials and thad allen in particular to move forward and we've been expecting various technical briefings not only from bp folks but also from thad allen that have been slowly delayed and pushed back throughout the day so we're monitoring thad allen's appearance here in the new orleans area and we anticipate it would be happening very closely. of course what we're waiting for is if things will m...

Until this integrity test is completed. chuck and savannah? >> anne thompson in venice, louisiana, thank you for your report this morning. in other news, an iranian nuclear scientist who vanished last year and turned up mysteriously at the pakistani embassy in washington this week is now on his way become to iran. nbc's jim miklaszewski joins us from the pentagon. mick, such a fascinating story. iran claimed this scientist was abducted. the u.s. says that isn't what happened. what's going on here? >> savannahs, even in the an nals of spydom this sister roy is somewhat bizarre. this iranian n...

They're all kind of on the same page. but we do know their scientists will be huddling intentionally, monitoring the pressure readings to make sure no damage is done to that well bore that goes deep into the earth. and that's what essentially this disagreement was or the hangup was and why the integrity test was delayed. that is the crucial aspect. they'll be monitoring it closely and want to be sure the pressure tests don't cause any more damage to the well bore that goes deep into the earth. >> ed lavandera staying on top of this for us. as ed noted there are big technical questions. what ar...