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The only thing i was worried about was the second piece of drill pipe that they discovered stuck inside the blowout preventer, so they had to get this new spool, landing spool over those two. and that went really well on saturday. they bolted those down yesterday, and they landed the b.o.p. stack just a little while ago. so it's gone well. >> if this stack is not used to funnel gas to the surface, but just caps the flow, does that mean we ultimately never get the hard number, the kind that bp cannot fight in court, in terms of how much spill there actually was, obviously, the number that would...

Here but i do think we have to be very cautious through this 48-hour period at not jumping to the conclusion that the flow will have to resume. >> why the caution and what next? cnn's ed lavandera has been tracking this all day and joins us from new orleans. ed? >> reporter: hi, john. this is far from over but here in the next couple of hours we'll be nearing the end of that first six-hour window. remember, we've been told to kind of look at this integrity test as a 48-hour test broken up into six-hour windows. i'm not sure exactly what kind of update we're going to get from bp officials but t...

These live pictures you have been seeing for past couple of days a lot different from what -- been used to seeing. what's wrong with this picture? actually, it's what's right with this picture. that is the fact that there is no oil coming out of that well. the first time in months we have seen this happen. now, the integrity test, please know just because there is no oil coming out doesn't mean we are out of the wood with this well. integrity tests will go on for at least the next 24 hours, we're told. the well is holding so far. that is great, great news, yes. but you should know, and the pre...

Coming from the blow jute preventer and other machinery, that is also a good sign that we're, i think, what, 14, 15, 16 hours into this integrity test already. the longer it goes, the better sign that is. to get back to your question about what happens next, a lot of this is still very much in the air. we kind of knew of some basic ideas of possibilities going into this, after having spoken with that had allen and other bp officials, an the scenario that appears to be the most lightly at this point. this is obviously with the caveat that things can quickly change here and change footing, but t...

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