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Without any leak for the past 48 1/2 hours if all of that works so well, 24 hours after assessement may determine they may leave it as it is corked at the top and rely on the relief wells to go in. what has been one of the main options is testing out the pressure of the well to determine the integrity, whether there are any other sources of leak points. then, the plan was for the most part, to reopen it up, spill a little more oil in the gulf, but reconnect all four lines going up to the four surface ships containing oil. you could have it still gushing oil until the relief finally bottom-kill...

>> an underground blowout really is the most typical kind of blowout that you experience in the oil and gas business. there's really no way to control it since you have a low pressure zone and a high pressure zone communicating. the only way to get this actually killed is to get the relief well drilled and kill it at the source. >> charles hadlock was on earlier. he said they're getting closer and closer to getting that relief well in place. how many days, weeks do you think we're away from that? >> well, i was really hoping they would be ready to get the well killed next week. with this three...

In. all the american people should rest assured that all of these decisions will be based on the science and what's best for the people of the gulf. all right? >> let's get to our ed lavendera in new orleans. ed, what is the latest on those well integrity tests? >> reporter: hey, tony. well, so far everything that we're hearing seems to suggest that things are going well. we heard from bp officials this morning where they tell us that the initial hours, the first 14 hours or so, of the integrity test showed no negative effects on the ocean floor and that the pressure readings and gauges that t...

That wouldn't be a good sign, they probably would immediately shut that down, but that hasn't happened yet. that's why they're sounding so confident about the way things are moving forward. what happens after this integrity test is still very much up in the air and officials haven't exactly laid out a plan, at least publicly, about what they're going to do. one of the options that that will allen talked about, it leads us to believe this is what he think will happen in the coming days. they'll have to reopen the valves and begin the process of collecting the oil, that perhaps this cap a lone w...

Sustainability, how long can this containment cap sustain this situation. that is, being able to work keeping the flow of oil from continuing to flow into the gulf waters. we do know that scientists are monitoring those pressure gauges around the clock, that they have been huddling up in six-hour intervals to kind of compare notes and see how to move forward. the fact that we're still seeing these amazing pictures from the bottom of the gulf waters is a good sign, because they had been telling us that if things had gone wrong or if the pressures started dropping, they could essentially end thi...