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Up there. this cap will give them an opportunity to create a temporary stop to that oil if a hurricane comes through. at the very least, if this cap is working and if the well is healthy as they hope it is, then they'll be able to make this hurricane-proof and be able to continue catching that oil on the surface. >> david, a lot of "ifs" still but a lot of positive news and a lot of people still optimistic. >> david mattingly, thank you so much. the science of the bp oil well cap and its integrity test can be overwhelming. we'll give you a breakdown from a scientist on what's happening in th...

The riser pipes to coming out of the blowout preventer and containment cap and run four lines to ships on the surface of the water to collect the containment. they say they are able to collect the oil, excuse me, they say they are able to collect about 80,000 barrels a day and if the government estimates are correct on the flow rate which is right now at a highest of about 60,000 barrels a day they say with all of that they'd be able to capture all of the oil that would be leaking into the gulf of mexico. the picture would look a little different but they say the end result would be the same t...

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...

Peaked in march of last year at 651,000. they've been holding steady in the mid 400,000s for much of this year. bp's latest effort to stop the gulf oil leak is back on track. plans for testing a new well cap were put on hold by a leaking piece of equipment. but crews are now ready to move forward. cnn's atlanta reporter joining us where the coast guard's point man spoke to the media last hour. maybe you can remind us of the question you asked admiral thad allen. >> the headline here quickly is that everything is moving ahead on this integrity test. so now we'll await word from bp as to when it...

Dug. there was another seismic run that was done and the 26th of april following the event, itself. we did one in advance of this event. the seismic run was not as clear as the original one, because there is a lot of other obstructions out there, and all of the vessels that are there and all of the simultaneous operations going on but it was good enough for us to understand that there were not any developments on the sea floor or formations that are problematic with proceeding with the integrity test, so the goal is after 48 hours to do another seismic test, and that involves sophisticated sen...