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Received from bp tonight agreed to allow so-called integrity testing to begin, to see if the blown out well can handle the high pressures of shutting down the flow of oil within it. crude still gushing into the gulf at this hour. admiral allen saying in tonight's briefing that the government gave its permission for testing to begin after a 24-hour delay, satisfied that bp's latest scheme does not raise undue risks that outweigh the potential reward. testing to be conducted in stages. bp to slowly close each of the five outlets on the cap at six-hour intervals, stopping to monitor the results t...

Closing that off. for a period of time, it will look as if a thing is shut off and no oil flowing. until we get that word, we should not take that next step. during this testing, that will be shut down. that's when we start to do the testing and pressure to make sure it is where it needs to be and make sure the containment cap is working the way it they hope it does. >> ed, at one point last night when watching the underwater cam. it looked like the oil had actually stopped and started flowing again. what was going on there? >> it was hard to say what was going on there. that is part of what w...

Never thought too much about the ownership. always a colorful character if you're a yankee fan. knew how much he was and how much he micromanaged the team to some extent. >> as we say fair well, let's get get this to work countries of nabl. red sox nation, yankees nation. george steinbrenner, passed away during the night for the all-star game. campbell brown takes it away right now. hi, everybody. major political battle brewing tonight. naacp versus the taef parting. condemning what they call racism in the tea party. calling that divisive and a lie. is this about racism or

Joins us from venice, louisiana. thank you, mara, for joining us. you know, i went to bed last night thinking, my god, they finally have got a plan. they are going to maybe cap this off. maybe take the oil up into the ships and stop the leak. what happened? >> yeah, chris, you're not the only one. you know, there were very high expectations that for the first time in almost three months, they could stop fresh oil from flowing into the waters of the gulf. they put the new cap in place on earlier this week, and the plan was for them to start integrity testing of the well yesterday, and then late...

politics? we'll talk about that tonight. also, on day 85 of the disaster in the gulf. we have a new reason to keep a very close eye live in the underwater camera. any moment we'll find whether the newest cap will pass a critical test. that will tell us whether bp finally shuts off the flow of oil after all. the littest investigation, the drug scourge killing more americans every year, they're not street drugs, they are prescription drugs, shockingly easy to get. we have a lot of ground to cover. but we'll begin with the number one story. naacp versus the tea party. now it's getting p...