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An integrity tests on the well is now under way. we should know by this weekend whether it can handle all of the pressure that's now building up inside of it and whether or not the well itself was damaged underground. >> even if the containment cap holds and the oil well successfully killed, there is still a lot of work left to do. that observation coming from bp's chief operating officer, doug suttles. he told cnn's wolf blitzer he's heartened by these positive developments but now is not the time to start celebrating. >> we don't have any leaks, we don't have any oil coming out that we know ...

It's finally me o'clock. enjoy it with mousse temptations. three decadent flavors. 60 calories. it's me o'clock. time for jell-o. bp's cap is holding state right now in a white knuckled waiting game, we're almost halfway through a two-day test. this new cap will shut in all the oil or perhaps siphon it to the surface. at this point what's the reaction there, michelle? >> well, certainly a long time coming, contessa, people have been waiting here for nearly three months and still a long wait ahead, as you mentioned those integrity tests still under way. it's a mixed bag here and that's becaus...

Oil disaster and the past couple days, we had a couple of problems with the new method to stop the oil from flowing. we're told the problem has been fix and we can move forward with these integrity tests. and then we can put the new containment cap in place to collect all this oil. we're going to break this down as simple as possible. we've been hearing a whole lot of terms. we're going to simplify it for you here right now. there was one of these leaky lines, you know the problem. that's been fixed so we can move forward. let's tell you what we're moving forward with. let's tell you what this...

The health of the village has improved, particularly for the children. >> we had diarrhea, colds, fevers and throat infections all the time. those symptoms can be a death sentence. across the world, unicef estimates more than 3,000 children die every day due to diarrhea diseases. and india has more of those cases than any other country in the world. but in this village of farmer, livestock and little ones, this one simple thing is helping solve one of india's biggest problems one water-starved village at a time. >> all right, it is day 87 of the gulf oil disaster and we are now finally getting...

Pipe you've been hearing about, but we're told that is fixed and things are now about to get back on schedule. and those thing, most importantly, are the testing of pressure in the well. the so-called integrity tests you have been hearing so much about. they're trying to see if the well can handle this new cap. this new cap is a big deal because this could lead to all of the oil being collected for the most part and none of it leaking out into the gulf for the first time since april 20. some 80-plus days ago. ed, hello to you once again. are we back on schedule? >> we are. admiral thad allen t...