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Where it can be processed properly. here we are at the victoria interception point, which is this connection tunnel here. we believe that we'll capture 95% of the volume of spills into the river, and that will all be because rather than going into the river it's coming through a tunnel like that into this tunnel. this will clean up the river quite significantly? absolutely. after years of abuse, just maybe the tide has turned. jonah fisher, bbc news, on the banks of the river thames. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... twitter boss elon musk has announced a ...

And running? >> they're still targeting interception point late july, but it could be days or weeks before they actually bore in, pump the drilling mud in there, keep the oil and methane gas down and the sphet is shut for good. it could be mid august. however the deepest of the relief wells is about 45 or 25 more feet deeper than it was at the last reading, so it's now at 17865. the interception point is roughly 18,000 feet. here on gulf shores, mississippi's beach, every time the tide comes in it brings in small, quarter nickel size tar balls, and here's one right there, there's a tar ball di...

Slowly and not as fast as scientists had anticipated. so, a leak somewhere either in the well or the sea floor has always been under suspicion here and that's why admiral thad allen said he reserves the right at any moment to end this test as you reopen the pipe and resume collecting the oil on board the containment ships on the surface, for now he has not pulled that trigger. the ultimate fix, the bot kill is closer and drilling approaching the problem well 18,000 feet below the surface and tonight, that deeper relief well is just 100 feet away from the interception point which could cement t...

Piping and not seeing any leaks, so, no news is good news, as far as that. but the window may be extended a little bit, however, they're pretty optimistic here that this is going to be working very well, but if they have to actually open it back up, open the well line back up and start feeding oil to all of the surface ships, there are four up there on the surface now, which can connect, collect, rather, 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day, with bp fels the federal government's response they believe that would be in excess of how much oil is actually gushing into the gulf. >> kelly: let me ask you ...

Two things that it could mean. number one, that the reservoir, which has been pouring in the gulf for three months, basically maybe lost pressure. or it could mean there is a leak somewhere else in the well. that's something nobody wants to see. for the moment everything is in place and the testing is ongoing. the big finish to this is the kill, the bottom kill at the bottom of the well. that's still scheduled to take place with the relief well. the digging resumes friday as well. took a break to get the cap in administration. but they're now 24 feet away from the interception point, with the ...