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Did go wrong? >> well, obviously if we felt that that was a risk, we wouldn't do the test now. the relief well is going very well. we're very close, we are a within 30 feet of running the last string of casing. we're only about four feet laterally from the well. running the casing will take about a week. and then we have about another 100 feet to go which will be measuring very precisely as we go. then we'll start the kill operation. >> we kind of analyze this almost like trying to get an iv. you're trying to find some kind of vein that you can't find with a very small needle. that's what you ...

Maintains its integrity through the kill operation. this is not a one-shot -- this is not a one-shot process. we hope it works in one shot but the relief well will give them access to try numerous methods for killing the well. numerous fluids to pump in. >> some of the graphics shown over the past six to eight weeks have been misleading in terms of what this kill well will do. many of the graphics had it coming in from a 90-degree angle. we have one in to show folks. when they drill down and this sort of compresses the scale but they drill down and over at an angle and go down straight again p...

>> i'm afraid there are no other options other than the base of the reservoir. we tried to kill the well from the top using the top kill operation own the pressures in the well are such that it's not possible to do that. so we have to rely on the relief wells. in the interim, we are continuing to contain as much of the oil as we can. and that operation is currently containing 20,000 barrels a day. by the end of this month, we'll have the ability to contain between 40,000 and 50,000 barrels a day. and by the middle of july, between 60,000 and 80,000 barrels a day. >> i'll ask you the same quest...

Operation since the killing of zarqawi. is really is extraordinary. because if you look at it, you took out not only the lead operational commander in al mass re, but the inspirational, strategic policy adviser in al baghdadi, and so to take out both at the same time will throw the organization into disarray. i think this is to the credit of general orniero for the u.s. military and iraqi forces. i think it's a very positive development. >> so we also understand that the u.s. troops, they found some communications between these two leaders who were killed, and also potentially other al qaeda o...

What we're most interested in is seeing if we can get any insight into any terrorist plot that might be under way so we can take the measures to stop any type of attack planning. >> questions still remain over who might have known bin laden was holed up in this compound. a senior pakistani saying they were embarrassed they failed to locate bin laden. >> i think we have to know whether they knew. if the pakistanis knew. if they didn't know, why didn't they know? why didn't they pay more attention to it? >> neighbors in abbottabad say they were turned to learn bin laden had been living amongst t...