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Swimming advisories have been lifted at most of the state beaches. no been can be sure exactly how much damage has been done to the gulf of mexico. scientists do agree that it could take years to gauge the impact of all of the crude as well as all the chemicals. >> let's bring in jim acosta now live in new orleans. bp's chief operating officer doug suttles spend some time in the water over the weekend. what did he have to say about the state of the gulf of mexico right now? >> reporter: well, he said the state of the gulf right now is improving. they're optimistic that they can make this tur...

Is seal sod far with that cap and mud and cement. that's going to happen over the next several days. and then they hope at some point that they are really going to get a handle on this. that this might actually kill this well. if not, five to seven days after the static kill operation is over, they are going to start something called the bottom kill. they have been drilling the relief wells into the ruptured well in the hopes that they will be able to pump more mud and cement through that relief well. and that this one-two punch will come together and finally kill this well once and for all. a...

Static kill operation? when are they going to be able to start and finish? >> reporter: well, drew, we could be looking at the beginning of the end. at least everybody hopes so down here. you know, yesterday thad allen gave a briefing via conference call and was saying this thing could start late today. and then doug settles, the coo of bp, held a briefing of his own later in the day on tuesday. so we are looking at the next 24 hours or so. we might see the beginnings of the static kill operation. i just want to show you sort of a crude rendering of this because just understanding it yourself,...

Kill operation because during the top kill operation, of course the oil was still flowing up and was not being contained with that cap. so this time around they feel that this is going to be different, that this is actually going to be the start of sort of a one-two punch and slowing down this well, bringing it under control and eventually killing it off with that body kill operation where they will pump heavy mud and cement through that relief well that they're drilling. that should take place about five to seven days, they say, after this static kill operation and doug suttles said in his wo...

Close to the, where the deepwater horizon actually fell beneath the waves, keeping a sharp eye on that cap underwater and doing so with shiz mick and sonar and of course with two underwater robots but again there's a lot that they learned from this and certainly i tell you quite honestly, i'm sure some of the guys could have used a little bit of a break, many away from their families and a brief respite before they get back to work. as they get back to work it's not going to be something they can do instantaneously. to get to the point where they begin the static kill or top-kill operation cou...