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David, as i said earlier to you, is this real progress or is this spin for something that didn't work and they're going back at it again? >> reporter: this is the first step forward we've had to report since that rig caught fire, then sank beneath the ocean. it is the only step forward. so it's hard to measure it against anything else. remember, it was just a week ago that bp tried to lower that massive containment dome over the top of this leaking pipe. that failed miserably. this has been very problematic as well, this insertion tube they've tried to use. they've had to step back. after a co...

>> right. i think they approved fire or six of them or as many as 13 i heard today. we'll find out tomorrow exactly, but you're right. there ought to be everything we can deploy we ought to deploy. the local paper had them cleaning up on an island. it looks like scott towels they laid down, and a bunch of workers looking at the towels in the pools of oil. just like wiping the blades of grass. where is the management on those teams? why isn't that oil being raked up in a pile and let's get after it and get on? i mean, that is just a band-aid when we need major surgery. >> the admiral also said,...

The so-called dome we've been talking about. it weighs about 100 tons. 40 feet tall, 15 feet wide. the dome they're going to lower on top of this leaking pipe, straddle it, funnel the oil up to the top of the surface's they believe they can capture up to about 85% of the outflow from that. once they get this thing lowered on top of the pipe. you have spexz access to this today. nobody has gotten before. over my left shoulder, your right, they're building a smaller one. that's not going to be ready before this bigger one is. now, the timetable is key. they hope to finish this bigger dome essent...

That pipe. more than 4.5 million gallons have spewed so far. the president calling on congress for $58 million for emergency funding to fight this major catastrophe. david mattingly is live in louisiana this morning. david, seeing the oil and natural gas gushing out of the ocean floor really does put a face to what we're seeing. what are the efforts to cap that spill? >> reporter: well, all the pieces are in place this morning, john. and the plan is to have the top hat solution in play either today or possibly tomorrow. what bp is going to do, first, they're going to try that smaller, revised ...

Out? that's what they're k llooking right now. if that doesn't work, they've got a couple different options, funneling possibly some solid material into the leaking pipe to clog it up. and possibly installing another blowout preventer, the device that failed causing this disaster in the first place. >> if they still can't get the dome working, crews do have a backup plan. >> the next tactic is going to be something they call a junk shot. they're actually going to take a bunch of debris, shredded up tires, golf balls, and things like that and under very high pressure, shoot it into the prevente...