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(voice 2) they're pinging more targets... (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em. (voice 3) great exercise guys. let's run it again. let's check your top stories now here on cnn. day 87 of the gulf of mexico oil disaster. bp placed the leaking pipe and hopes to resume an important well test today -- they replaced a leaking pipe today. the integrity test is intended to determine the well's pressure to see if a new container cap can stop the flow of oil. the product safety commissions that approved new mandatory design features for

Officials that had some concerns about the process and then by a leaking pipe. but they have dealt with those issues and now they have started this test. and essentially, it's a pressure test to see if this cap can withstand the pressure of the well. they have shut down the surface containment systems. they are going to be shutting down the valves on that cap. and then they're going to be looking at pressure readings. and as you heard thad allen mention in that sound bite, they want to see high pressure, because low pressure would indicate to them that they have a leak somewhere else that they...

Well, and where i am at the port of new orleans auditorium, admiral thad allen will speak within the hour, giving an update about the relief well progress, specifically, addressing the questions of look, if we're only maybe 12 feet away from the actual leaking pipe, but 300 feet down from where they want to intercept, why not just cut across and hit the 12 feet across now. he's going to explain why that is actually not the smartest way to do this. that's coming up in the hour. martha: we'll wait for that, thank you very much, phil keating, that news conference phil was talking about will be st...

Long-term solution relies on drilling relief wells and killing it. as a neuro surgeon, it's annoying when someone says it isn't brain surgery, but it's close. tom foreman is here with the details. tom? >> thanks, sanjay. drilling down. look at this as we dive down here and contemplate what we're talking about. you're going through all of this, all in the hopes of hitting something about the size of a dinner plate. that's how big the leaking pipe is all the way down where they're trying to hit it. that's a massive technological challenge. so what if they miss? then what? well, for starters, the...

And hope for a good-news outcome on this. the drilling of the relief well represents the best hope of stopping the gulf oil leak. we've been telling you that for months. but it's a process with a lot of technical difficulties. >> the whole idea of drilling down through a mile of owe slun water and then two miles of rock and sand and seabed, look as we dive down here and contemplate what we're talking about. you're going through all of this, all in the hopes of getting something about the size of a dinner plate. that's how big the leaking pipe is all the way down where they're trying to hit i...