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That they plan to lower over the t top of that leaking pipe. they have also at the same time got a plan going where they could use a pipe, to insert a pipe inside that huge leaking pipe at the bottom of the ocean. they have two plans in play. they hope that one will work this time. they hope to have it in play today, tomorrow but definitely by this weekend. that's the time frame they are looking at to have this pipe covered and that oil being collected. if they are successful, they will be able to collect a large percentage of the oil that's now leaking into the gulf of mexico. these next 48 h...

Any hope? >> reporter: well, fredricka, when you look at that video, we see the black cloud of oil coming out of that massive pipe, as well as a spray of gas coming out. it's sort of a lighter color. that gas was actually forming crystals inside that larger dome they tried last week and clogged it up. that's why they had to set that aside. so now what tear doing, they have the smaller dome calling the top hat. and they're thinking that the smaller dome, the way it's kruted, alkrut constructed, they will be able to pro-pre vebt tevent the crys lower it over the top of the pipe. when they do the...

To find a way to make this dome work. they say they're going to take a couple of days to step back and figure out how to overcome this problem they encountered as they were attempting to lower it into place a day or so ago. what they encountered was something called hydrates. these are crystals formed by gas combining with water under the deep pressure and under the cold temperatures down at the bottom of the ocean. it was forming sort of like a slush inside that dome and clogging it up. so they had to move it over to the side, set it down, step back and figure out, how are we going to deal wi...

Leaking out every single day. our david mattingly tells us workers are willing to give it another try. >> reporter: bp is trying to find a way to make this dome work. they say they're going to take a couple of days to step back and figure out how to overcome this problem they encountered as they were attempting to lower it into place a day or so ago. what they encountered was something called hydrates, crystals formed by gas combining with water under the hard -- the deep pressure and under the cold temperatures down at the bottom of the ocean. it was forming sort of like a slush inside that d...

We're live in louisiana. david, what are the other measures they're looking at using now? >> don, bp is still trying to find a way to make this dome work. they say they're going to take a couple of days to step back and figure out how to overcome the problem they encountered as they were attempting to lower into place a day or so ago. they encountered something called hydrates. these are crystals combining with water under the deep pressure and under the cold temperatures down at the bottom of the ocean. it was forming like a slush inside of that dome and clogging it up. so they had to move it...