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Flowing freely out of the top of the cap. we got other pictures where we were not sure about that, but the one you are referring to here, it shows that they have not shut down the choke-and-kill lines or the valves, the three-ram valves that are critical to the operation for when they shut those down, that is when they start the testing of the pressure of the well in earnest. we spoke with the bp officials a short time ago and they were not able to tell us if that testing started in earnest. what we do know is that they have done seismic testing of the area near the leaking wellhead. they have...

Fight with you. >> reporter: jim spellman, cnn, denver, colorado. all right. let me give you a check of some of the top stories we're working on here at cnn. in washington, president obama's been holding talks with afghan president hamid karzai. mr. obama said he's confident his administration will meet its deadline to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan in july of 2011. but he warns there will be hard fighting over the next few months. he also pledged the u.s. will stand by afghanistan long after the troops start coming home. in the gulf of mexico the so-called top hat is now on the...

Good to see you here. here the big stories coming up in the next 15 minutes. blunders of accused terrorist. authorities say the suspect, faisal shahzad rehearsed the attack the day before but still apparently needed a lot of practice because you will not believe what he forgot. an american city rich in history under water this morning. epic flooding devastated nashville, the heart of country music. and some big stars are among the victims. so are everyday people who live there. road equipment and instruments underwater arrive in nashville just ahead. and a 100-ton dome could be there for t...

In a scare overnight in new york city, police say a u-haul truck was abandoned on the triborough bridge. the span was shut down in both directions and the city's bomb squad was brought in to examine the vehicle. authorities are still looking for the driver who left the truck there, though. well, cover, contain and capture, that's the mission for an scompiermental four-story concrete dome that's been hauled out to sea on a barge. here's a look right now, 100 tons of concrete, a giant containment cylinder now arriving on the scene in that gushing oil well. what they're planning to dough is low...

Bp announced this morning that it's capped the smallest to have the three leaks at the well, a step it says will make it easier to stop the remaining two leaks. our brian todd got a firsthand look at that containment dome before it left the shore. >> reporter: wolf, we've got special access to the construction of a pollution containment chamber. this is the dome that we've been talking about for the last several days. it may be one of the most tangible hopes of containing this leaking well. we've got special access to it and we're going to take you close up and show you exactly how this thing ...