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split in the tea party movement today. you re in the cnn news room and i m fredricka whitfield. a critical turning point in the gulf. at this hour, bp dpibls are assessing the results of integrity tests on the recapped oil well. and depending on what they find, the cap could stay sealed on the well until a relief well is drilled. joining us now with the latest developments from new orleans, cnn s david mattingly. david, when will they make the decision about whether to keep it on? well the pattern that we re seeing so far is that after each 24-hour period, they re going to assess what they have and then decide to move on. there s no timetable really with anything right now. and that s what we learned this morning is that bp is now saying that if their test results keep coming back and the tests keep going well, it s possible that they ll keep the test going and keep the well closed up all the way up until the time that that relief well intersects the well and fill ....