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couric: good evening, everyone, we here in new orleans just back from the gulf of mexico where b.p. is about to take a big step in trying to get control of the oil leak. it will test the new containment cap it installed on the well those see if it can handle the pressure of the oil pushing into it. that test had been delayed today out of what the government called an acone dance of caution. the concern was that putting more pressure on the already damaged wellbore could do more harm than good and could even create more leaks. but late today, b.p. got the go-ahead for the test to begin. meanwhile, the siphoning operation continues above the well and we went out there today for a first-hand look. i headed out to the disaster site with the government s point man, admiral thad allen, and interior secretary kennal is czar. . salazar. we landed on the helix producer. unlike a rig, it s not moored to anything on the ocean floor, it s a ship and a g.p.s. keeps it in place. ....