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Definitely a beautiful sight to see but may not be the finish line for this phase of this disaster. ed? >> what is bp saying about the timeline to finish this job? we're in the preliminary stages right now of stopping the oil leak, but how confident are they they can do it and what's the timeline for getting it done totally? >> what they've said is that this test will take up to 48 hours and they're going to be evaluating it every six hours.ç what they're evaluating is the pressure information. they're looking for high pressure readings because low pressure would mean that there's a leak som...

Option. nuke this -- this well right now. that will -- that will resolve the matter. what do you think of that? >> i -- i say that would almost certainly move us right into a natural seep system, where nature would take over and what we humans could do would be minimal. i think it's -- it's a terrible idea. >> are you getting all the cooperation, the resources, the high-resolution video, the pressure information from bp that you need in order to make an educated estimate of how much oil is flowing out? >> we certainly -- bp has been for more forthcoming, but we're still -- there's -- what we'r...

>> what they're working to determine is whether we can safely shut in the well using the new cap without creating new problems. including possibly countless new oil leaks in the sea floor. >> we have team coverage with nbc mara who is still live with us in venice, louisiana, and michelle franzen with reaction from people in pensacola beach, florida. mara, how long does bp plan to run these tests? >> well, tamron, the plan is to run them for 48 hours from when they started and they're going to be evaluating them every six hours. and what they're looking for is pressure information. the best ana...

That they decided to postpone the tests because, like they said, they needed further analysis. the plan was to shut down the valves on that new containment cap to shut down the surface containment systems and to start testing for pressure information. they said that what they wanted to see was high pressure because low pressure meant that there was a leak somewhere else. and that as they stated last night, they decided not to go through with these tests and this morning they stated they were going to temporarily suspend work on that relief well for 48 hours. they are still running those surfac...

>> reporter: that timeline is the best we have to go on, six to 48 hours. last night they put on this new cap which is designed to seal that well off completely. and today they have scheduled to test it. so what they are going to do is shut down valves on that cap, they're going to be looking for pressure information and what they want to see are high pressure ahereadings, because i there's low pressure, then that means there's another leak. again they said it would be six to 48 hours. as you mentioned, inns not the permanent fix, this would enable them to completely contain the oil which is v...