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They are going to conduct pressure reading tests inside the well. those tasks end up being favorable and push forward with the procedure of the bottom kill. however, that could take all the way into next week. of course, tropical depression 5 actually strengthens and reforms that could cause a few more delays. another big measure along the coast is going to be pulling in more of the boom. we spoke with bp workers and said that will be the plan. not just on parts of florida, alabama, mississippi, you about even louisiana. pulling in more of that boom. reynolds wolf, cnn, gulf shores, alabama. ...

It was their bad luck they capped it to see what a tiny amount of pressure it had. zbr what is the pressure reading right now, and why is that tiny pressure so tell sng. >> well, first of all, i've been out working on the grand opening tomorrow of the ocean -- all day. i saw the early news of them saying there was a seep. i think the pressure was something like 4,000 pounds per square inch, which is nothing. >> that suggests obviously that there's all sords of side leakage? >> well, the side leakage is actually the hole that hole that found the oil. so it's not a seep. we have a lot of seeps. ...

With it holding at about 6,700 pounds, which is the last pressure reading we had, that gives a real inconclusive reading, which could show either some depletion or a leak down below. >> yeah, you mentioned that that it's hitting 6,700 pounds per inch. and they thought if it was entirely bottled up, officials wanted to see a reading of 8,000 pounds per square inch which suggests the oil may be coming out somewhere else. where could that be? >> well, it's -- there's two things that could go on. one is these wells do deplete. they produce oil, the pressure comes down. and well flowing uncontrolle...

Scared right now about the pressure reading. so it's either going to be a huge success or it could be a real disaster. >> bret: steve, as a.b. said, the administration, the president seem to learn from the initial effort when thad allen came out and said they thought that this had stop and they were successful with the first top hat. it's not the case now. they are waiting to see how this is going. >> yeah. and they're smart to do that for the reasons that charles points to. we all know that if they want to take credit, if they want to go and claim the credit, they can do it in three days and ...

Ideally, they would like it to be closer to 7,500 pounds per square inch. so why is it sticking at this 6,700 mark? there are two theories. one is because so much oil has already been spilled into the gulf, that there is actually less oil in the well than they thought. and that's one reason behind the lower pressure reading. the other theory is, and this is the scary theory, that there is a leak below the seafloor. now, the -- they have done seismic surveys. they have rovs, remotely operated vehicles using cameras and using sonar to see if there are any kinds of cracks in the seafloor. they're...