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To the world that indeed they are going to be able to stop this leak. we're still maybe # on percent of the way there, according to what we're hearing from bp this year. jonathan serri. is live on location in grand isle. jonathan, is that an accurate description of where you're understanding this stands now? >> reporter: it is. where they had discover the leak last night was in a portion of the valve called the choke line. this is a line that's connected to one of the valves, one of the three valves on that new cap. the line would be able to lead up to ships on the surface in case they needed ...

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...

That they may have finally gotten the fix they've been so desperately looking for since the beginning of may? >> we're showing admiral thad allen's facebook page which says the cap is in place. seismic survey in the morning and we will commence pressure testing. getting there. >> getting there. is there muted optimism? >> i think -- here's what i would tell you, joe, is that every attempt that they have made to either contain or stop this oil, they learned something. i mean, this has been, it has often been described, a real-life, realtime science experiment, that we're all participating in. a...

Chris. >> tom, thank you. a kangaroo court would have offered a fairer hearing. now, that line is straight out of an editorial in the british newspaper "the daily telegraph." here's what they're talking about. >> would it be appropriate to say that it's because of bp's reckless behavior? yes or no. >> it's the consequence of a big accident. >> reckless behavior or not? >> it's clear to me that you don't want to answer our questions. >> how would they know the cement was going to hold before the pressure testing. >> i can't answer that question. >> all right, here are some of the headlines, w...

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