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Damage that the oil from the gulf has already done to their communities. here is a sampling. >> i'm praying to god it works this time. i'm praying to god it works this time. >> it's been a long time for us down here. we would like to get back to some sort of normalcy and get back to fishing. >> but residents are also concerned with all oil that's already spilled into the gulf. and they realized that even after the well is finally capped, there may be years of damage still yet undone, shep. >> shepard: the fines and punishments are based on how much oil they have polluted this gulf with. these ...

Alongside six other defendants. just now obtained federal court documents that indicate the charge he will most likely be extradited for is a charge for illegally transporting a stolen airplane intrastate, from idaho where one was stolen several years ago to washington state. that means he will likely next go to washington state when all this complete. the next court date here in miami will be july 15, friday. >> all right, peter alexander, live in miami. the latest on the so-called barefoot bandit in court there. thanks, peter. and now to the latest disappointment on day 86 of the gulf oil di...

Tea for one? and his best friend among his classmates in the fourth grade was a 20-year-old kid named floyd. just floyd. part two of i went to sullivant. all now on "countdown." good evening from new york. as day 88 of the gulf crisis takes us past the first 24 hours of oil not spewing into the waters, the pressure builds over whether or not the pressure has literally built. built enough the well is deemed safe. the pressure readings are less than ideal. at least the backup plan is not necessarily failure now that the oil gusher is at least temporarily sealed, the all important pressure tests ...

That will allow us to slowly close and look at the pressure while we're doing it. >> shepard: that's the concern, the pressure. whether the whole set up on the gulf floor can actually withstand the pressure of all of that oil. jonathan serrie with the news live on fox top story in grand isle, louisiana. these pressure tests were supposed to get going hours ago. what's the hold-up, jonathan? >> that's right, well, bp officials admit that they may have been overly optimistic that they said the tests would begin midday today. they are concerned about the pressure at the bottom of the gulf of mexi...

Pressure tests give them numeric figures multiply it by the days and come up with an accurate idea of how much oil is in the gulf, shep. >> shepard: looking forward to that. jonathan serrie along the coast. today several u.s. lawmakers suggesting bp was involved in, get, this securing the release of a man who blew up a passenger jet over lockerbie; in fact bp officials did tell the british government they were concerned how long it was taking to release the so-called lockerbie bomber. that's according to a bp spokesman. you may remember last year when scotland released a convicted terrorist on...