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So come visit, but now at the same time there is news to report about the well. no, oil is not leaking, but reynolds wolf is there, and we could be a week away from being done with this thing. when i say done with this thing, we are talking about just the well itself, we could be a week away. >> reporter: i would say if this were a horse race we would be in the home stretch. we are close to the finish line. we may have a few obstacles, and we will get to that in a few minutes. let's start off with the telephone conference with admiral. the first thing they plan on doing is to finish the relief...

And photographs convinced him they have the wrong man. the government ordered bp to perform more pressure tests on that ruptured oil bell well, but if all goes well work on a permanent seal will resume. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon visiting pakistan. he's appealing for international help for the 20 million people left homeless. it's an official day of mourning in china for the 1200 people killed in last weekend's landslides. hundreds remain missing and some 45,000 residents have been evacuated because of continuing flooding there. those are your fast five headlines. we're going t...

Yesterday, the coast guard ordered bp to conduct pressure tests of the well itself and also the capping system at the top that was put in place one month ago today. bp has been ordered to test the well and to test the capping system for any additional pressures that may come along as they do the bottom kill. now the coast guard is waiting for bp to turn in these results which could be monday or tuesday. the government scientists will go over them and at that point the coast guard will give bp the go ahead to complete the final kill operation. the coast guard says that will take place, but it w...

More than 2/3 of the people were opposed to the plan to build a mosque near ground zero. only 29% surveyed supported the plan. returning to the gulf coast which is days away from seeing the blown out oil finally plugged for good the government's point man on this disaster former admiral thad allen is ordering bp to do more pressure tests before it can finish its relief well. if the results are good, it will take at least another four days to intercept the damaged oil line. the crews can carry out the bottom kill by pumping in mud and cement to block the leak permanently. as our reynolds wolf...

Put in recently. rick leventhal is in new orleans for us now. what exactly are they looking for, rick, and what do they hope they can learn? >> reporter: well, jon, they're looking to see whether the temporary ceiling of that well, the static kill, actually turned out to be a permanent solution. they pumped cement and heavy drilling mud into the well from the top last week, they finished the job last week. it hasn't leaked since, so they're running pressure tests to see whether or not there is a solid seal down there. we expect to learn very soon whether they believe it is solid. thad allen, t...