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Six victims were americans and the taliban is claiming responsibility and say the workers from the international assistance mission were spying and preaching christianity. pressure tests on a cement plug ceiling the oil well is solid. bp engineers can drill the final 100 feet of a relief well. no word if the drilling has started. the work expected to be slow. crews say it will probably be next weekend before the two wells are joined. mud and cement will then be pumped into the well to permanently seal it shut. go to website for the latest headlines. headlines. >> we're back with tommy chong an...

>> reporter: it sounds like a good idea, to save teachers' jobs, but they don't like the stimulus package to start with our stimulus spending or government spending. they say it has not created the jobs that were promised, let's listen: >> this administration has not sought to transcend the politics of washington, d.c. it has been the my way or the highway administration from the stimulus bill forward, democrats on capitol hill and in the administration have slammed the door on republican ideas, have slammed the door on bipartisan proposals. >> so there's a lot of opposition and we expect to i...

Impact. what is the impact going formed environmentally? >> we know that we had oil up in some of the sensitive marshes and the estuaries. that can be cleaned to some degree. some will have to dissipate natural. we need to monitor those estuaries to ensure the health of those estuaries. the fishery, while we've re-opened some, some remain closed. you can't put this much oil out there and not be concerned and that's how we responded with a great deal of concern. >> let's talk about how bped accountability. how many barrels of oil were spilled? >> the estimates are 4.9 million barrels and those ...

Ruiz. this could mean a larger fine for bp, which is not to suggest bp will not fight the results of this. i mean you can rest assured it will. >> reporter: yeah, i think you're right. the government could potentially fine bp $1,100 per barrel. however if the government finds this oil leak was the result of gross negligence, that fine could spike up to $4,300 per barrel, to bp faces fines from $4.5 billion to $17.6 billion. >> shepard: this as bp attempts to plug the well or kill it for good. there's some progress, right? >> yeah, we just learned about an hour ago that bp actually began inject...

Admiral allen today backed up bp's claim that the seepage is natural and unrelated to the well. and he reported that pressure within the new stacking cap is rising, a good sign for now. and last reported at 6,811 pounds per square inch, increasing at a pound per square inch every hour. less clear, however, is why bp and allen seemed to take divergent courses on the well's future this weekend. after allen said saturday that the pressure tests would be followed by collection of oil through the wellhead, bp chief operating officer doug suttles the next day said the well would stay capped indefini...