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Plug up the well that's been busted for good. what's the latest? >> reporter: they did the static kill this week that they poured thousands of pounds of heavy mud into the top of the blow out preventer and sealed it with cement. that effectively killed the well. but to be sure, the coast guard wants bp to perform the bottom kill. that basically is the same procedure except that the bottom of the well, 13,000 feet below the floor of the gulf of mexico. the relief well is now within about 30 feet of the crippled well. they will enter that well casing perhaps as early as thursday and begin pumpin...

Incident commander. you see the reporters getting ready. the incident commander for the gulf is going to be part of the briefing, and also the administrator of noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, who has also been a big part of this effort, will be there. so we will get some kind of an update. but the president himself was speaking today and saying we are now moving to the next phase, real looking at the end of the gulf oil disaster. when that happens, we will take you there live. where i want to take you now is live to new orleans, our david mattingly standing by for ...

Bergdahl, a young man from idaho, has been in the hands of the taliban. his parents were very quickly notified a year ago when that happened, and to this day, they have never come out in public and spoken about it. they are certainly hoping for their son to be returned. >> barbara, thanks so much for joipg us joining us on the phone in the washington, d.c. area. the remnants of tropical storm bonnie brought some rain to the gulf of mexico, but it wasn't nearly as bad as expected. so now the ships ordered out of the area as a precaution are moving back in. the vessels helping to drill the rel...

Workers are struggling to save more than 27,000 people still trapped by massive flooding. monsoon rains swept through, killing more than 900 people and it's heavily damaged roads, bridges and kmoun occasions networks. the death toll reached over 1100 and pakistan deployed third,000 troops to aid in the rescue. >> new concerns about the amount of disburse ants to break up the oil in the gulf of mexico. the coast guard waved a federal directive limiting bp's use of chemical disburse ants. the coast guard approved 74 waivers over a 48-day period after the restrictions were impos imposed. crews co...

New developments today on several fronts to tell you about. the pressure testing continues today as experts search for possible leaks at three separate areas. scientists want to know if leaks could be causing the low pressure readings that have raised concerns. meanwhile, a potential benefit to the lower than expected pressure readings. they could allow a new option to permanently seal that gusher. now, the static kill option involves pumping mud into the well. the desession, we're told, could be made within several days. let's go to reynolds wolf. let's talk about the static kill option. what...