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Well despite several small leaks. this is the environmental reporter for the times. what is the situation as far as people in the gulf are concerned, as far as the confusion that we're hearing from the scientific end, the government end and of course from bp. >> it really is confusing for the general public to try to figure out what to make of this back and forth argument over what exactly is happening out at the well head underneath the ocean. but it still looks like bp is going to be allowed to keep the cap on top of the well, which means that the flow of oil will continue to be stopped, and...

Readings are above the danger zone, 6,000 or below would be dangerous. it's about 6,700, the last reading that we got from bp. so last the possibility that below the sea level there may be some sort of leak coming out of that riser pipe? >> exactly, andrea, what admiral allen had been saying is that what we want to see is a reading, it's like looking at the blood pressure for this well. pounds per square inch of 9,000, what we're seeing right now is it is around 6,700, but rising. what we're afraid of, what we should be concerned about, alert to is that there could be leaks that are coming out...

The traditional b.o.p. after we removed that nub on the riser pipe that had been cut off, that they actually did simulations and actually created a physical model to practice putting the flanges together and bolting them. whether or not they practiced on that particular flange or not or tested it, we'll find out and get back to you. i know there was extensive systems integration testing zbun a way to model it and test the package before putting it in the water. >> eileen fleming with public radio. how confident are you in the relief well's structure and engineering and that that won't blow up ...

Until they know exactly where they are. they are going to be two miles below the sea floor and try to intersect a drill pipe that's seven inches in diameter. that's why this is going slow and why we're not coming off the mid-august prediction of when it will be done. why wasn't this done earlier, i'm as assuming you're talking about the capping stack. it had to be designed, built, tested, brought to site and procedures to put it on there, and as you see, there are some leaks we have to fix and things like that. there have been a range of capping devices that have been developed. we got a clean...

>> did bp have any quality control on these parts before they installed them on the cap that would allow them to detect a leak, a hole or anything like that? if not, will there be in the future or what were they if there were any? >> i'm not sure i can tell you exactly on thatpert pop we'll get that information and get back to you. i do know this. a lot going on here has been designed and engineered for the first time to deal with this particular problem. the capping stack was a custom made stack that includes three rams. i would call it a mini blowout preventer. but it also includes a kill on...