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Saturday, and that's at the earliest. why? there is a complicated system of connections that still need to be made. the national incident commander, thad allen, explained it this way. >> as you know, the discovery enterprise is taking oil straight from the riser pipe and the lower package right now through the containment cap. we're also producing through the choke line, through the q4000. we intend to take the oil coming out of the kill line at this point, and hook that up to the helix producer. >> now, when that helix producer is hooked up, and this is the most important thing, that thad all...

Up? >> we are watching the weather closely. i think we have weather building through this week and the indications are in the forecast that it should be laying down this coming weekend. so we are hopeful for getting it installed at that point. we are just going to have to watch the weather. once we do get it installed, the ship itself can handle 60,000 barrels of liquids. 45,000 barrels of oil a day. but the way it is being connected here is a little restricted. so we're hoping to get 25,000 a day out of it. combined with the 25,000 that's currently being collected, that should be getting pret...

Associated with the production vessel that's out there right now. we're looking at potentially changing to a new containment cap in july to allow us greater flexibility. it will be hooked up to the riser pipe through flexible hoses, and it will be flowsing flew the surface. everybody has to understand if we have to evacuate through the site there would be a period of time that the flow would be unabated from the well. >> i want to bring up this report, republican congressman darryl issa. he's released this report from the house of government oversight and reform. this is one of the conclusions...

That containment cap, the main thing slowing and collecting the oil. >> the system that collected more than 1 million gallons of oil from the seafloor tuesday looked like this today, oil gushing almost unchecked. one of the remote operated vehicles, bp's eyes and hands a mile beneath the surface, was spreading disspendants when it ran into the containment cap at 9:45 eastern. the accident forced a vent closed. those troublesome ice-like crystals that can block vents and create pressure inside the cap. >> the discovery enterprise removed the container cap with the riser pipe and moved away unti...

And his surprise that mcchrystal lasted this long with the interrogator who calls himself matthew mcalexander. day 65 in the gulf. >> discover enterprise removed the containment cap with the riser pipe and moved away until they could assess the condition. >> translation, a robot collided with the well cap increasing the gusher. worst yet, you can't stop it. you may not even be able to hope to contain it. the doomsday scenario positive on a petroleum geologist website. the pipes below the ocean floor may be leaking and there may be no way to ever stop it. just back from the gulf, our guest bob ...