WRC NBC Nightly News July 10, 2010
>>. >> good evening. that delicate operation to place a new cap atop the gushing oil well beneath the gulf of mexico got under way this afternoon. it's a gambit for the time being means there is no cap over the leak. that means thousands of barrels of oil freely pour into the sea. bp says the trade-off is by as soon as next week engineers could have a new tighter-fitting cap in place. one capable of capturing most, if not all the leaking oil. it's an operation fraught with risks and outlined with plenty of caveats, but it is raising a glimmer of hope tonight amid what had been a blac...