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One thing we shouldgate out there right away, first of all, karl, have you been contacted by newt gingrich or any other republican cap date to potentially help with a presidential campaign? >> nobody has talked to me about helping their campaign but i did speak with the speaker a number of weeks ago about his interest in becoming a potential candidate, and if he were to enter the contest, he would be formidable. jon: i guess that is my next question, how does he stack up against say the peara palins, the tim palentys, some of the other potential candidates out there? >> look, it's very early. ...

Pressure indeterminately and indefinitely which means there is an aunt to have an opportunity of a shut in of the well to just hold them at this point. anything less than that might bring into play a decision to continue to produce. at that point, we will be a tibl produce off of four lines. the choke and the kill line from the original blowout preventer, plus the choke and the kill lines from the new stacking cap. that is intended around the 18th of july to take us to a capacity of 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day which we think will exceed the flow. so we can do a policy shut in of the well an...

Sustain those pressures for that amount of time. this could be 6, 24 or 48 hours and at that point we will have a better idea, not only the pressure, it will tell us something about the condition of the well board itself and, ultimately, tell us something about the flow rate which today has been based on estimates, based on the digital imagery acoustic testing and so forth. so, a consequenceal day. somewhere afternoon we'll start and the technical team is being assembled. after this press conference, i'll be meeting with secretary cho from the department of energy and tom hunder from sandy lab...

Gushing into the waters in the gulf of mexico here. what they're doing right now that they have that cap on and they were able to put that new cap in place last night. what they're doing now are tests. they're running some pressure tests and they're going to shut down the valves of this cap and they're also going to temporarily shut down the surface containment systems and measure information. they're looking for high pressure. if they have low pressure, it means there is a leak somewhere else. it could be between 6 and 48 hours. >> mara, i apologize for interrupting you. thad allen is giving ...

O'clock six, 24, or 48 hours, and at that point we will have a better in order not only the pressure, it will tell us something about the condition of the well bore itself and ultimately tell us manager about the flow rate which today has been based on estimates, based on the digitical imagery, acoustic testing and so forth. so a consequential day, somewhere in the afternoon, we will start the technical team, it's being assembled. after this press conference i'll be meeting with secretary kh*u from the department of energy, martha mcnu it utt from the geological survey, tom hunter from the wil...