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>> reporter: well, that's interesting. the man who hired pedro to do this work by his garage today did not want to appear on camera, but let us tape the story on his property. what he told us was i didn't ask whether he was legal or illegal. i just knew he was a good worker. >> gary tuchman, appreciate it. what could be the beginning to the end of the worst offshore oil spill in history. or maybe the end of the beginning. the latest on the static kill effort in the gulf and whether it will seal the ruptured well once and for all. is craigslist profiting from prostitution? critics say it is. ...

Reach a balance point, they hope, where no longer will the oil have the ability to force it out. that's when it is static, nothing is moving. the downward force is equal to the upward force. they say at that time you could take the cap off entirely and nothing would move. of course, they want to get it permanently sealed so that won't happen. tonight they're anxiously watching to see if this first step can work. anderson? >> tom foreman, appreciate it. thanks, tom. we'll continue to follow the progress of the static kill. let's get caught up right now on some other stories. joe johns has a "...

The mud itself will become so great it will start pushing that oil down, and at some point you'll reach a balance point, they hope, where no longer will the oil have the ability to force it out. that's when it is static, nothing is moving. the downward force is equal to the upward force. they say at that time you could take the cap off entirely and nothing would move. of course, they want to get it permanently sealed so that won't happen. tonight they're anxiously watching to see if this first step can work. anderson? >> tom foreman, appreciate it. thanks, tom. we'll continue to follow the pro...

Uygur picks up the 3:00 p.m. shift. >> coming up, big hour of news. 107 days after the explosion, bp says the static kill effort is working and the oil is no longer flowing. we'll take you live to the gulf for the very latest on this developing story. plus, connecticut police are about to hold a news conference on the shooting rampage that took the lives of nine people, including the shooter. we're going to have the latest developments live from connecticut. the robber escapes leaving a woman tied up on her bed. she then uses her toes to type her boyfriend for help. we'll talk to the woman...

Once again, we have expanded our language at the trivial expense of just a little oil in the gulf of mexico. static kill. our third story in the countdown, after allowing 5 million barrels of oil to poison the ocean, bp is once again putting its hopes into a glorified injection of mud. the obvious question is, will it work? perhaps the more important one is, how will we know? in a moment, bob cavnar will join us. tests earlier in the day prompting bp to go ahead with its critical so-called static kill effort, in which once again heavy drilling mud is pumped into the top of the well. the operat...