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Preventers as early as sunday. today, the effort was postponed until possibly monday or tuesday because workers need to clean out debris they found in one of the relief wells being drilled. the debris is preventing a final section of pipe casing from being installed. that casing is essential for reinforcing the relief well and keeping it secure during the static kill. tom foreman has more for us tonight. tom? >> hey, randi. what they want to do is make sure that relief well is ready in case the static kill doesn't work. let's explain the static kill first. they'll pump fluid down into that blo...

It had hoped to start a static kill, pumping mud and cement from above into the blow-out preventers as early as sunday. today, the effort was postponed until possibly monday or tuesday because workers need to clean out debris they found in one of the relief wells being drilled. the debris is preventing a final section of pipe casing from being installed. that casing is essential for reinforcing the relief well and keeping it secure during the static kill. tom foreman has more for us tonight. tom? >> hey, randi. what they want to do is make sure that relief well is ready in case the static kill...

On to the mlrp package down there at the bottom of the gulf. we'll get in touch with bp later this morning when they get into the office to get confirmation of that. they used 67 steel joints to make that line a mile through the ocean. once that happens they're going to pull the plug that they put in temporarily for the storm, then run in some conditioning fluid to make sure the integrity is okay and kind of flush things out, then they'll start running that liner again and eventually seal it with cement. that whole process, granted, takes five to seven days so as far as a timetable for when th...

A substantial minority oppose it vocally. talk to the controversial sheriff, joe arpaio at the center of the battle. first, randi kaye has the latest. >> reporter: anderson, bp's plan to permanently seal its ruptured well has hit a snag. it had hoped to start a static kill, pumping mud and cement from above into the blow-out preventers as early as sunday. today, the effort was postponed until possibly monday or tuesday because workers need to clean out debris they found in one of the relief wells being drilled. the debris is preventing a final section of pipe casing from being installed. that ...