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More on our story regarding the static kill. it's apparently worked on bp's damaged oil well in the gulf of mexico. everybody hopes so. the point man on the operation, thad allen, says he's confident there will be no more oil leaking into the gulf from this well. the white house is careful to say there's plenty more work ahead but the talk is mild compared to what officials say the last couple of months. listen to a top government scientist today. >> key conclusions of the report is the vast majority of the oil eevaporated, burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed and much of ...

That's the word from coast guard admiral thad allen this afternoon. today bp reported the so-called static kill method is working on the damaged well. the heavy fluid being pumped in it pushing the oil back into the earth. it's the first time that's happened as far as we know since the deep deepwater horizon rig exploded three long months ago. later in this hour, we'll have as our guest the assistant to the president and ask that assistant whether politics is playing into these reports. today president obama said the work to stop the leak is coming to an end and there's a lot more work to go. ...

Engineers are conduct thank could potentially plug this oil leak finally once and for all. whichth is what could do the job, it's called the static kill method, engineers want to pump thick mud and cement right down into the throat of the blownout oil well, hopefully sealing it permanently. we're going to be monitoring what the admiral has to say and bring you those developments. in the meantime the feds are calling this disaster the world's worst accidental oil spill. again, you're watching what they're trying to do today, jon. we'll see if it actually works. jon: a massive protest turned dea...

Only rarely, as the weeks and months went by, it turned out that it was used on an almost daily basis. and that's why we have to ensure that internal bleeding inside of this ocean is monitored very closely. to make sure that we understand what the ramifications are of having this unprecedented, scientific experiment be conducted. >> there were very, very rigorous protocols we had to follow. we had to apply for permission to apply them. it was based on surveillance data. the federal on-scene coordinator, the coast guard, has to formally approve those. some days they approved our requests, other...

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