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The fish and species of shrimp caught in the last few weeks have been clear of any oil. the seafood is safe to eat. probably the most watched seafood and food product right now in the country. savannah? >> real quickly on the relief well, considering whether to go forward with those plans, but there's some risk involved. >> reporter: they're going over the tests. they were testing the results of the top kill operation, static kill operation before beginning the bottom kill and the government is waiting on the results. they should come today or tomorrow and then the relief well should resume. p...

How well the static kill operation may have worked that was done last week. that's where they poured thousands of pounds of heavy mud and cement into the top of the well. some of that cement may have gone all the way down 13,000 feet to the bottom of the well and then up the sides of the casing. well, that's exactly where the relief well would be drilling into. so admiral thad allen and the government scientists aren't convinced there's enough cement there to seal permanently. so they want to go ahead with the relief well operation. that would reseem in aboume in days. there is another possibi...

It's a very dangerous space walk. they have to handle ammonia fluid lines. the crews plan to activate the new pump during a second space walk on wednesday. new fro pprogress as bp seals t blown out well. >> the cementing following the static kill operation occurred, just like the static kill operation that went very well. and appears to be performing as expected. >> nbc's charles hadlock with us live with the details. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's get to what the crews have done. they plugged the well. they had the mud and steement combinati cement. how will this be completed? >> rep...

President's most costly initiatives. the stimulus plan and his health care reform. her resignation takes effect early month. she'll turn to her teaching job at the university of california-berkeley. it's day 109 of the gulf oil disaster and this could well be the beginning of the end. crews have wrapped up their static kill operation and the cement that they poured into that ruptured well is now hardening. but the work is not over. crews will continue to drill two relief wells. once they reach the pipeline within the next week or two, they will pump more cement in through the bottom. the bot...

Sitting in on meetings, even composting. >> just helping out the folks out there. you know, helping other folks do some stuff out in this world. and it's good to recycle. >> we just need first lay the foundation that people can say oh, they did it there. we can do it in our community. >> joe johns, cnn. taking a look now at some of the stories making headlines. the gulf oil disaster, not the end. but the cementing phase of the so-called static kill operation to permanently seal bp's well means the virtual end to leaking oil. that's the assessment today from admiral thad allen, the government...