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>> the casing run and cemented in the relief well and that's ongoing as we speak. once that's finished, we'll be ready to do the static kill. the current forecast is for it looks like tuesday right now. >> reporter: and one of the questions that came up about the static kill operation, not only at this briefing with doug suttles but earlier today with admiral thad allen, the national incident commander, is whether or not the static kill operation could somehow jeopardize the integrity of that cap and suttles told the press who was gathered here this afternoon that they are very closely monitor...

According to "the new york times," the government is set to announce that three-quarters of the oil from the bp spill has either evaporated, dispersed or otherwise been captured or eliminated. the rest is so diluted it doesn't pose much of a risk. jim acosta is live for us new orleans where i'm sure, jim, you'll fine some differing opinions on that report today. >> reporter: you'll still find a lot of skepticism down here, john and kiran. but as you mentioned, bp announced about three hours ago wh what they are calling a significant milestone, saying the damaged well in the gulf of mexico is n...

Impact. they also said all along those dispersants had never been used in those quantities ever before. meanwhile, the static kill operation, when is that set to start? >> reporter: well, we heard a couple of things yesterday. thad allen said it could start as late as late monday, late today, and suttles, doug suttles, was saying looks more like tuesday. so within the next 24 hours we expect to see this operation begin and as john put it aptly, this is essentially trying to choke off this well by pumping heavy fluid and mud down the throat of this ruptured well. it is expected to take place so...

Bonn bonnie. putting in a little bit of silt, sand, rocks into one of the relief wells. so before they go to the big step of the static kill operation, they have to clean out the relief wells of all the debris. they say that is a process that should be fairly easy for them, but it will be the time-consuming, possibly causing a delay of 12 hours to a day, possibly two days, which actually will move the time frame back a little bit. jim, the original plan was that the static kill now looks like it might be monday or tuesday. the static kill operation, just a reminder to viewers is a basis of inj...

>> jim acosta is live for us in new orleans. back to the static kill. they had a delay but are hoping to begin this operation today. what's the latest, jim? >> reporter: well, kiran, the latest is we're going to find out today whether or not this is sf static kill day or ground hog day. we think at this point that that static kill is going to get going. bp is saying that they had a small leak in a hydraulic system inside the containment cap that's on top of the relief well. that's pretty key that they get that fixed so they can begin what they're calling the injectivity test. this is one of th...