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Mexico with dispersants. he point out as thad allen did earlier in the day that it was the united states coast guard that was in control of just how much dispersants was used over the gulf of mexico. at one point, during the press briefing, i asked doug suttles whether or not he would serve seafood out of the gulf of mexico to his own family, whether he'd heat that himself given the fact commercial fishing has reopened off the coastline. here's what suttles had to say. >> there's been a tremendous amount of testing done by noaa and the state agencies and the fda and others. and they're not goi...

Guys? >> already feeling pretty steamy in new york city, too, rob. thanks a lot. meanwhile, in the gulf coast, they are preparing for the final step in the static kill operation. after 108 days, the oil giant's blownout well could be soon be shut for good. >> the government giving the green light, after the oil they pumped yesterday forced the oil down in the earth. with the relief well, that process should be completed within a next couple weeks. administration officials insist they are not standing down. instead, telling cnn, they are just beginning phase one of their long-term restoration...

You've heard this question in the last week or so, where's the oil. so the coo of bp went out and looked for the oil this afternoon, doug suttles, and essentially came back at this press briefing and said they didn't find any. of course that is not going to sit well with local officials here in louisiana who have said for the last several days that, hey, if you want to know where the oil is, we'll be happy to take you out and show you where the oil is. i'm not sure doug suttles satisfied some of the critics that are saying those things down here in louisiana. but one thing that he did say is t...

In the bahamas. it's gathering -- i guess getting itself together and gang strength. it could be over the leak site in as few as 2 1/2 days. steve harrigan is in louisiana with the latest on this. one more time, steve, something else to worry about. >> just when the relief well is 100 feet away and they're planning the static kill operation, attacking the well, the weather throws a monkey wrench. some things we expect to be answered soon, by thad allen, will there be an evacuation of the bp workers from around the site? second, the cap, so far the temporary cap kept oil in the well for the pas...