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Would like it to be. we have to keep an eye on that. >> rob, you spent a lot of time down south lately, in the gulf of mexico. you know it is hot down there. it is day 106 of the gulf oil disaster and that could mark a turning point in shutting down the ruptured well. bp plans to carry out a test to decide whether it can move ahead with the static kill operation, the first phase of a two-step process to permanently seal the well. let's get the late interest david mattingly joining us live from new orleans. david, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, that test expected to happen today to...

Down into the relief well through the static kill process. one thing we've learned in the last 24 hours listening to briefings from both bp and thad allen, there are a lot of variables in this. yesterday during a technical briefing one of the top executives for bp, kent wells, talked about this static well perhaps being the end-all/be-all of this process. they hopes static kill kills this well once and for all and that the relief well that's being drilled as part of the bottom kill procedure is sort of just that last part of this sort of poking the dead guy with the stick to make sure the well...

Door. in less than 30 minutes we'll be live with our rafael romo. let's get a quick check of this morning's weather headlines. rob marciano is in atlanta this morning. we've got something brewing down there in the atlantic ocean, rob. >> yes, sir. tropical depression number four, upgraded to a tropical storm with winds of 40 miles an hour. the name is colin and it continues to move west-northwesterly toward the u.s. right now over the open atlantic. about 2,200 miles from miami so way out there. a good four, five days away from any sort of worry. but nonetheless, it is organizing and heading...

New york city just ahead. wanted by the feds and hiding out overseas, radical cleric anwar al awlaki is an american, he uses the internet to preach his hate giving sermons in english. deb feyerick is back with part two of an in-depth investigation. new developments in the gulf of mexico. we've been told this is the beginning of the end but this morning we're still waiting for the so-called static kill operation to get under way. the first shot for plugging the well for good could begin some time late on today. >> the government coming up with a new estimate as just how much oil has leaked ...

That will decide whether it can move ahead with the static kill operation that is the first phase of a two-step process to permanently seal the well. the static kill operation was delayed yesterday when a small leak was found. scientists now say some 4.9 million barrels, 4.9 million barrels of oil poured into the gulf of mexico that new estimate is pretty close to what had been called the worst-case scenario. mexico says it will sue bp and possibility u.s. government even though no oil has been owned in mexican waters. mexico has spent about $35 million monitoring the spill. a secret weapon ...