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And community development proje projects, and those, too, will start to wind down soon and what we are left with is a mountain of debt to put a drag on the economy and not a boost. >> reporter: now the vice president's office which is overseeing the stimulus plan defended the program noting that the examples given by the two senators account for 25% of 1% of all of the money spent on all stimulus projects. >> wolf? >> thank you, lisa. and in "the situation room" right now, breaking news, bp begins the critical attempt to plug up the blown out well in the gulf of mexico. they are pumping mud ...

Has been certified to be safe by the fda. they are also working in conjunction with the states on the -- >> you are listening to admiral thad allen speaking from the houston area to begin the first phase of what is referred to as static kill, a day that so many americans have been waiting for. now more than 100 days since that explosion happened deep in the gulf of mexico. we have heard reports that the flooding of this well, this effort to inject it with mud and other ingredients, essentially, could take more than 2,000 barrels of mud to do that. that process could begin, though, as early as ...

Equipment down there at the bottom of the ocean. they to be worked out and go forward with the test. they think the test will tell them everything is a-okay, and they can go ahead with the static kill and pump that well full of mud. right now we're waiting to hear from admiral thad allen, expecting a press conference this morning, to tell us exactly where we stand. we know that the admiral is in houston and he says that's the place he's going to be to oversee the static kill. he's in position. we are waiting for the green light. >> david mattingly down in new orleans. thank you very much. we...

Good morning to you, it is 8:00 here in new york on this tuesday, august 3rd. >> good morning to you. thanks so much for being with us. lots to talk about this morning, get you right to t going for the kill. bp says today could be the day, after yet another delay in the gulf of mexico yesterday. the company says it postponed a key test that needs to happen before the so-called static kill operation can begin. it is a small hydraulic leak they hope to get fixed today. we are live on the gulf coast with the latest update. an islamic center and mosque just steps from ground zero. a slap in th...

From the increase in pressure? >> as long as they're careful. that's why they do it slowly so they don't increase the pressure. if it doesn't inject and pressure just keeps building, they're not going to be able to do this static kill. that's what they're checking to see if they can actually do it. >> at the same time they go ahead with this static kill operation if the injectivity test indicates they can in fact force that oilack down into the reservoir, they're going ahead with the relief well operation. bp says some time between the 11th and the 15th they should have that relief well comple...