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Into question. two senior house democrats fighting back against ethics charges this morning, but the prospect of two public trials just before the midterms elections as many in the democratic party worried. we are live in washington just ahead. did he have help? a recent mit grad is admitting he e-mailed back and forth with a private. he is accused of giving military information to the wikileaks website. and the am fix blog is up and running. go to cnn.com/amfix. when night falls on the gulf of mexico in 12 hours, it could mark the beginning of the end of a very dark chapter. >> final ...

But it was quite an affair. a lot of numbers about the price tag of the wedding. people were saying $3 million, $5 million. a close clinton friends tells cnn they believe it was less than $1 million but it was quite an affair. apparently there were a couple of tents up, 400 guests. but this was real lay family affair from what i've told from a lot of people. 150 guests were really just friends of the bride and groom which is incredible accomplishment on chelsea and marc's part when you think about it when you look at her mother and father and all the people in the world that they know. beautif...

Understandably so. wildlife experts probably don't recommend snacking sleeping bears with gulf balls. this bear seemed to have no fear of people. at least not larry christmas. >> he came right in front of the car like nothing. >> eventually the sleepy bear aroused from country club nap and scampered away from life of luxury back into the woods. updating some of our top stories tonight a house ethics panel committee challenging california democrat maxine waters with misconduct. congresswoman waters says she will fight the charges and look forward to the trial. bp reports it has delayed the so-c...

Kill? do things, operations out in the gulf of mexico look like they could get it underway tonight? >> reporter: yeah, that's the last that we heard. some time overnight, either late tonight or early tomorrow morning they are starting the static kill operation, and, you know, we have heard all the references for these attempts to kill the well, well, you have the static kill happening over the next 24 hours, we have the bottom kill that's potentially happening in the next couple of weeks. all that may sound like overkill, but down here in the gulf of mexico, overkill sounds like a pretty good ...

Static kill operation? when are they going to be able to start and finish? >> reporter: well, drew, we could be looking at the beginning of the end. at least everybody hopes so down here. you know, yesterday thad allen gave a briefing via conference call and was saying this thing could start late today. and then doug settles, the coo of bp, held a briefing of his own later in the day on tuesday. so we are looking at the next 24 hours or so. we might see the beginnings of the static kill operation. i just want to show you sort of a crude rendering of this because just understanding it yourself,...