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Around the well site here. so that may slow things down as they prep for the static kill operation later today or tomorrow. as far as the heat we saw yesterday, 105 yesterday in monroe, louisiana. 102 in gulfport. these are record highs in some cases all-time record highs. unbelievably warm there. it is also heating up in the tropics. this is the atlantic pretty far away from the caribbean at this point. at least five or seven days, but this is a tropical wave to become our next tropical depression or the next tropical storm. we'll see if it closes out its circulation. at this point, nothing h...

Kill operation because during the top kill operation, of course the oil was still flowing up and was not being contained with that cap. so this time around they feel that this is going to be different, that this is actually going to be the start of sort of a one-two punch and slowing down this well, bringing it under control and eventually killing it off with that body kill operation where they will pump heavy mud and cement through that relief well that they're drilling. that should take place about five to seven days, they say, after this static kill operation and doug suttles said in his wo...

Lot going on on the ground and underwater. reynolds wolf live in new orleans this morning. we talked yesterday about the time line kind of moving of this static kill operation and also we're getting word that, i don't know if i should call a special visitor to the area that's coming? >> reporter: absolute you're talking about bp's doug suttles headed to venice, louisiana. people are talking about the oil, where is it? it's been hard to find out in the open water. there are people in the southern part of louisiana, near plaquemines parish, venice and the surrounding areas and they say the oil i...

A week ago we were dealing with bonnie. it was the remnants of a tropical storm but enough of a stir to cause a silt on the ocean floor to sink boo the relief well. before they are able to proceed with the static kill operation, they have to clean out all the silt, all the sand out of the relief well. they expect it to be a minor operation but it is something that's going to cause a bit of a delay. we do have animation we're going of show you in mere seconds. one thing we're going to be seeing in terms of this is once it's removed they will proceed with the thing that they refer to as the stat...

A delay in the static kill operation. the static kill operation, you will remember, is basically when they go into the containment cap and inject a combination of mud and cement that kills off the top part of the well. that's only one part of the process. the second process is something that's going to come in the middle of august or perhaps towards the end of the month which they refer tos at as the bottom kill operation. they go through the relief well and inject the mud. back to you. reynolds, what about the cleanup? we have been talking about killing this well and things seem to be going...