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Part. they were supposed to begin this injectivity test as it is called yesterday. what went wrong? >> reporter: well, what went wrong is essentially they discovered a small leak in the hydraulic system in the cap on that ruptured well. that's a pretty darn important cap because it is keeping all of the oil from spewing into the gulf of mexico. we're waiting to find out whether or not this is static kill day or ground hog day as you mentioned, it is another day of waiting to see if this static kill procedure is going to get under way. this injectivity test is very important. they're going to t...

It's all because they don't know -- they haven't been able to look at this well this entire time with any sort of x-ray eyes or anything to get 100% confirmation that it's in great shape and that the well can take this pumping of the mud. that test is very important. it's going to tell them whether or not they can go forward with the static kill and how they can go forward with the static kill, how slowly or quickly they might be able to go. everything looking good. they got the leaky valve fixed. they were able to take care of that overnight and now they'll get started on what they hoped to d...

Frank actively seek her out and say, no, don't go here, i can do it. almost saying, look, it's a boston based bank and they won't be suspicious if i'm involved in these types of negotiations. she did go through wit, andrea, and it's create add huge problem for house speaker nancy pelosi. >> thanks so much, luke. i know you're going to be on top of all of this. >> we will in the upcoming weeks. and in the meantime we're going to have two ethics trials heading into the election. >> unless they settle. >> unless they settle. >> when no one is windchilling. >> sunday night at 11:30 p.m. >> good to...

So-called static kill procedure. bp released a statement saying as engineers started the inject tifty test, they discovered a small hydraulic leak in the capping system. the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed -- possibly by tomorrow. but even before bp's engineers have tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something it's tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something it cannot now start, the company is acting as if it's succeeded. bp officials not sure they'll use the relief wells they are digging for months to plug the ruptured o...

Starting this static kill. they need to fix that now before they are able to move forward with that test and, ultimately, with the static kill. so, we're hoping to hear pretty soon what they have decided to do and whether or not they can fix this leak. lately bp officials have been optimistic that the static kill may be the ultimate solution here when it does begin, they would pump massive amounts of mud down into the blowout preventer, pushing the oil back down into the reservoir, followed by cement. they do believe that that may be the way to ultimately seal the well and the relief well that...