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Slidele, louisiana with more. good morning to you, chris. >> good morning to you guys, yeah. that debris that was found inside that relief well would probably delay the static kill inmrimenttation of that static kill procedure by a day, day and a half and the reason being that the coast guard and bp actually put caps on that, on those relief wells when thundersto tropical storm bonnie was coming through the gulf. the sediment or debris fell inside the well and that's not uncommon or that to happen, but led to a longer delay in implementing the static kill itself, guys. >> one of the questions ...

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Crossing the half-hour right now. time to look at this morning's top stories. the disaster in the gulf in its final life cycle. those words coming from a top coast guard official who says there is hardly enough oil at least on the surface to skim. but it will be weeks still before we know if bp can successfully kill its ruptured well once and for all. the static kill procedure is now scheduled to start next week. the critical situation unfolding right now in the mountains of southern california. about 1,000 firefighters are racing to contain two wildfires that are burning in kern county just...

Later on today. phil black for us this morning in london, thanks so much. meanwhile, efforts are resuming this morning to kill bp's ruptured well once and for all. operations set back by about a week because of this weekend's tropical storm but now crews are reconnecting equipment to resume drilling on those relief wells. rob marciano is live in gulfport, mississippi this morning for us. rob, we talk about this week. what is the new timetable for the static kill procedure? >> reporter: well, basically the earliest would be next monday. they are saying august 1st week would be the earliest th...