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The tap was sucking oil up. well, that didn't get all the oil either because it was coming out the sides. so they took that off and now they finally have this good cap that has stopped the oil from going up. if there's no oil going up, there's no way this mud is going to blow out. it has no other choice. it's much heavier than oil, much heavier than water. it will stop the oil in its tracks by pushing down on the oil withal same force that the oil is trying to push up. when they're done with static kill, theoretically, you can take this top off and no oil would come out. i don't think they're ...

Really dean lot to prevent massic amounts of oil from getting to the wet lands and the coast. he said overall it's been a net win for the environment, but this is really going to be in dispute for months, maybe years to come. >> thank you. let's get back to the effort to permanently plug the ruptured well. we may be only a few hours away from the mud-pumping operation known as static kill. what are we about to see? >> we're about to see what we were seeing before, top kill. all the oil was pouring out. the mud couldn't go down the well like they wanted it to. top kill mean wes start from the t...

>> i remember he got into deep trouble for doing a whole bunch of thing, but i'm not exactly -- we'll check that and get back to you. do you got a few moments? >> yeah, go ahead. put your investigative unit right on it. this is an issue that has affected both democrats and republicans. >> they both screw their socks on and they're as crooked as they come. >> i remember a bunch of house members who got caught up in that. hours from now, bp should make an attempt to seal the blownout gulf well for good. the static kill well will involve pumping heavy dral