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This, rate yus squared times pii. there's as much room around this pipe as inside. what they're going to try to do if they can, they will pump into this area from the top with the static kill and fill up the middle of this if they possibly can do that, then once they fill that up, they'll come in and drill in from the side with that relief well near the bottom. they'll cut into the casing as we've seen on our graphic before, we can show you in this now, and they'll pump into this area, and when they do that, it will phil the whole thing in, that should seal it off entirely, anderson, at least ...

From the increase in pressure? >> as long as they're careful. that's why they do it slowly so they don't increase the pressure. if it doesn't inject and pressure just keeps building, they're not going to be able to do this static kill. that's what they're checking to see if they can actually do it. >> at the same time they go ahead with this static kill operation if the injectivity test indicates they can in fact force that oilack down into the reservoir, they're going ahead with the relief well operation. bp says some time between the 11th and the 15th they should have that relief well comple...

Right now, exactly, drew. >> boy, that must have took some time. all right, alison kosik joining us from connecticut, site of a terrible workplace shooting. get back to us, okay? thanks. stories like this tend to focus on the gunman. it's important to remember that the victims, those killed and wounded by this violent act. we don't know their names just yet or their stories. we'll bring them to you when we do, but governor jody rell says her heart and prayers go out to the families of the victims. stay with us as we work to put faces, of course, to this tragedy. and now a quick look at our...

Waters, the number three democrat on the financial services committee, vehemently denies any wrongdoing and is choosing to go to trial this fall, rather than admit violating ethics rules. the allegations come as democrat charles rangel, another prom length member of the congressional black caucus, faces trial on 13 ethics violations. bp will perform a crucial test this morning to determine if it can begin efforts to permanently seal the blowout well in the gulf of mexico. the test was initially scheduled for yesterday but engineers ran into a last-minute hitch when they discovered a small hy...

>> the life jacket saved one boy. but six of the teenagers died. it took fire officials and divers three hours to recover all the bodies. bp hopes to attempt the first of two operations to permanently fix its ruptured gulf of mexico well today, despite a technical delay. a small leak at the site has to be fixed before the so-called static kill can proceed. despite the optimism about permanently stopping the leak, one louisiana official says the environmental damage is much greater than first thought. >> this oil i'm holding was in st. mary's point. i was out there saturday morning, half the ...