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This afternoon, bp to have begun a test that was a precursor to the so-called static kill procedure. bp released a statement saying as engineers started the injectiveity 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 already succeeded. bp officials not sure the...

Different from the top kill they tried once before. >> it is different, because this time, there is a cap, if i can show you one of my crude renderings here on this draw/erase board. they have the cap on top of the ruptured well. that's the difference. before the top kill, there was no cap and so they're trying to force the heavy fluid and mud into the rupture well without any kind of containment. that's different this time around with the static kill. and bp just wrapped up a technical briefing just a few moments ago, randy, where they talked about a test that we haven't heard a whole lot abo...

Sea in the gulf of mexico. well, it's a new method, it's called static kill. let me first show you what's going on under the ocean right now. let me show you that camera. as you can see, no oil flowing. this cap that has been on there since july 15th has actually been working quite effectively. but they're getting ready to try something called static kill. a little bit different than the top kill method that didn't work well over a month ago. the difference right now, of course, is when they went in to do top kill, there was still oil flowing. there isn't oil flowing right now, so what they're...

Drilling efforts. the one on the right is almost there. that will be helpful if they pump this mud into the well to alleviate pressure to make sure it's sealed. those are basically the two efforts that are going to have to take place together. and that might mean a permanent kill of this well. i want to tell you something else. there's a critic in congress, congressman ed markey who says that bp went overboard in putting those dispersants into the ocean to disperse the oil. he said that they vastly exceeded environmental protection agency directives. now, bp denies that. so does thad allen, th...

Government infrastructure. day 105 of the gulf oil disaster. the temporary cap holding and the permanent sealing of the well could be within reach as early as tonight. crews could begin pumping mud and she meant into the well from above like you are seeing there. that's phase one of the static kill. phase two likely some time next week. once the relief well intercepts the ruptured line, the bottom kill maneuver can get underway. today janet napolitano is going to meet with initials officials with the way the spill has been handled. this comes with blistering controversy over how the chemical...