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And we've been watching those leaks over the last couple of weeks, as they've talked about the -- there being no more oil flowing into the gulf. and you've seen the media attention kind of fall off and bp talking about scaling back their efforts here. it's clear they want to get this behind them, and the less they show, i think the more people kind of lose interest. and i've been really focused and others have been focused on making sure that that gets exposed. and as a matter of fact, as you said, when admiral allen had them bring the feeds back up, they spent the afternoon with rovs cleaning...

Outbuildings. crews in the gulf of mexico have run into a new problem as they work to permanently plug that busted oil well on the sea floor. we have the latest from venice, louisiana. good morning. what are the issues crews are dealing with now? >> reporter: they're dealing with cleaning up some debris left over by the storm bonnie from last week. that debris, some sediment settled into that bottom well, relief well. they need another 24 to 36 hours to actually clean that up. that actually pushes back the plan with the static kill, which is set to begin probably now on tuesday, is the estim...

That -- in the well that they were working on. so they have to remove that. that could take another day, day and a half before they can get started on this kill, this latest kill process. what does that involve? well, it's sort of several phases here. one is through the temporary cap, the static kill as they are calling it. you know, pumping more mud in there and hopefully sealing that with cement. and thn the second phase, the more permanent phase would be the bottom kill in the relief well. that, too, would permanently plug that well. that could still take many weeks. they're still giving an...

Itself. in order to start this static kill, they're going to have to put pressure on those very connections that are leaking right now. and i just think it's an unwise operation, especially since the relief well itself is so close to killing the well from down below. i just don't understand why they're taking this risk of damaging the wellhead, or the tubulars right below the wellhead, any further than what they already are. >> now, bp's position seems to be, if i'm hearing it correctly, that there's no leaking at all. at a technical hearing this morning, a bp executive went even further sayin...

The highest temperature ever recorded in moscow yesterday. and more than 120 fires have been report sod far this summer. the russian military has been called out to help fight the blaze. bp's incoming boss, bob dudley, says that the company will do all that it can to absolutely kill the blownout well in the gulf. now, the hope is that a relief well can provide a permanent seal by late august, and in the coming days, there is going to be mud and cement pumped into the broken well, and in a process that is called static kill. but there has been a slight hitch. i want to turn over to chad meyer...