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Casing in of the relief well. that is set to go if this static kill doesn't work. if they do the static kill, and it works, that's going to actually -- that will help the end relief well sealing or kill there. if it doesn't work, they notice leakage, that will give valuable data when they go about doing the actual relief well sealing which still is slated for mid august. as far as that is concerned, status quo here, looking for another briefing from thadal later in the day which may shed light on when and if they do the static kill later this week. >> rob marciano live from gulf shore. your ...

Tuesday. we're yet to hear whether it will be extended then. this is a temporary solution until the relief wells have been dug, thought to be the more permanent solution. but there's some weather heading into the gulf of mexico and it would be good if this cap actually worked so that they don't have to let oil back out into the gulf of mexico. you can see there, those are the relief wells being drilled. they are expected to be done sometime later this month or in very early august. the new cap has stopped the flow of oil. there's a new program that they want to use to try and block this thing....

Breaking news that's hitting home here in new orleans and along the gulf coast. times of london is citing unnamed sours that bp ceo tony hayward is planning to step down. the well blew 92 days ago. he was the one who made a series of pr gaffes when everyone, like us, was looking for straight answers about what's going on down here. 92 days in, still not a lot has changed. resistance from bp and, at times, the government. it's about the plan to permanently seal off the well, static kill. that means bp wants to pump mud through lines into the blow-out preventer killing the well. once they do tha...

Into the earth's crust, allen says they will reach the main well by this weekend. steve harrigan is at fort pike on the outskirts of new orleans. how close are they to getting in there and actually killing this well? >> reporter: certainly getting very close on two fronts but also some problems ahead. you can see here, these are some of the vessels of opportunity, these are shrimp fiber men, and they are about -- fishermen and they are about to head to the booms. there are concerns about tropical storms in this area, even if it doesn't develop into a hurricane, it could certainly throw oil on ...

You see at the bottom, this is a very simple manual process. you see just people leaning over the edges of boats, doing what they can by hand. in this case, they're putting lights in this boom so boats will see it at night. it's a startlingly slow process especially when you consider that there are hundreds of miles now of damaged coastline. >> a lot of those shrimpers now coming back from a day's work for b.p. where they make about $300 a day or about 1/5 of what they could make on a good night shrimping. shepard? >> we're told they're now exploring yet another new option in an attempt to kil...