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Technique to plug the leak, it's called a static kill, it basically involves drilling mud into the cap, sort of like that top kill method. florida's governor wants a constitutional ban against deep water drilling. the judge says their claims don't have any merits. if you're wondering how much oil has spilled into the gulf so far, the math geniuses at cnbc did the map. the amount is the same as old faithful spews out in 76 days. gulf coast brewery is sending out an s.o.s. in the form of beer. the brewery is paying out 75

Blowout preventer. are they an indication of methane? they're testing for that. the third problem is a small leak in the flange of the capping stack. that essentially is the bottom of the ceiling cap. and they don't seem too concerned about that. so, the government green lighted this test to go ahead for another 24 hours which takes us to about mid afternoon today. and we'll see if they get another 24 hours. but in the meantime, bp has announced yet another plan b. i call this one plan b to about the 20th power. it is called "static kill" and it is a version of top kill you'll remember. and es...

Fix that didn't work, along with static kill, would the bottom kill, top kill. >> the medical profession did a terrible job with public relations, i was a reporter in houston in the '70s, we found the chairman of textco at a time when people were lined up for gas and many people will remember that, odd and even days when you could get your tank filled up. he was filling up in the basement of the textco building. worst pr. they never get it. >> tony hayward, i want my life back and he's at a yacht race. >> jon: and lost in all of this, the fact there were 11 oil rig workers killed in that awful...

Fix that didn't work, along with static kill, would the bottom kill, top kill. >> the medical profession did a terrible job with public relations, i was a reporter in houston in the '70s, we found the chairman of textco at a time when people were lined up for gas and many people will remember that, odd and even days when you could get your tank filled up. he was filling up in the basement of the textco building. worst pr. they never get it. >> tony hayward, i want my life back and he's at a yacht race. >> jon: and lost in all of this, the fact there were 11 oil rig workers killed in that awful...

It's unlikely they are waiting for the cement to cure. once they do pressure tests, they will declare it dead. bp expects to do that sometime today. great news for bp here. it's a milestone to the recovery. the oil hasn't flowed into the gulf for about 65 days since they did the static kill. there's still a lot of oil out there. it continues to wash ashore here in louisiana, almost on a daily basis. just this week, they collected 25,000 gallons of oil or so here in louisiana. they are still dealing with the clean up here and that is likely to go on for some time. so, people here excited that t...