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Office and get the license because they want to see where the appeal process goes. right now the ninth u.s. circuit court which means it will affect nine u.s. western states and, of course, it moves on from there and moves on to the u.s. supreme court. it could have an impact nationwide. >> john, thank you, appreciate that. bp announcing just the past hour it has started pumping cement into its blown out well in the gulf of mexico in its effort to seal that well for good. nbc michelle fran zn joining us live now from venice, louisiana. this is huge, this is another significant step. >> it is...

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Swear -- >> kagan's legal career spans posts in the clinton white house and har vashd law school but she's never been a judge before which sets her apart from most supreme court appointees. by a vote of 63-37. she replaces a long-time liberal justice, john paul stevens. news about the gulf. bp will get back to drilling its relief well in the gulf tomorrow now that the static kill has finally plugged that massive oil leak. the relief well has taken months but it's supposed to seal the leak permanently. bp is down playing another controversy over its future plans for the site. ceo doug subtles...

Leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end. and we are very pleased with that. michelle franzen joins us from venice, louisiana. we just heard from admiral thad allen about the latest on killing this well. >> that's exactly right. >> that's exactly right. the static kill, describing it as the blownout well, now in static condition. they were able to pump the mud down there successfully, push the mud down in the reservoir, and they are now in control of the pressure of that well. they move on to what they're calling the bottom kill. that could be the final kill, the cement ...

>> the casing run and cemented in the relief well and that's ongoing as we speak. once that's finished, we'll be ready to do the static kill. the current forecast is for it looks like tuesday right now. >> reporter: and one of the questions that came up about the static kill operation, not only at this briefing with doug suttles but earlier today with admiral thad allen, the national incident commander, is whether or not the static kill operation could somehow jeopardize the integrity of that cap and suttles told the press who was gathered here this afternoon that they are very closely monitor...