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Oil spill disaster. the obama administration's point man overseeing that catastrophe says the blown out well that leaked all that oil isn't completely secure yet. >> everybody is in agreement, we need to proceed with the relief well. the question is how to do that. >> and charles hadlock live for us in venice, louisiana. good saturday morning to you, charles. >> reporter: good morning, alex. >> they plan to permanently seal up the ruptured one. how long is that going to take? >> reporter: well, that's a good question. right now we're waiting for thad allen to announce the results of tests that...

Let's get details from nbc's anne thompson joining us live from venice, louisiana. good saturday morning to you, anne. >> reporter: good morning. this snag is not unimpped. it happened after they were -- crews found it after tropical storm bonnie passed through. you remember that before the storm came, they put what was called a storm packer, a plug, in that first relief well. when they pulled the plug out and went down and they inspected the relief well, they found anywhere about 40 to 46 feet of debris at the very end of the well. so, they've been cleaning that out. and then they will put in...

Mixed up with political problems. senate majority leader harry reid refuses to bring a bill to the floor that would lift $75 million cap on economic damages after an oil spill. back to the process in motion now, msnbc news correspondent michelle franzen is in venice, louisiana. set the scene about the static kill and the progress they are making. >> we all woke up overnight. the static kill was in place. it seemed to be working. and as you mentioned, a milestone or victory on an engineering level or workers trying to get this blown-out well capped and stopped. it appears they have done so by p...

Do? >> reporter: well, a lethal injection, savannah, is a great way to describe it. excuse me. i have mixed minus in my ear. what they're going to do is pump heavy mud through the choke line and into the blowout preventer and the goal here is to force all the oil back down into the reservoir. now, officials think there's somewhere around 2,000 barrels of oil in the wellbore. they have heavy mud on hand to do it. so why do the static kill? if you have to do the relief kill. that's the bottom kill. officials say the static kill is an shurns policy against hurricanes. they will have permanently c...

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