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It at bay. it is now 80% contained and no longer threatening any structures. crews in washington are fighting wildfires across that state. more than 250 firefighters are fighting a fire in northern washington. another 30 families may need to leave very soon. farther north, a wildfire has already charred 4,000 acres of land while one is burning in the middle of the state. we're following big developments this morning in the gulf of mexico oil spill disaster and msnbc's michelle frandsen is live for us. let's first talk about the attempts to permanently seal that busted well. >> yeah, alex, ...

Cive civilian help. he was arrested weeks ago that he leaked aerial video. he was moved from a sealed jail in kuwait to a brig in virginia where he may face trial. julian asange he offered to let the white house view the documents to make sure that no innocent people were identified but the white house says there was no such offer and the claim is unequivocally not true. assange says the material will be posted within weeks on wiki leaks. >> julie: thank you molly. major preparations on a final push to plug the oil gusher for good. they could begin pumping heavy mud into the blownout well befo...

Building. >> reporter: government officials call it the worst natural disaster this area has ever seen with a million people impacted. they say they are trying to get helicopters, boats and relief crews here as soon as possible. as you heard, many of the people we spoke to, help isn't arriving soon enough and patience is running three, reza sayeh, cnn. now to the gulf where there is another delay in efforts to cap bp's ruptured oil well. federal officials say it will be tuesday before they can begin sealing the well with what is called a static kill. the latest delay is caused by debris left...

>> rob marciano is in orange beach, alabama this morning. rob, tell us about this static kill. how does it work and when might they undertake it? >> reporter: well, the reason that they're considering it now is because the pressure that they've been measuring this past few days, now we're day five where we've had this well actually capped and we've been doing these tests. pressure is slightly lower than they anticipated. they were hoping to get it up to 8,000 to 9,000 psi. it is about 6,800 psi. they would think normally, is the integrity of the well still intact? is there seepage happening? i...