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cyclist, a pole and two cars. the bicyclist is reported to be okay and expected to be released. others suffered minor injuries. witnesses are crediting from stopping the driver from hurting more people. they blocked him with their vehicle. police say t witnesses then physically detained the suspect until police arrived. >> he was very at much under the influence of something. he could hardly talk. his air bag had deployed and the impact on the front of the car was severe. so he was still driving a car with the air bag. >> the suspect is being held on $350,000 bail at martinez detenti...

in permanently sealing the gulf oil leak. engineers are preparing the so-called static kill for as early as tonight. >> however there is a new battle brewing over what is on top of the water. emily schmidt is joining us with the latest. >> reporter: right now, bp is finalizing its plans for the next step in trying to end the oil spill once and for all. bp says once the static kill begins, we should know within hours if it actually works. 105 days into the oil spill, the coast guard says the next 48 hours may be critical with the static kill of the blownout well beginning as early as ...

striking a pedestrian down in the bike lane and collided with a ford pawpt pickup truck and kept going until he smashed into an suv and came to a stop. just to be sure he didn't keep going residents hell him for police. >> he was very much under the influence of something. he could hardly talk and his air bag had deployed so obviously the impact on the front of the car was severe and the air bag had deployed. so he was still driving the car with the air bag. they pulled him out. >> reporter: the driver is 23 years old and is being held on a variety of charges including dui with great...

we have a long way to go, but when i look back on what we've accomplished in the last 18 months, preventing the country sinking into a great depression, stabilizing the financial markets, saving the u.s. auto industry, oh, by the way, passing health care, i'd say that's a pretty good track record. >> good morning. happy monday, august the 2nd. i'm joe scarborough. we are here live in los angeles. of course, covering -- well, we're covering the president and, of course we're covering alan greenspan. unprecedented tension between wall street and washington. that could have a catastroph...

the process of plugging up the blown out oil we go for good with a process known as the static kill. for more we go to kristen dahlgren in venice, louisiana. good morning to you, kristen. >> reporter: good morning. well, we're talking about the static kill. first delayed by tropical storm bonnie and then pushed back an extra day because of debris in the relief well. thousand we may be less than 24 hours away from what many are calling the beginning of the end. out at the well overnight, last minute preparations that could by tonight have hundreds of barrels of mud flowing into and fi...