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On day 86 of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico, bp has delayed a crucial integrity test on the new containment cap on the leaking oil well. the company is reviewing its testing procedures. bp has also suspended the drilling of two relief wells saying it wants to be sure any pressure buildup doesn't blow out one of those wells. other top story, the international coalition takes more deadly hits in afghanistan. eight american soldiers and four british troops have been killed in the last two days and 11 civilians have lost their lives in bombings by the taliban. retail sales drop for the...

Ruptured well. those tests were put on hold yesterday. engineers needed more time to review testing procedures. all fired up here in new york as a battle begins over plans to build a mosque in islamic community center literally in the shadow of ground zero. in a few minutes we'll hear arguments on both sides of this debate. also, three wildfires now raging across southern california. fire officials say that some homes are being threatened but there's no reports of any mandatory evacuations so far. two of the fires are located just a few dozen miles outside of los angeles. the third at camp...

Today could be the most critical day yet in the gulf oil disaster but, man, we've heard that before, haven't we? crews could begin testing a new containment cap trying to stop that. it involves closing valves that could actually stop the oil from gushing. >> right. they actually delayed the beginning of this. they want to analyze their testing procedures a little bit more, i guess want to make sure they get it right at this crucial stage. meantime, all of this comes as the presidential commission investigating the spill is now questioning the administration's deepwater drilling ban. julia reed...

Going to happen with it and try to improve that economy in that section of manhattan. >> let's do this. let's get some folks at home, wherever you are right now, to weigh in on this at the blog, cnn.com/tony. josh, help us work through some of these blog comments later on. thank you. day 86 of the gulf oil disaster and bp plans to test a new cap on the busted oil well. well, that plan is on hold right now. officials say they need to review the testing procedures before they move forward. the hope is that the massive custom designed cap might contain the flow of oil or allow most of it to be ...

It has been delayed, as we know. that is going to be worked out throughout the course of the day. the team is meeting midday to decide the next steps to continue and go ahead or delay it while they review testing procedures. on a much lighter note, everyone wants to have beautiful babies but not everyone wants to leave it to chance. we're going to tell you in the next hour about a very controversial dating website only for hot people and they've added a virtual sperm bank. in the next hour. hot is the weather headline for the nation's midsection. 18 states now under heat advisories, danger...