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Informed source tells cnn there were quote potential complications. that means the actual testing will not begin before sometime today at the very earliest. in the gulf of mexico, all eyes are on this latest effort to snuff out the oil. we have brian todd in houston, texas, who spoke with the government's point man on the crisis. brian, any sense of what's behind this latest delay? >> reporter: well, don, what we're told is -- first, we can tell you where we are in the process. what we're told by bp officials is that the response team, the incident command, bp officials and others are going ...

Valves on its new containment cap. >> yeah. and those crucial integrity tests have been put on hold. the reason why -- according to bp, they say they need more time to analyze how they're going to be doing the testing procedures and, because of that, they want to wait before they begin the complicated tests. the stakes are so high, that retired admiral thad allen is actually refusing to put any odds on success knowing that the fate of the gulf and bp may rest on whether this cap is the fix to stop the gushing oil. our david mattingly is live in new orleans. you had a chance yesterday to spend ...

Funeral service for pat till man because of words his family was using. >> you remember the janet jackson wardrobe malfunction? has that been brought up and is it a part of this debate? >> it is. the court decision talks about it and says the fc krcht's enforcement were in large part caused by this, that broadcast, the 2006 super bowl during which, as the court rights here, justin timber lake exposed janet jackson's breast for a half second. it was after that that you had the government take off with restricts and bigger fines, and that led ultimately to the decision. >> thank you. on day 86...

You do wonder, ten years, people wish it had moved along a lot faster. >> we'll continue the debate about the building of that islamic cultural center coming up in our 7:00 hour. 7:40 eastern. we'll hear from both sides of the controversy. meantime, crossing the half-hour right now. time for this morning's top stories. bp says that today will be the earliest before it begins any testing on a new containment cap over its ruptured well. those tests were put on hold yesterday to give engineers some more time to review the testing procedures. more bad news for president obama. for the second t...

Change both the organization and some of the processes. >> thank you. since the deepwater horizon incident, have you made changes and what are those? will you submit these to us for the record? >> we have made changes to testing procedures on b.o.p.s. we have made changes to the intensity with which well sites leaders are aware of well control procedures and a variety of other interventions that are predicated on what we learned from the incidents so far. and as we learn more, we will make more changes as we deem roept appropriate. and i would be very happy to give you the details of the chang...