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Containment vessel. if that doesn't work, then we're going to go back to that small containment dome that they created. that's on the ocean floor. that's ready to go in case this tube doesn't work. but that's what they're going with right now. and they think, if they're going to see some success from it, they will know sometime tonight. >> so, david, listen, thad allen came out a short time ago and gave some information. it appears that some of his information was not updated. is there some problem with him get that information? is there an issue here? >> reporter: we're trying to get to the b...

Government to limit how much it has to pay. transocean wants to cap it's liability for the incident at less than $27 million. okay. why don't we bring in our guest now with us from alabama's dolphin island, commandant, admiral thad allen, leading the emergency response to the gulf oil spill. sir, thank you for being on the show. give us an update, the very latest on how the emergency response is going. >> well, good morning, mika. what's going to happen today, you talked about the top hat solution. that's basically a large inverted funnel that will be put over the leak side and connected with ...

Much like putting antifreeze in your gas tank. >> we're looking at the pictures here. the oil is obviously still spewing out. this is a ka facatastrophe thats to have no end. what are the chances this can be curbed any time soon and how big could this get? >> mika, first of all, we need to understand the top hat solution is only going to mitigate the risk of leak. we feneed to stop the leak and kill the well. regardless of the top hat success, they are prepared to seal out the blowout preventer and doing that a couple ways perform by injecting foreign material in it to clog it and potentially ...

That pipe. more than 4.5 million gallons have spewed so far. the president calling on congress for $58 million for emergency funding to fight this major catastrophe. david mattingly is live in louisiana this morning. david, seeing the oil and natural gas gushing out of the ocean floor really does put a face to what we're seeing. what are the efforts to cap that spill? >> reporter: well, all the pieces are in place this morning, john. and the plan is to have the top hat solution in play either today or possibly tomorrow. what bp is going to do, first, they're going to try that smaller, revised ...