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Tuesday. we're yet to hear whether it will be extended then. this is a temporary solution until the relief wells have been dug, thought to be the more permanent solution. but there's some weather heading into the gulf of mexico and it would be good if this cap actually worked so that they don't have to let oil back out into the gulf of mexico. you can see there, those are the relief wells being drilled. they are expected to be done sometime later this month or in very early august. the new cap has stopped the flow of oil. there's a new program that they want to use to try and block this thing....

Could keep oil out of the barrier islands. state officials say it will be done in august. the here and now is oil-soaked birds, tar-stained beaches and local businesses going bust which is why the coast guard gave bp a sunday night deadline to speed up its plans. the government estimates anywhere from 900,000 to 1.7 million gallons are gushing into the gulf every day. it told bp to deploy pressure sensors to get a more specific number. on is under the company used remote control robots to position those sensors inside the containment cap itself. but a bp official told us it will take a few day...

Tony. and that's been part of the problem, that it doesn't really advance too much, it sits there and doesn't really move out of the areas, so that's why the rainfall totals have been so severe. here's a better picture. here is high pressure as i mentioned over the southeast. here is a front. and notice how the front is somewhat stationary, it's a slow-moving front and a slow-moving front is the worst possible weather for flooding. because when a front doesn't zip on through that we tend to see in the summertime, we get the thunderstorms and it's over, this is the worst set-up possible for an ...

Okay. all right. pictures from oklahoma city, bonnie. again, just how much water we're dealing with. >> that's right. >> if you would, walk us through this storm, the training effect of the system. it is a similar pattern that we saw last week that impacted arkansas. >> and before that, texas last sunday. >> and texas before that. >> right. this is -- what happened was, we had a storm system that tapped into tropical moist tour so that really got it going and that's when we saw a lot of rain coming through texas and eventually arkansas. here's what's happening in oklahoma city. the rain is tra...

The containment cap itself. but a bp official told us it will take a few days to know if they're sending better information. quote, it's a complex operation, and how effective it will be, we don't know. it's not as if they'll plug thissen sores in and get readings rights away. bp says it's capturing 600,000 gallons every day, and starting tuesday, plans to rejigger that top kill system. now, it didn't work when the ship was pumping mud down to plug the leak. but now the same pipes will suck up oil, and bp claims it can contain another 400,000 dwlons gallons a day. other ships are skimming off ...