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Let's get details from nbc's anne thompson joining us live from venice, louisiana. good saturday morning to you, anne. >> reporter: good morning. this snag is not unimpped. it happened after they were -- crews found it after tropical storm bonnie passed through. you remember that before the storm came, they put what was called a storm packer, a plug, in that first relief well. when they pulled the plug out and went down and they inspected the relief well, they found anywhere about 40 to 46 feet of debris at the very end of the well. so, they've been cleaning that out. and then they will put in...

Permanently plug that busted oil well on the floor of the gulf of mexico has hit a snag. so let's get details on that right now from michelle franzen. she is live in venice, louisiana. and with a good morning, what is it crews are dealing with right now? >> reporter: well, it's not too big of a snag. it definitely sets back the so-called static kill about a day or day and a half. certainly some sentiment or debris from the storm of this past week settled into that relief well. so they have to remove that before they can begin the process. the static kill, of course, similar to a top kill where...

The attorney general who's a democratic candidate for governor to investigate the funding of this project, which a lot of people think, and the attorney general said he would not do. but a lot of people question where the money is coming from for this and another issue on a very, very emotional topic. >> thank you, ron for the report. and bp hopes to begin pumping mud and cement into its blown out well in the gulf of mexico. sometime this afternoon to hopefully seal the well for good. bp planned to begin that so-called static kill procedure after conducting an injection test today. we're sti...

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