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Clear cut danger sign. bp executive kent wells says pressure keeps building but slowly and with no indication the well is in trouble and no leaking oil anywhere they can see. they've got four robot subs down there checking on it. so two possibilities now. a hidden leak could be keeping the pressure somewhat low, or it could just be that so much oil has already leaked out, it's taking longer for that pressure to build up. in any case, bp and federal officials are expected to reassess throughout the night whether to keep those valves shut, or open them up again and start collecting oil on tanker...

Strain. an evening and a day since they shut off the oil, pressure readings are somewhat lower than optimal, but not apparently a clear cut danger sign. bp executive kent wells says pressure keeps building but slowly and with no indication the well is in trouble and no leaking oil anywhere they can see. they've got four robot subs down there checking on it. so two possibilities now. a hidden leak could be keeping the pressure somewhat low, or it could just be that so much oil has already leaked out, it's taking longer for that pressure to build up. in any case, bp and federal officials are exp...

>> sure, keith. >> explain if you would why bp says it wants to cut off all the collection on the surface. >> well, this is a little like watching the first lunar landing. there's a lot of excitement and a lot of anxiety about what could go wrong, certainly. we'll know shortly whether this was a smart idea to try this or a spectacular mistake. one of the decisions they'll have to make is whether or not to leave all the valves shut and shut in the well or whether or not to go ahead and leave them open and pump the oil up to surface vessels. that decision is going to be made based apparently on ...

Tonight. >> sure, keith. >> explain if you would why bp says it wants to cut off all the collection on the surface. >> well, this is a little like watching the first lunar landing. there's a lot of excitement and a lot of anxiety about what could go wrong, certainly. we'll know shortly whether this was a smart idea to try this or a spectacular mistake. one of the decisions they'll have to make is whether to leave all the valves shut and shut in the well or whether or not to go ahead and leave them open and pump the oil up to the surface vessels. that decision is going to be made based apparent...

As to whether or not they're going to continue with keeping all the valves shut and essentially shutting in the well or if they're going to go back to that containment system. it is a real possibility they go back to the containment system. so that's why they're trying very hard to manage expectations here. >> anne, is it a concern that if they keep all the valves shut that it could build up too much pressure and then just blows like you would, i mean, essentially like anybody you need to actually open the valve a little bit while they deal with the relief wells that they're digging? is that w...