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What ships in the gulf of mexico are getting ready to head back to the site of the bp oil spill. they pulled it out friday ahead of then tropical storm bonnie. but the storm crossed southern florida and is now pretty much breaking apart. let's go to steve hair began live in the gulf coast and steve, how is the storm going to effect cleanup efforts now? >> kelly, a lot less effect than originally planned for, some ships ordered away two nights ago have been ordered back to the site of the well and cause a delay to get them hooked up back to the pipe and relief well drilling. not as bad as we th...

Helped to save. and he is the subject of the first house ethics committee corruption trial in a decade, but you might be surprised at what congressman charles rangel's constituents are saying right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and you are in i'm wolf blitzer, and you are in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hundreds of vessels, and thousands of people all being evacuated right now as the threat of the storm named bonnie halts the massive response to the gulf oil disaster. we are following all of...

After making landfall near biscayne bay earlier this morning. forecasters now say the storm could strengthen as it moves into the gulf later tonight. bp has suspended work on the relief well designed to permanently seal the leak. the incident commander thad allen has ordered ships in the area to go to shore, leaving the new well cap unattended for at least 48 hours. allen says it's not yet clear how the storm might affect the spill, itself. >> there's been some question about the fate of the oil during the storm passage. i think there's a good and a bad part to that. sometimes the increased ac...

Right now. >> a new attempt to permanently seal that ruptured well in the gulf of mexico could get under way this weekend if approved by federal officials. the so-called static kill tactic involves pumping mud into the well. meanwhile critical testing continues on a well cap that has stopped the oil from gushing for almost a week but incident commander thad allen now warns that new reports of severe weather brewing in the caribbean could disrupt operations. more than 20 people were injured when a flight bound for california from washington hit severe turbulence. the united airlines boeing 777 ...

Our number one national story tonight, it is day. >> of the disaster in the gulf, and bp is strongly denying a report in the "times of london" this evening that ceo tony hayward could step down from his post as soon as next month. in the gulf, the government and bp are extending the testing of that newell c-- new well cap fo another 24 hours leaking into the gulf the past few days as experts consider an alternative solution. the president met today with prime minister david cameron and he had bp at the top of his agenda. >> it is bp's role to cap the leak, clean up the mess and to pay appropri...