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Plug up the well that's been busted for good. what's the latest? >> reporter: they did the static kill this week that they poured thousands of pounds of heavy mud into the top of the blow out preventer and sealed it with cement. that effectively killed the well. but to be sure, the coast guard wants bp to perform the bottom kill. that basically is the same procedure except that the bottom of the well, 13,000 feet below the floor of the gulf of mexico. the relief well is now within about 30 feet of the crippled well. they will enter that well casing perhaps as early as thursday and begin pumpin...

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And frank as well. so we know that bp officials have been saying throughout the day that they felt comfortable about moving forward, that this was ultimately a decision they say by federal government officials and thad allen in particular to move forward and we've been expecting various technical briefings not only from bp folks but also from thad allen that have been slowly delayed and pushed back throughout the day so we're monitoring thad allen's appearance here in the new orleans area and we anticipate it would be happening very closely. of course what we're waiting for is if things will m...

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Bp step up its game in monitoring the ocean floor. so what is bp saying about what's seeping from the see floor. >> -- sea floor. >> for the fifth straight day no oil is leaking from the well head at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. but this doesn't mean that this drama on in the gulf is over. something is seeping about two miles away from the well head, but what they don't know is what it is. and they have asked bp to continue monitoring the well and they can keep it capped as they continue to monitor the pressure and do seismic readings to make sure that substance isn't coming from the well...