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I know your truck is down so you've got bad weather to contend with as well. >> reporter: we do. >> is it a tropical storm? >> reporter: number it's just a strong storm. we've got a heat advisory here. the weather and all this heat, while it's certainly uncomfortable, it shouldn't affect what's going on out at the leak sight. they're doing what's called an injection test to determine whether or not they can force it back down into the reservoir. if they do that, then they'll start the static kill, and the static kill basically is -- i call ita al a lethal injection mud. it should force the oil...

Final pipe casing right now, suzanne, and when they do that and get it cemented in they will go with a static kill. that will happen late sunday or monday. they will put mud down the top of the well that's heavier than the oil that's there right now and hopefully fill the well up. we'll still need to drill in from the bottom and kill the well from the bottom but at this point it looks like we'll be able to move ahead. we've got good well integrity and trying to move forward it's a positive turn. >> does this mean this will be completely capped and sealed, that we're now at final stage of resol...

It looks like it will get worse so it can get better. admiral thad allen signed off on a plan by the b.p. enger noose to remove the containment cap that is catching half the gushing oil and replace it with a cap that could theoretically get it all by monday. however, for a couple of days the well will be allowed to gush unabated. jonathan serrie is following the developments and joins us from grand isle. >> reporter: thad allen, national incident commander, said he signed off on the b.p. plan because of the long-term potential to capture much more oil than the current system is capable of doin...

Closing in on the well pipe and the second is just shy of 10,000 feet. while the first well is ahead of schedule neither will be ready until august because the deeper they get the harder it is to drill. they're aiming at a pipe the width of a dinner plate, miles below the surface. this is clearly no easy task. we're learning more about the deaths of two oil recovery workers today. a 55-year-old charter boat captain who was working for bp on the cleanup died of a gunshot wound apparently self-inflicted. admiral thad allen announced his death today along with the death of another recovery worker...

♪ changing cars in memphis in the sea ♪ >> there on one of the two stages, part of a nearly ten-hour event, it's the gulf aid concert under way right now in new orleans. a host of musicians have volunteered their time and their talent to try to raise awareness, try to raise some money for the gulf region. devastated by that oil spill in the gulf. a look at the top stories right now. bp is reporting progress today against that massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. the company says it is pumping oil into a ship on surface after it says successfully reinserting a siphoning tube into the d...