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Been no need for that in the last few weeks. bp has begun scaling back that operation. they were paying boat captains up to $2,000 a day. some were sitting idle in the marinas, others were out all day. in a good day of fishing they could catch more than that, the problem is that the commercial fishing operation is not back up and running yet, the federal waters are still closed so it's still an unanswered question about how well the fishing will be once those waters reopen in perhaps a few weeks from now. >> charles hadlock live for us in venice, louisiana. thank you, charles. a quick reminder...

From venice, louisiana, michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and, craig, just to make sure, they are going to continue on what has always been their main goal and that to plug the reservoir from the bottom floor, this bottom kill, the final plug in this, should get under way in the next few days of them cementing that reservoir from the bottom. and hopefully they'll have that finished by mid-august. in the meantime, as you mentioned, doug suttles, just announcing he'll be returning to houston as coo for bp. this past weekend he took a media tour along the marshes here in plaquemi...

There, more than 5 million barrels, seems to be remaining in this. but, of course, signtists are disputing that and wondering if we might not see more oil in the coming weeks and months ahead. >> all right. michelle franzen for us in venice, louisiana, michelle, thank you so much. do appreciate that. what started as an annoyingly hot summer across swaths of the u.s. has now become a deadly phenomenon. 16 heat-related deaths have been reported in mississippi and tennessee alone, and it's still sizzling across the u.s. todd santos is joining us with more on the punishing heat. will anyone see ...

>> john harwood near capitol hill for us this morning, thank you. the gulf now. bp sais it is one step closer to killing that well. and obama administration officials have called the last 48 hours consequential. detailing how the government and the bp was able to recover 75% of the oil. anne thompson is nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent live for us in venice, louisiana. okay, anne. so what does today hold in terms of this so-called static kill? railroad we >> reporter: well, bp got approval to pour cement into the well. essentially what they're going to do is follow the static ...

>> all right. anne thompson with the latest there in louisiana. we'll see. maybe let you come home. we'll think about it. if it works. >> reporter: thanks. >> killing anne thompson's venice, louisiana, location. we'll find out. all right. thanks very much. now to the bombshell ruling out of california. federal judge struck down california's ban on gay marriage setting up a fight to likely go all the way to the supreme court. pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent, and pete, look, i think a lot of people know what happened yesterday. what is going to be the argument among the advocates ...