and a democrat's secret weapon may be an old one. president obama calling on bill clinton again to help keep the party in control of the house in november. you'll see the former president hitting the campaign trail a lot in the coming weeks and months, we are told. this strategy coming at a crucial time for the white house with president obama's poll numbers fading, along with voter confidence. but first this morning, a bit of a letdown. yesterday at this time we thought we may know by now whether or not the latest attempt to fix the leaking well was a success. 86 days now, an estimated 214 million gallons of oil spilled. we have arrived at a critical moment for that brand-new cap a mile beneath the sea on that gushing well. yesterday testing was expected to begin some time tuesday. >> the oil giant postponed it because they want to take more time to analyze what he going on down there. retired admiral thad allen, who's leading the federal response, of course, says he's confident but warns there are no