relief wells that are being drilled from up above. those are going down about 13,000 feet. what they are going to try to do is intersect this original well below the ocean line but above the oil, intersect here, fill it with cement and that will contain it for good probably by mid time august, back to you. megyn: that's what we are hoping. william la jeunesse thank you. the leak is capped for now, but that is about 88 days too late for those who live in the gulf of mexico, not to mention the wildlife down there. and they are not the only ones who must cope now with the fallout. can the obama anministration recover from the criticism surrounding its handling of the disaster? we'll have a fair & balanced at the bottom of the hour on that. a new senator for west virginia and we are awaiting right now a news conference where governor joe mansion will name a replacement for the late senator robert byrd. the governor did not have to go too far to find son are someone and we will hear that directly from him momentarily. we have already confirmed here